High School

Bottled Up

By Jaye Murray

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A high school boy comes to terms with his drug addiction, life with an alcoholic father, and a younger brother who looks up to him.
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Saint Iggy

By K.L. Going

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Iggy Corso, who lives in city public housing, is caught physically and spiritually between good and bad when he is kicked out of high school, goes searching for his missing mother, and causes his friend to get involved with the same dangerous drug dealer who deals to his parents.
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Glass

By Ellen Hopkins

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In a powerful sequel to Crank, Kristina is determined to manage her addiction to crack in order to keep her newborn child, but when she is unable to manage her use of the drug and the pull becomes too strong, her greatest fears are quickly realized.
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Shooting Star

By Fredrick McKissack, Jr.

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Jomo Rogers, a naturally talented athlete, starts taking performance enhancing drugs in order to be an even better high school football player, but finds his life spinning out of control as his game improves.
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Undercover

By Beth Kephart

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High school sophomore Elisa is used to observing while going unnoticed except when classmates ask her to write love notes for them, but a teacher's recognition of her talent, a "client's" desire for her friendship, a love of ice skating, and her parent's marital problems draw her out of herself.
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Vampire High

By Douglas Rees

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Cody’s move from California to New Sodom, Massachusetts, is a dead loss, until he begins to understand why he’s an outsider among the other students at his new school, the well-endowed, aptly named Vlad Dracul High. 

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Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film about The Grapes of Wrath

By Steven Goldman

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His best friend reveals that he is gay and his wildly inappropriate English project causes controversy. But, like lots of 17-year old boys, Mitch mostly has sex on his mind in this hilarious and touching “guy book.” 

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Girl Gives Birth to Own Prom Date

By Todd Strasser

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When Brad asks someone else to the senior prom, Nicole resorts to a desperate measure - she decides to make her next-door neighbor over into a dream date. 

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Behaving Bradley

By Perry Nodelman

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Roped into updating his high school's Code of Conduct, Brad encounters obstinate faculty members, monstrous bullies, spineless student leaders, and personal agendas. 

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