BE HEALTHY! IT'S A GIRL THING: Food, Fitness, and Feeling Great
Mavis Jukes and Dr. Lilian Wai-Yin Cheung
Crown
ISBN: 0679890297
Ages 10-up
128 pages

In BE HEALTHY! bestselling author Mavis Jukes (who has written several nonfiction books for adolescents) teaches girls what they need to know in order to achieve an active and healthy lifestyle, and feel good about their bodies at the same time. Readers will find basic nutritional information, ideas for safe exercising, tips on how to eat right no matter where they are, and much more --- all written with Jukes's trademark energy and enthusiasm.

THE DEAR ONE
Jacqueline Woodson
Puffin
ISBN: 0142501905
Ages 12-up
160 pages

Feni is furious when she finds out that her mother has agreed to take a fifteen-year-old pregnant girl into their home until her baby is born. What kind of girl would let herself get into so much trouble? How can Feni live under the same roof with someone like that? Her worst fears are confirmed when Rebecca arrives: she is mean, bossy and uneducated. Feni decides she will have nothing to do with her, although it's hard not to be curious about a girl so close to her in age who seems so different.

HARLEM STOMP! A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance
Laban Carrick Hill
Little, Brown and Company
ISBN: 0316814113
Ages 12-up
160 pages

This meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated book --- packed with poetry, prose, photographs, full-color paintings and reproductions of historical documents --- brings the Harlem Renaissance alive for teens. It chronicles the work of prominent Harlem Renaissance artists, activists and writers including Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Sargent Johnson and Marcus Garvey.

Featuring a striking cover by illustrator Christopher Myers and a foreword by renowned poet Nikki Giovanni, HARLEM STOMP! is a rich exploration of one of the most important and exciting periods in American cultural history.

NO LAUGHTER HERE
Rita Williams-Garcia
Amistad Press
ISBN: 0688162479
Ages 12-up
144 pages

Even though they were born in different countries, Akilah and Victoria are the best of friends. But Victoria has been acting strangely ever since she returned from her summer in Nigeria, where she had a special coming-of-age ceremony. Akilah is determined to find out what's wrong, but when she learns the terrible secret Victoria is hiding, she has even more questions --- some of which may not even have answers.

THE PERFECT SCORE
David Levithan
Simon Spotlight
ISBN: 0689864817
Ages 12-up
192 pages

The six high school seniors in THE PERFECT SCORE believe that the Educational Testing Service, which administers the S.A.T. exams to anxious teenagers all across the country, isn't playing fair with the students, so they decide to rebel. They have one common goal --- to steal the answers to the S.A.T. --- and six different reasons for doing it.

WENDY
Karen Wallace
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ISBN: 0689867697
Ages 12-up
320 pages

Wendy Darling is not the perfect girl her parents would like her to be. She's intrepid, outspoken, willful and always getting into trouble. One evening, confined to the nursery by her horrible nanny, she sneaks out to spy on one of her parents' glamorous parties. What Wendy sees changes her life forever and triggers a series of confusing adventures as she tries to solve the mysteries that lie at the heart of her family.

HOW NOT TO SPEND YOUR SENIOR YEAR
Cameron Dokey
Simon Pulse
ISBN: 0689867034
Ages 14-up
304 pages
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After moving around during her school years, Jo O'Connor has settled into her senior year, has a boyfriend and loves drama class. Everything is going fairly well until Dad informs her that they must move again --- that very night. He is a witness in a murder investigation, so they must fake their own deaths. Reluctant to start over again, Jo sneaks back to her old high school to at least say good-bye to her boyfriend, who now of course thinks she's a ghost!

ROYALLY JACKED
Niki Burnham
Simon Pulse
ISBN: 0689866682
Ages 14-up
240 pages
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Life is pretty good for fifteen-year-old Valerie: her grades are fine, she has great friends, and an attractive guy has been asking around about her. But then, in less than a week, everything is turned completely upside down. First, her mother announces that she's gay and leaving Valerie's dad for her girlfriend. Then, her father tells her that he has been given a new job as protocol chief for the royal family of some European country. Valerie has two choices: stay in Virginia with her mom or go with her dad. She decides to leave Virginia, and quickly discovers that she made a mistake.

FREE FALL: An Alias Prequel
Christa Roberts
Bantam Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0553494058
Ages 12-up
192 pages

Sydney has finally made a friend she can open up to --- a fellow agent from SD-2. Stephanie is sweet and caring, and knows exactly how it feels to lie to the people you love. But friends don't ask friends to help kill their boyfriends. Or do they? Suddenly, nothing is what it seems, and everyone is in the same boat --- until someone gets pushed out.

LUCK BE A LADY (Charmed)
Scott Ciencin
Simon Spotlight
ISBN: 0689857934
Ages 12-up
224 pages

In their latest adventure, the Charmed Ones travel to World War II-era America to fight a demon from Cole's past. But once there, can Piper resist the temptation to find Leo --- when he was still living?

NORMAL (Fearless #31)
Francine Pascal
Simon Pulse
ISBN: 0689867069
Ages 16-up
272 pages

Gaia is ecstatic, but also freaked out and terrified. This is because she is now "normal" by her standards. She can feel fear, and all of the conflicting reactions that emotion provokes. She cannot sit still or make up her mind, and she is driving Jake crazy.