- 24 Girls in 7 Days ~ Alex Bradley (FIC BRA)
Jack Grammar, average American senior, has no date for the prom until his so-called best friends post an ad in the school newspaper and assemble a list of eager girls, giving him just seven days to meet and date them all before asking one special girl to the prom. - An Abundance of Katherines ~ John Green (FIC GRE)
Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships. - Burger Wuss ~ M.T. Anderson (FIC AND)
Hoping to lose his loser image, Anthony plans revenge on a bully which results in a war between two competing fast food restaurants, Burger Queen and O'Dermott's. - Cheeseburger Subversive ~ Richard Scarsbrook (FIC SCA)
Dak Sifter recounts with sardonic humour some of the sublime, but ordinary incidents in his adolescence; ones that create the evolution of change, or as he puts it, "a shifting of gears" - The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 3/4 ~ Sue Townsend (FIC TOW)
Follows the ups and downs of one British teenager's life in diary form. - Son of the Mob ~ Gordon Korman (FIC KOR)
Seventeen-year-old Vince's life is constantly complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent. - Three Clams and an Oyster ~ Randy Powell (FIC POW)
During their humorous search to find a fourth player for their flag football team, three high school juniors are forced to examine their long friendship, their individual flaws, and their inability to try new experiences.
It's a Guy Thing
Growing pains aren't always painful...or at least not when you're reading about someone else's! These novels will have you laughing as guys navigate through high school with all of the headaches that hormones, relationships, school, family, and growing up have to offer.
Stephanie Meyer
While you're waiting for the next installment in Stephanie Meyer's Twilight (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn) series, here are some other vampire or werewolf novels to sink your teeth into!
- Blood and Chocolate ~ Annette Curtis Klause (FIC KLA)
Having fallen for a human boy, a beautiful teenage werewolf must battle both her packmates and the fear of the townspeople to decide where she belongs and with whom. - Bloodline ~ Kate Carey (FIC CAR)
A British soldier in World War I makes the horrifying discovery that his regiment commander is descended from Count Dracula. - Blue Bloods ~ Melissa de la Cruz (FIC DEL)
Teenagers from some of New York City's wealthiest and most socially prominent families learn a startling secret about their bloodlines. - Companions of the Night ~ Vivian Vande Velde (FIC VAN)
When sixteen-year-old Kerry Nowicki helps a young man escape from a group of men who claim he is a vampire, she finds herself faced with some bizarre and dangerous choices. - Dracula ~ Bram Stoker (FIC STO)
The ultimate vampire novel. The classic tale of the bizarre Carpathian count, who drinks human blood to stay alive, and the Englishman who knows his secret. - Gil's All-Fright Diner ~ A. Lee Martinez (FIC MAR)
Hired by the owner of an all-night diner to eliminate the zombie problem that is costing her customers, werewolf Duke and vampire Earl tackle an even stickier adversary who is out to take over the diner. - In the Forests of the Night ~Ameilia Atwater-Rhodes (FIC ATW)
Risika, a teenage vampire, wanders back in time to the year 1684 when, as a human, she died and was transformed against her will. Interview with a Vampire ~ Anne Rice (FIC RIC) - A Living Nightmare (Cirque du Freak, book 1) ~ Darren Shan (FIC SHA)
Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices. - Red Rider's Hood ~ Neil Shusterman (FIC SHU)
After learning that there are werewolves in his city, a sixteen-year-old is even more surprised to discover the identities of the hunters who drove them out decades earlier, but he soon infiltrates the Wolves gang to help destroy them for good. - Sunshine ~ Robin McKinley (FIC MCK)
All hope for stopping the vampiric elite from controlling earth depends on human SOFs (Special Other Forces) and the success of their attempt to recruit Sunshine, the daughter of legendary sorcerer Onyx Blaise. - Thirsty ~ Laurie Halse Anderson (FIC AND)
From the moment he knows that he is destined to be a vampire, Chris thirsts for the blood of people around him while also struggling to remain human. - Vampire High ~ Douglas Rees (FIC REE)
When his family moves from California to New Sodom, Massachusetts and Cody enters Vlad Dracul Magnet School, many things seem strange, from the dark-haired, pale-skinned, supernaturally strong students to Charon, the wolf who guides him around campus on the first day. - Vampire Kisses ~ Ellen Schreiber (FIC SCH)
Sixteen-year-old Raven, an outcast who always wears black and hopes to become a vampire some day, falls in love with the mysterious new boy in town, eager to find out if he can make her dreams come true. First in a series (Vampire Kisses, Kissing Coffins, Vampireville...).
Confessions from a vampire of his first two hundred years as one of the living dead.
This adult novel was turned into a movie starring John Malcovic and Brad Pitt.
Bond...James Bond
Can't get enough of 007? Here are some great action/espionage novels that you can "spy" on the shelves at Rez...
- Catch Me If You Can ~ Frank Abignail (364.1633 ABA-C)
The true story that inspired the film of the same name, starring Leonardo di Caprio. Frank Abagnale, one of the most notorious con men in history, swindled over $2.5 million in fake cheques in 26 countries. - Goldfinger ~ Ian Fleming (FIC FLE)
An original James Bond novel, that inspired the movie of the same name. James Bond tangles with Auric Goldfinger, a man obsessed with money and ruthless in his methods of obtaining it. - I Would Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You ~ Ally Carter (FIC CAR)
As a sophomore at a secret spy school and the daughter of a former CIA operative, Cammie is sheltered from "normal teenage life" until she meets a local boy while on a class surveillance mission. - Patriot Games ~ Tom Clancy (FIC CLA)
While vacationing in London, CIA analyst Jack Ryan saves the Prince and Princess of Wales from a terrorist attack and gains the gratitude of a nation and the enmity of its most dangerous men. This novel was made into a movie starring Harrison Ford. - Stormbreaker ~ Anthony Horowitz (FIC HOR)
The first in the Alex Rider series. After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6. - Thieves Like Us ~ Stephen Cole (FIC COL)
A mysterious benefactor hand-picks a group of teen geniuses to follow a set of clues leading to the secrets of everlasting life, secrets which they must steal and for which they risk being killed. - Finding Lubchenko ~ Michael Simmons (FIC SIM)
When his father is framed for murder and bioterrorism, high-school junior Evan, using clues from a stolen laptop, travels from Seattle to Paris with two friends to find the real culprit.
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