Titles from the 
Teen Lounge
Winter 2005  

Who’s Your Daddy? – Lynda Sandoval

Lila, Meryl and Caressa are 16-year-old "freaks" who blame their dads for their lackluster love lives.  Meryl's father is the vice principal of discipline at the local high school; Caressa's father is a famous musician; and Lila's father is the chief of police in White Peaks, Colorado.  To change their luck, they turn to a ceremony-a "dumb supper" (as in silent) -after which "whichever guy sees us first... will be the guy we're supposed to date."  Will they each find Mr. Right, or will it end in disaster?

3 NB’s of Julian Drew – James M. Deem

Julian Drew lives with his father, his abusive stepmother and her children, but it's not a life anyone would want.  He buys his first NB on October 25 at Osco Drug in Tucson.  Green spiral. 80 pages. 34 lines per page.  He tries to write but his pen won't cooperate.  Then he develops a secret code.  Mysterious notebooks record his fight for survival and recovery.

The Fallen (The Nine Lives of Chloe King, vol. 1) – Celia Thompson 

Chloe King was a normal sixteen-year-old girl.  She did her homework and got good grades, but she wasn't afraid to ditch class sometimes to hang out with her best friends.  She slept at home, but otherwise avoided all human contact with her mom.  The usual stuff.  Then she fell from San Francisco's highest tower, and her life changed.  For starters, she died.  And then, she woke up.  Now Chloe's life is anything but normal:  Suddenly guys are prowling around her, she's growing claws, and someone's trying to kill her.  Luckily for Chloe, she still has eight lives to go.

Vanishing Act (Alias) – Sean Gerace

When Sydney secures a cover as the assistant to a world-famous illusionist, her mission is clear: perform death-defying feats of magic by night, investigate a rash of art thefts by day.  Simple? Not quite.  Someone has a trick up their sleeve.  And solving the mystery takes Sydney to new heights . . . without a net.

Raging River – Pam Withers

"Up shot the kayak into the air, only to perform a harrowing back flip.  Shoved helmet-first into the center of the spinning cocoon, Peter had never felt a force so determined to pry him from his boat.  Hanging upside-down, gripping his paddle shaft with all his might, Peter waited, counted and prayed."   

Arch rivals and sometimes friends Peter and Jake are delighted to be part of a whitewater-rafting trip.  But after a series of disasters leaves the group stranded in the wilderness, it's up to them to confront the dangerous rapids to search for help.

 
Shopaholic – Judy Waite

Taylor, Sam, and Sophie have been best mates forever.  But lately things have been changing.  Taylor is starting to sense that maybe Sam and Sophie would rather hang out only with each other rather than with her.  And she can't talk to her mum about it -- she's been acting even more depressed than usual, spending the day watching the telly in her bathrobe and only eating when Taylor makes her dinner. 

Then Taylor meets Kat while out shopping one day.  Kat is glamorous. Kat is planning on becoming a model.  Kat has dozens of older blokes following her around.  And suddenly Taylor's life is looking brighter.  Kat seems to understand exactly how Taylor feels and Taylor is willing to do anything to be friends with her.  The thing is, Kat loves to go shopping and if Taylor wants to continue to be her friend, then she'll have to come up with the money to keep Kat happy...even if that means going against everything Taylor knows is right.

Simple Gift – Steven Herrick

Weary of life with his alcoholic, abusive father, sixteen-year-old Billy packs a few belongings and hits the road, hoping for something better than what he left behind.  He finds a home in an abandoned freight train outside a small town, where he falls in love with rich, restless Caitlin and befriends a fellow train resident, "Old Bill," who slowly reveals a tragic past.  When Billy is given a gift that changes everything, he learns not only how to forge his own path in life, but the real meaning of family.

 
 
Pagan’s Crusade – Catherine Jinks

In twelth-century Jerusalem, orphaned sixteen-year-old Pagan is assigned to work for Lord Roland, a Templar knight, as Saladin's armies close in on the Holy City.

   
The Big Empty – J. B. Stephens 

One year ago, a devastating plague called Strain 7 killed three-quarters of the human race.  Around the world, power systems failed and supply chains screeched to a halt.  The surviving population of the United States has been relocated to the coasts; the heartland is now a wasteland called The Big Empty.  But seven teens trying to put their lives back together will learn that the abandoned zone holds danger, secrets, and above all, hope.

  
Escaping the Giant Wave – Peg Kehret

Thirteen-year-old Kyle thought spending a vacation on the Oregon coast with his family would be great.  He'd never flown before, and he'd never seen the Pacific Ocean.  One evening Kyle is left in charge of his younger sister, BeeBee, while his parents attend an adults-only Salesman of the Year dinner on an elegant yacht.  Then the earthquake comes -- starting a fire in their hotel!  As Kyle and BeeBee fight their way out through smoke and flame, Kyle remembers the sign at the beach that said after an earthquake everyone should go uphill and inland, as far from the ocean as possible.  Giant tsunami waves -- three or four stories high can ride in from the sea and engulf anyone who doesn't escape fast enough.  Kyle and BeeBee flee uphill as a tsunami crashes over the beach, the hotel, and the town. The giant wave charges straight up the hillside and through the woods where the children are running for their lives.  The perfect vacation has become a nightmare!  Somehow Kyle and BeeBee have to outwit nature's fury and save themselves from tsunami terror.

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