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10 best books like Crazy (Benjamin Lebert): Life is Funny, The Arizona Kid, Daddy's Roommate, Soloalbum, The Joy of Gay Sex, Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories, The Drowning of Stephan Jones, Crazy Lady!, You Hear Me?: Poems and Writing by Teenage Boys, The What's Happening to My Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents and Daughters

Life is Funny
AuthorE.R. Frank
ISBN0142300837
From the outside, they're simply a group of urban teenagers. But from the inside, they're some of the most complex people you'll ever meet. There's Eric, fiercely protective of his brother Mickey-but he has a secret that holds together his past and future. Sonia, struggling to live the life of a good...
The Arizona Kid
AuthorRon Koertge
ISBN0763626953
A trip out West to work at a racetrack — and a sojourn with a sophisticated gay uncle — bring unexpected discoveries in this quick-witted coming-of-age novel by the author of STONER & SPAZ and MARGAUX WITH AN X.

I was in the West. The Old West. The Wild West! A whole summer in a new place:...
Daddy's Roommate
AuthorMichael Willhoite
ISBN1555831184
this book is FAIL.

well, let me clarify: this part is GREAT: "Mom says Daddy and Frank are gay./At first I didn't know what that meant. So she explained it./Being gay is just one more kind of love./ And love is the best kind of happiness." Lovely, appropriate, true.

but the illustrations...
Soloalbum
AuthorBenjamin von Stuckrad-Barre
ISBN3462034960
Die Ausgangssituation ist klassisch: Der Ich-Erzähler, gerade mal Anfang Zwanzig, ist soeben von seiner Freundin verlassen worden; nach vierjähriger Beziehung nun per Fax der Schlussstrich. Ende, aus, vorbei. Natürlich ist der Verlassene im Moment des Aus so verliebt wie in all den Jahren...
The Joy of Gay Sex
AuthorCharles Silverstein
ISBN0060012749
For a new century and a new generation of readers comes a fully revised and expanded edition of a classic guide to gay sex, love, and life.

Invaluable as a sex guide, a resource on building self-esteem, and a trusted aid for coming out of the closet, The Joy of Gay Sex covers the ins and outs of gay...
Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories
AuthorChris Crutcher
ISBN0060507837

This short story collection serves as my introduction to Chris Crutcher as an author.

These stories are easy to read despite dealing with social situations and moral dilemmas: self-esteem, reaction to death and dying, prejudice and discrimination, or family relationships.

I...
The Drowning of Stephan Jones
AuthorBette Greene
ISBN0440226953
Hate. It's the farthest feeling from sixteen-year-old Carla Wayland's mind. She can't believe people would persecute others just because they are different. But she isn't about to worry about the injustice surrounding her because she's in love with handsome and popular Andy Harris. Although raised...
Crazy Lady!
AuthorJane Leslie Conly
ISBN0064405710
I am reading books from the ALA’s most challenged list. I checked off all the books I have already read (although I plan to go back and read some) and now I am working through the part of the list I am interested in reading. I went through the list in my school library and grabbed this one. I finished it this...
You Hear Me?: Poems and Writing by Teenage Boys
AuthorBetsy Franco
Teenage boys speak out—without the filter of adult sensibility—in a compelling collection of poetry and prose.

In a powerful collection of more than seventy uncensored poems and essays, more than fifty teenage boys from across the country explore their many-layered concerns: identity,...
The What's Happening to My Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents and Daughters
AuthorLynda Madaras
ISBN1557044449
I checked this out from the library when I was looking for a book to give my almost-8 yr.-old. I found the content a little bit too detailed in areas I didn't feel she was ready for yet (birth control, for instance - yikes!! I'm not ready for that!) And it had some anatomical illustrations of boys and girls...
Detour for Emmy
AuthorMarilyn Reynolds
ISBN1929777051
In the 9th grade, Emmy is an A student, a soccer star, and a lead soprano in the school choir. She won't let her alcoholic mother or her father, long gone, stand in her way. Emmy falls for Art, a junior who is also one of the choir's lead singers. Art is a dream of a boyfriend until Emmy finds that she's pregnant....
The Facts Speak for Themselves
AuthorBrock Cole
ISBN1932425713
How to describe Brock Cole's brilliant new young-adult novel, "The Facts Speak for Themselves?" Here's how the author himself did it in a recent magazine interview: "The Facts [Speak for Themselves?"] starts with a murder and the witness to the murder is a 13-year-old girl. In the initial interrogations,...
Jump Ship to Freedom
AuthorJames Lincoln Collier
ISBN0440443237
Young Daniel Arabus and his mother are slaves in the house of Captain Ivers of Stratford, Connecticut. By law they should be free, since Daniel's father fought in the Revolutionary army and earned enough in soldiers' notes to buy his family's freedom.

But now Daniel's father is dead, and Mrs....
Deal with It! A Whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain, and Life as a gURL
AuthorEsther Drill
ISBN0671041576
Deal With It! offers a whole new approach for dealing with your life as a girl. It's a resource to help you learn about, laugh about, and figure out the stuff you go through on your way through life. It won't tell you what to do, because you'll need to decide that for yourself. But whether you're wondering...
The Fighting Ground
AuthorAvi
ISBN0064401855
April 3, 1778He may be just thirteen, but Jonathan knows he's ready to go to the war against the British. He can handle a gun. He yearns to battle for glory, just like his brother and cousin.

So when Jonathan hears the tavern bell toll, calling men to fight, he runs to join them. He doesn't realize...
I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book
AuthorIona Opie
ISBN0763611999
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me."
That's what children chant when they are being teased; it's what their parents chanted, and their grandparents and their great grandparents before them. Collected in this invaluable book are the wit and wisdom of generations...
The Stupids Have a Ball
AuthorHarry Allard
ISBN0808534998
A is for Allard
The Stupids Have a Ball by Harry Allard and James Marshall, as reinterpreted by Betty Lou from Circulation
Beware, Thar be... you know what? Forget it. Onward!
The book begins with a scathing indictment of the national education system as well as parenting as both children...
King and King
AuthorLinda de Haan
ISBN1582460612
Once there lived a lovelorn prince whose mother decreed that he must marry by the end of the summer. So began the search to find the prince's perfect match and lo and behold... his name was Lee. You are cordially invited to join the merriest, most unexpected wedding of the year. King & King is a contemporary...
When Dad Killed Mom
AuthorJulius Lester
ISBN0152163050
Jenna and Jeremy knew their parents' marriage was in trouble. Mom and Dad didn't talk much, and when they did, they had to work really hard to be civil to each other. But no one could have predicted what would come next. The headline read, COLLEGE SHRINK KILLS WIFE, and suddenly everything changed. Now...
The Terrorist
AuthorCaroline B. Cooney
ISBN0590228544
How would you feel if your brother was killed by a terrorist,angry revengeful,clueless? In the book Billy is killed by package bomb in a subway station. The genre of this book is realistic fiction because it contains events that can possibly happen. What I thought of this book was a suspenseful beginning...
The Boy Who Lost His Face
AuthorLouis Sachar
ISBN0679886222
The classic novel from Newbery Medalist and National Book Award winner Louis Sachar (Holes), with a brand-new cover!
 
David is only trying to be cool when he helps some of the popular kids steal Old Lady Bayfield’s cane. But when the plan backfires, he’s the one the “old witch” curses....
La notte eterna del coniglio
AuthorGiacomo Gardumi
ISBN8831781596
Un'inaspettata apocalisse distrugge la razza umana e trasforma la terra in un pianeta morto. Sopravvivono quattro piccoli nuclei familiari, rinchiusi in minirifugi atomici nella città di San Francisco. I superstiti possono comunicare tra loro grazie a un trasmettitore satellitare. Improvvisamente...
Draw Me a Star
AuthorEric Carle
ISBN0698116321
"Draw me a star. And the artist drew a star. It was a good star. Draw me a sun, said the star. And the artist drew a sun." And on the artist draws, bringing the world to life picture by beautiful picture until he is spirited across the night sky by a star that shines on all he has made. In "Draw Me a Star," Eric Carle...
Darum
AuthorDaniel Glattauer
ISBN3216306771
Denken Sie an eine nette Person aus Ihrem Bekanntenkreis, an den friedfertigsten Mann, der Ihnen einfällt. Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie erfahren, dass er jemanden umgebracht haben soll. Es heißt, er habe in einer Kneipe scheinbar wahllos einen Menschen erschossen, ohne Streit, ohne Vorgeschichte,...
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