Top 10 Bext Books for Teens in 2003

(Listed in Alphabetical Order by Author)

Catalyst

Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson

Kate finds there is more to life than her obsession about getting into MIT when she becomes involved with her tragedy-stricken budget.






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Feed

Feed by M.T. Anderson

The future in which everyone has a mini-computer with internet access implanted in his head.







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Things Not Seen

Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements

Bobby wakes up one morning to find that he is invisible.







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The House of the Scorpian

The House of the Scorpian by Nancy Farmer

Matt is a clone in a world where clones are treated no better than animals.







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America

America by E.R. Frank

A young man named America has spent many years in institutions for disturbed, antisocial behavior tries to piece his life together.






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Son of the Mob

Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman

The son of the mob falls in love with the daughter of the FBI.







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The Lightkeeper's Daughter

The Lightkeeper's Daughter by Iain Lawrence

A teenage mother tries to reconcile with her lighthouse-keeping parents, despite feeling that it was their remote and lonely lifestyle that led to her brother’s death.




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Left for Dead: A Young Man’s Search for Justice on the USS Indianapolis

Left for Dead by Peter Nelson

Recalls the sinking of USS Indianapolis at the end of WW II and how a teenager helped survivors set the record straight.






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19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East

19 Varieties of Gazelle by Naomi Shihab Nye

Poetry and stories of the Middle East through the eyes of an American child, as well as of America through the eyes of Middle Easterners.





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This Land Was Made For You and Me: The Life & Songs of Woody Guthrie

This Land Was Made for You and Me by Elizabeth Partridge

The tragic life story of the rambling folk singer Woody Guthrie, author of “This Land is Your Land”.



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