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Iowa Teen Award - 2001 Winner
From the author of "Go Ask Alice" and "It Happened to Nancy" comes this gripping narrative about a pregnant teenager who chronicles her experience in her diary. Fourteen years old and pregnant, Annie confides all her doubts and fears in her diary, revealing her deepest feelings from the time she learns she is pregnant until the time she must face the agonizing decision of whether to keep her baby or give the newborn up for adoption.

In the 35 years since its original publication, this acclaimed, bestselling diary-format account of a teenage girl's harrowing descent into the nightmarish world of drugs has left an indelible mark on generations of teens readers. This special anniversary edition includes a readers' group guide.

Mia has a big year her first year of high school--she has her first kiss from her big crush, she shoves an ice-cream-cone into the sweater of her nemesis, and she finds out she's the crown princess of a European principality. Basis for Disney's feature film directed by Garry Marshall.

Sixteen-year-old Caitlin O'Conner reveals the inner workings of a girl caught between childhood and womanhood--and an empty life without Christ as well as a meaningful one with Him.

This sequel to the hit "Truth or Dairy" offers another diary by the irrepressible Courtney Von Dragen Smith. This time, Courtney leaves home for college in America's Dairyland, where eating vegan is considered suspicious at best.

Valerie's world has come crashing down around her. She was enjoying life, planning her future and sharing her dreams with her boyfriend Peter. Now Valerie realizes that she is pregnant--and she must make some seemingly impossible choices.

Fourteen-year-old Kristin uses her diary to record her confused thoughts about the physical changes brought on by adolescence and the emotional strain on her family of living with the "ghost" of her older brother who was physically and mentally destroyed while serving in Vietnam.

Nick has never spoken of his father's violent temper, but when Nick meets Caitlin, everything changes. This critically acclaimed first novel offers an honest and fresh look into the mind of the abused--and abuser.

"Things are so bad, I feel like I'm going to explode if I don't do something..."

Everyone has to keep a journal in Mrs. Dunphrey's English class, but the teacher has promised she won't read any entry marked "Do not read this." It's the kind of assignment Tish Bonner, one of the girls with big hair who sit in the back row, usually wouldn't take very seriously. But right now, Tish desperately needs someone to talk to, even if it's only a notebook she doesn't dare let anyone read.

As Tish's life spins out of control, the entries in her journal become more and more private...and dangerous. Is she risking everything that matters to her by putting the truth on paper? And is she risking more by keeping silent?

"My parents suck ass. Banning me from the phone and restricting my computer privileges are the most tyrannical parental gestures I can think of. Don't they realize that Hope's the only one who keeps me sane? . . . I don't see how things could get any worse."
When her best friend, Hope Weaver, moves away from Pineville, New Jersey, hyperobservant sixteen-year-old Jessica Darling is devastated. A fish out of water at school and a stranger at home, Jessica feels more lost than ever now that the only person with whom she could really communicate has gone. How is she supposed to deal with the boy- and shopping-crazy girls at school, her dad's obsession with her track meets, her mother salivating over big sister Bethany's lavish wedding, and her nonexistent love life?
A fresh, funny, utterly compelling fiction debut by first-time noveli

"Knowing that I've just done something that will take decades off my parents' lives with worry, you'll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don't have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn't need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she's already gotten the dirt from you know who."
Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to Sloppy Firsts. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her bes

In the second title of Maxwell's Emily series, Emily spends a month working on her uncle's sheep farm in Scotland as part of a school project, but spends most of her time meeting hunky Scots.

This hilariously candid novel uses original letters exchanged between teenage friends, refrigerator notes from a madcap mother, and darkly comic epistles from heroine Elizabeth Clarry to show that the roller coaster ride of being a teenager is every bit as fun as it is harrowing.

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From the author of "Feeling Sorry for Celia" comes this story of three girls and three boys, one of which is a total psycho. It's a story of teenage life as it really feels--only funnier.

CCBC Choices - 2000
Winner - 2000 Michael L. Printz Award
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, 16-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the terrible course his life has taken. Illustrations.

This funny, smart novel follows the friendship of three tenth-grade girls as they experience some of the typical pitfalls of adolescence: boys, queen-bee types, a flirty teacher, beer, crazy parents, and more.

When her beloved grandmother is hanged in the public square as a witch, Mary narrowly escapes a similar fate, only to find intolerance and new danger among the Puritans in the New World.

There are six things very wrong with my life:

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It is on my nose.

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In fourteen days the summer hols will be over and then it will be back to Stalag 14 and Oberfuhrer Frau Simpson and her bunch of sadistic teachers.

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This ultra-modern teen love story is told through e-mails and letters, scratchings on take-out containers, and scrawlings on news clippings, which follow the growth of a relationship between a 17-year-old boy and the girl of his dreams.

This insider's look at the world of pop stars is the revealing nonfiction account of a girl who spends the summer as a backup dancer for the biggest pop star in the world.