Christy by Catherine Marshall
Fiction Marshall
This bestselling classic follows the adventures of
Christy Huddleston, whose dream of helping underprivileged children
in the Great Smoky Mountains becomes a reality when she travels
there as a missionary.
Girlhearts by Norma Fox Mazer
J MAZ Thirteen-year-old Sarabeth Silver's life is
turned upside-down when her mother dies suddenly, leaving her
orphaned, confused, and at the mercy of everyone who seems to know
what is best for her.
Love, Sara by Mary Beth Lundgren
J LUN This story of a powerful friendship is told
through e-mail exchanges. Sara is from a troubled family and was
sexually abused by her father. Landing in a foster home, she
befriends Dulcie, who is in love with a popular football player.
When his bigoted parents learn Dulcie is pregnant, they throw him
out of the house. The two plan to take desperate measures, and Sara
must race against time to prevent her friends' impending suicides.
Mick Harte Was Here
by Barbara Park
J PAR
Thirteen-year-old Phoebe recalls her younger brother Mick and his
death in a bicycle accident.
A Summer to Die
by Lois Lowery
J LOW
Thirteen-year-old Meg envys her sister's beauty and popularity. Her
feelings don't make it any easier for her to cope with Molly's
strange illness and eventual death.
The
Time Capsule by
Lurlene McDaniel
J MCD The newest tearjerker by McDaniel, this book
is about twins Alexis and Adam who go to a reunion of their first
grade class as the story opens. In the years since they were in
first grade, Adam has survived leukemia, but their family has fallen
apart. Will Adam’s leukemia remain in remission and will their
family come back together? If you like this book and like to cry,
also try McDaniel’s other books.
A Time for Dancing by Davida
Wills Hurwin
J HUR
Seventeen-year-old best friends Samantha and Juliana tell their
stories in alternating chapters after Juliana is diagnosed with
cancer. The sequel is The Farther You Run.
A Walk to
Remember by Nicholas
Sparks
Fiction Sparks Every
April, when the wind blows in from the sea and mingles with the
scent of lilacs, Landon Carter remembers his last year at Beaufort
High. It was 1958, and Landon had already dated a girl or two. He
even swore that he had once been in love. Certainly the last person
in town he thought he'd fall for was Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of
the town's Baptist minister. A quiet girl who always carried a Bible
with her schoolbooks, Jamie seemed content living in a world apart
from the other teens. She took care of her widowed father, rescued
hurt animals, and helped out at the local orphanage. No boy had ever
asked her out. Landon would never have dreamed of it. Then a twist
of fate made Jamie his partner for the homecoming dance, and Landon
Carter's life would never be the same.
Whirligig by Paul Fleischman
J FLE While traveling to each corner of the country
to build a whirligig in memory of the girl whose death he causes,
sixteen-year-old Brian finds forgiveness and atonement.
