Duxbury Free Library Good Teen Reads for Summer 2006

Dessen, Sarah. Keeping the Moon. 2004. Speak, paper, $7.99 (0142401765)
During Colie's 15th summer, she is sent to outlandish Aunt Mira in Colby, N.C. where she comes in contact with an assortment of characters and grows into maturity.

Farmer, Nancy, Sea of Trolls. 2004. Simon & Schuster. $17.95. (0-689-86744-1)
Jack gets captured by the Vikings and taken to the court of King Ivar the Boneless.

Going, K.L. Fat Kid Rules the World. 2004. Puffin, paper, $6.99 (0-14-240208-7).
Punk rock legend Curt convinces fat kid Troy to join his band, and both their lives are changed.

Hale, Shannon, Princess Academy. 2005. Bloomsbury. paper $10.00) (074757636X).
When bandits seek out the academy to kidnap the future princess, Miri must rally the girls together and use a power unique to the mountain dwellers to save herself and her classmates.

Rennison, Louise, Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal Snogging. (series) 2001. Harper. Paper. $7.99 (0-064472272) It's Bridget Jones for teenagers - but funnier.

Hoffman, Alice, Green Angel. 2004. Scholastic, paper, $5.99 (0439443857)
This is both a survival story and an homage to the need to cherish life's every moment.

Horowitz, Anthony, Raven’s Gate.(series) 2005. Scholastic, hardcover. $17.95 (0-439-67995-8)
First book in the Gatekeepers series. World-changing secrets, terrifying truths, good vs. evil.

Korman, Gordon. Son of the Mob. (1 of 2) 2004. Hyperion, paper, $5.99 (0-7868-1593-0).
And you think your family is weird.

Lubar, David, Sleeping Freshmen never lie, 2005, Dutton, $16.00 (0525473114)
Scott decides high school would be a lot less overwhelming if it came with a survival manual. His chronicle of his first year of bullies, romance, honors classes, and brotherhood is both laugh-out-loud funny and touchingly wise.

Lupica, Mike, Heat, 2006. Philomel, hardcover, $16.99 (0399243011)
Immigrants from the Bronx take on the white-bread rich kids from the suburbs. Great dialogue.

Mass, Wendy, A Mango-shaped Space. 2005. Little Brown, paper, $6.99 (0316058254)
Afraid that she is crazy, Mia, who sees a special color with every letter, number, and sound, keeps this a secret until she becomes overwhelmed by life.

Meyer, L.A. Blood Jack, (trilogy) 2004, Harcourt. Paper, $6.95 (015205085x)
Reduced to begging and thievery in the streets of London, an orphan disguises herself as a boy and connives her way onto a British warship set for high sea adventure in search of pirates.

Nix, Garth, Mister Monday, (series) 2003. Scholastic. Paper. $5.99. (0439551234).
Seven days. Seven keys. Seven virtues. Seven sins. One mysterious house is the doorway to a very mysterious world -- where one boy is about to venture and unlock a number of fantastical secrets.

Oppel, Kenneth, Airborn. 2004. (trilogy) Harpercollins. Paper. (0-06-053182-7)
A Victorian adventure filled with airships, mysterious flying creatures, pirates, and more.

Patterson, James, Maximum Ride. (series) 2006. Little Brown. Paper. $6.99. (0446617792).
A group of genetically-altered bird-kids led by Max have escaped from the experimental "school" and must survive the perils of other mutants as they save the youngest member of their flock.

Peters, Julie Anne. Define "Normal". 2003. Little Brown, paper, $5.99 (0-316-73489-6).
Peer counseling is supposed to be with your peers, but Jazz and Tone aren’t peers. Or are they?

Pierce, Tamora, Wild Magic. (series) 1992. Simon Pulse. Paper. $5.99 (1-4169-0343-7)
Daine communicates with animals and studies under Master Mage Numair.

Reeve, Philip, Mortal Engines. (trilogy) 2001. Harper Collins. Paper. $6.99 (0-06-008209-7)
In an alternate reality, cities are on the move, gobbling up smaller towns. Two people must stave off sinister plans to practice Municipal Darwinism.

Riordan, Rick, The Lightning Thief, (series) 2006, Miramax. Paper. $7.00 (0786838655)
A riotously paced quest tale of heroism that questions the realities of our world, family, friendship and loyalty.

Shan, Darren. Cirque du Freak. (series). 2001. Little Brown. Paper. $6.99. (0-316-60510-7)
A boy’s visit to a freak show leads him on a journey into a dark world of vampires.

Slade, Arthur. Dust. 2003. Laurel Leaf. paper, $5.99, (0440229766)
Robert’s brother’s disappearance corresponds with the appearance of an evil stranger who promises to build a rainmaking machine that will end the terrible drought. Creepy.

Sones, Sonya, One of those hideous books where the mother dies, 2005. Simon Pulse, paper $6.99 (1416907882) This is not just another one of those gimmicky novels written in poetry. Sones has a lot to say about the importance of carefully assessing people and situations and about opening the door to one's own happiness.

Tashjian, Janet. The Gospel According to Larry. (1 of 2) 2003. Laurel Leaf, paper, $5.99 (0-440-
23792-0). Larry starts a Web site on which he rants against consumer culture. People take him seriously and he becomes a cult hero.

Werlin, Nancy, The Killer’s Cousin. 1998. Random House. Paper. $5.99 (0-440-22751-8)
David has been acquitted of murder but starting over in Cambridge , MA is harder than he thinks.

Westerfeld, Scott, Uglies (trilogy) 2005. Simon Pulse. Paper. $7.99 (0689865384)
In a future world, a compulsory operation at sixteen wipes out physical differences and makes everyone pretty by conforming to an ideal standard of beauty.

Zahn, Timothy, Dragon and Thief (trilogy) 2004. Starscape. Paper $5.99 (0765342723)
Falsely accused of a crime, Jack pilots his Uncle Virgil's spaceship to a remote planet hoping to escape capture. A K'da alien warrior helps Jack clear his name.