Each week over the next month or so we will be posting a series of short lists of great contemporary fiction titles with a focus on YA years 9 -13. These have been developed by our New Schools adviser. First up; sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll!Deadline. Chris Crutcher. New York: Greenwillow Books, 2007.
Given the medical diagnosis of one year to live, high school senior Ben Wolf decides to fulfil his greatest fantasies, ponders his life’s purpose and legacy, and converses through dreams with a spiritual guide known as "Hey-Soos." Suggested level: secondary.
Before I die. Jenny Downham. Oxford: David Fickling Books, 2007.
Tessa, a terminally ill teenager, works through a list of things she wants to do before she dies. Suggested level: secondary.
Duet. David Hill. Wellington, N.Z.: Mallinson Rendel, 2007.
Kallum plays blues guitar but, despite reservations, accepts an invitation to play in the youth orchestra. There he meets Paige, a flutist, with whom he is to play a duet. They are drawn together, but their relationship rapidly spirals out of control with consequences that may change their lives forever. Suggested level: secondary.
Boy toy. Barry Lyga. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
After five years of fighting his way past flickers of memory about the teacher who molested him and the incident that brought the crime to light, eighteen-year-old Josh gets help in coping with his molester’s release from prison when he finally tells his best friends the whole truth. Suggested level: senior secondary.
The astonishing adventures of Fanboy & Goth Girl. Barry Lyga. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
A fifteen-year-old "geek" who keeps a list of the high school jocks and others who torment him, and pours his energy into creating a great graphic novel, encounters Kyra, Goth Girl, who helps change his outlook on almost everything, including himself. Suggested level: senior secondary.
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