Sooner or Later

Author	Paula Danziger
ISBN	0807218383

Lauren Allen's life is the pits. Bobby Taylor's just jilted her. Her ninth-grade teachers are demerit-crazy. And she has to share her bedroom with messy younger sister who wants to be a stand-up comic, while her older sister seems to get everything she wants. Between her parents, her two sisters, and...

Author	Norma Klein
ISBN	0449702731

WHEN YOU'RE NEITHER A GIRL NOR A WOMAN...
Maggie and Caroline are both seniors in high school and suddenly everything that seemed simple has become complicated. Thinking about sex, wondering about college, planning for careers -- there are so many choices.

Maggie is brilliant and very...

Author

Julian F. Thompson

YA was hardcore in 1983, yo. I bought my original copy of The Grounding of Group Six at Barnes and Noble in Boston when I was 10 – the huge one on Boylston that looked like a half-melted White House, and I’m not going to lie to you: I bought it because of the cover.

In fact, before I even get into the...

Author

Paul Zindel

At 17, Dewey Daniels is fed up with his boring high school and decides to drop out, taking a part-time job at Richmond Valley Hospital. one day he catches fellow dropout Yvette Goethals stealing hospital supplies, and it's lust at first sight.  But Yvette and Dewey are like night and day: she's a vegetarian...

Author	Edward Packard
ISBN	0553263714

YOU ARE ABOUT TO DISCOVER WHAT LIES BEYOND THE UNIVERSE.

Your new neighbor, Professor Zinka, is a brilliant scientist who is exploring the mysteries of Hyperspace. One day he invites you into his secret laboratory to show you his most daring invention -- the hypolaser. Before you can stop him,...

Author	Sandra Scoppettone
ISBN	0553259105

I read this over and over as a teenager. The author did a brilliant job with this story. She not only gives us a deep look into Geri's world, but also her family: mom, dad, and brother. I also liked her school teacher mentor. The author goes deep, very deep into alcoholism and how it not only affects the drinker,...

Author	Crescent Dragonwagon
ISBN	0553238647

I'm going to be honest with you: at least 60% of the reason I read this is because of its author's cracktastic pen name. In combination with the paperback's cover, the book summary, and a co-writing credit with established YA author Paul Zindel, it absolutely sounds like a 19-year-old human disaster...

Author	Richard Peck
ISBN	0440402700

Trying to escape the vicious King Kobra gang and a troubled life at home, eighth graders Barnie and Teresa flee the city. With only four dollars between them, they hop a bus, hoping to find a new life at the end of the line. Destination: Paradise Park. But Paradise Park turns out to be a cement-covered suburban...

Author	Ann M. Martin
ISBN	0590439995

Rating 3.46 out of 5 stars
Mel is a 14 year old girl who spends her summers on Fire Island with her family and best friend Lacey. This summer though she is ready for boys, and as fate would have it, she meets a cute boy named Justin who she stalks a bit before he catches her at it. In no time at all they are dating...

Author	Ed Lin
ISBN	1885030320

Waylaid is the story of a Chinese American boy who struggles to grow up in the grip of an overcharged sexual environment. With a daily routine that involves renting out rooms to johns and hookers at his parents' sleazy hotel, the narrator loses his grip on concepts of friendship, family and childhood....

Author	Ellen Conford
ISBN	0590438247

From Dull to Dangerous???

Adam is so cute. And his locker is right next to hers. But how can Maddy Kemper, self-labelled Mouse, get him to notice her?

Why, with the help of that best-selling new book, Seven Days to a Brand-New You. In just seven days, Maddy is determined to go from dull...

Author	Barbara Conklin
ISBN	0553244078

Mariah's not one of those girls who's never been kissed. Once. It seems like a thousand years ago. But Paul died, and Mariah thinks she'll never find anyone as special again.

She hadn't counted on the school play, though. Somehow her crazy friend Amy ropes her into working on the props. Before...

Author	Marian Woodruff
ISBN	0553302310

Can a boy like Richie creep into Joy's heart...

Every girl at Cabrillo High has a crush on Richie Brennan-- every girl, that is, except Joy Wilder. Joy can't stand Richie's smug, conceited attitude or his stupid jokes, most of which are aimed directly at her.

The worst jokes are the romantic...

Author	Ann Head
ISBN	0451163192

Football hero Bo Jo Jones and his girlfriend July are in love. On the night of the prom, they do what so many couples in love do. Soon, July finds out that she is pregnant with Bo Jo's baby and suddenly the life they once knew is over. Now Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones must come to grips with the very adult decision that...

Author	Frank De Felitta
ISBN	0446302066

I read this straight after reading Audrey Rose, which is a well-known 70’s horror novel. It tells the story of Bill, Janice and Elliot as they come to grips with the outcome of the story as detailed in the first book.

It is well written, and the characters have depth and emotions as they react...

Author	Rosemary Vernon
ISBN	0553229931

Frannie is so shy, she thinks she might go all the way through high school without even being kissed, much less finding that one boy who would make her feel special. Then her girlfriends create The Plan, and Frannie has so many boys after her that she can't keep track of all the parties and dances.

Not...