Teen Books: Page Turners

YA/F/ALPHIN
Alphin, Elaine MarieCounterfeit Son
Will the real Neil Lacey please stand up?

YA/F/ATKINS
Atkins, CatherineWhen Jeff Comes Home
Jeff is home after being kidnapped, but the fear hasn’t stopped.

YA/F/ATWATER-RHODES*
Atwater-Rhodes, AmeliaDemon in My View
When you know too much about vampires, they might just have to kill you.

YA/F/BENNETT
Bennett, Cherie and Jeff GottesfeldAnne Frank and Me
A bump on the head leads to a dangerous trip to the past.

YA/F/CABOT*
Cabot, MegThe Princess Diaries
Why should a princess need to worry about geometry?

YA/F/COHN*
Cohn, RachelGingerbread
Kind of naughty, kind of nice.

YA/F/FLINN
Flinn, AlexBreathing Underwater
What do you do when you’re the problem?

YA/F/GILES
Giles, GailShattering Glass
The price of popularity.

PB/YA/F/HAD
Haddix, Margaret PetersonDon’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey
Keeping a journal of secrets.

YA/F/HOROWITZ
Horowitz, AnthonyStormbreaker
Will teen spy Alex save the day?

YA/F/KLAUSE*
Klause, Annette CurtisBlood and Chocolate
Can the werewolf pack survive Vivian’s love for a human boy?

YA/F/KORMAN
Korman, GordonSon of the Mob
Date in the front seat, body in the trunk.

YA/F/KOSS
Koss, Amy GoldmanThe Girls
Who’s “in” and who’s “out?”

YA/F/MCCAFFERTY*
McCafferty, MeganSloppy Firsts
“Upper crusts, dregs, 404s, Hanger-ons”.

YA/F/MCCORMICK*
McCormick, PatriciaCut
Why is Callie a cutter?

YA/F/QUALEY*
Qualey, MarshaThin Ice
Arden refuses to believe that her older brother died in a snowmobile accident.

YA/F/RENNISON*
Rennison, LouiseAngus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
Fabitty fab fab.

YA/F/SMITH
Smith, RolandZach’s Lie
Does the witness protection program work?

YA/F/SWEENEY*
Sweeney, JoycePlayers
Evil threatens to destroy the team.

YA/F/TRUEMAN
Trueman, TerryStuck in Neutral
Will Shawn’s father love him to death?

PB/YA/F/VON
von Ziegesar, CecilyGossip Girl
Dishing the dirt.

*Also available in PB/YA/F

Prepared by Lora Bruggeman, May 2003
Some annotations are reprinted from ALA’s Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers list.