RIYL+Back+to+School

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (2009) All’s Fair in Love War and High School by Janette Rallison **Bluford High Series** Big Nate on a Roll by Lincoln Peirce The Clique (series) by Lisi Harrison (mean girls, private school) Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey by Margaret Peterson Haddix (neglect) Driver’s Ed by Caroline B. Cooney Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling How to Survive Middle School by Donna Gephart I'd tell you I Love You, but then I'd have to kill you by Ally Carter (Spy School) Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos (ADHD) Loser by Jerry Spinelli The New Boy by R.L. Stine Nothing But the Truth by Avi No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman (detention, humor, school play) Notes From a Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton (gangs) So Hard to Say by Alex Sanchez (relationships - How do you know you're gay?) Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (date rape) Schooled by Gordon Korman The Skin I'm In by Sharon Flake Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time by Lisa Yee (failure) Stargirl & Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Tangerine by Edward Bloor The Teacher’s Funeral by Richard Peck There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom by Louis Sachar (misfits) Trapped by Michael Northrop Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech Wayside School is Falling Down by Louis Sachar (humorous school stories) The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
 * Get into School Spirit**
 * Middle School**

The A-List by Zoey Dean After by Francine Prose (school shooting) (2004) Amelia’s Notebook by Marissa Moss (starting a new school) Avalon High by Meg Cabot (fantasy) Behaving Bradley by Perry Nedelman Beyond Dreams: True to Life Stories of Hamilton High by Marilyn Reynolds The boy who owned the school: a comedy of love by Gary Paulsen Blood on My Hands (The Thrillogy) by Todd Strasser (Sep 13, 2011) Breaking Rank by Kristen Randle Breathless by Jessica Warman Buffalo Brenda by Jill Pinkwater Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford The Cat Ate My Gymsuit by Paula Danziger The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (bullies) Click Here: To Find Out How I Survived 7th Grade by Denise Vega Comedy High by Stephen Manes (new school in Nevada casino) Crash Course by Nicole Davidson CrashBoomLove: a novel in verse by Juan Felipe Herrera Crush by Ellen Conford Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann The Day They Came to Arrest the Book by Nat Hentoff Deadline by Chris Crutcher Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, The by E. Lockhart (Mar 25, 2008) The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler (self-image) Flour Babies by Anne Fine Freak Show by James St. James Geography Club by Brent Hartinger Ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley Hate List by Jennifer Brown (Oct 5, 2010) school shooting aftermath Hip Hop High School by Alan Lawrence Sitomer Juanita fights the School Board by Gloria Velasquez (discrimination) Kiss Me Tomorrow by Susan Richards Shreve (popularity, relationships) Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan Kill You Last (The Thrillogy) by Todd Strasser (Nov 8, 2011) Lemonade Mouth by Marc Peter Hughes The Locker by Richie Tankersley Cusick Looking for Alaska by John Green Marked (House of Night Series) by P. C. Cast Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin Middle School Blues by Lou Kassem (starting middle school) Mousetraps by Pat Schmatz The Misfits by James Howe (name calling) Names Will Never Hurt Me by Jaime Adoff The New Rules of High School by Blake Nelson The Only Alien on the Planet by Kristen Randle The Pack by Elisa Lynn Carbone Pageant by Katherine Laskey Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles Players by Joyce Sweeney (basketball) Princess Ashley by Richard Peck Princess in Training by Meg Cabot Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan Right Behind You by Gail Giles A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag by Gordon Korman The School for Dangerous Girls by Eliot Schrefer A Small civil War by John Neufeld Secret Story of Sonya Rodriguez by Alan Lawrence Sitomer (2008) Stotan! By Chris Crutcher Strange Times at Western High by Emily Pohl-Weary (assault) Truth or Dairy by Catherine Clark Ttyl by Lauren Myracle Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson Vampire Academy (series) by Richelle Mead Variant by Robison Wells Wish You Were Dead by Todd Strasser The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty The Year they Burned the Books by Nancy Garden
 * High School**

This trilogy made top 10 quick picks 3 years in a row. They are romance from a boy and girl's perspective. Lots of action, gangs, some sex HS only: Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles (Dec 23, 2008) Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles (Aug 16, 2011) Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles (Aug 16, 2011)
 * Series:**
 * Perfect Chemistry Novels**

Atwood, Megan.Last Desserts. Lerner Publishing Group/Darby Creek, 2011. $7.95. 978-0-7613-7811-2. Can Ella use her baking skills to save herself and her best friend? Carr, Elias.The Combination. Lerner Publishing Group/Darby Creek, 2011. $7.95. 978-0-7613-7810-5. The wrong locker combination can send you straight to hell! Jasper, Rick.The Late Bus. Lerner Publishing Group/Darby Creek, 2011. $7.95. 978-0-7613-7812-9. Is the new school bus driver dead? Harris, Ashley Rae.The Prank. Lerner Publishing Group/Darby Creek, 2011. $7.99. 978-0-7613-7814-3. Who’s next when practical jokes turn deadly? Hoblin, Paul.Foul. Lerner Publishing Group/Darby Creek, 2011. $7.95. 978-0-7613-7813-6. Can Rhino make the shot when lives depend on it? Springer, Kristina.My Fake Boyfriend is Better Than Yours. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. $15.99. 978-0-374-39910-8. Tell me about your boyfriend.
 * Various Authors: Night Fall Series**

Fontes, Justine.Benito Runs. Lerner Publishing Group/Darby Creek, 2011. $7.95. 978-0-7613-6165-7. Benny's father returns from Iraq with PTSD. Korman, Susan. Bad Deal. Lerner Publishing Group/Darby Creek, 2011. $7.95. 978-0-7613-6166-4. Everyone wants what Fish is selling. Simon, Charnan.Shattered Star. Lerner Publishing Group/Darby Creek, 2011. $7.95. 2011. 978-0-7613-6168-8. How far will Cassie go for fame? Simon, Charnan.Plan B. 2011. Lerner Publishing Group/Darby Creek, 2011. $7.95. 978-0-7613-6163-3. When Lucy gets pregnant, will Luke do the right thing? Weyn, Suzanne.Beaten. 2011. Lerner Publishing Group/Darby Creek, 2011. $7.95. 978-0-7613-6164-0. Paige's “perfect” boyfriend is not so perfect. Weyn, Suzanne.Recruited. Lerner Publishing Group/Darby Creek, 2011. $7.95. 978-0-7613-6167-1. Are the offers too good to be true?
 * Surviving South Side Series**

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story by Ben Carson Freedom Writers Diary by the Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell We Beat the Streets by Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt and Sharon Draper
 * NonFiction:**

Updated 08/14/09 from YALSA-BK postings