Baskin, Nora Raleigh. What Every Girl (Except Me) Knows . 2002. Yearling, $5.99

FAMILY

• Alvarez, Julia. Finding Miracles. 2006. Laurel Leaf, $6.50 (978-0-553-49406-8).
• Baskin, Nora Raleigh. What Every Girl (Except Me) Knows. 2002. Yearling, $5.99 (978-0-440-41852-8).
• Block, Dr. Joel D. and Dr. Susan S. Bartell. Steplivingfor Teens: Getting Along with Stepparents and Siblings. 2001. Price Stern Sloan, $4.99 (978-0-8431-7568-4).
• Cohn, Rachel. The Steps. 2004. Aladdin, $4.99 (978-0-689-87414-7).
• Cooney, Caroline B. What Child Is This? A Christmas Story. 1999. Laurel Leaf, $5.50 (978-0-440-22684-0).
• Cushman, Karen. Rodzina. 2005. Yearling, $6.50 (978-0-440-41993-8).
• Ellis, Deborah. Looking for X. 2001. Groundwood Books, $5.95 (978-0-88899-382-3).
• Frost, Helen. Keesha’sHouse. 2007. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $8.00 (978-0-374-40012-5).
• Gaiman, Neil. Sandman: Season of Mists. Illus. by Jones, Dringenberg and others. 1994. Vertigo, $19.99 (978-1-56389-041-3).
• Gilbreth, Frank B., Jr. and Carey, Ernestine Gilbreth. Cheaper By The Dozen. 2002. Harper, $11.95 (978-0-06-008460-8).
• Headley, Justina Chen. Nothing but the Truth (And a Few White Lies). 2007. Little, Brown, $7.99 (978-0-316-01131-0).
• Hoffman, Alice. The Foretelling. 2006. Little, Brown, $7.99 (978-0-316-15409-3).
• Johnson, Angela. The First Part Last. 2004. Simon Pulse, $5.99 (978-0-689-84923-7).
• Kantor, Melissa. If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where’s My Prince? 2007. Hyperion, $8.99 (978-0-7868-0961-5).
• Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees. 2005. Penguin, $16.00 (978-0-14-303640-1).
• Kingsolver, Barbara. The Bean Trees. 1998. Harper Torch, $7.99 (978-0-06-109731-7).
• Maki, Yoko. AishiteruzeBaby
  Volume 1. 2006. VIZ Media, $8.99 (978-1-4215-0711-8).
  Volume 2. 2006. VIZ Media, $8.99 (978-1-4215-0569-5).
  Volume 3. 2006. VIZ Media, $8.99 (978-1-4215-0570-1).
  Volume 4. 2006. VIZ Media, $8.99 (978-1-4215-0571-8).
  Volume 5. 2006. VIZ Media, $8.99 (978-1-4215-0572-5).
  Volume 6. 2007. VIZ Media, $8.99 (978-1-4215-1005-7).
  Volume 7. 2007. VIZ Media, $8.99 (978-1-4215-1006-4).
• McCormick, Patricia. My Brother’s Keeper. 2006. Hyperion, $5.99 (978-0-7868-5174-4).
• Murray, Jaye. Bottled Up. 2004. Puffin, $6.99 (978-0-14-240240-5).
• Myers, Walter Dean. Bad Boy: A Memoir. 2002. Amistad, $7.99 (978-0-06-447288-3).
• Necessary Noise: Stories About Our Families As They Really Are. Ed. by Michael Cart. Illus. by Charlotte Noruzi. 2006. HarperTeen, $8.99 (978-0-06-051437-2).
• Patterson, James. Maximum Ride: School’s Out—Forever. 2007. Little, Brown, $7.99 (978-0-316-06796-6).
• Rallison, Janette. Fame, Glory, and Other Things on My To-Do List. 2007. Walker Books for Young Readers, $6.95 (978-0-8027-9682-0).
• Reinhardt, Dana. A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life. 2007. Wendy Lamb Books, $8.99 (978-0-375-84691-5).
• Rottman, S.L. Shadow of a Doubt. 2003. Peachtree, $7.95 (978-1-56145-354-2).
• Schraff, Anne. Lost and Found. 2007. Scholastic, $3.99 (978-0-439-89839-3).
• Shioko, Mizuki. Crossroad Volume 1. 2005. Go Comi, $10.99 (978-0-9768957-2-5).
• Sones, Sonya. One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies. 2005. Simon Pulse, $6.99 (978-1-4169-0788-6).
• Walls, Jeannette. The GlassCastle: A Memoir. 2006. Scribner, $15.00 (978-0-7432-4754-2).
• Wild, Margaret. Jinx. 2004. Simon Pulse, $11.95 (978-0-689-86541-1).
• Wittlinger, Ellen. Zigzag. 2005. Simon Pulse, $6.99 (978-0-689-84998-5).
• Woodson, Jacqueline. Miracle’s Boys. 2006. Puffin, $5.99 (978-0-14-240602-1).
• Zeises, Lara M. Anyone But You. 2007. Laurel Leaf, $6.50 (978-0-440-23858-4).

RELIGION

• Abrams, Judith Z. The Secret World of Kabbalah. 2006. Kar-Ben Publishing, $9.95. (1-58013-224-3). Red strings, astrology, Jewish mysticism…
• Adelman, Penina, Feldman, Ali and Reinharz, Shulamit. The Jgirl's Guide: the Young Jewish Woman's Handbook for Coming of Age. 2005. Jewish Lights, $14.99. (1-58023-215-9). Growing up Jewish.
• Bardi, Abby. The Book of Fred. 2002. Washington Square, $13.00. (0-7434-1194-3). Can Mary Fred exist in a Fred-free society?
• Beale, Fleur. I am Not Esther. 2004. Hyperion, $6.99. (0-7868-1673-2). They can change Kirby’s name but they can’t make her believe.
• Carlson, Melody. Finding Alice. 2003. Waterbrook Press, $19.99. (1-57856-773-4). Alice hears voices in her head, is one of them God’s?
• Cooper, Ilene. Sam I Am. 2006. Scholastic, $5.99. (0-439-43968-X). Knocking over the "Hanukkah bush" begins the questioning.
• Dayton, Anne and Vanderbilt, May. Emily Ever After. 2005. Broadway Books, $11.95. (0-385-51463-8). Can Emily’s Christian ideals survive New York City?
• Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Leaving Fishers. 1999. Simon Pulse, $5.99. (0-689-86793-X). Joining the Fishers will make Dorry belong, but at what price?
• Hautman, Pete. Godless. 2005. Simon Pulse, $7.99. (1-416-90816-1). What makes more sense – to worship a water tower or an invisible entity?
• Heuston, Kimberley. The Shakeress. Penguin Puffin, $6.99. (0-14-240054-8). Orphaned Naomi joins a Shaker community but continues her spiritual search.
• Jacobson, Jennifer Richard. Stained. 2006. Simon Pulse, $6.99. (1-4169-1337-8). Could Father Warren have anything to do with Gabe’s disappearance?
• Kass, Pnina Moed. Real Time. 2006. Graphia, $7.99. (0-618-69174-X). Some people are willing to die for their religion, and they don’t care who dies with them.
• Koja, Kathe. Buddha Boy. 2004. Puffin, $5.99. (0-14-240209-5). "Buddha Boy" teaches Justin about sacrifice, non-violence, and what matters most.
• Littman, Sarah Darer. Confessions of a Closet Catholic. 2006. Puffin, $5.99. (0-14-240597-3). Trying to be like her best friend, Justine gives up being Jewish for Lent.
• Nolan, Han. When We Were Saints. 2005. Harcourt, $6.95. (0-15-205322-0). If someone told you you were a saint, would you believe them?
• Ravenwolf, Silver. Teen Witch: Wicca for a New Generation. 1998. Llewellyn, $12.95. (1-56718-725-0). An introduction to Wicca and the religion's principles.
• Rinaldi, Ann. The Staircase. 2002. Harcourt, $6.00. (0-15-216788-9). Could Lizzy be the miracle her convent school is awaiting?
• Roth, Matthue. Never Mind the Goldbergs. 2005. Push, $7.99. (0-385-51463-8). Can Hava’s Orthodox ideals survive Hollywood?
• Rylant, Cynthia. God Went to BeautySchool. 2006. HarperTempest, $4.99. (0-06-009435-4). God Wrote a Book. (No, not that one.)
• Stolarz, Laurie Faria. Blue is for Nightmares. 2003. Llewellyn, $8.95. (0-738-70391-5). Stacey uses her Wiccan faith to solve a mystery.
• Tezuka, Osamu. Buddha, Vol. 1: Kapilavastu. 2006. Vertical, Inc., $14.95. (1-932234-56-X). The first in an 8-volume graphic novelization of the life of Siddhartha, the prince who became Buddha.
• Turnbull, Ann. No Shame, No Fear. 2006. Candlewick, $8.99. (0-7636-3190-6). In 1662 England, young Anglican William meets Quaker Susanna, and begins to question his own faith.
• Wiesel, Elie. Night. 2006. Hill and Wang, $9.00. (0-374-50001-0). Teenager Elie and his family are taken to a concentration camp—how can God allow this?