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Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Chronicles the off-beat and occasionally extraterrestrial journeys, notions, and acquaintences of galactic traveler Arthur Dent.

Anderson, Matthew T. Burger Wuss

Hoping to lose his loser image, Anthony plans revenge on a bully which results in a war between two competing fast food restaurants, Burger Queen and O'Dermott's.

Ballard, Migon Franklin. The angel whispered danger

Journeying to her family home in North Carolina to attend a reunion, Kate McBride finds the celebration interrupted by the murder of a housekeeper, a case for which she finds help from Augusta Goodnight and a bumbling young apprentice.

Burnham, Niki. Scary Beautiful

Chloe's serious relationship ends when her boyfriend moves across the country. Now that beautiful Chloe is unattached, she finds everyone in her junior high school class treats her differently.

Burnham, Niki. Spin control

Valerie Winslow never thought life in the tiny country of Schwerinborg could be so great. But then she never thought she would be dating the prince of Schwerinborg either! Georg, a real prince, is also her first real boyfriend. And then everything falls apart. Georg decided they need to cool off for a while and her dad's sending her back to virginia to visit her mom. Valerie is bummed -- until she decides to go out with her old crush, David Anderson. David may not be a prince, but maybe he'll take her mind off of Georg -- or will he?

Cabot, Meg. All-American girl

A sophomore girl stops a presidential assassination attempt, is appointed Teen Ambassador to the United Nations, and catches the eye of the very cute First Son.

Cabot, Meg. Princess in love

In a series of humorous diary entries, a New York City ninth grader agonizes over her love life, final exams, and future role as the princess of Genovia.

Clarke, Judith. The heroic life of Al Capsella

Fourteen-year-old Al Capsella, desperately trying to be normal and blend in with the rest of the crowd, is constantly embarrassed by his highly unconventional parents.

Eberhardt, Thom. Rat boys: a dating experience

Fourteen-year-olds Marci and Summer use a magic ring to turn two rats into cute boys so that they can have dates for the Spring Fling.

Garfield, Leon. The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris

An experiment to see if a wolf will adopt an abandoned baby turns into a desperate situation for two schoolboys in early nineteenth-century England when the child is recovered by a well-meaning passersby.

Goldman, William. The Princess Bride

A classic fairy tale romance tells the story of a drunken swordsman and a gentle giant who come to the aid of Westley, a handsome farm boy, and Buttercup, a princess in dire need of rescue from the evil schemers surrounding her.

Goode, Caroline. Cupidity

This chaotic story of mismatched love mixes together the residents of the Mount Olympus Retirement Home, gods and goddesses, and the entire social structure of Fimbrey High School.

Halpin, Brendan. Donorboy: a novel

A teenage girl becomes the ward of her sperm-donor father after losing both of her gay parents in a bizarre accident.

Korman, Gordon. Losing Joe's Place

Jason and his two friends move into Jason's brother's apartment and manage to wreak havoc in it during one funny and memorable summer.

Korman, Gordon. Son of the mob

Seventeen-year-old Vince's life is complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent.

Krulik, Nancy E. Ripped at the seams

There's a new fashion designer in town, and "Fashion Don'ts" have never been more in style! Sami Granger is fresh off the bus from the Midwest when some crazy person in the bus terminal warns her that life in New York City won't be what she always dreamed of. But Sami's determined to make it in an industry that is notoriously hard to break in to. Nothing she ever learned in her small town can prepare her for her first job working for a hot-shot designer: He steals her designs! Now the only place that will hire Sami is a trashy lingerie store that she's too embarrassed to tell her old-fashioned father about. Will a visit from her father land Sami on the catwalk, or out on the sidewalk?

Maxwell, Katie. What's French for "EW"

Wouldn't any young girl give her eyeteeth to spend her seventeenth birthday in Paris with the man of her dreams? Probably, unless she happened to have her very own baby as an obligatory guest on the excursion. Before your eyebrows hit the ceiling, it's a fake baby, as Emily has to explain a few dozen times over the course of the novel.

Nodelman, Perry. Behaving Bradley

Recruited by his best friend to gather student input for the proposed Code of Conduct at his high school, Brad encounters obstinate faculty members, monstrous bullies, spineless student leaders, and personal agendas.

Paulsen, Gary. The Schernoff Discoveries

Harold and his best friend, both hopeless geeks and societal misfits, try to survive unusual science experiments, the attacks of the football team, and other dangers of junior high school.

Powell, Randy. Three clams and an oyster

During their humorous search to find a fourth player for their flag football team, three high school juniors are forced to examine their long friendship, their individual flaws, and their inability to try new experiences

Pratchett, Terry. Diggers

The nomes, whose families have lived for generations in a department store, are forced to flee to a country quarry, where they struggle against harsh weather, destructive humans, and dissension among themselves, and where they realize that their destiny may lie elsewhere.

Pratchett, Terry. Wings

Three four-inch-high nomes, led by Masklin and aided by the tiny computer called Thing, set out on a dangerous journey, determined to contact the ship that brought them to Earth and to find a way home for all the nomes.

Rennison, Louise. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson

Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the love of handsome hunk Robbie.

Rennison, Louise. On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a sex god : further confessions of Georgia Nicolson

Fourteen-year-old Georgia continues her diary in which she records her misadventures trying to reclaim the attention of seventeen-year-old Robbie, while coping with her friends, family, and dog-like cat Angus at the same time.

Rennison, Louise. Dancing in my nuddy-pants: even further confessions of Georgia Nicolson

The further confessions of teenager Georgia Nicolson continue as, among other things, she begins to wonder if Robbie is really the right boy for her.

Rennison, Louise. Knocked out by my nunga-nungas: further, further confessions of Georgia Nicolson

The saga of fourteen-year-old Georgia Nicolson continues as she travels to Scotland on a nightmarish family vacation, confesses her anxiety over being the girlfriend of a sex god, and tests the limits of true friendship.

Rennison, Louise. Then he ate my boy entrancers; more mad, marvy confessions of Georgia Nicolson

After trying to take Hamburgeragogoland, also known as the United States, by storm when her family vacations in Memphis, Tennessee, a British teen returns home to deal with the attentions of too many boys, weird parents, and mad cats.

Vonnegut, Kurt. Cat's Cradle

A young author, writing a book about the day the first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan, corresponds with the midget son of Doctor Felix Hoenikker, father of the bomb, a relationship that eventually leads him to the impoverished island republic of San Lorenzo, while various government agents search for the world's most important and dangerous substance, a new form of ice that freezes at room temperature.

Wilson, Jacqueline. Girls in love

Ellie is determined to get it together now that she is in ninth grade and so is planning to recreate herself in every way, yet in order to get a boyfriend, Ellie realizes that she may have to settle for just about anyone if she wants to get one quickly

Zevin, Gabrielle. Elsewhere

After fifteen-year-old Liz Hall is hit by a taxi and killed, she finds herself in a place that is both like and unlike Earth, where she must adjust to her new status and figure out how to "live."