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Click on the title to go to the Plymouth Library Catalog and see if a copy is available.
Adams,
Douglas. Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy.
Arthur Dent, a refugee from the late planet Earth, and his pal from the
planet Betelgeuse, Ford Prefect, thumb their way through comic misadventures
throughout the universe.
Anderson,
M.T. Burger
Wuss.
Hoping to lose his loser image, Anthony plans revenge on a bully which results
in a war between two competing fast food restaurants, Burger Queen and O'Dermott's.
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.
Bauer,
Joan. Squashed.
As a sixteen-year-old pursues her two goals--growing the biggest pumpkin
in Iowa and losing twenty pounds herself--she strengthens her relationship
with her father and meets a young man with interests similar to her own.
Block,
Francesca Lia. Weetzie
Bat.
Bleach-blond L.A. girl Weetzie Bat encounters a genie who grants her three
wishes a Hollywood cottage, a dream man for her, and a surfer guy for her
gay friend, Dirk but Weetzie's wishes soon begin to backfire.
Cabot,
Meg. The
Princess Diaries.
Fourteen-year-old Mia, who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage
girl in New York City, is shocked to learn that her father is the Prince
of Genovia, a small European principality, and that she is a princess and
the heir to the throne. Book I of the Princess Diaries.
Cabot,
Meg. Princess
in Love.
In a series of humorous diary entries, a New York City ninth grader agonizes
over her love life, final exams, and future role as the princess of Genovia.
Book III of the Princess Diaries.
Cabot,
Meg. The
Princess in the Spotlight.
Having recently discovered she is the sole heir to the throne of a tiny
European principality, fourteen-year-old Manhattan resident Mia writes in
her journal about her attempts to cope with this news, as well as with more
typical teenage concerns. Book II of the Princess Diaries.
Conford,
Ellen. I
Love You, I Hate You, Get Lost
A collection of humorous stories reflecting the ups and downs of teenage
love and life.
Creech,
Sharon. Absolutely
Normal Chaos.
Thirteen-year-old Mary Lou grows up considerably during the summer while
learning about romance, homesickness, death, and her cousin's search for
his biological father.
Crutcher,
Chris. Athletic
Shorts.
A collection of short stories featuring characters from earlier books by
Chris Crutcher.
Crutcher,
Chris. Ironman.
While training for a triathlon, seventeen-year-old Bo attends an anger management
group at school which leads him to examine his relationship with his father.
Curtis,
Christopher P. Bud,
Not Buddy.
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the
Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the
man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway
of Grand Rapids.
Curtis,
Christopher P. The
Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963.
The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African
American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after
they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
Cushman,
Karen. The
Ballad of Lucy Whipple.
In 1849, twelve-year-old California Morning Whipple, who renames herself
Lucy, is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts
to a rough California mining town.
Danziger,
Paula. This
Place Has No Atmosphere.
Aurora loves her life on Earth in the twenty-first century, until she learns
that her family is moving to the colony on the moon.
Danziger,
Paula. The
Pistachio Prescription.
A high school "freshperson" attempts to rise above such inconveniences of
life as her older sister, parents, and school.
Eberhardt,
Thom. Rat
Boys: A Dating Experiment.
Fourteen-year-olds Marci and Summer use a magic ring to turn two rats into
cute boys so that they can have dates for the Spring Fling.
Fleischman,
Paul. A
Fate Totally Worse Than Death.
In this horror novel parody, three self-centered members of Cliffside High
School's ruling clique, who are beginning to age rapidly, become convinced
that the beautiful new exchange student is the ghost of the girl whose death
they caused the year before.
Gantos,
Jack. Joey
Pigza Loses Control.
Joey, who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too wired,
goes to spend the summer with the hard-drinking father he has never known
and tries to help the baseball team he coaches win the championship.
Hayes,
Daniel. Eye
of the Beholder.
Eighth graders Tyler and Lymie mastermind a hoax in which they imitate the
sculptures of a famous artist who once lived in their town, but they find
themselves in big trouble when their work is accepted as genuine by art
critics.
Jones,
Diana Wynne. Howl's
Moving Castle.
Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune,
Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns
her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly
feared wizard Howl.
Keller,
Beverly. The
Amazon Papers.
Fifteen-year-old Iris gets into hilarious trouble when her mother goes on
vacation and leaves her alone.
Koertge,
Ronald. Confess-O-Rama.
While his mother grieves the death of her fourth husband, Tony vents his
feelings to the Confess-O-Rama, never suspecting who's on the other end
of the line.
Korman,
Gordon. Don't
Care High.
Paul's attempts to adjust to New York City life are thwarted at his high
school, nicknamed Don't Care High, until his manipulation of a new Student
Council president wakes up the apathetic student body.
Korman,
Gordon. Losing
Joe's Place.
Jason and his two friends move into Jason's brother's apartment and manage
to wreak havoc in it during one funny and memorable summer.
Korman,
Gordon. No
More Dead Dogs.
Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending
rehearsals of the school play where, in spite of himself, he becomes wrapped
up in the production and begins to suggest changes that improve not only
the play but his life as well.
Korman,
Gordon. Son
of the Mob.
Vince Luca, 17, doesn't want to have anything to do with his family's business,
organized crime, but the business keeps inserting itself into his life.
Like the time he took a date to the beach and when he went to get a blanket,
he found Jimmy the Rat in the trunk. Or when playing football he makes one
touchdown after the other because the opposing team is afraid to touch him.
But Vince's live takes a complicated and hilarious turn when he falls in
love with the daughter of the FBI agent who is investigating his father.
Lynch,
Chris. Extreme
Elvin.
As he enters high school, fourteen-year-old Elvin continues to deal with
his weight problem as he tries to find his place among his peers.
McKay,
Hilary. The
Exiles.
The four Conroy sisters spend a wild summer at the seaside with Big Grandma,
who tries to break them of their reading habit by substituting fresh air
and hard work for books and gets unexpected results.
Mills,
Claudia. You're
a Brave Man, Julius Zimmerman.
Twelve-year-old Julius has his hands full over the summer when his mother
attempts to improve his grades and teach him responsibility by signing him
up for a French class and getting him a job babysitting.
Murphy,
Barbara. Ace
Hits the Big Time.
On the day he enters Kennedy High in Manhattan wearing a patch over one
eye, sixteen-year-old Horace Hobaart is urged to join the toughest gang
at school.
Nodelman,
Perry. Behaving
Bradley.
Recruited by his best friend to gather student input for the proposed Code
of Conduct at his high school, Brad encounters obstinate faculty members,
monstrous bullies, spineless student leaders, and personal agendas.
Paulsen,
Gary. The
Boy Who Owned the School.
Jacob Freisten, often in a fog, tries to ease through high school unnoticed;
but a beautiful classmate takes notice of him and his life begins to change.
Paulsen,
Gary. The
Schernoff Discoveries.
Harold and his best friend, both hopeless geeks and societal misfits, try
to survive unusual science experiments, the attacks of the football team,
and other dangers of junior high school.
Payne,
C.D. Youth
in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp.
The diaries of teenager Nick Twisp and his frustration at trying to get
a girlfriend.
Peck,
Richard. Bel-Air
Bambi and the Mall Rats.
Bambi, Buffie, and Brick, three totally cool siblings from Los Angeles,
move with their parents to Hickory Fork, a small town terrorized by a high
school gang.
Peck,
Richard. A
Long Way from Chicago.
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister
during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
Peck,
Richard. Those
Summer Girls I Never Met.
Drew and Stephanie, ages almost-sixteen and fourteen, reluctantly take a
Baltic cruise with their heretofore unknown grandmother, a singing star
of the 1940s, and have the experience of a lifetime.
Peck,
Richard. A
Year Down Yonder.
During the recession of 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live
with her feisty, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois and comes
to a better understanding of this fearsome woman.
Pettersson,
Allan Rune. Frankenstein's
Aunt.
When Aunt Frankenstein arrives at the castle of her nephew,who created the
monster to restore that place to order and clear the family's blackened
name, she encounters both Dracula and the werewolf and attempts to solve
their problems, too.
Rennison,
Louise. Angus,
Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson.
Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old
British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat
from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the love of handsome
hunk Robbie.
Rennison,
Louise. Knocked
Out by My Nunga-Nungas: Further, Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson.
The saga of fourteen-year-old Georgia Nicolson continues as she travels
to Scotland on a nightmarish family vacation, confesses her anxiety over
being the girlfriend of a sex god, and tests the limits of true friendship.
Rennison,
Louise. On
the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God: Further Confessions
of Georgia Nicolson.
Fourteen-year-old Georgia continues her diary in which she records her misadventures
trying to reclaim the attention of seventeen-year-old Robbie, while coping
with her friends, family, and dog-like cat Angus at the same time.
Sachar,
Louis. Holes.
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to
a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional
camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure,
and a new sense of himself.
Sheldon,
Dyan. Confessions
of a Teenage Drama Queen.
In her first year at a suburban New Jersey high school, Mary Elizabeth Cep,
who now calls herself "Lola," sets her sights on the lead in the annual
drama production, and finds herself in conflict with the most popular girl
in school.
Sleator,
William. Oddballs:
Stories.
A collection of stories based on experiences from the author's youth and
peopled with an unusual assortment of family and friends.
Springer,
Nancy. Ribbiting
Tales: Original Stories about Frogs
Humorous stories celebrating frogs by such authors as Brian Jacques, and
Jane Yolen.
Strasser,
Todd. How
I Spent My Last Night on Earth.
When a rumor appears on the Internet that a giant asteroid is about to destroy
Earth, Legs Hanover scrambles to meet the boy of her dreams, elusive Andros
Bliss.
Townsend,
Sue. The
Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4.
The humorous diary of a thirteen-year-old English boy.
Welter,
John. I
Want to Buy a Vowel.
Eva Galt, a young minister's child, begins asking hard questions about God
and her parents' divorce, while illegal immigrant Alfredo Santayana questions
the American dream, and when their paths cross, the result is a satire on
small-town media culture run amok.
Zindel,
Paul. The
Undertaker's Gone Bananas.
Two teenagers believe a neighbor, an undertaker, has murdered his wife but
can't convince anyone else.
updated 1/2006