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08/28/2009 - 3:43pm

If you enjoyed Prime Choice, here are some other titles you may like:

 

 

Torch Red: Color Me Torn by Melody Carlson.

Feeling like she is the only virgin on the planet, a high school junior
wrestles with questions about love and sex before ultimately choosing to
give herself to God instead of her boyfriend. This is part of the True
Colors series.

 

The First Part Last by Angela Johnson.

Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father
and must care for his adored baby daughter.

06/25/2012 - 3:34pm

Sure fire by Jack Higgins with Justin Richards.

Resentful of having to go and live with their estranged father after the
death of their mother, fifteen-year-old twins, Rich and Jade, soon find
they have more complicated problems when their father is kidnapped and
their attempts to rescue him involve them in a dangerous international
plot to control the world's oil.

 

Cross my heart and hope to spy by Ally Carter.

06/25/2012 - 4:18pm
If you like Angus, Thong, and Full Frontal Snogging

If you haven't read the sequels to Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging,
you should give those a try:

On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God: Further
Confessions of Georgia Nicholson.
 

Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas: Further, Further Confessions of Georgia
Nicolson.
 

Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants: Even Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson.
 

Away Laughing on a Fast Camel: Even More Confessions of Georgia Nicolson.
 

08/28/2009 - 3:46pm

Farm Team by Will Weaver.

With his father in jail and his mother working full-time, fourteen-year-old Billy Baggs finds himself in charge of running the family farm in northern Minnesota and having to give up the thing he loves most--baseball.

 

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko.

When twelve-year-old Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935, he has to contend with his extraordinary new environment, life with his autistic sister, not to mention the warden's daughter!

 

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin.

08/28/2009 - 3:47pm

You may enjoy these titles, if you liked the adventure, suspense
and real-life problems of a teen:

 

"Un Lun Dun" by China Mieville.

"[Un Lun Dun] is a city awaiting its hero, whose coming was prophesied
long ago, set down for all time in the pages of a talking book. When
twelve-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba find a secret entrance
leading out of London and into this strange city, it seems that the
ancient prophecy is coming true at last. But then things begin to go
shockingly wrong."--catalog summary

06/25/2012 - 4:31pm

Here are some other titles by different authors you may enjoy.

 

Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath.

Eleven-year-old Primrose living in a small fishing village in British
Columbia recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human
nature and the unpredictability of life in the months after her parents
are lost at sea.

 

Ida B : --and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly)
Save the World by Katherine Hannigan.

12/06/2010 - 1:54pm

If you enjoyed Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys, here are some other
titles you may like:

 

 

How to be Popular by Meg Cabot.

Summary: Sixteen-year-old Steph Landry finds an old book on how to be
popular and decides to change her social status by following its advice,
much to the bafflement of her two best friends. Surprising romance!

 

Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen.

06/25/2012 - 3:40pm

Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah.

Australian 11th-grader Amal is smart, funny, outspoken, a good student, and a loyal friend. She is also a devout Muslim who decides to wear the hijab, or head covering, full-time. The story tells of her emotional and spiritual journey as she copes with a mad crush on a boy, befriends an elderly Greek neighbor, and tries to help a friend who aspires to be a lawyer but whose well-intentioned mother is trying to force her to leave school and get married.

 

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares.

08/28/2009 - 3:52pm

Here are some other books that have danger, intrigue and some romance (or at
least flirtation!)

 

H.I.V.E. Higher Institute of Villainous Education by Mark Walden.

Swept away to a hidden academy for training budding evil geniuses, Otto,
a brilliant orphan, Wing, a sensitive warrior, Laura, a shy computer
specialist, and Shelby, an infamous jewel thief, plot to beat the odds
and escape the prison known as H.I.V.E.

 

Thieves Like Us by Stephen Cole.

08/28/2009 - 3:55pm

If you like the Gossip Girl series, you
might want to try some of these:

 

Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson.

Three teenaged girls from very different backgrounds, thrown together to
pick peaches in a Georgia orchard, spend a summer in pursuit of the
right boy, the truest of friends, and the perfect peach.

 

Au Pairs: a Novel by Melissa de la Cruz.

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