The Chosen One ~ Carol Lynch Williams

Thirteen-year-old Kyra has grown up in an isolated community without questioning the fact that her father has three wives and she has twenty brothers and sisters. That is, without questioning it much - if you don't count her visits to the Ironton County Mobile Library on Wheels to read forbidden books, or her secert meetings with Joshua, the boy she hopes to choose for herself instead of having a man chosen for her. But when thePhophet decrees that Kyra must marry her sicty-year-old uncle - who already has six wives - she must make a desperate choice in the face of violence and her own fears of losing her family forever.

Numbers ~ Rachel Ward

Since the day her mother died, Jem has known about the numbers. Numbers that pop into her head when she looks into someone's eyes. They're dates, the numbers. Dates predicting with brute accuracy each person's death. Burdened by such grim knowledge, Jem avoids relationships. Until she meets Spider, another outsider, and takes a chance. Maybe they can find happiness together, if only in the brief time that remains before his expiration date. But on the trip to London, Jem foresees a chilling chain of events: The city's a target. The clock's running out. The countdown is on to a blowup!

Breathless ~ Jessica Warman

Sent off to posh boarding school to escape the trouble caused by her brother's growing mental illness, Katie immerses herself in her swimming and the easy lie that her brother is actually dead. As she becomes part of the elite, popular crowd, Katie grows closer to those around her - a handsome fellow swimmer, Drew; her mysterious roommate, Mazzie; the beautiful and magnetic Estella. Yet it is always under the water that Katie feels most at home - where she can truly breath. But at prep school, secerts don't often stay far beneath the surface. Katie's lie constantly threatens to reveal itself - and when her brother commits an unthinkable act, Katie is left treading water breathless.

Before I Die ~ Jenny Downham

Everyone has to die. We all know it. With only a few months of life left, sixteen-year-old Tessa knows it better than most. She's made a list, though - ten things she wants to do before she dies. Number one is sex. Starting tonight. But getting what you want isn't easy. And getting what you want dosn't always give you what you need. And sometimes the most unexpected things become important.

Go Ask Alice ~ Anonymous

It started when she was served a soft drink laced with LSD in a dangerous party game. Within months she was hooked, trapped in a downward spiral that took her from her comfortable home and loving family to the mean streets of an unforgiving city. It was a journey that would rob her of her innocence, her youth - and ultimately her life.

The Gravesavers ~ Sherre Fitch

The school year is over and, in the wake of a family upheavel, 12-year-old Minn Hotchkiss is packed off by her parents to spend the summer with her sour grandmother in seaside village of Boulder Basin. But Minn's feisty temperament and wild imagination help her deal with these less-than-exciting summer prospects. It isn't long before she finds herself caught up in a mystery that reaches back more than a century. Haunted by the aftermath of the most tragic shipwreck in Maritime history before the Titanic, Minn vows to take action to preserve the eroding graves of those lost in sea. Over the course of this extraordinary summer, Minn will discover romance, and learn that her grandmother she resented is more intriguing than she ever guessed. She might even meet a famous rock star! When Minn comes up with a clever but risky plan to save the graves, it could be that this time she's gone too far. Even Minn is unprepared for the shocking events she unleashes. In the end, much depends upon her finding the courage to face the terrible secert that she has locked into her heart for so long.

Killing Britney ~ Sean Olin

Britney is the girl everyone loves to hate. Ever since Britney transformed herself from freak-and-geek to the most popular girl at school, her life has been touched by tragedy. First it was her mom, who drowned on a family rafting trip. Then her hockey-star boyfriend, Ricky, was killed in a hit-and-run. When the deaths start to pile up, everyone fears for Britney. Sure she's popular, blonde, and fabulous. but is that enough reason for someone to want to... kill her?