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FRIENDSHIP
FICTIONTHe following books can be found in the Fiction collection, shelved by the first three letters of the author's last name, e.g., F BAR .
Brashares, Ann. The sisterhood of the traveling pants
Carmen decides to discard an
old pair of jeans, but Tibby, Lena, and Bridget think they are
great
and decide that whoever the pants fit best will get them. When the
jeans
fit everyone perfectly, a sisterhood and a memorable summer begin.
__________. The Second summer of the sisterhood.
The story of the second summer in the lives of
four friends
and the pair of jeans that they share.
Brooks, Kevin. MARTYN PIG.
Martyn Pig's life goes from bad to worse when he accidentally kills his father, and he must choose whether to tell the police the truth about what happened and be suspected of murder, or he can get rid of the body and pretend nothing ever happened.Carroll, James. Secret father.
In 1961, three teenagers from an American
school in West
Germany travel to Berlin to join a May Day rally, where they stumble
into the middle of an international incident, forcing their parents to
rescue them.
Carter, Alden R. BULL CATCHER.
Bull and Jeff always had baseball, no matter what came along in their lives, be it romance, family problems, or death itself.Coe, Jonathan. The Rotters' Club.
Four boys, classmates and friends, must learn
to cope with
their own hopes and traumas as well as their country's as they come of
age in the turbulent 1970s.
Coles, William E., Jr. ANOTHER KIND OF MONDAY.
When Mark discovers money and a note concealed in the pages of a copy of Dickens' Great Expectations, he undertakes a quest with his classmate Zeena that leads to more money, more clues to follow, and ultimately more knowledge of himself.Cooney, Caroline B. TWENTY PAGEANTS LATER.
The younger and plainer sister of a frequent beauty contest winner, 14-year old Scottie-Ann has always had mixed feelings about such competitions, especially when she finds herself a reluctant contestant in the March Mid Princess Pageant.Cooney, Caroline B. VOICE ON THE RADIO.
15-year-old Janie feels devastated when she discovers that herboyfriend has betrayed her and her family through his college radio program.Crutcher, Chris. STAYING FAT FOR SARAH BYRNES.
Two misfits become close friends as they help each other through the pain of past memories.Davis, Rebecca Fjelland. Jake Riley : irreparably damaged.
The friendship between a troubled boy,
recently released
from a reform school, and the farm girl who lives next door angers the
faculty at their school and leads to a dangerous
confrontation.
Flinn, Alexandra. Breaking point.
Fifteen-year-old Paul enters an exclusive
private school and
falls under the spell of a charismatic boy who may be using
him.
Fredericks, Mariah. The true meaning of cleavage.
When Jess and Sari, best friends since seventh
grade, begin
their freshman year of high school and Sari becomes obsessed with a
senior boy, Jess wonders if their friendship will survive.
Hawes, Louise. Waiting for Christopher : a novel.
Shortly after moving with her mother to
Florida, a lonely,
fourteen-year-old bibliophile is reminded of her infant brother who
died and decides to care for an abused, abandoned child with help from
a new friend.
Henson, Heather. Making the run : a novel.
Eighteen-year-old Lu is set on leaving her
Kentucky home
town after high school graduation, but her plans are complicated by
friends and family, old grief, and new love.
Hinton, S. E. THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW.
Story of conflict and rebellion between slum and middle class kids.Hurwin, Davida Wills. TIME FOR DANCING.
The long friendship between two young girls is ended when one dies as a teenager.__________. The farther you run.
Even with a new best friend and a new
boyfriend, Samantha
has a hard time adjusting to life without her best friend Juliana, who
died of cancer.
Inclan, Jessica Barksdale. The matter of Grace.
Four Oakland women who meet every week at a
local swim club
find the limits of their freienship tested.
Keizer, Garret. God of beer.
To complete a class assignment at his high
school in rural
Vermont, Kyle and his friends Quake and Diana do a social protest
project involving alcohol.
Klein, Norma. JUST FRIENDS.
Shy and intellectual Isabel tries to conceal her growing interest in her childhood and platonic friend, Stuart, who is dating one of Isabel's closest friends.Knolwes, John. A SEPARATE PEACE.
Two adolescents come to understand each other and themselves after a tragic accident.Kurtz, Jane, STORYTELLER'S BEADS.
During political strife and famine of the 1980's, two Ethiopian girls, one Christian and the other Jewish and blind, struggle to overcome many difficulties, including their prejudices about each other, as they make the dangerous journey out of Ethiopia.LeMieux, A. C. DO ANGELS SING THE BLUES?
This absorbing exploration of adolescent hopes, dreams and vulnerability due to a friend's death, contains undertones as resonant and melancholy as a blues melody.Levitin, Sonia. YESTERDAY'S CHILD.
Riveting murder mystery about loyalty, friendship, and family secrets uncovered after a mother's death.Lynch, Chris. WHITECHURCH.
Describes the stresses and strains in the triangular relationship of two aimless teenage boys and a girl living in a small town.Marsden, John. LETTERS FROM THE INSIDE.
The relationship between two teenage girls, who become acquainted through letters intensifies as their correspondence reveals some of the terrible problems of their lives.McDaniel, Lurlene. SEASON FOR GOOD-BYE.
In an Oklahoma oil drilling camp in 1960, 15-year-old Clare finds her relationship with her best friend threatened by her new romance with Ethan, a boy carrying a dark secret.Oates, Joyce Carol. BIG MOUTH AND UGLY GIRL.
When sixteen-year-old Matt is falsely accused of threatening to blow up his high school and his friends turn against him, an unlikely classmate comes to his aid.Paulsen, Gary. SCHERNOFF DISCOVERIES.
Harold and his best friend, both hopeless geeks and societal misfits, try to survive unusual science experiments, the attacks of the football team, and other dangers of junior high school.Reynolds, Marilyn. LOVE RULES.
Seventeen-year-old Lynn experiences surprise, discomfort, and a new awareness of prejudices and stereotyping when her best friend Kit comes out as a lesbian.Richter, Hans Peter. FRIEDRICH.
A young German boy recounts the fate of his best friend, a Jew, during the Nazi regime.Spinelli, Gary. CRASH.
A look into the mind and heart of an arrogant jock.Twain, Mark. ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN.
Huck and Jim encounter life on the Mississippi in one of the great works of American literature.Vail, Rachel. EVER AFTER.
A funny, desperate story about growing up as Molly confides to her secret journal all her doubts and fears.Voigt, Cynthia. TELL ME IF THE LOVERS ARE LOSERS.
Ann, Nikki, and Hildy are hovering on the brink of womanhood. The three became inseparable - until something happened that changed their lives forever.Wallace, Rich. SHOTS ON GOAL.
While pursuing his goal of helping his soccer team win the championship in the district playoffs, 15-year-old Bones tries to deal with his resentment of his best friend, on whose girlfriend he has a crush.Wallace, Rich. WRESTLING STURBRIDGE.
Stuck in a small town where no one ever leaves and relegated by his wrestling coach to sit on the bench while his best friend becomes state champion, Ben decides he can't let his last high school wrestling season slip by withou challenging his friend and the future.Wood, June Rae. WHEN PIGS FLY.
An engrossing, well characterized story of an insecure, loyal 8th grade girl, who confronts issues of pretend parenthood with a sister who has Down's syndrome.Zindel, Paul. PARDON ME, YOU'RE STEPPING ON MY EYEBALL.
Compassionate and funny story of a troubled 15-year-old boy and the girl who helps him find himself.Zindel, Paul. PIGMAN.
A tragic death shakes two teenagers out of their unreal world.NONFICTION
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Schmidt, Mark Ray. Constructing a life philosophy : opposing viewpoints.
Essays examine the questions concerning life's meaning, moral decisions, religion, and how one should live.
Reber, Deborah. Chicken soup for the teenage soul's the real deal : friends : best, worst, old, new, lost, false, true and more.
Reber, Deborah. Chicken soup for the teenage soul's the real deal : school: cliques, classes, clubs, and more.
Presents a collection of essays that offer inspiration to teens, providing lessons about school, including cliques, classes, clubs, friends, and more.
Winick, Judd. Pedro and me : friendship, loss, and what I learned.
In graphic format, this book describes the friendship between two roommates on the MTV show The Real World, one of whom died of AIDS.
Pelzer, David J. The privilege of youth : a teenager's story of longing for acceptance and friendship.
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Shaw, Tucker. "What's that smell?" (oh, it's me.): 50 mortifying situations and how to deal.
