New Teen Novels
Bermudez triangle by Maureen Johnson.
Blue girl by Charles de Lint.
Blue highway by Diane Tullson.
Life, love and the pursuit of free throws by Janette Rallison.
Synopsis: "High school freshmen Josie and Cami try to remain best friends as they compete for basketball awards and boys."
Our secret, Siri Aang by Cristina Kessler.
Synopsis: "Namelok, a Masai girl, tries to persuade her traditionalist father to delay her initiation and marriage because they will restrict her freedom and keep her from the black rhino mother and baby she is protecting from poachers. Twelve-year-old Namelok can't tell anyone about the mother black rhino and her baby that she found in the bush while collecting firewood for her Maasai tribe. She vows to protect them always, visit them often, and to keep them secret. But when her initiation into womanhood threatens her secret visits, Namelok must say goodbye to her precious animal friends. Before she can, though, she makes a horrifying discovery, one that sends her on a harrowing journey into the bush in a desperate search for poachers and the justice they deserve. Cristina Kessler has written a powerful and authentic story of a young girl's love for a rhino mother and her baby, and of her courage to challenge tradition to defend them."
Prince across the water by Jane Yolen.
Synopsis: "In 1746, a year after the Scottish clans have rallied to the call of their exiled prince, Charles Stuart, to take up arms against England's tyranny, fourteen-year-old, epileptic Duncan MacDonald and his cousin, Ewan, run away to join the fight at Culloden and discover the harsh reality of war."
Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood by Benjamin Alire Saenz.
Synopsis: "As a Chicano boy living in the unglamorous town of Hollywood, New Mexico, and a member of the graduating class of 1969, Sammy Santos faces the challenges of "gringo" racism, unpopular dress codes, the Vietnam War, barrio violence, and poverty."