Afterlife by Gary Soto - A senior at East Fresno High School lives on as a ghost after his murder in the bathroom of a club where he has gone to dance.
Bang! by Sharon Flake - A teenage boy must face the harsh realities of inner city life, a disintegrating family, and destructive temptations as he struggles to find his identity as a young man. 
Big Mouth & Ugly Girl by Joyce Carol Oates - When sixteen-year-old Matthew is accused of threatening to blow up his high school and his friends turn against him, an unlikely classmate comes to his aid.
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry - Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysterious removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.
I Am Rembrandt's Daughter by Lynn Cullen - In Amsterdam in the mid-1600s, Cornelia's life as the illegitimate child of renowned painter Rembrandt is marked by plague, poverty, and despair at ever earning her father's love, until she sees hope for a better future in the eyes of a wealthy suitor.
Just in Case by Meg Rosoff - Convinced that fate is out to get him, fifteen-year-old David Case assumes a new identity in the hope of avoiding what he believes is certain doom.
Tithe by Holly Black - Sixteen-year-old Kaye, who has been visited by faeries since childhood, discovers that she herself is a magical faerie creature with a special destiny.
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson - After finally getting noticed by someone other than school bullies and his ever-angry father, seventeen-year-old Tyler enjoys his tough new reputation and the attentions of a popular girl, but when life starts to go bad again, he must choose between transforming himself or giving in to his destructive thoughts.
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