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The
Adrian Mole Diaries: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4
: The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, by Sue Townsend
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Teen angst at
it's best with British teen Adrian Mole's secret diary filled with excruciating
details of his turbulent adolescence. |
Are You There, God? It's
Me Margaret, by Judy Blume
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Faced with the
difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old
girl talks over her problems with her own private God. |
Chicken Soup for the Teenage
Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love & Learning, by Mark Victor Hansen,
Jack Canfield, and Kimberly Kirberger
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To help you get
through the hard times, here are some life lessons from your peers who
have been through the same things. |
Chicken Soup for the Teenage
Soul III : More Stories of Life, Love and Learning, by Mark Victor
Hansen, Jack Canfield, and Kimberly Kirberger
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More life lessons
from your peers. |
The Giver, by Lois Lowry
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In this Utopian
society where everything is the same and perfect, people don't want to
be burdened with memories and feelings from the past. Instead there
is only one person assigned to keep all the memories, only one man who
knows the truth, and he is known as the Giver. Now that Jonas has turned
12, he has been assigned to be the community's Receiver of Memories. Go
along with Jonas as he discovers the disturbing truth about his utopian
world and struggles against the weight of its hypocrisy. |
Go Ask Alice, by Anonymous
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Drugs. Peer pressure.
Confusions of adolescence. A true tragedy. |
The Golden Compass,
by Philip Pullman
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Go with 12-year-old
Lyra Belacqua on a life-and-death struggle against dark forces as she journies
to a horrid place called Bolvanger in an attempt to save her best friend
and other children who have been kidnapped by the Gobblers. |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone, by J.K. Rowling (Book 1)
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Harry Potter is
ten years old and gets a letter saying he's really a wizard and is expected
to start school at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in September.
Join Harry in his experiences at home with the mundane, non-magical humans
and those at the wizarding school |
Harry Potter and the Chamber
of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling (Book 2)
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Harry finds himself
in some trouble as he heads off to start his second year at the Hogwarts
School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner
of Azkaban, by J.K. Rowling (Book 3)
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More trouble for
our hero, Harry. Now 13-years-old, Harry is in his third year at Hogwarts.
You'll find him doing battle with the traitor behind his parents' deaths,
not to mention that an escaped convict from the prison of Azkaban is after
him! |
Harry Potter and the Goblet
of Fire, by J.K. Rowling (Book 4)
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Harry, now 14,
is onto more death-defying challenges. |
Holes, Louis Sachar
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Wrongly accused,
the ever-unlucky Stanley Yelnats is sentenced to imprisonment at a boys'
juvenile detention center known as Camp Green Lake where he must dig holes
everyday starting at dawn. Find out what he digs up. |
Monster, by Walter Dean
Myers
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Is 16-year-old
Steve Harmon really a monster for his supposed role in the fatal shooting
of a convenience-store owner, or was he just at the wrong place at the
wrong time? Judge for yourself. |
The Pigman, by Paul
Zindel
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An emotional story
of two young teenagers, John and Lorraine who befriend an old man whose
name is Mr. Pignati. Join them as they confront the harsh reality and responsibilities
of their lives. |
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective
Teens : The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide, by Sean Covey
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It is tough being
a teenager. Here is some help for surviving and thriving your teenage years. |
Speak, by Laurie Halse
Anderson
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Why did Melinda
call the cops, getting everyone busted at the seniors' big end-of-summer
party? Now this high-school freshman is a social outcast surrounded by
silence. |
Spindle's End, by Robin
McKinley
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An updated fairy
tale about Sleeping Beauty. |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower,
by Stephen Chbosky
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Charlie, a freshman
wallflower, encounters the typical highschool drama - friends, acceptance,
love, sex, and drugs. |
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