Cadnum, Michael. Rundown (Gr. 9+)               
As a game, sixteen-year-old Jennifer pretends that she has been attacked by a serial rapist, but then she finds herself getting more attention than she wanted, from the police and her parents.

Cadnum, Michael. Zero at the Bone           
When eighteen-year-old Anita fails to return home from work, her parents and younger brother try to understand and cope with her disappearance.

Cormier, Robert. The Chocolate War.         
A high school freshman discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school's annual fund raising drive and rousing the wrath of the school bullies.

Cormier, Robert. Tenderness                     
A psychological thriller told from the points of view of a teenage serial killer and the runaway girl who falls in love with him.

Davis, Rebecca Fjelland. Jake Riley: Irreparably Damaged              
The friendship between a troubled boy, recently released from a reform school, and the farm girl who lives next door angers the faculty at their school and leads to a dangerous confrontation.

Ellis, Ann Dee. This is What I Did             
Bullied because of an incident in his past, eighth-grader Logan is unhappy at his new school and has difficulty relating to others until he meets a quirky girl and a counselor who believe in him.

Frank, E. R. Wrecked                                  
After a car accident seriously injures her best friend and kills her brother's girlfriend, sixteen-year-old Anna tries to cope with her guilt and grief, while learning some truths about her family and herself.

Fleischman, Paul. Mind's Eye                       
A novel in play form in which sixteen-year-old Courtney, paralyzed in an accident, learns about the power of the mind from an elderly blind woman who takes Courtney on an imaginary journey to Italy using a 1910 guidebook.

Gardner, Graham. Inventing Elliot - (gr 7-9)         
A victim of bullying, Elliot invents a calmer, cooler self when he changes schools in the middle of freshman year, but soon attracts the wrong kind of attention from the Guardians who "maintain order" at the new school.

Giles, Gail. What Happened to Cass McBride         
After his younger brother commits suicide, Kyle Kirby decides to exact revenge on the person he holds responsible by burying her in a coffin.

Griffen, Adele. Amandine                                  
On the first day of school, when shy, plain Delia befriends Amandine, she never have imagined the dangerous turns their friendship would take.

Hobbs, Valerie. Tender                                      
After her beloved Gran dies, fifteen-year-old Liv goes to California to live with the father she has never known and must adjust to his gruff ways and his life as an abalone diver, so different from her life in New York City.

Howe, James. The Watcher                          
As she sits watching a seemingly perfect family and a handsome lifeguard on the beach, a lonely, troubled girl projects herself into the fantasy lives she has created for them.

Konigsburg, E.L. Silent to the Bone               
Branwell’s best friend is sure Connor would never hurt is sister who’s in a coma.  The au-pair blamed Connor for dropping her and Connor’s been dumb struck ever since.

Marsden, John.  Letters from the Inside           
Two teenage girls begin a correspondence that gradually reveals more than either young woman wants known.

Mayfield, Sue. Drowning Anna                     
Beautiful, intelligent Anna Goldsmith has just attempted suicide. As she lies in a coma, her friend Melanie and Anna's parents try to figure out why she tried to take her own life.

Mazer, Norma Fox. Girlhearts                        
Thirteen-year-old Sarabeth Silver's life is turned upside-down when her mother dies suddenly, leaving her orphaned, confused, and at the mercy of everyone who seems to know what is best for her.

Miller, Mary Beth. Aimee: A Novel (on order)

Morgenroth, Kate. Echo (Gr. 9+)               
After Justin witnesses his brother's accidental shooting death, he must live with the repercussions, as the same horrific day seems to happen over and over.

Oates, Joyce Carol. After the Wreck I Picked Myself Up and Flew Away         
Blaming herself for the car accident on the Tappan Zee Bridge that killed her mother, fifteen-year-old Jenna undergoes a difficult physical and emotional recovery.

Shusterman, Neal. Full Tilt                    
When sixteen-year-old Blake goes to a mysterious, by-invitation-only carnival he somehow knows that it could save his comatose brother, but soon learns that much more is at stake if he fails to meet the challenge presented there by the beautiful
Cassandra.

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.

Werlin, Nancy. The Rules of Survival (Gr. 9+) 
Seventeen-year-old Matthew recounts his attempts, starting at a young age, to free himself and his sisters from the grip of their emotionally and physically abusive mother.