"Fun Formats" Fiction for Teens Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging By Rennison, Louise 2003/02 - Avon Books 0060521848 Check Our Catalog 2002-2003 Viginia Readers' Choice - High The delightful story told by British teen Georgia Nicholson through her journals--a Michael L. ...More Breathing Underwater By Flinn, Alex 2002/10 - HarperTempest 0064472574 Check Our Catalog Nick has never spoken of his father's violent temper, but when Nick meets Caitlin, everything changes. This critically acclaimed first novel offers an honest and fresh look into the mind of the abused--and abuser. ...More Feeling Sorry for Celia By Moriarty, Jaclyn 2002/01 - St. Martin's Press 0312287364 Check Our Catalog A #1 bestseller in Australia, this fabulous debut is a funny, touching, revealing story written entirely in the form of letters, postcards, and missives from imaginary organizations such as "The Cold Hard Truth Association." "Edgy and irreverent . . . a sharp, witty take on friendship, family, and the roller-coaster ride of adolescence."--"Gotham" magazine. ...More First French Kiss: And Other Traumas By Bagdasarian, Adam 2002/09 - Farrar Straus Giroux 0374323380 Check Our Catalog Zeroing in on the moments of comic confusion and tender transformation that make up one boy's wild ride through childhood and adolescence, this collection of stories follows Will, a boy with an overactive imagination who grapples with "what kind of man will I become?" ...More Go Ask Alice By Anonymous 2005/12 - Simon Pulse 1416914633 Check Our Catalog In the 35 years since its original publication, this acclaimed, bestselling diary-format account of a teenage girl's harrowing descent into the nightmarish world of drugs has left an indelible mark on generations of teens readers. This special anniversary edition includes a readers' group guide. Original. ...More Leslie's Journal By Stratton, Allan 2000/09 - Annick Press 1550376640 Check Our Catalog In this novel, Stratton takes us into a teen world that reverberates with the emotion and tension of a relationship gone wrong. Here is a book that examines the adolescent girl's deep need for affirmation as a sexually attractive being and how the drive for that affirmation can lead to unimaginable consequences. For Leslie, grade nine was trouble-filled and grade ten is worse. The V.P. is constantly on Leslie's case for skipping or wearing 'inappropriate' clothes. Enter Jason McCready, new at school and ultra-cool. He gives her a wink the first time they bump into each other. When Leslie approaches Jason to prove to the girls they have met, he gives her a kiss -- in front of everyone! Leslie is in love! She is the envy of all the girls when Jason asks her out, but on their first date he takes her to his place instead of to ...More The Perks of Being a Wallflower By Chbosky, Stephen 1999/02 - MTV Books 0671027344 Check Our Catalog Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie is navigating through the strange worlds of love, drugs, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", and dealing with the loss of a good friend and his favorite aunt. ...More The Princess Diaries By Cabot, Meg 2000/10 - HarperCollins Publishers 0380978482 Check Our Catalog She's just a New York City girl living with her artist mom... News Flash: Dad is prince of Genovia. (So that's why a limo meets her at the airport!) Downer: Dad can't have any more kids. (So no heir to the throne.) Shock of the Century: Like it or not, Mia Thermopolis is prime princess material. Mia must take princess lessons from her dreaded grandmere, the dowager princess of Genovia, who thinks Mia has a thing or two to learn before she steps up to the throne. Well, her father can lecture her until he's royal-blue in the face about her princessly duty--no way is she moving to Genovia and leaving Manhattan behind. But what's a girl to do when her name is "Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo"? ...More Rats Saw God By Thomas, Rob 2007/05 - Simon Pulse 1416938974 Check Our Catalog Originally published in 1996, this groundbreaking novel is reissued. In hopes of graduating, Steve York agrees to complete a hundred-page writing assignment, which helps him to sort out his relationship with his famous astronaut father and the events that changed him from promising student to troubled teen. ...More Truth or Dairy By Clark, Catherine 2000/05 - HarperTempest 0380814439 Check Our Catalog In a fresh diary format--laced with Internet lingo and sprightly good humor--this novel relates the angst of a high school senior as she struggles to keep up her vow to give up guys after being dumped by her college-bound boyfriend. ...More