Streams of Babel
by Carol Plum-Ucci
Published 2008 by Harcourt Children's Books

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A Printz Honor Award author and two-time Edgar Allan Poe Award finalist explores disturbing new terrain in this riveting novel that examines the heroes and victims involved in a terrifying act of bioterrorism. More...

How to Be Bad
by E. Lockhart
Published 2008 by Harperteen

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From three bestselling authors--E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski, and Lauren Myracle--comes one story of a road trip where hearts will be broken and mended, friendships will be formed and tested, and a ridiculously hot stranger could change the course of everything. More...

Cheater
by Michael Laser
Published 2008 by Dutton Books

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Karl Petrofsky has spent his years in school trying to hide the As on his papers. He sees himself more as a shy maverick than a geek. When the smoothest guy in high school asks him to aid and abet a ring of hightech cheaters, Karl flatly refuses. But then the tyrannical assistant principal makes an example of a hapless studentaand threatens anyone caught cheating with expulsion and an indelible stain on their permanent records.... More...

Santa Claus in Baghdad: And Other Stories about Teens in the Arab World
by Elsa Marston
Published 2008 by Indiana University Press

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Engaging tales dispel stereotypes about young people's lives in the Arab Middle East More...