Abelove, Joan. Saying it out loud. New York : Puffin Books, 2001, c1999.
With the help of her best friend, sixteen-year-old Mindy sorts through her relationships with her solicitous mother and her detached father as she tries to come to terms with the fact that her mother is dying from a brain tumor.

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Twisted. New York : Speak, 2008, c2007.
After finally getting noticed by someone other than school bullies and his ever-angry father, seventeen-year-old Tyler enjoys his tough new reputation and the attentions of a popular girl, but when life starts to go bad again, he must choose between transforming himself or giving in to his destructive thoughts.

Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Shattered mirror. New York : Dell Laurel-Leaf, [2003], c2001.
As seventeen-year-old Sarah, daughter of a powerful line of vampire-hunting witches, continues to pursue the ancient bloodsucker Nikolas, she finds herself in a dangerous friendship with two vampire siblings in her high school.

Butcher, Jim. Academ's fury. Ace mass-market ed. New York : Ace Books, 2006, c2005.
Tavi must thwart assassination attempts and court treachery in order to save Alera Imperia, the capital of the realm, from a mysterious attack from across the sea.

Butcher, Jim. Death masks. New York : Roc, c2003.
Chicago wizard Harry Dresden is enjoying booming business, but he begins to wish things would slow down just a bit when he becomes involved in a duel with a vampire, finds himself the target of professional hit men, and is sought by police to identify a corpse--all the while dealing with the return of his semi-vampiric ex-girlfriend.

Butcher, Jim. Storm front. New York : ROC, c2000.
Harry Dresden, a wizard, puts himself in the path of danger when he is called upon by the Chicago Police to help solve a double murder committed with black magic.

Butcher, Jim, 1971-. Cursor's fury. Ace mass-market ed. New York : Ace Books, 2007, c2006.
The High Lord of Kalare launches a rebellion against the aging First Lord, Gaius Sextus, who must enlist the help of the High Lord of Aquitaine and Tavi of Calderon in order to defeat his enemies.

Cameron, Peter, 1959-. Someday this pain will be useful to you. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
Eighteen-year-old James Sveck copes with the uncertainties of adolescence as he works in his mother's Manhattan art gallery, falls for a charming older gentleman, and tries to decide what he wants out of life.

Choyce, Lesley, 1951-. Wave warrior. Victoria, BC ; : Orca Book, 2007.
Ben, warned away from the ocean by his grandfather and parents, meets Ray, an aging surfer dying of cancer, who shares his skills and philosophy of surfing with Ben.

Clarke, Judith, 1943-. One whole and perfect day. 1st U.S. ed. Asheville, N.C. : Front Street, 2007, c2006.
As her irritating family prepares to celebrate her grandfather's eightieth birthday, sixteen-year-old Lily yearns for just one whole perfect day together.

Crossley-Holland, Kevin. Crossing to Paradise. 1st ed. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2008, c2006.
Gatty is given the chance of a lifetime when she is asked to accompany a family on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and the journey, though dangerous, quickly changes Gatty's life forever.

Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills). November blues. 1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2007.
Shortly after her boyfriend Josh is killed in a pledging accident, November Nelson learns she is pregnant and fears she has no one to turn to, until she finds solace in the arms of Josh's cousin Jericho.

Fullerton, Alma. Walking on glass. 1st ed. New York : HarperTempest, c2007.
A teenage boy recounts, in a free verse journal, his attempts to come to terms with the realities of his mother's near-death coma.

Giles, Gail. Right behind you. 1st pbk. ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2008, c2007.
After spending over four years in a mental institution for murdering a friend in Alaska, fourteen-year-old Kip begins a completely new life in Indiana with his father and stepmother under a different name, but has trouble fitting in and finds there are still problems to deal with from his childhood.

Harmon, Michael B. Skate. 1st Laurel-Leaf ed. New York : Laurel-Leaf Books, [2008], c2006.
Facing a disintegrating home life and trouble at school, teenager Ian McDermott runs away with his younger brother to Washington State in search of safety, justice, and their long-absent father.

Hornby, Nick. Slam. 1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed. New York : Riverhead Books, 2008, c2007.
At the age of fifteen, Sam Jones's girlfriend gets pregnant and Sam's life of skateboarding and daydreaming about Tony Hawk changes drastically.

King, Stephen, 1947-. The shining. New York : Pocket Books, [2001], c1977.
For the Torrance family, the Overlook Hotel is a place where horrors come to life and where those who have the shining battle evil.

Koertge, Ronald. Strays. 1st ed. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2007.
When sixteen-year-old Ted O'Connor's parents are killed in a car crash, he's placed in a strange foster home. His gift for communicating with animals helps him survive.

Lynn, Erin. Demon envy. Berkley JAM trade paperback ed. New York : Berkley Jam, 2007.
Levi, a water demon who seems very much like a teenage boy, emerges from a portal in sixteen-year-old Kenzie's bathroom one morning, and while his presence in her life is exasperating at times, he seems to help her fit in with her high school peers.

MacHale, D. J. The Never War. 1st Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2007,.
Fourteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon and Spader from the planet Cloral journey back in time to 1937 New York City to uncover a plot by the evil Saint Dane.

MacHale, D. J. The pilgrims of Rayne. 1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2007.
With Saint Dane seemingly on the verge of toppling all of the territories, Pendragon and Courtney set out to rescue Mark and find themselves traveling--and battling--their way through different worlds as they try to save all of Halla.

MacHale, D. J. The Quillan games. 1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2006.
With more questions than answers about Saint Dane, Bobby travels to the territory of Quillan and is forced to play games where only the winner survives.

MacHale, D. J. The reality bug. 1st Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2007, c2003.
Fifteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon enters a virtual world to defeat the evil Saint Dane and finds himself tempted to leave the real world behind.

MacHale, D. J. The rivers of Zadaa. 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2006, c2005.
The demonic Saint Dane attempts to take over Loor's home planet of Zadaa, opposed once again by the teenaged Pendragon and other Travelers.

Mancusi, Marianne. Girls that growl. Berkley Jam trade paperback ed. New York : Berkley Jam, 2007.
Rayne McDonald, a goth vampire and vampire slayer, must go undercover as a cheerleader at her high school to find out what happened to the captain of the football team, who has disappeared, and to see if the peppy cheerleaders are really werewolves.

Marillier, Juliet. Wildwood dancing. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, c2007.
Five sisters who live with their merchant father in Transylvania use a hidden portal in their home to cross over into a magical world, the Wildwood.

Marr, Melissa. Wicked lovely. 1st pbk. ed. New York : HarperTeen, 2008, c2007.
Seventeen-year-old Aislinn, who has the rare ability to see fairies, is drawn against her will into a centuries-old battle by Keenan, the terrifying but alluring Summer King, who determines that she must become his queen and save summer from perishing.

Mead, Richelle. Shadow kiss. New York : Razorbill, 2008.
While Rose is coping with the darker effects of being shadow-kissed, her relationship with Dimitri is finally taking off, and when he disappears during a Strigoi attack on St. Vladimir's Academy, she must make a terrible choice.

Ryan, Darlene, 1958-. Responsible. Victoria, BC ; : Orca Book Publishers, 2007.
Kevin steps in when Nick's pranks go to far and stops Nick from assaulting a girl at their school, but he soon learns that doing what is right is not always the easy choice.

Salvatore, R. A., 1959-. Sojourn. Renton, WA : Wizards of the Coast, [2006], c2004.
Young drow Drizzt Do'Urden struggles to find acceptance in Toril, a world very unlike his own, while trying to evade the dark elves of his past.

Schreiber, Mark, 1960-. Star crossed. 1st ed. Woodbury, MN : Flux, c2007.
Sixteen-year-old Christy, living with her reformed hippy parents in Chicago, has her belief in astrology strongly reinforced when, on a visit to the plastic surgeon to have the tattooed name of her former boyfriend, Benjamin, removed from her chest, she meets the very attractive Ben, who is having a tattoo of the name "Christy" removed from his arm.

Showalter, Gena. Oh my goth. MTV Books/Pocket Books trade pbk. ed. New York : MTV Books/Pocket Books, 2006.
Jade Leigh has always been known as her high school's nonconformist Goth girl, but when Jade winds up in trouble once again, the principal decides to teach her a lesson and sends her to an alternate universe where the whole world is Goth and Jade is actually popular.

Sones, Sonya. What my girlfriend doesn't know. 1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2007.
Artistic fourteen-year-old Robin Murphy is so unpopular at high school that his name is slang for "loser," so when he begins dating the beautiful and popular Sophie, her reputation plummets.

Sonnenblick, Jordan. Notes from the midnight driver. New York : Scholastic, [2007], c2006.
After being assigned to perform community service at a nursing home, sixteen-year-old Alex befriends a cantankerous old man who has some lessons to impart about jazz guitar playing, love, and forgiveness.

Vrettos, Adrienne Maria. Sight. 1st Simon Pulse ed. New York : Simon Pulse, 2008, c2007.
Sixteen-year-old Dylan uses her psychic abilities to help police solve crimes against children, but keeps her extracurricular activities secret from her friends at school.

Wiess, Laura, 1960-. Such a pretty girl. MTV Books/Pocket Books trade pbk. ed. New York : Pocket Books/MTV Books, 2007.
Haunted by flashbacks, fifteen-year-old Meredith learns that three years in prison has not changed the abusive father who molested her.

Wizner, Jake. Spanking Shakespeare. 1st trade pbk. ed. New York : Random House, c2007.
Shakespeare Shapiro has always hated his name and has always gotten teased about it all the way through school; however, he may get his revenge through his memoirs, a school project, that has chronicled every detail of his life.

Zarr, Sara. Story of a girl : a novel. 1st pbk. ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2008, c2007.
During the summer after her sophomore year, Deanna Lambert tries to come to terms with the reputation with which she was slapped in the eighth grade when she was caught by her father in the backseat of a car with a high school senior, and struggles with her still-strained relationship with her father and her changing feelings for her best friend, Jason.