Thou Shalt Not Dump the Skater Dude and Other Commandments I Have Broken

Thou Shalt Not Dump the Skater Dude and Other Commandments I Have Broken
Author: Rosemary Graham
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2008-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780142408513

Having endured the vicious rumors spread by her professional-skateboarder ex-boyfriend, high school sophomore Kelsey Wilcox tries to salvage her reputation while attempting to earn a place on her high school newspaper.

Thou Shalt Not Dump the Skater Dude

Thou Shalt Not Dump the Skater Dude
Author: Rosemary Graham
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2008-05-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1440638756

Readers who love Sarah Dessen will enjoy this companion to My Not-So-Terrible Time at the Hippie Hotel Just when Kelsey is finally fitting into her new California life, C. J. Logan comes along. He?s hot, popular, and revered as the best skateboarder around. Girls want to be with him, and boys want to be him. And Kelsey is lucky enough to be his girlfriend. But when she decides that their relationship is over, she could not have imagined what would happen next. With rumors flying, she is forced to figure out who her true friends are and, more importantly, who her true self really is.

101 Great, Ready-to-Use Book Lists for Teens

101 Great, Ready-to-Use Book Lists for Teens
Author: Nancy J. Keane
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 509
Release: 2012-03-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Building on the author's work in The Big Book of Teen Reading Lists, this book provides 101 new and revised reading lists created in consultation with teachers and public librarians—an invaluable resource for any educator who plans activities for children that involve using literature. Nancy J. Keane is the author of the award-winning website Booktalks—Quick and Simple (nancykeane.com/booktalks), as well as the creator of the open collaboration wiki ATN Book Lists. With her latest book, 101 Great, Ready-to-Use Book Lists for Teens, she provides another indispensable resource for librarians and teachers. The lists in this book are the result of careful consultation with teachers and public librarians, and from discussions on professional email lists. These indispensable lists can be utilized in many ways—for example, as handouts to teachers as suggested reading, to create book displays, or as display posters in the library. This collection will facilitate the creation of valuable reading lists to support the extended reading demands of today's teens.

When It Happens

When It Happens
Author: Susane Colasanti
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2008-05-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 144063937X

At the start of her senior year in high school, Sara wants two things: to get into a top college and to find true love.Tobey also wants two things for his senior year: to win Battle of the Bands and to make Sara fall in love with him. However, a popular jock named Dave moves in on Sara first. But Tobey’s quirky wit and big blue eyes are hard for Sara to ignore. Plus, he gets the little things that matter to her. Can a slacker rock-star wannabe win the heart of a pretty class brain like Sara? Hilariously and movingly told through Tobey and Sara’s authentic voices, Susane Colasanti’s debut novel sizzles in its portrayal of two young people searching for The One.

30 Days to Getting over the Dork You Used to Call Your Boyfriend

30 Days to Getting over the Dork You Used to Call Your Boyfriend
Author: Clea Hantman
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2008-12-10
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 0307481042

BEING DUMPED HURTS. But you know what? It happens to everyone. Even Gwyneth, even Cameron, even Madonna have been on the losing end of love. The part you might not believe is that no matter how brutally your heart’s been broken, those wounds will heal. But the longer you dwell on the dork, the longer your heart will remain cracked. Enter 30 Days to Getting Over the Dork You Used to Call Your Boyfriend. One day at a time, 30 days in a row. At the end, you’ll find you have the power to yank that dagger out of your chest, stand tall, walk proud, and move on. And along the way, you may just discover something marvelous and surprising about yourself.

Defining Dulcie

Defining Dulcie
Author: Paul Acampora
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2008
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780142411834

When sixteen-year-old Dulcie's father dies, her mother makes a decision to move them to California, where Dulcie makes an equally radical decision to steal her dad's old truck and head back home.

Senior High Core Collection

Senior High Core Collection
Author: Raymond W. Barber
Publisher: H. W. Wilson
Total Pages: 1496
Release: 2007
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780824210861

Features annotations for more than 6,200 works in the main volume (2007), and more than 2,400 new titles in three annual supplements published 2008 through 2010. New coverage of biographies, art, sports, Islam, the Middle East, cultural diversity, and other contemporary topics keeps your library's collection as current as today's headlines.