BEST TEEN BOOKS OF 2012: IN THE HERE AND NOW [SHOWING SLIDE 7 OF 46]

Here's a wealth of excellent books that explore the here and now, some just-the-facts-ma'am realistic and some more fantastical--pick and choose what you like.

CALL THE SHOTS by Don Calame
Kirkus Star
by Don Calame
"Fearlessly foul, this consistently comical series should be required reading for all teenage boys and anyone else with a strong stomach and highly sensitive funny bone. (Fiction. 14 & up)"
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ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL by Jesse Andrews THE DEMON CATCHERS OF MILAN by Kat Beyer BLACK HEART by Holly Black GIRL OF NIGHTMARES by Kendare Blake DEVINE INTERVENTION by Martha Brockenbrough LOVE AND OTHER PERISHABLE ITEMS by Laura Buzo CALL THE SHOTS by Don Calame BETWEEN YOU & ME by Marisa Calin LIA'S GUIDE TO WINNING THE LOTTERY by Keren David MY NAME IS PARVANA by Deborah Ellis PINNED by Sharon G. Flake DON'T TURN AROUND by Michelle Gagnon THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU AND ME by Madeleine George THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green THE WARRIOR'S HEART by Eric Greitens A WORLD AWAY by Nancy Grossman GIRL MEETS BOY by Kelly Millner Halls HAVE A NICE DAY by Julie Halpern FRIENDS WITH BOYS by Faith Erin Hicks MOONBIRD by Phillip Hoose THE CHAOS by Nalo Hopkinson A CERTAIN OCTOBER by Angela Johnson FOURMILE by Watt Key ASK THE PASSENGERS by A.S. King SEE YOU AT HARRY'S by Jo Knowles THE DISENCHANTMENTS by Nina LaCour IN DARKNESS by Nick Lake MY BOOK OF LIFE BY ANGEL by Martine Leavitt EVERY DAY by David Levithan A BREATH OF EYRE by Eve Marie Mont TWO OR THREE THINGS I FORGOT TO TELL YOU by Joyce Carol Oates BURN MARK by Laura Powell BOY21 by Matthew Quick THE CHILDREN AND THE WOLVES by Adam Rapp THIS IS NOT FORGIVENESS by Celia Rees SONS OF THE 613 by Michael Rubens AFTER ELI by Rebecca Rupp ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE by Benjamin Alire Sáenz THE STATISTICAL PROBABILITY OF LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT by Jennifer E. Smith THE RAVEN BOYS by Maggie Stiefvater DRAMA by Raina Telgemeier DOUBLE by Jenny Valentine THE LIST by Siobhan Vivian STREET DREAMS by Tama Wise BENEATH A METH MOON by Jacqueline Woodson CATCH & RELEASE by Blythe Woolston

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