Bauer, Joan — Rules of the road
Sixteen-year-old Jenna gets a job driving the elderly owner of a chain of successful shoe stores from Chicago to Texas to confront the son who is trying to force her to retire, and along the way Jenna hones her talents as a saleswoman and finds the strength to face her alcoholic father.
Block, Francesca Lia — Weetzie Bat
Follows the wild adventures of Weetzie Bat and her Los Angeles punk friends, Dirk, Duck-Man, and Secret-Agent-Lover-Man.
Cabot, Meg — Princess in pink
In a series of humorous diary entries, high school freshman (and Genovian Princess) Mia tries to get her reluctant boyfriend to take her to the prom.
Conford, Ellen — Crush
A series of nine romantic episodes in the lives of B.J. and other students at Cutter's Forge High as they plan for the Valentine's Day Sweetheart Stomp.
Cooney, Caroline — Hush little baby
A young man with a mysterious past and a penchant for inventing things leaves the troll who raised him, meets an unhappy princess he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot against her and her father
Dessen, Sarah — Truth about forever
The summer following her father's death, Macy plans to work at the library and wait for her brainy boyfriend to return from camp, but instead she goes to work at a catering business where she makes new friends and finally faces her grief.
Ferris, Jean — Once upon a marigold
A young man with a mysterious past and a penchant for inventing things leaves the troll who raised him, meets an unhappy princess he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot against her and her father
Glen, Mel — Who killed Mister Chippendale?
Free verse poems describe the reactions of students, colleagues, and others when a high school teacher is shot to death as the school day begins.
Hobbs, Will — Far north
After the destruction of their floatplane, sixteen-year-old Gabe and his Dene friend, Raymond, struggle to survive a winter in the wilderness of the Northwest Territories
Hobbs, Will — Jason’ s gold
When news of the discovery of gold in Canada's Yukon Territory in 1897 reaches fifteen-year-old Jason, he embarks on a 10,000-mile journey to strike it rich.
McDaniel, Lurlene — Till death do us part
April and Mark find out they both have life threating illnesses. They fall in love and want to marry but is their love strong enough to survive anything?
Paulsen, Gary — Brian’s Winter
Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author’s book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a without only a survival pack and hatchet.
Qualey, Marsha — Close to a killer
Seventeen-year-old Barrie finds herself involved in a string of murders that are somehow connected to her mother's hair salon.
Werlin, Nancy — The Killer’s cousin
After being acquitted of murder, seventeen-year-old David goes to stay with relatives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he finds himself forced to face his past as he learns more about his strange young cousin Lily.