yalsa best books for young adults, 2002 fiction books available at your ahs media center presented...

YALSA BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS, 2002Fiction Books Available at Your AHS Media Center

Presented by:Ms. Colleen Mills Williams, Media SpecialistApalachee High School940 Haymon Morris RoadWinder, GA 30680


The Gospel According To Larry

__by Janet Tashjian

Seventeen-year-old Josh, a loner who wants to make a difference in the world, tries to keep his identity secret as his website gains worldwide interest.

The Gospel According To Larry


Being Dead

__by Vivian Vande Velde

What happens when a sixteen-year-old girl falls in love with a two hundred-year-old ghost? Or when a newly dead boy gets robbed by his unscrupulous boss? Or when a heartless man finally agrees to dance with his wife…after she’s passed away?

Being Dead


Black Mirror

__by Nancy Werlin

If she hadn't been so caught up in her own pain, maybe she would have noticed her brother's.

Black Mirror


Every Time a Rainbow Dies

__by Rita Williams-Garcia

Thulani emerges from this grief over the death of his mother after he aids a rape victim and becomes obsessed with forming a relationship with her.

Every Time A Rainbow Dies


True Believer

__by Virginia Euwer Wolff

In this poetic sequel to Make Lemonade, LaVaugn finds that her changing goals and relationships bring both pain and joy.

True Believer


The Grave

__by James Heneghan

Tommy was abandoned in a Liverpool department store when he was a baby and has been raised in foster care all his life. In 1974 when his school attempts a building addition, a mass grave is discovered.

The Grave


Damage

By A.M. Jenkins

High-school senior and football star Austin Reid clings to a relationship with beautiful, sexy Heather, hoping she will be his salvation from his depressed and suicidal feelings.

Damage


Shades Of Simon Gray

__by Joyce McDonald

Simon Gray is a high school senior with his share of personal problems; his mother has died, and the members of his family have retreated, his sister into drugs and his father into bitter grief. So too, has Simon, by compromising in order to be liked by a girl who is obviously using him.

Shades of Simon Gray


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Presented by:Ms. Colleen Mills Williams, Media SpecialistApalachee High School940 Haymon Morris RoadWinder, GA 30680

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