Uglies: The Collector’s Set

Uglies: The Collector's SetScott WesterfeldSimon Pulse, 2009, 1,680 pp., $34.99simonandschuster.comTally Youngblood is an Ugly and can't wait to be turned Pretty. In Tally's world, your 16th birthday means yo...

Lost in Las Vegas

Lost in Las VegasMelody CarlsonZondervan, 2009, 206 pp., $9.99zondervan.comThis is the fifth book in a series about a group of teenage girls living in a boarding home called The Carter House. Between boyfrien...

Freedom’s Pen

Freedom’s PenWendy LawtonMoody Publishers, 2009, 135 pp., $6.99www.moodypublishers.comPhyllis Wheatley was 7 years old when she was taken from her home in Africa and brought to America to be sold into s...

Graffiti

GraffitiErin DavisMoody Publishers, 2008, 166 pp., $13.99, http://www.moodypublishers.com/Whether you are 15 or 50, you have dealt or will deal with personal struggles about not feeling beautiful enough. Who ...

The Miracle Girls

The Miracle GirlsAnne Dayton and May VanderbiltFaith Words, September 2008, 291 pp., $9.99, www.faithwords.comAna Dominguez is the new kid in school and when she is forced to write an essay in detention about...

Churched

ChurchedMatthew Paul TurnerWaterBrook Press, 2008, 240 pp., $18.99, www.waterbrookpress.comThis is an absolutely hilarious account of growing up in a fundamentalist Baptist church. Turner shares his experienc...

Help! My Family’s Messed Up

Help! My Family’s Messed UpEmily Parke ChaseKregel Publications, 2008, 119 pp., $9.99, www.kregel.comThis book addresses important family situations many kids face today. Whether it’s divorce, fos...