FROZEN RODEO
Catherine Clark
Harpercollins Juvenile Books
ISBN: 0060090707
304 pages

Summer is supposed to be fun and carefree, but Peggy Fleming Farrell is having a busy and stressful one so far. First of all, she's working at a gas station to pay back her parents for wrecking two cars. She's taking French lessons in summer school and must deal with a number of annoying substitute teachers. She also attends Lamaze class with her mother while her father prepares for his professional ice-skating comeback. And as if that's not enough to deal with, she has a major crush on a waiter who works at IHOP.

Just when the only "exciting" event looming before her is the town's annual Rodeo Roundup Days, things take an unexpected turn for the better. Peggy's summer becomes more about mayhem than money management and she actually begins to have some fun.

HAUNTED: A Tale of the Mediator
Meg Cabot
Harpercollins Juvenile Books
ISBN: 006029471X
256 pages

Susannah Simon is a 16 year-old mediator --- a liaison between the living and the dead. One day, she discovers that Jesse, the ghost of a young man from the nineteenth-century, is haunting her bedroom. Susannah tries to get close to Jesse but her advances fail to capture his attention. However, this resistance is not Susannah's only obstacle. There is another guy, a live one who also possesses the ability to talk with the undead. He is after her in the same way that she is after Jesse --- and he knows how to send Jesse to the Great Beyond for good.

HAUNTINGS (Smallville, Book 3)
Nancy Holder
Warner Aspect
ISBN: 0446612154
288 pages

When Clark and Lana befriend Ginger, a new student whose mother has just rented a farmhouse, they find themselves in the path of a sinister menace. Sure, many old houses are rumored to have ghosts, but this is Smallville --- and here the apparitions are very real and dangerous. Now the situation worsens as the town's meteor rocks are transforming restless unseen phantoms into deadly engines of vengeance. But can even Clark's superpowers fight the disembodied spirits of the dead?

JOSEPHINE AND THE SOLDIER (An Avon True Romance)
Beverly Jenkins
Avon
ISBN: 006001220X
320 pages

At the age of 17, Josephine Best has been to college, has her own hairdressing shop and refuses to be distracted by any talk of courting. But then George Brooks begins to pursue her. Jojo isn't looking for romance but she allows George to call on her.

Meanwhile, Adam, a soldier who has always been able to charm the ladies, comes home wounded from the War Between the States. He surprisingly becomes attracted to Jojo, a girl he used to call "Pest". But he realizes that another soldier is courting her and it would be foolish to play with her heart. Even so, he just can't get the headstrong young lady off his mind.

Jojo can't deny her growing feelings for Adam, but he has always been such a flirt --- he can't possibly be serious about her. Besides, she has George falling all over himself to please her. As the war rages on, Adam's feelings for Jojo grow stronger but Jojo's determination to resist him becomes stronger as well. One thing is clear, though: Jojo is a girl who always gets what she wants, sometimes in spite of herself.

KEEPER
Holly Goldberg Sloan
ISBN: 0970899238
Scobre Press Corporation
146 pages

This is the true inspirational story of Sasha Beckdell Lewis, a girl who was afraid of practically everything: clowns, cats, snowballs, most knives, some forks, sprinkler heads, blood, ketchup and most kinds of cheeses --- to name just a few! All of this changed though when her best friend, Courtney, made her try out for the eighth grade soccer team. That team, that year, that sport, changed her life forever.

LOST (Fearless #25)
Francine Pascal
Pulse
ISBN: 0689855516
224 pages

Gaia Moore finally has it all. Her father escaped from his twin brother's clutches, bringing home with him a beautiful agent-turned-love-interest with a daughter of her own. Gaia and Tom are a family again and, like a normal girl, she has even started dating her best friend, Ed. But when a blast from the past unexpectedly returns to her, Gaia realizes that her father's life may be on the line.

MATES, DATES, AND COSMIC KISSES
Cathy Hopkins
Pulse
ISBN: 0689855451
208 pages

Izzie is on cloud nine when she meets Mark, because he is gorgeous and he likes her as well. What she can't understand, though, is why he doesn't call when he says he will. Desperate to make sense of things, Izzie spends all of her free time at home just in case he calls. When Izzie loses her perspective, best friends Lucy and Nesta try to give her a reality check --- but there are some things you'd rather not hear.

MATES, DATES, AND INFLATABLE BRAS
Cathy Hopkins
illustrated by Paul Draine
Pulse
ISBN: 0689855443
160 pages

A turning point is exactly what Lucy Loverling does NOT want. Everything is changing around her and she suddenly has to make all kinds of decisions. Everyone else knows who and what she wants to be except her. Izzie has become friends with the glamorous Nesta, but Lucy isn't sure she likes this situation very much. You see, Nesta and Izzie look sixteen, but 14 year-old Lucy can still pass for a twelve-year-old. Then one day, Lucy sees the most wonderful boy crossing the street and things do start to change --- in all areas of her life.

A SECRET LIFE: An Alias Prequel (Alias, 2)
Laura Peyton Roberts
Random House Childrens Pub
ISBN: 055349399X
224 pages

It's Sydney Bristow's first mission in Paris: her first alias, her first real enemy, her first real crush --- and her first big mistake. There are a lot of firsts for Sydney, but no second chances.

A TEEN'S GUIDE TO LIVING DRUG FREE
Bettie B. Youngs, Jennifer Leigh Youngs and Tina Moreno
Health Communications
ISBN: 0757300413

As most teens know, drugs and alcohol are everywhere. Sooner or later, they must make a decision on where they stand. A TEEN'S GUIDE TO LIVING DRUG FREE is an important book that will show you how to get through your teen years without falling victim to drugs or alcohol. It contains advice from experts, as well as stories and tips about living a drug- and alcohol-free life from teens who have been there. You'll learn how drugs affect your mind and body, effective ways to say "no" to drugs, information on where to go if you or someone you know need help getting clean and sober --- and much more.