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Palatine High School Top 16 2008-2009 Annotations courtesy of Palatine High School. To learn more about this reading program, visit the Palatine High School Media Center.
Alegría, Malín Estrella struggles to fit in at her fancy prep school while not abandoning her family and her Mexican culture. Can she find a place in both worlds? Estrella finds out quickly as her Quinceañera approaches.
Anderson, Laurie Halse This title is also available as an audiobook. This title is also available in
Large Print.
Asher, Jay Hannah leaves a series of 13 audio tapes, one to each of the persons she feels led to her suicide. Follow along with Clay as he listens and learns about the girl he had a secret crush on.
Gaiman, Neil Since childhood Nobody Owens had the run of the graveyard, protected by ghosts and guardians, but now at age 15 he must face down the demons that killed his family.
Giles, Gail At age 10, Kip murders another little boy. Now he is 14 and recently released from jail. Will he be able to live a normal life?
Harazin, S.A. Joey has fallen into a coma after taking PCP. Will he survive? What role did his best friend Clay play in his overdose? Harper, Suzanne “Is it better to have loved and lost or never loved at all?” Kate explores this timeless question while attending a teen Shakespeare seminar in Italy.
Korman, Gordon Terence, Arjay and Gecko are released from jail when handpicked by do-gooder Douglas Healy to live in his custody in New York City. Will Healy regret his decision to give the boys a second chance?
Marr, Melissa Aislinn, who sees fairies, finds herself being courted by the malicious Summer King who is on a quest to find a wife to help him break away from his evil mother, the Winter Queen.
Mazer, Norma Fox The lives of the 5 Herbert sisters are forever altered the day a stalker abducts one of the girls near their home.
Myers, Walter Dean This title is also available in
Large Print.
Reinhardt, Dana This title is also available as an
audiobook.
Shusterman, Neal A person is unwound when their body is dissected and parts are used in surgery. A parent can choose to have a child unwound before his eighteenth birthday. Connor, Rev and Lev struggle to escape this fate.
Venkatraman, Padma Vidya’s dreams of attending college are shattered when she is forced to live with her grandfather's large, traditional family, after her father is severely injured by British police in India during WWII.
Volponi, Paul Hurricane Song: a Novel of New Orleans Only weeks before Hurricane Katrina hits, Miles leaves his home in Chicago and moves in with his father in New Orleans. Together they must survive the horrifying circumstances as “refugees” in the superdome.
Ziegler, Jennifer Maggie Dempsey is so sick of moving, so sick of leaving her friends behind and so lovesick over her breakup with Trevor that she is determined not to get involved, make friends or become popular in her new hometown of Austin, TX.
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