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10 best books like Deadville (Ron Koertge): The Ghosts of Kerfol, The Sweet Life of Stella Madison, Darkness Under the Water, Converting Kate, 7 Days at the Hot Corner, Down Sand Mountain, Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film about The Grapes of Wrath, Returnable Girl, Hold Me Tight, Mercy on These Teenage Chimps

The Ghosts of Kerfol
AuthorDeborah Noyes
ISBN0763630004
In an enthralling work of Gothic suspense, an Edith Wharton story inspires five connected tales set in the same haunted manor over the centuries.

In her classic ghost story "Kerfol," Edith Wharton tells the tale of Anne de Barrigan, a young Frenchwoman convicted of murdering her husband,...
The Sweet Life of Stella Madison
AuthorLara Deloza
ISBN0385731469
It's not easy being the daughter of a famous chef and a resteraunt owner when your idea of a great meal is the kind that's served through via a drive-through window. When Stella Madison's food-loving parents help her land a summer job at the local newspaper, there’s only one catch: she’s expected...
Darkness Under the Water
AuthorBeth Kanell
This gripping, ultimately hopeful tale of an Abenaki-French Canadian girl in 1920s Vermont explores a dark episode in New England history.

Just as the waters of a river roar through her town, Molly Ballou's life is riding on a swift current, where change comes faster than a spring flood. As...
Converting Kate
AuthorBeckie Weinheimer
ISBN0670061522
Kate was raised in the Holy Divine Church. It influenced everything from her homeschooling to her handmade clothes. But ever since her unbelieving father's death last year, she has suspected that there's more to life than memorizing scripture.

Taking advantage of their move to a new town,...
7 Days at the Hot Corner
AuthorTerry Trueman
ISBN0060574941
In baseball, fielding your position at third base is tricky—that's why third is called "the hot corner." You have to be aware that anything can happen at any time.

This should be the best year of Scott's life: It's his last season of varsity ball, his team is about to go to the city championship,...
Down Sand Mountain
AuthorSteve Watkins
ISBN0763638390
In a tale full of humor and poignancy, a sheltered twelve-year-old boy comes of age in a small Florida mining town amid the changing mores of the 1960s.

It's 1966 and Dewey Turner is determined to start the school year right. No more being the brunt of every joke. No more "Deweyitis." But after...
Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film about The Grapes of Wrath
AuthorSteven Goldman
ISBN1599902710
Mitchell Wells may not survive eleventh grade. He really only has one friend, his best friend, David. His normally decent grade point average is in limbo due to a slightly violent, somewhat inappropriate claymation film. And girls . . . well, does hanging out with his sister count?

When David...
Returnable Girl
AuthorPamela Lowell
ISBN0761453172
Abandoned. That's how Ronnie Hartman feels after her mother and Kenny, her mom's good-for-nothing boyfriend, move to Alaska, bringing Ronnie's two younger brothers with them and leaving her behind. Now thirteen years old, Ronnie has been returned from multiple foster homes because of her impulsive...
Hold Me Tight
AuthorLorie Ann Grover
ISBN0689852487
"I'm leaving." Dad's words come as a complete shock to Essie. How can he just walk out on her and the family, especially when Mom is pregnant?Essie keeps her dad's leaving a secret. Then Essie's classmate, Chris Crow, disappears, and everyone finds out he's been kidnapped. Is Chris okay? Is Dad ever...
Mercy on These Teenage Chimps
AuthorGary Soto
ISBN0152060227
On his thirteenth birthday, Ronnie woke up feeling like a chimp--all long armed, big eared, and gangly. He's been muddling through each gawky day since. Now his best friend, Joey, has turned thirteen, too--and after Joey humiliates himself in front of a cute girl, he climbs a tree and refuses to come...
Ricochet
AuthorJulie Gonzalez
ISBN0385732287
The character Will is such a bully! But he got what he deserved by being put in jail. He pressured all his friends (Ryan,Daniel,and Connor) in to playing the game russian roulet. He finally got Connor and Ryan to take a turn, but he thought Daniel was to chicken (which he was). Then Will decided to make daniel...
Isabelle's Boyfriend
AuthorCaroline Hickey
ISBN1596434139
WHAT DO YOU DO IF THE GUY OF YOUR DREAMS IS SOMEBODY ELSE’S BOYFRIEND?

Taryn has found the perfect guy. Epp is tall, athletic, handsome, and best of all, she is sure he likes her, too. There’s only one problem: He’s dating someone else. But when Taryn becomes friends with Epp’s beautiful...
Feels Like Home
AuthorE.E. Charlton-Trujillo
ISBN0385733321
Growing up in a dead-end South Texas town, Mickey had two things she could count on: her big brother, Danny—the football hero everyone loved—and a beat-up copy of The Outsiders. But after the accident—after Danny abandoned her to a town full of rumors and a drunken father—all Mickey had left...
Notes on a Near-Life Experience
AuthorOlivia Birdsall
ISBN0385733704
Mia never thought she'd be the child of a broken home. Yet when she's 15 years old, one day her father just up and moves out. As her family life crumbles, her love life is finally coming together. Julian, her brother Allen's best friend and her longtime crush, has finally noticed her—and being with Julian...
Falling Hard: 100 Love Poems by Teenagers
AuthorBetsy Franco
ISBN0763648396
“The quality here is head and shoulders above most young writers’ collections, and in fact it’s well above many adult anthologies as well.”
— Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)

The poets are straight, gay, lesbian, bi, or transgender. They live...
The Revolution of Sabine
AuthorBeth Ain
ISBN0763633968
In 1776 Paris, a feisty teenager defies her mother, her closest friend, and the aristocracy that rules her life in a compelling romantic novel of social intrigue.

Sixteen-year-old Sabine Durand, daughter of aristocrats, thinks of nothing but donning exquisite ball gowns and being seen...
The Possibilities of Sainthood
AuthorDonna Freitas
ISBN0374360871
Antonia Lucia Labella has two secrets: at fifteen, she’s still waiting for her first kiss, and she wants to be a saint. An official one. Unfortunately, the two events Antonia’s prayed for seem equally unlikely to happen...

Antonia Lucia Labella has two secrets: at fifteen, she’s still...
Triskellion
AuthorWill Peterson
ISBN1406307092
This has been sitting in the library waiting for someone to get it out, so with a lack of takers it was me this school holiday. So glad I did too It's one of those gorgeous children's story's that I love - lots of description and observation so it's very visual and inviting. It had an old-worldy feel to it, mostly...
The Anubis Murders
AuthorGary Gygax
ISBN1601250428
Gary Gygax, father of fantasy roleplaying and the co-creator of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, weaves a fantastic tale of warring wizards that spans the world from the pyramids of ancient Egypt to the mist-shrouded towns of medieval England. Someone is murdering the world's most powerful...
The Unspoken
AuthorThomas Fahy
ISBN1416940073
"In five years' time, your greatest fear will consume you. It will rob you of your last breath."

Five years ago six children who lived with their families in Jacob Crawley's Divine Path religious cult escaped by burning the compound to the ground. They are reunited at the funeral of Jacob's son,...
The Opposite of Invisible
AuthorLiz Gallagher
ISBN0375841520
Alice and Jewel have been best friends since grade school. Together, they don’t need anyone else, and together they blend into the background of high school. Invisible. To Alice, Jewel is the opposite of invisible. Jewel is her best friend who goes to Indie concerts and art shows with her. Jewel scoffs...
Birth of the Pack
AuthorPetru Popescu
ISBN0765316412

When sixteen-year-old Lily Willison and her friends Nikki, Arielle, and Grazia start up a girls' soccer club and name their team the Weregirls, they soon find themselves drawn into a battle between good and evil. Lily's father, a supernatural guardian, makes contact with Lily after his death...
The Queen of Cool
AuthorCecil Castellucci
ISBN0763627208
On the outside, Libby Brin is the most popular girl in school. But on the inside, Libby is dying — of boredom. In a moment of desperation, Libby signs up for an internship at the Los Angeles Zoo, much to the dismay of her friends, who’d prefer she spend her time with them, shopping, partying, and making...
The Blind Faith Hotel
AuthorPamela Todd
ISBN1416954945
When her family falls apart, fourteen-year-old Zoe feels like her whole world is going to pieces. Zoe's mother takes her kids away from their father, a fisherman who ships out to Alaska, and moves them to a run-down farmhouse she's inherited in the Midwest. Zoe's stuck -- in more ways than one. Surrounded...
Mariel Hemingway's Healthy Living from the Inside Out: Every Woman's Guide to Real Beauty, Renewed Energy, and a Radiant Life
AuthorMariel Hemingway
ISBN0060890398
Question: Which of the following have you done this week?
A. Switched on the TV within minutes of waking up.
B. Eaten lunch while driving.
C. Taken your cell phone into the bathroom.
D. Used a cup of coffee as a pick-me-up.
E. Looked in the mirror and had a negative thought about your...
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