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Pittsburgh Public Schools Suggested Reading List for High School Students

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Best Books Fiction 2003

Developed by High School Library Information Specialists, Pittsburgh Public Schools
  • Bechard, Margaret. Hanging on to Max


  • After his girlfriend gives up their baby, seventeen-year-old Sam is determined to raise him alone.

  • Bennett, Cherie and Gottesfeld, Jeff. Anne Frank and Me


  • While attending what she had perceived as a meaningless field trip to the Holocaust Museum, Nicole is knocked unconscious and wakes up as a Jewish teenager struggling to live in occupied France during the Nazi occupation.

  • Brashares, Ann. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants


  • Four best girlfriends spend the biggest summer of their lives enchanted by a magical pair of pants.

  • Dean, Carolee. Comfort


  • Kenny Roy fantasizes about escape from his hometown of Comfort, Texas following his alcoholic father's release from prison.

  • Deuker, Carl. Night Hoops


  • Nick is determined to play varsity basketball while trying to deal with his parents' divorce and his antisocial neighbor, Trent.

  • Draper, Sharon M. Darkness Before Dawn


  • While recovering from her boyfriend's suicide, Krisha is attracted to a dangerous older man.

  • Efaw, Amy. Battle Dress


  • Determined to escape from her troubled family life, Andi discovers inner resources that help her endure the six weeks of West Point cadet training known as the Beast.

  • Flake, Sharon G. Money Hungry


  • Raspberry is obsessed with having money so that she and her mom will never have to live on the streets again.

  • Flinn, Alex. Breathing Underwater


  • Ordered to keep a journal by the courts, Nick recounts his stormy relationship with his former girlfriend, describes his controlling behavior and explosive anger, and finally realizes the source of his problems.

  • Grimes, Nikki. Bronx Masquerade


  • Open-mike Fridays provide an opportunity for a diverse group of students to form new friendships and understand different points of view.

  • Herschler, Mildred Barger. The Darkest Corner


  • In the race-torn 1950's, Teddy's love for her black friends causes her to question and subsequently rebel against the bigotry of her neighbors and family, especially her father who is a KKK member.

  • Hoobler, Dorothy and Thomas. Demon In The Teahouse


  • In 18th century Japan, Seike is training to be a samurai and helps his patron investigate a series of murders and an arson, each associated with a popular geisha.

  • Klass, David. You Don't Know Me


  • John, a bright and musically talented fourteen-year-old, is forced to deal with this mother's alcoholic boyfriend who physically abuses him and his dog when his mother is not there.

  • McCormick, Patricia. Cut


  • Callie begins the long process of recovery after she is committed to a residential treatment center for practicing self-mutilation.

  • McGill, Alice. Miles Song


  • Miles, a slave in South Carolina in 1851, never accepts slavery and escapes to the north of Virginia.

  • Mikaelsen, Ben. Touching Spirit Bear


  • Cole learns some hard lessons when he is sent to an island near Alaska to experience the Indian way of "Circle of Justice."

  • Plum-Ucci, Carol. The Body of Christopher Creed


  • Torey's determination to discover the reason for the mysterious disappearance of the "class outcast" causes him to question choices he has made in his own life.

  • Plummer, Louise. A Dance For Three


  • Fifteen-year-old Hannah finds the strength to bring a paternity suit against the father of her unborn baby after he physically assaults her and denies the child is his.

  • Powell, Randy. Three Clams and an Oyster


  • While three high school juniors search for a replacement player for their flag football team, they are forced to examine their ideas on gender, friendship, and loyalty.

  • Rees, Celia. Witch Child


  • After her grandmother is tortured and hanged as a witch, Mary excapes to America where she finds her life is in danger when she is also accused of being a witch.

  • Qualey, Marsha. One Night


  • Kelly, niece of a nationally-renowned Minnesota talk show host, has an unexpected adventure with the visiting prince of a war-torn Eastern European country.

  • Rennison, Louise. On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God


  • Georgia has a crush on Robbie, the sex god and fantasizes about how she might snag him for herself.

  • Stratton, Allan. Leslie's Journal


  • Leslie feels honored to be chosen as the girlfriend of a handsome new student and does not recognize his abusive treatment of her as frightening and abnormal until it is almost too late.

  • Sweeney, Joyce. Players


  • Corey sees a threat to his dream of winning the basketball championship when he discovers his new teammate will do anything to win.

  • Vance, Susanna. Sights


  • Fleeing from an abusive, alcoholic father who has tried to kill her several times, Baby Girl, who has an unusual name and the ability to see the future, struggles to make a new life with her mother.

  • Weaver, Will. Memory Boy


  • Miles helps his family survive a world tragedy created by terrorists.

  • Wolff, Virginia Euwer. True Believer


  • LaVaughn learns about friendship, love, and self-reliance while facing the challenges of living in her city neighborhood.

  • Woodson, Jacqueline. Hush


  • Toswiah finds her life totally changed when her family is forced to enter the Witness Protection Program.

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