Teens

Gr 6 Up—Often the word "no-bake" in a title is a clue that the recipes are simple, which is not the case here...

Gr 7 Up— This action-packed sequel to Night Runner (St...

Gr 10 Up—What better way to celebrate an adventure to London than with a going-away party? Sounds good until Jack gets drunk and finds himself at the mercy of a crazed stranger who drugs him and holds him hostage...

Gr 9 Up—Mean Girls from the Land Down Under meet Francesca Lia Block in this import that features, among other things, a teenage Queen Bee who regularly converses with the members of her Barbie Doll collection; a feral girl who may or may not have been partially raised by dingoes; a heartthrob football star whose new pro career is imperiled when he is photographed kissing a girl who (for reasons impossible to explain) is wearing the clothes of his gay best friend; and the lesbian daughter of a maharaja who is avoiding an arranged marriage with an Indian prince while pursuing an Amazonlike classmate whose mother is the deputy prime minister...

Gr 8 Up—Royce, 16, hardly knows his 95-year-old grandfather, a world-renowned cellist and general grump...

Gr 7—10—Trapped by her somewhat dubious parentage and the limited options available to women in 1913 England, 15-year-old Addy longs for a better life...

Gr 8 Up—In this pedestrian story, two best friends grow apart and then find one another again...

Gr 7 Up—One of the leading children's theatres in North America, located in Minneapolis, wanted to broaden its audience, so it commissioned four playwrights to create works with young people (ages 12—18) specifically in mind...

Gr 4—6—Faith is a rather ordinary child, born into an extraordinary family that includes a beauty-pageant winner, a kickboxing instructor, a doctor, and a preschool chess champion...