NOVELS ABOUT INNER CONFLICT
	Kit’s Wilderness Almond, David New York : Delacorte Press, c2000. Thirteen-year-old Kit goes to live with his grandfather in the decaying coalmining town of Stoneygate, England, and finds both the old man and the town haunted by ghosts of the past.
	Catalyst Anderson, Laurie Halse New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 2002. Eighteen-year-old Kate finds herself losing control in her senior year as she faces difficult neighbors, the possibility that she may not be accepted by the college of her choice, and an unexpected death.
	Prom Anderson, Laurie Halse New York : Viking, 2005. Eighteen-year old Ash wants nothing to do with senior prom, but when disaster strikes and her desperate friend, Nat, needs her help to get it back on track, Ash's involvement transforms her life.
	Foundation and Earth Asimov, Isaac Garden City, N.Y. Doubleday, 1986. The fifth and final novel in Asimov’s Foundation series.
	Ender's Game Card, Orson Scott New York :NY, 1992. "A Tom Doherty Associates book." A veteran of years of simulated war games, Ender believes he is engaged in one more computer war game when in truth he is commanding the last fleet of Earth against an alien race seeking the complete destruction of Earth.
	Code Orange Cooney, Caroline B. New York : Delacorte Press, 2005. While conducting research for a school paper on smallpox, Mitty finds an envelope containing 100-year-old smallpox scabs and fears that he has infected himself and all of New York City.
	Staying fat for Sarah Byrnes Crutcher, Chris New York, N.Y. : Greenwillow Books, c1993. The daily class discussions about the nature of man, the existence of God, abortion, organized religion, suicide and other comtemporary issues serve as a backdrop for a high-school senior's attempt to answer a friend'sdramatic cry for help.
	Ironman Crutcher, Chris. New York : Greenwillow Books, c1995. While training for a triathlon, seventeen-year-old Bo attends an anger management group at school which leads him to examine his relationship with his father.
	Keeping the Moon Dessen, Sarah New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Puffin Books, 2000, c1999. Fifteen-year-old Colie, a former fat girl, spends the summer working as a waitress in a beachside restaurant, staying with her overweight and eccentric Aunt Mira, and trying to explore her sense of self.
	Someone Like You Dessen, Sarah New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Puffin Books, 2000, c1998. Halley's junior year of high school includes the death of her best friend Scarlett's boyfriend, the discovery that Scarlett is pregnant, and Halley's own first serious relationship.
	Dreamland Dessen, Sarah. New York : Viking, 2000. After her older sister runs away, sixteen-year old Caitlin decides that she needs to make a major change in her own life and begins an abusive relationship with a boy who is mysterious, brilliant and dangerous.
	Battle dress Efaw, Amy. New York : HarperCollins, 2000. As a newly arrived freshman at West Point, seventeen-year-old Allie finds herself gaining both confidence and self-esteem as she struggles to get through the grueling six weeks of new cadet training known as the Beast.
	Borrowed Light Fienberg, Anna. New York : Delacorte Press, 2000. A sixteen-year-old feels alienated from her family while struggling with the difficult decisions surrounding her unplanned pregnancy.
	Breathing Underwater Flinn, Alexandra. New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. Sent to counseling for hitting his girlfriend, Caitlin, and ordered to keep a journal, sixteen-year-old Nick recounts his relationship with Caitlin, examines his controlling behavior and anger, and describes living with his abusive father.
	The Lottery Goobie, Beth. Orca Book Pub, 2004. When Sal Hanson "wins" the lottery run by the secret Shadow Council at her high school, her fate seems set - she will be shunned by all. But her refusal to be a victim might ultimately set her free.
	Looking for Alaska Green, John. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2005. Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.
	One True Friend Hansen, Joyce New York : Clarion Books, c2001. Fourteen-year-old Amir, in Syracuse, exchanges letters with his friend Doris, back in their old Bronx neighborhood, in which they share their lives and give each other advice on friendship, family, foster care, and making decisions.
	Stranger in a Strange Land Heinlein, Robert A New York, NY : Ace Books, 1991. Valentine Michael Smith, born and raised on Mars, arrives on Earth stunning Western culture with his superhuman abilities.
	The Door Into Summer Heinlein, Robert A New York : Ballantine Books, 1986, c1957. Daniel Davis, put into a state of suspended animation for 30 years, awakens to a startling discovery.
	A Sky So Close Khudayri, Batul. New York : Pantheon Books, 2001. A young woman growing up in rural Iraq finds her simple provincial life irrevocably altered by her family's relocation to Baghdad, her study of Western music and ballet at the behest of her English mother, and her first love affair.
	Blood and Chocolate Klause, Annette Curtis New York : Delacorte Press, c1997. Having fallen for a human boy, a beautiful teenage werewolf must battle both her packmates and the fear of the townspeople to decide where she belongs and with whom.
	Vegan Virgin Valentine Mackler, Carolyn. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2004. Mara's niece, who is only one year younger, moves in bringing conflict between the two teenagers because of their opposite personalities.
	The Hero and the Crown McKinley, Robin. New York : Ace Books, 1987, c1984. Aerin, daughter of the King of Damar, uses the magical powers of the blue sword to kill the dragons that threaten the kingdom.
	Beauty McKinley, Robin New York : Harper & Row, c1978. When Beauty's father is imprisoned by the Beast for picking a rose, she agrees to take her father's place and eventually grows to love her gruff captor.
	Jude Morgenroth,Kate. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2004. Still reeling from his drug-dealing father's murder, moving in with the wealthy mother he never knew, and transferring to a private school, fifteen-year-old Jude is tricked into pleading guilty to a crime he did not commit.
	A Step from Heaven Na, An Asheville, NC : Front Street, 2001. A young Korean girl and her family find it difficult to learn English and adjust to life in America.
	Sirena Napoli, Donna Jo New York : Scholastic Press, 1998. The gods grant immortality to the mermaid Sirena when she rescues a human man from the sea and they fall in love, but his mortality creates great conflict between love and honor when he is called to defend Greece in the Trojan War.
	Dancing on the Edge Nolan, Han. New York : Puffin Books, 1999. A young girl from a dysfunctional family creates for herself an alternative world which nearly results in her death but which ultimately leads her to reality.
	Born Blue Nolan, Han. New York: Harcourt, Inc. Janie was four years old when she nearly drowned due to her mother's neglect. Through an unhappy foster home experience, and years of feeling that she is unwanted, she keeps alive her dream of someday being a famous singer.
	Perfect Family Oughton, Jerrie. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. When Welcome, a fifteen-year-old girl living in a small town in North Carolina during the 1950s, finds out that she is pregnant, she faces some important decisions.
	My sister's keeper Picoult, Jodi New York : Atria, c2004. Conceived to provide a bone marrow match for her leukemia-stricken sister, teenage Kate begins to question her moral obligations in light of countless medical procedures and decides to fight for the right to make decisions about her own body.
	The Body of Christopher Creed Plum-Ucci, Carol San Diego : Harcourt, c2000. Torey Adams, a high school junior with a seemingly perfect life, struggles with doubts and questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the class outcast.
	Wolf by the ears Rinaldi, Ann New York : Scholastic, [1993], c1991. Harriet Hemings, rumored to be the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, one of his Black slaves, struggles with the choice facing her--to flee from her home or stay and remain a slave.
	Letters from Wolfie Sherlock, Patti New York : Viking, 2004. Certain that he is doing the right thing by donating his dog, Wolfie, to the Army's scout program in Vietnam, thirteen-year-old Mark begins to have second thoughts when the Army refuses to say when and if Wolfie will ever return.
	The Dark Side of Nowhere Shusterman, Neal New York, 1999, c1997. Fourteen-year-old Jason faces an identity crisis after discovering that he is the son of aliens who stayed on earth following a botched invasion mission.
	Buried Onions Soto, Gary New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1999. When nineteen-year-old Eddie drops out of college, he struggles to find a place for himself as a Mexican American living in a violence-infested neighborhood of Fresno, California.
	Shabanu Staples, Suzanne Fisher New York : Knopf : 1991, c1989. Shabanu, a young nomad of the Cholistan Desert, must submit to the marriage her father arranges for her, or go against centuries of tradition by defying him .
	The crystal cave Stewart, Mary New York: Morrow, 1970. Sequels: The hollow hills and The last enchantment.
	Stuck in neutral Trueman, Terry New York, NY : HarperTempest, 2001, c2000. Fourteen-year-old Shawn McDaniel, who suffers from severe cerebral palsy and cannot function, relates his perceptions of his life, his family, and his condition, especially as he believes his father is planning to kill him.
	Juice Walters, Eric Victoria, BC; Orca Book Publishers, 2005. (Orca soundings) Moose must decide if he should risk taking steroids to become a big star on the football team.