Watching Alice: break the surface by Daniel Parker and Lee Miller

Supposedly the real diary of Tom Sinclair whose girlfriend Alice Brown has gone missing. This is the first of five books. It appears that the second one is Alice's diary. There is also a website with more clues and Tom's email address.

The book is okay but I don't think I'll read the rest.

Stoner and Spaz by Ron Koertge

Ben Bancroft has cerebral palsy. Colleen Minou is a drug-addict. Who would have thought they would end up being friends. A short, engaging read.

Highly Recommended

The Wonder Spot by Melissa Bank

The second novel by the author of The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing.
Sophie Applebaum is the black sheep of her Jewish family. She doesn't know what she wants to do with her career, or her love life for that matter. Told in vignettes.

Highly Recommended

Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson

Ashley's best friend Nat is head of the Prom committee but Ashley could care less. That is until the math teacher runs off with all the money. Now Ashley has to jump in and help save Prom.

Highly Recommended

Fermata by Nicholson Baker

Arno Strine has a special power. He can stop time for everyone but himself. And how does he use this? To undress women, of course. Now he's writing his autobiography, Fermata, because he's ready to tell the world.

Sunshine by Robin McKinley

Rae, also known as Sunshine, is perfectly happy being a pastry chef at her stepfather's coffee house. Unfortunately her life is turned upside down when she is kidnapped by vampires and she manages to escape.
An incredibly well-written page-turner.

Highly Recommended

Shrimp by Rachel Cohn

This sequel to Gingerbread was very engaging and more mature than its predecessor. When Cyd Charisse returns from visiting her bio-dad in NYC she is totally ready to undo her break-up with Shrimp, but is he ready?

Kissing Vanessa by Simon Cheshire

Kevin think that he and the new girl, Vanessa, would be perfect together. Now all he has to do is get her to see it too.

Recommended

Ten Things To Do Before I Die by Daniel Ehrenhaft

When 16-year-old Ted Burger and his friends decide to make a list of the ten things he should do before he dies, it's just a joke. That is until Ted finds out he ate some poisoned fries and only has 24 hours to live.

the boyfriend list by e. lockhart

Panic attacks, friends stealing boyfriends, bathroom graffiti, and social leprosy; all in 10 days of Ruby Oliver's life. What would you do?

Highly Recommended

The Garden by Elsie V. Aidinoff

This is a novel about Eve, the Serpent, Adam, God and the Garden of Eden. Told from Eve's point of view, it is a novel about knowledge, wisdom, good, evil and what those really mean. Very interesting.

Highly Recommended

Princess in Training: Princess Diaries #6 by Meg Cabot

Mia is just starting her sophmore year of high school and already things are falling apart. Her best friend nominated her for student council president, she's worried about her new baby brother, and she's worried her college boyfriend expects her to DO IT. On top of all that, there's an international incident involving snails and algae. What's a princess to do?

Another great installment of the series. I especially loved when she ragged on the two Disney movie versions of her life.

Highly Recommended

Been There, Haven't Done That: a virgins memoir by Tara McCarthy

A 25-year-old virgin examines her life and her decision to wait until marriage for intercourse.

Highly Recommended

Vote For Larry by Janet Tashjian

Josh "Larry" Swenson comes out of hiding to run for President with the goal of getting more young people to vote. Things seem to be going well until betagold shows up again.

Recommended

Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause

When Vivian, a teenage werewolf, falls in love with a human boy, she must decide between loyalty to her feelings and loyalty to her pack.

Highly Recommended

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: the zero tolerance approach to punctuation by Lynne Truss

An entertaining look at the history and usage of punctuation.

Highly Recommended

Wolves in Chic Clothing by Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargman

Julia, a northern California transplant to NYC, is a salesgirl at the tony Pelham's jewelry store where she hopes to work her way up to designing. When she is hand-picked to deliver a necklace to the Pelham heir, she finds herself invited into the world of high society. Even though she knows that she is just a pawn in the game, she gets caught up anyway with disastrous results. Although in true chick-lit style, it all turns out in the end.

Recommended

The Glass Cafe, or, The Stripper and the State; how my mother started a war with the system that made us kind of rich and a little bit famous by Gary Paulsen

This book is not much longer than the title :-) but it is engaging. When Tony decides he wants to be an artist and does portraits of his mother's co-workers down at the Kitty Kat Club, the State steps in to regulate with hilarious results.

Highly Recommended

godless by Peter Hautman

When Jason Bock invents a new religion to worship his town's water tower, he and his friends get more than they bargained for.

Highly Recommended

The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian

When Josh starts an anonymous internet site that rails against commercialism under the guise of "Larry," it becomes more popular than he anticipated with unforeseen consequences.

Highly Recommended