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Palatine High
School Top 16 2007-2008
Belton, Sandra
Store-Bought Baby
The suicide of her beloved older brother,
and her parents' reactions to the tragedy, cause fifteen-year-old Leah to
question the meaning of family.
Booth, Coe
Tyrell
Fifteen-year-old Tyrell, who is living in
a Bronx homeless shelter with his spaced-out mother and his younger
brother, tries to avoid temptation so he does not end up in jail like his
father.
Fisher, Catherine
Darkhenge
Worried about his sister Chloe's comatose
state after a riding accident, teenage Rob, in an effort to distract
himself, gets a job on a secretive local archeological dig.
Friedman, D. Dina
Escaping into
the Night
Thirteen-year-old Halina Rudowski
narrowly escapes the Polish ghetto and flees to the forest, whe
re she is taken in by an
encampment of Jews trying to survive World War II.
Friedman, Robin
The
Girlfriend Project
New Jersey high school senior Reed Walton
has never had a girlfriend, so his two best friends set up a website to
remedy the situation.
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.
Horowitz, Anthony
Raven’s Gate
(Gatekeepers, book 1)
Sent to live in a foster home in a remote Yorkshire village, Matt, a
troubled fourteen-year-old English boy, uncovers an evil plot involving
witchcraft and the site of an ancient stone circle.
Johnson, Maureen
Devilish
Jane Jarvis, a senior at a Catholic
girl's school in Rhode Island, tries to save her best friend by making a
pact with a demon--in the form of a cupcake-eating, very friendly teenage
girl.
Krech, Bob
Rebound
Determined to make the varsity basketball
team, seventeen-year-old Ray finds his efforts to play both hindered and
helped by the atmosphere of racism in his town.
Leavitt, Martine
Keturah and
Lord Death
Keturah, a sixteen-year-old peasant,
strikes a dangerous bargain with Death. In exchange for a tale of true
love, Death offers Keturah one more precious day of life.
Lopez, Jack
In the Break
Surfing is Juan Barrela's life but when
his best friend Jamie faces a violent home s
ituation, the boys steal Mrs.
Barrela’s car and head to Mexico to find a place for Jamie to hide.
Nelson, Blake
Paranoid Park
A sixteen-year-old skateboarder is
engulfed by guilt and confusion when he accidentally kills a security
guard at a train yard.
Rabb, Margo
Cures for
Heartbreak
As she navigates adolescence,
ninth-grader Mia must deal with her mother' s recent death and her
father's illness while she searches for friendship and love in the world
around her.
Reinhardt, Dana
A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life
Sixteen-year-old Simone has never known
her biological parents, and that’s just fine. But when her birth mother
suddenly initiates contact, Simone’s life takes an unexpected turn.
Smith, Roland
Peak
A fourteen-year-old boy attempts to be
the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.
Werlin, Nancy
The Rules of
Survival
Seventeen-year-old Matthew describes how
he saved himself and his two younger sisters from their emotionally
abusive mother.
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