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New Books for the Young Teen

	Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane Auch Sixteen-year-old Margaret Rose Nolan, newly arrived from Ireland, finds work at New York City’s Triangle Shirtwaist Factory shortly before the 1911 fire in which 146 employees died.		Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer When Hope and her aunt Addie move from New York City to a small Wisconsin Town to run a diner, Hope isn’t sure she’ll fit in.
	Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.		Bloomability by Sharon Creech \|\| When her aunt and uncle take her from New Mexico to Lugano, Switzerland, to attend an international school, thirteen-year-old Dinnie discovers her world expanding.
	The Steps by Rachel Cohn Annabel can do without all her many step-and half-siblings. All she really wants is for her father to come home, but when she sees how happy he is with his next family, she knows she needs to figure out whether she can share him.		Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic.
	Eva by Peter Dickinson After a terrible accident, a young girl wakes up to discover that she has been given the body of a chimpanzee.		House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer At his coming-of-age party, Matteo discovers the secret of his existence. He was cloned as a guarantee of eternal life for the all-powerful ruler of Opium, a country between Mexico and the U.S.
	Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery by John Feinstein After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game.		Love Among the Walnuts by Jean Ferris Born and raised in isolation by a wealthy and eccentric family, Sandy is shocked when he, his parents, and the servants become victims of a vicious plot by his greedy uncles to incapacitate them and take their money.
	The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they have found shelter with -- and the protection of -- Venice’s “Thief Lord”.		Dr. Franklin’s Island by Ann Halam When their plane crashes over the Pacific Ocean, three science students are left stranded on a tropical island and then imprisoned by a doctor who is performing horrifying experiments on humans involving the transfer of animal genes.
	Downriver by Will Hobbs Fifteen-year-old Jessie and the other rebellious teenage members of a wilderness survival school team abandon their adult leader, hijack his boats, and try to run the dangerous white water at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. YA H682		When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt During the summer of 1971 in a small Texas town, thirteen-year-old Toby and his best friend Cal meet the star of a sideshow act, 600-pound Zachary, the fattest boy in the world. YA H758
	Visiting Miss Caples by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel The elderly shut-in she visits once a week becomes an unexpected source of friendship and strength for thirteen-year-old Jenna as they help each other face and overcome painful aspects of their lives. YA K49		Travel Team by Mike Lupica After he is cut from his travel basketball team--the very same team that his father once led to national prominence --twelve-year-old Danny Walker forms his own team of cast-offs that might have a shot at victory.
	A Corner of the Universe by Ann Martin The summer that Hattie turns twelve, she meets the childlike uncle she never knew and becomes friends with a girl who works at the carnival that comes to Hattie’s small town.		Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelson After his anger erupts into violence, Cole is sent, as an alternative to prison, to a remote Alaskan island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.
	Outrageously Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Thirteen-year-old Alice, now in the eighth grade, decides that she is too ordinary and wants to do something about it.		Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy From 1939, when Sylvia is four and a half years old, to 1945 when she has just turned ten, a Jewish girl and her family struggle to survive in Poland’s Lodz ghetto during the Nazi occupation.
	Cirque Du Freak (“Saga of Darren Shan” Series) Darren and his friend Steve attend the fantastic and disturbing Cirque Du Freak but get caught up in a deadly trap. To save his friend, Darren must make a deal with the only one who can help--a vampire who wants his blood.		Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli Leo Borlock follows the unspoken rule at his high school: don’t stand out under any circumstances! Then Stargirl arrives at Mica High and everything changes.
	Rumpelstiltskin Problem by Vivian Vande Velde Ever wonder what was going on when that odd little man volunteered to spin straw into gold for the miller’s daughter? Here are six alternative versions of the old legend with sometimes surprising endings.		Memory Boy by Will Weaver Sixteen-year-old Miles and his family must flee their Minneapolis home and begin a new life in the wilderness after a chain of cataclysmic volcanic explosions creates dangerous conditions in their city.

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