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Patience, Princess Catherine

by Meyer, Carolyn

In 1501 fifteen-year-old Catharine of Aragon arrives in England to marry Arthur, the eldest son of King Henry VII, but soon finds her expectations of a happy s...

Shooter

by Myers, Walter Dean

Written in the form of interviews, reports, and journal entries, the story of three troubled teenagers ends in a tragic school shooting.

Swear to howdy

by Van Draanen, Wendelin

Two thirteen-year-old boys share neighborhood adventures, complaints about their older sisters, family secrets, and even guilt that bind them together in a spe...

Iqbal

by D'Adamo, Francesco

A fictionalized account of a Pakistani child who escaped from bondage in a carpet factory and went on to help liberate other children like him before being gun...

Zigzag

by Wittlinger, Ellen

A high-school junior makes a trip with her aunt and two cousins, discovering places she did not know existed and strengths she did not know she had.

Sub 4

00

by Lear, Chris

Sub 4:00: Alan Webb and the Quest for the Fastest MileFor 34 long years, not one American schoolboy had run a sub-4:00mile. Indeed, nearing the turn of the mil...

A Northern Light

by Donnelly, Jennifer

In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at a summer inn where s...

To the edge of the world

by Torrey, Michele

In 1519, after the death of his parents, fourteen-year-old Mateo Macias becomes cabin boy to Ferdinand Magellan on a dangerous journey in search of a route to ...

To the Edge of the World

by Torrey, Michele

In 1519, after the death of his parents, fourteen-year-old Mateo Macias becomes cabin boy to Ferdinand Magellan on a dangerous journey in search of a route to ...

Revenge of the Whale

The True Story of the Whaleship Essex

by Philbrick, Nathaniel

Recounts the 1820 sinking of the whaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale and how the crew of young men survived against impossible odds. Based on the autho...