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Book Rating Author
Bruises
De Vries, Anke
StarGirl
Jerry Spinelli
The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton

Speak

(It keeps your attention throughout the book)

Laurie Halse Anderson

The Watcher

(Very Good Ending)

James Howe

Checkers

(Everyone ought to read this book!)

John Marsden

Teen Queens & Has Beens

(Teens can relate to it)

Cathy Hopkins

I was a Teenage Fairy

(Combines Hollywood, fairy tales, major issues, & rock and roll)

Francesca Lia Block

Away Laughing on a Fast Camel

(It was really funny and it was quick to read)

Louise Rennison

145th Street Short Stories

(Needs more specific details)

Walter Dean Myers

The Skin I'm In

(This was a really good book. When I started it I wanted to finish it to see what happened)

Sharon G. Flake

The Boy From the Basement

(A very emotional & interesting book. The book, "A Child Called It" is very similar, but this book deals more with mental abuse. If you like real life stories, then try this one.)

Susan Shaw
Close out

(A very interesting & good book. The ending is really good. Hopefully there's a fourth book to follow.)

Todd Strasser

Kissing the Rain

(I couldn't put the book down! It's great!)

Kevin Brooks

Pure Sunshine

(Sends a good message! Great book! Intense, but a good story)

Brian James