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=High School=

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 * ==Mean Kids -- Bullying -- Read How Some Deal with It==

//Down Sand Mountain// by Steve Watkins (9-12) In a small Florida mining town in 1966, twelve-year-old Dewey faces one worst-day-ever after another, but comes to know that the issues he faces about bullies, girls, race, and identity are part of the adult world, as well.

//Endgame// by Nancy Garden (9-12) Fifteen-year-old Gray Wilton, bullied at school and ridiculed by an unfeeling father for preferring drums to hunting, goes on a shooting rampage at his high school.

//Kissing the Rain// by Kevin Brooks (9-12) Fifteen-year-old Moo Nelson, shy overweight, and bullied by his classmates, finds his life spinning out of control after he witnesses a car chase and a fight that results in a murder.

//19 Minutes// by Jodi Picoult (9-adult) The people of Sterling, New Hampshire, are forever changed after a shooting at the high school leaves ten people dead, and the judge presiding over the trials tries to remain unbiased, even though her daughter witnessed the events and was friends with the assailant.

//Odd Girl Speaks Out// by Rachel Simmons (9- adult) A collection of writings in which girls discuss their own experiences of being bullied or bullying other girls.

//Ruling Class// by Francine Pascal (9-12) Sick of being bullied and harassed, a new girl at a wealthy suburban Dallas high school plots revenge on the girls in the ruling clique.

//The Savage// by David Almond (9-12) After his father dies and the town bully Hooper begins to target him, Blue starts to write and illustrate a graphic novel full of blood, guts and adventures; but after one of Blue’s characters pays Hooper a nighttime visit, Blue wonders if the lines of reality have blurred.

//The Sweetheart of Prosper County// by Jill Alexander (8-12) In a small East Texas town largely ruled by prejudices and bullies, fourteen-year-old Austin sets out to win a ride in the next parade and, in the process, grows in her understanding of friendship and helps her widowed mother through her mourning.

//The Traitor Game// by B.R. Collins (9-12) Fifteen-year-old Michael and his friend Francis both feel betrayed when someone at their private school learns of Evgard, a secret fantasy world they created together, but when a sadistic bully becomes involved in Michael’s plan for revenge, the boys and Evgard itself face grave danger.

//Wish You Were Dead// by Todd Strasser (9-12) Madison, a senior at a suburban New York high school, tried to uncover who is responsible for the disappearance of her friends, popular students mentioned in the posts of an anonymous blogger, while she, herself, is being stalked online and in-person.

//Wounded Spirit// by Frank Peretti (9-12) Draws from news stories and his own childhood spent fighting the pain of a disfigurement that made him an object of ridicule to illustrate the effects of emotional scars, and offers ways to overcome abuse. ||

Teen Read Week 2010 Top Ten
[|See the video] More than 8,000 teens voted in the 2010 Teens' Top Ten, with //Catching Fire// by Suzanne Collins topping the list.

[|Teen Read Week 2009 Top Ten] "More than 11,000 teen voters chose //Paper Towns// as their favorite book in the 2009 Teens' Top Ten! . The online poll took place from Aug. 24 through Sept. 18, with the winners announced during Teen Read Week by WWE Divas Brie Bella and Nikki Bella, with a special appearance by John Green. See [|the video]."

Teen Reads.com "Teenreads.com is THE place online for teens to talk about their fave books --- and find the hippest new titles!"

[|Reading Rants] A website featuring out of the ordinary booklists for teens that was transformed into an interactive blog, where teens can not only respond to Jen’s reviews but write their own.

[|2011 Kansas Heartland Award Nominees] All 6-12 grade students in Kansas may vote in April for their favorite book from this list. The author is invited to a writing conference each year in the spring.

2010 Winner and Runner Ups of the Kansas Heartland Award
===2010 Winner=== Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games." The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When her sister is chosen by lottery, Katniss steps up to go in her place. [|Susanne Collins Website] ||
 * [[image:hunger_games.jpg width="120" height="177"]] || //The Hunger Games// by Susanne Collins
 * [[image:If_I_grow_up.jpg width="115" height="172"]] || //If I Grow Up// by Todd Strasser

Growing up in the inner-city projects, DeShawn is reluctantly forced into the gang world by circumstances beyond his control. [|Todd Strasser's Website] ||
 * [[image:adoration_of_Jenna_Fox.jpg width="105" height="155"]] || The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson

In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.

[|Mary Pearson Website] ||