JUICED by Jose Canseco
More than likely the cause of Major League Baseball’s current steroid controversy. Canseco pulls no punches as he details his own experience with performance enhancing drugs and pulls no punches in naming other players.
DEADLINE by Chris Crutcher
Ben Wolf has big things planned for his senior year. Had big things planned. Now what he has is some very bad news and only one year left to make his mark on the world. How can a pint-sized, smart-a#@ seventeen-year-old do anything significant in the nowheresville of Trout, Idaho?
SEALED WITH A DISS (Clique #8) by Lisi Harrison
Claire Lyons moves with her parents from Florida to wealthy Westchester County, NY. Until they can get settled, the family stays in the guest house of Mr. Lyons's college buddy, who happens to have a daughter who is also in seventh grade. Expected to welcome her, Massie instead chooses to make Claire's life miserable because she's the new girl. Massie enlists her clique of friends to help with the harassment. Tired of it all, Claire tries to fight back, but then the abuse worsens.
SOCCER SCOOP: WHO’S MAKING A FOOL OF MAC?
By Matt Christopher
Mac Williams, star goalie for the Cougars, is suddenly the target of a series of unflattering cartoons that mysteriously begin appearing in the school newspaper. His efforts to discover the identity of the cartoonist are the basis of the plot. Other themes, such as loyalty, trust, and a budding romance with the younger sister of a primary suspect, will hold their interest more. A great choice for engaging reluctant readers.
TWILIGHT EYES by Dean Koontz
Carl Stanfeuss was born with Twilight Eyes, a color his grandmother said foretold of psychic abilities. After murdering his uncle Denton at the tender age of seventeen, Carl flees Oregon, shedding his name to become Slim MacKenzie, and join up with the Sombra Brothers Carnival. Of course, it wasn't bad that he murdered his uncle ... because his uncle was one of Them. The goblins.
GODDESS OF THE NIGHT (Daughters of the Moon 1)
by Lynne Ewing
Vanessa, who has always had the special power to become invisible, discovers that she and her best friend Catty, a time-traveler, are goddesses of the moon who must fight together to overcome the evil Atrox.
GLASS by Ellen Hopkins
The sequel to Crank, this is the continuing story of Kristina and her descent back to hell. Told in verse, it's a harrowing and disturbing look at addiction and the damage that it inflicts. Kristina thinks she can control it. Now with a baby to care for, she's determined to be the one deciding when and how much, the one calling the shots. But the monster is too strong.