YOUNG ADULT REALISTIC FICTION
6/03
Ashser Out of Here (rite of passage)
Avi Nothing But the Truth (school suspension)
Blume Here’s to You Rachel Robinson (dysfunctional family)
Brooks Two Moons in August (death, friendship)
Calvert Picking Up the Pieces (paralysis)
Cannon Begin the World Again (coming of age)
Cole What Kind of Love: Diary of a Pregnant Teenager
Conly Crazy Lady (dealing with mother’s death)
Cormier Tunes for Bears to Dance to (Holocaust-prejudice)
Cottonwood Danny Ain’t (fathers & sons)
Davis Checking on the Moon (rape, mugging)
Deaver You Bet Your Life (death of mother)
De Vries Bruises
Grant, C. Uncle Vampire (incest)
Hahn Wind Blows Backward (suicide)
Harley Last Laugh (short stories)
Hotze Acquainted with the Night (Vietnam memories, suicide, incest)
Johnson One of the Boys (peer pressure)
Johnston Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me (foster family)
McKenna Brightest Light (alcoholism)
Marsden So Much to Tell You (handicapped, disfigured)
Mazer, H. Out of Control (sexual assault)
Who is Eddie Leonard? (missing)
Metzger Barry’s Sister (Cerebral Palsy)
Myers Somewhere in the Darkness (prison)
Neufeld Almost a Hero (abuse)
Newton Where Are You When I Need You? (attending college)
Peck Unfinished Portrait of Jessica (families of divorce)
Pfeffer Family of Strangers (depression
Twice Taken (kidnapped)
Plummer My Name is Susan Smith…(self-perception)
Pullman Broken Bridge (African-Amer. identity)
Reynolds Too Soon for Jeff (pregnancy-male view point)
Ruby Skin Deep (skinhead)
Strachan Flawed Glass (physical handicap)
Walker Peter (young male dealing with sexuality)
Wieler Bad Boy (best friend gay)
Yep Thief of Hearts (cultures colliding)