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It's that time of year again. Back to school. So in honor of your return to academia I've prepared a list of books about the serious (and not so serious) adventures (and misadventures) pertaining to that realistic (and not so realistic) and beloved (or not so beloved) time in one's life...
High School.
So if you're looking for an escape from calculus homework or something slightly more challenging than paper football during study hall, you might want to consider reading some of our high school-related picks, all of which are available at the library.
Author: Blake Nelson
Published: 2003
Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Max Caldwell has been the perfect high school student--on the honor roll, captain of the debate team, and soon-to-be editor of the school newspaper--but during his senior year, he begins questioning his approach to life and things start to change.
Author: Nancy Werlin
Published: 2006
Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Matthew recounts his attempts, starting at a young age, to free himself and his sisters from the grip of their emotionally and physically abusive mother.
Author: Daniel Waters
Published: 2008
Synopsis: When dead teenagers who have come back to life start showing up at her high school, Phoebe, a goth girl, becomes interested in the phenomenon, and when she starts dating a "living impaired" boy, they encounter prejudice, fear, and hatred.
Author: Dyna Sheldon
Published: 1999
Synopsis: In her first year at a suburban New Jersey high school, Mary Elizabeth Cep, who now calls herself "Lola," sets her sights on the lead in the annual drama production, and finds herself in conflict with the most popular girl in school.
Author: Sara Zarr
Published: 2007
Synopsis: During the summer after her sophomore year, Deanna Lambert tries to come to terms with the reputation with which she was slapped in eighth grade when she was caught by her father in the backseat of a car with a high school senior. The Story of a Girl reminds us of our human capacity for resilience, epiphany and redemption.
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Published: 2002
Synopsis: Reluctant teenage-spy Alex Rider, on a routine mission at the Wimbledon tennis championships, gets caught up in Chinese gangs, illegal nuclear weapons, and the suspect plans of his Russian host, General Sarov.
Author: Marcella Pixley
Published: 2007
Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Miriam, poetic, smart, and quirky, is considered a freak by the popular girls at her middle school, and she eventually explodes in response to their bullying, revealing an inner strength she did not know she had.
Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Published: 2007
Synopsis: During fall semester of her junior year of high school, Alice decides to change her good girl image, while major remodeling begins at home and some important relationships begin to change.
Author: Jennifer Brown
Published: 2009
Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Valerie, whose boyfriend Nick committed a school shooting at the end of their junior year, struggles to cope with integrating herself back into high school life, unsure herself whether she was a hero or a villain.
Author: Catherine Clark
Published: 2000
Synopsis: Courtney, a Colorado high school senior, becomes the bane of her friends' and family's existence as she fumes over being dumped by her college-bound boyfriend--but a temptation named Grant may be enough to drag her back into happiness.
Don't forget to search our library catalog for these titles and lots of other great high school-related reads.
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