Fleischman, Paul                                            Breakout                                FLE YA

A young woman presents a play based on her life as a seventeen-year-old runaway whose escape from her foster home in Los Angeles is thwarted by an all-day traffic jam, an event which provides time for her to explore her free-floating identity, hunger for her unknown mother, and yearning for human connection.

Ibbitson,John                              The Landing: a novel                                        IBB YA

Ben thinks he will always be stuck at Cook's Landing, barely making ends meet like his uncle. But when he meets a wealthy widow from New York City, he sees himself there too. When she hires him to play his violin, he realizes his gift could unlock the possibilities of the world. Then, during a stormy night on Lake Muskoka, everything changes.

Koja, Kathe                                        Buddha boy                                        KOJ YA

Justin spends time with Jinsen, the unusual and artistic new student whom the school bullies, torments, and calls Buddha Boy, and ends up making choices that impact Jinsen, himself, and the entire school.

Paulsen, Gary                         Dancing Girl                                       PAU ppb YA

As winter progresses, the strange man in the worn flight jacket dances frequently on the ice of the rink, expressing more with his movements than most people do with words

Ruditis, Paul                             The Four Dorothys                                           RUN YA

The students at the Orion Academy put on a musical based on the Wizard of Oz. Due to their egotism, four of them have the part of Dorothy, but as opening night approaches, the Dorothys drop out of the show one-by-one. Bryan Stark must find out why in order to keep the musical from being cancelled.

Selfors, Suzanne                                   Saving Julet                                                       SEL YA

Seventeen-year-old Mimi Wallingford's stage fright and fight with her mother on the closing night of Romeo and Juliet are nothing compared to the troubles she faces when she and her leading man are transported to Shakespeare's Verona, where she decides to give the real Juliet a happy ending.