PHS Top 16 Title List 2009 - 2010
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After by Amy Efaw                                                                           realistic fiction, p. 350
Devon is a straight-A student and star soccer player with a bright future that is until the day she gave birth to her baby and got arrested for attempted murder. Did she really not know she was pregnant?
Brother's Torres by Coert Voorhes                                                 realistic fiction, p. 316
In order to save them both, Frankie must step out of his brother's shadow and be his own man.
Crazy Beautiful by Lauren Baratz-Logsted                                              romance, p. 193
Lucius is the Beast and Aurora is the Beauty in the modern retelling of the classic fairy tale.
Destroy All Cars by Blake Nelson                                                                 humor, p. 218
James hates the American consumer culture and he thinks most people he knows don't do enough to save the world, including his ex-girlfriend Sadie.
Girlfriend Material by Melissa Kantor                                                       romance, p. 251
In the mist of her parent's divorce, Kate spends the summer in Cape Cod where she sees a different side of her mother and herself, after falling for a local boy.
Graceling by Kristin Cashore                                                                      fantasy, p. 471
Katsa is "graced" with the gift of combat. As the most gifted fighter in the kingdom she is enlisted by the King to be his enforcer and she is reluctantly forced to use her grace for evil.
If I Grow Up by Todd Strasser                                                         realistic fiction, p. 222
DeShawn is tired, hungry and life in his housing project seems hopeless. He doesn't want to join a gang but he doesn't see many choices. Will he find another way to survive?
If I Stay by Gayle Forman                                                                   family drama, p. 201
17 year-old Mia is the only member of her family to survive a freeway accident. Will she choose to live or join her family in the afterlife?
If the Witness Lied by Caroline B. Cooney                                                mystery, p. 213
Jack must prove innocence of his younger brother Tris in the death of his father in order to keep his family together.
Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Darkside by Beth Fantaskey                fantasy, p. 354
Jessica's world is turned upside down when the vampire prince Lucius shows up on her doorstep announcing his plans for their nuptials.
King of the Screwups by K.L. Going                                                realistic fiction, p. 310
Can high school senior, Liam Geller, be true to himself and still please his hypercritical father?
The Long Wait for Tomorrow by Joaquin Dorfman                          science fiction p. 342
The day after tormenting a classmate, star football player Kelly McDermott, wakes up a different man. Kelly baffles his friends with his strange behavior and his claim he is an older version of himself who has traveled back in time.
Messed Up by Janet Nichols Lynch                                                 realistic fiction p. 250
After a streak of very bad luck, R.D. must stop "messing up" and get his life back on track.
The Secret Story of Sonia Rodriguez by Alan Lawrence Sitomer    realistsic fiction p. 312
While Sonia struggles to succeed academically, her family places unreasonable demands on her time. Can Sonia make a better life for herself without any support at home?
Ten Cents a Dance by Christine Fletcher                                            historical fiction p. 356
Growing up in gritty 1940s Chicago, Ruby takes a job as a dancer to help support her poverty-sticken family.
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson                                        realstic fiction, p. 278
Lia is consumed with guilt after her best friend, Cassie, is found dead. Lonely and scared, Lia finds herself haunted by Cassie's ghost and increasingly unable to control her battle with anorexia.