Take & Talk for Teens

Anderson, M. T. (15 Copies)
Burger Wuss

Hoping to get rid of his loser image, Anthony plans revenge on a bully, which results in a war between two competing fast-food restaurants.

Austen, Jane (19 Copies)
Pride and Prejudice

Wealthy Mr. Darcy and spirited Elizabeth Bennett dislike each other at first sight, and each must contend with their pride and prejudices while Elizabeth's mother plots economically advantageous marriages for all her daughters.

Avi (10 Copies)
Crispin: The Cross of Lead

Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England flees his village and meets a larger-than life juggler who holds a dangerous secret.

Bennett, Cherie (15 Copies)
Life in the Fat Lane

Sixteen-year-old Lara, winner of beauty pageants and Homecoming Queen, is distressed and bewildered when she starts gaining weight and becomes a fat girl.

Bloor, Edward (10 Copies)
Tangerine

Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.

Clements, Andrew (10 Copies)
Things Not Seen

When fifteen-year-old Bobby wakes up and finds himself invisible, he and his parents and his new blind friend Alicia try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it.

Cummings, Priscilla (15 Copies)
A Face First

Twelve-year-old Kelley decides to cut off contact with her friends and classmates after suffering third-degree burns to her face and body in a car accident near her home on Maryland's Kent Island.

DiCamillo, Kate (10 Copies)
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.

Donnelly, Jennifer (14 Copies)
A Northern Light

In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiancé, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story.

Draper, Sharon (10 Copies)
Romiette and Julio

Romiette, an African-American girl, and Julio, a Hispanic boy, discover that they attend the same high school after falling in love on the Internet, but are harassed by a gang whose members object to their interracial dating

Ferris, Jean (10 Copies)
Once Upon a Marigold

A young man with a mysterious past and a penchant for inventing things leaves the troll who raised him, meets an unhappy princess he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot against her and her father.

Flake, Sharon (15 Copies)
The Skin I'm In

Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark, meets a new teacher with a birthmark on her face and makes some discoveries about how to love who she is and what she looks like.

Grogan, John (18 Copies)
Marley & Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog

The heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family in the making and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life.  John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young and in love, with a perfect little house and not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wiggly yellow furball of a puppy. Life would never be the same. Is it possible for humans to discover the key to happiness through a bigger-than life, bad-boy dog? Just ask the Grogans.

Heinlein, Robert A. (15 Copies)
Starship Troopers

A military recruit of the future goes through the toughest boot camp in the universe and into battle against giant insects.

Holt, Kimberly Willis (10 Copies)
Dancing in Cadillac Light

In 1968, eleven-year-old Jaynell's life in the town of Moon, Texas is enlivened when her eccentric Grandpap comes to live with her family.

Jones, Patrick (10 Copies)
Things Change

Sixteen-year-old Johanna, one of the best students in her class, develops a passionate attachment for troubled seventeen-year-old Paul and finds her plans for the future changing in unexpected ways.

Koja, Kathe (15 Copies)
Buddha Boy

Justin spends time with Jinsen, the unusual and artistic new student whom the school bullies torment and call Buddha Boy, and ends up making choices that impact Jinsen, himself, and the entire school.

Korman, Gordon (15 Copies)
Son of the Mob

Seventeen-year-old Vince's life is constantly complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent.

Le Guin, Ursula K. (10 Copies)
Gifts

When a young man in the Uplands blinds himself rather than use his gift of "unmaking"--a violent talent shared by members of his family-- he upsets the precarious balance of power among rival, feuding families, each of which has a strange and deadly talent of its own.

Oates, Joyce Carol (15 Copies)
Big Mouth & 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.

Peters, Julie Anne (10 Copies)
Define "Normal”: A Novel

When she agrees to meet with Jasmine as a peer counselor at their middle school, Antonia never dreams that this girl with the black lipstick and pierced eyebrow will end up helping her deal with the serious problems she faces at home and becoming her good friend.

Philbrick, W. R. (15 Copies)
The Last Book in the Universe

After an earthquake has destroyed much of the planet, an epileptic teenager nicknamed Spaz begins the heroic fight to bring human intelligence back to the Earth of a distant future.

Picoult, Jodi (14 Copies)
My Sister's Keeper: A Novel

Conceived in order to provide a bone marrow match for her leukemia-stricken sister, a teenage girl begins to question her moral obligations in light of countless medical procedures and decides to fight for the right to make decisions about her own body.

Rowling, J. K. (15 Copies)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in an atmosphere of uncertainty, as the magical world begins to face the fact that the evil wizard Voldemort is alive and active once again.

Rowling, J. K. (15 Copies)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter, now a fifth-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, struggles with a threatening teacher, problematic house elf, the dread of upcoming final exams, and haunting dreams that hint toward his mysterious past.

Rachel Simmons, [editor] (10 Copies)
Odd Girl Speaks Out: Girls Write About Bullies, Cliques, Popularity, and Jealousy

This sequel to the controversial bestseller Odd Girl Out compiles pseudonymous accounts of bullying, backstabbing and other nastiness that girls (mostly teen-aged) say they have suffered or perpetrated on other girls, intercut with brief commentary from political scientist Simmons.

Spinelli, Jerry (15 Copies)
Stargirl

In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.

Stevenson, Robert Louis (8 Copies)
Treasure Island

When a boy and his mother discover a treasure map among the personal effects of a deceased boarder who owed them money, the youth goes on a dangerous adventure to find the gold.

Twain, Mark (15 Copies)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The adventures of a boy and a runaway slave as they travel down the Mississippi River on a raft.

Zusak, Markus (10 Copies)
The Book Thief

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.