Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

Amend, Bill. AT LEAST THIS PLACE SELLS T-SHIRTS. Andrews & McMeel

Athkins, D.E. THE BRIDE. Scholastic

Atkin, S. Beth. VOICES FROM THE STREETS: YOUNG FORMER GANG MEMBERS TELL THEIR STORIES. Little Brown

Base, Graeme. THE DISCOVERY OF DRAGONS. Harry N. Abrams.

Bjarkman, Peter. TOP 10 BASKETBALL SLAM DUNKERS. 1995. Enslow

Block, Francesca Lia. GIRL GODDESS #9. HarperCollins

Bode, Janet and Stan Mack. HARD TIME: A REAL LIFE LOOK AT JUVENILE CRIME AND VIOLENCE. Delacorte

Branzei, Sylvia. PLANET DEXTER'S GROSSOLOGY. 1995. Addison- Wesley.

Brewster, Hugh. ANASTASIA'S ALBUM. Hyperion

Bruce-Mitford, Miranda. THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF SIGNS & SYMBOLS. Dorling Kindersley

Cohen, Daniel. DANGEROUS GHOSTS. Putnam

Coville, Bruce. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Dial

Crowther, Robert. POP-UP OLYMPICS: AMAZING FACTS AND RECORD BREAKERS. Candlewick

DANGEROUS ANIMALS. (The nature company discovery libraries) 1995. Time-Life.

De Vries, Anke . BRUISES. 1995. Front Street

Doyle, Larry. HUH HUH FOR HOLLYWOOD. MTV Books/Pocket

Ewing, Lynne. DRIVE-BY. HarperCollins

Fletcher, Ralph. BURIED ALIVE: THE ELEMENTS OF LOVE. Atheneum

Fogle, Bruce. Dog Breed Handbook series.

Freedman, Russell. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CRAZY HORSE. Holiday House

Ganeri, Anita. INSIDE THE BODY. Dorling Kindersley

Glenn, Mel. WHO KILLED MR. CHIPPENDALE? Dutton/Lodestar

Gorog, Judith. WHEN NOBODY'S HOME: FIFTEEN BABY-SITTING TALES OF TERROR. Scholastic

Haddix, Margaret Peterson. DON'T YOU DARE READ THIS, MRS. DUNPHREY. Simon & Schuster

Hill, Grant. CHANGE THE GAME: ONE ATHLETE'S THOUGHTS ON SPORTS, DREAMS, AND GROWING UP. Warner.

Hobbs, Will. FAR NORTH. Morrow Junior Books

Hoffman, Charles. BRUCE LEE, BRANDON LEE, AND THE DRAGON'S CURSE. 1995. Random House

Jackson, Donna M. THE BONE DETECTIVES: HOW FORENSIC ANTHROPOLISTS SOLVE CRIMES AND UNCOVER MYSTERIES OF THE DEAD. Little Brown

Jarrow, Gail and Paul Sherman. NAKED MOLE RATS. Lerner/Carolrhoda

Jones, Charlotte Foltz. ACCIDENTS MAY HAPPEN: FIFTY INVENTIONS DISCOVERED BY MISTAKE. Delacorte

Jukes, Mavis. IT'S A GIRL THING: HOW TO STAY HEALTHY, SAFE, AND IN CHARGE. Knopf

Kehret, Peg. SMALL STEPS: THE YEAR I GOT POLIO. Albert Whitman

Kite, Patricia L. BLOOD-FEEDING BUGS AND BEASTS. Millbrook

Lauber, Patricia. HURRICANES: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST STORMS. Scholastic

Letterman, David. DAVID LETTERMAN'S BOOK OF TOP TEN LISTS & ZESTY LO-CAL CHICKEN RECIPES. 1995. Bantam

Lorbiecki, Marybeth. JUST ONE FLICK OF A FINGER. Dial

Lurie, Jon. FUNDAMENTAL SNOWBOARDING. Lerner

Maizels, Jennie & Kate Petty. THE AMAZING POP-UP GRAMMAR BOOK. Dutton

Martin, Les. HUMBUG (The X files ). HarperTrophy

Matas, Carol. AFTER THE WAR. Simon & Schuster

Melton, H. Keith. THE ULTIMATE SPY BOOK. Dorling Kindersley

Meltzer, Milton. WEAPONS & WARFARE: FROM THE STONE AGE TO THE SPACE AGE. HarperCollins

Merriam, Eve. THE INNER CITY MOTHER GOOSE. New ed. Simon & Schuster

Montpetit, Charles, ed. THE FIRST TIME: TRUE STORIES. Vol. 2. Orca

Morpurgo, Michael. ROBIN OF SHERWOOD. Harcourt Brace

Mowry, Jess. GHOST TRAIN. Henry Holt

Myers, Walter Dean. SLAM. Scholastic

Nance, John. PANDORA'S CLOCK. 1995. Doubleday

Osofsky, Audrey. FREE TO DREAM: THE MAKING OF A POET: LANGSTON HUGHES. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard

Ousseimi, Maria. CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE: GROWING UP IN A WAR ZONE. 1995. Walker

Paulsen, Gary. BRIAN'S WINTER. Delacorte

Paulsen, Gary. PUPPIES, DOGS AND BLUE NORTHERS: REFLECTIONS ON BEING RAISED BY A PACK OF SLED DOGS. Harcourt Brace

Perl, Lila and Marion Blumenthal Lazan. FOUR PERFECT PEBBLES: A HOLOCAUST STORY. Greenwillow

Platt, Richard. STEPHEN BIESTY'S INCREDIBLE EXPLOSIONS. Dorling Kindersley

Reid, Lori. THE ART OF HAND READING. Dorling Kindersley

Reybold, Laura. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE DANGERS OF TATOOING AND BODY PIERCING. Rosen.

Reynolds, Marilyn. TELLING. Morning Glory Press.

Rossiter, Sean. HOCKEY THE NHL WAY: THE BASICS. Greystone

Sanderson, Peter. MARVEL UNIVERSE. Harry N. Abrams

Shusterman, Neal. MINDQUAKES: STORIES TO SHATTER YOUR BRAIN. TOR

Silverstein, Shel. FALLING UP. HarperCollins

Smith, Miranda. LIVING EARTH (eyewitness). Dorling Kindersley

Snedden, Robert. YUCK!: A BIG BOOK OF LITTLE HORRORS. Simon & Schuster

Solin, Sabrina. SEVENTEEN GUIDE TO SEX AND YOUR BODY. Simon & Schuster

Steiber, Ellen. SHAPES. (The X files) HarperTrophy

Steiber, Ellen. SQUEEZE. (The X files) HarperTrophy

Sturgis, Alexander. OPTICAL ILLUSIONS IN ART. Sterling

Sullivan, George. GLOVEMEN: TWENTY-SEVEN OF BASEBALL'S GREATEST. Atheneum

Sweeney, Joyce. FREE FALL. Delacorte

Tanaka, Shelley. ON BOARD THE TITANIC. Hyperion

Thomas, Rob. RATS SAW GOD. Simon & Schuster

Vancil, Mark. NBA BASKETBALL OFFENSE BASICS. Sterling

Wallace, Rich. WRESTLING STURBRIDGE. Knopf

Willey, Margaret. FACING THE MUSIC. Delacorte

Willson, Quentin. THE ULTIMATE CLASSIC CAR BOOK. 1995. Dorling Kindersley

Windsor, Patricia. THE BLOODING. Scholastic