Updated December 8, 2006

Girl, Going on 17, Pants on Fire by Sue Limb: It's never fun when a great summer comes to an end. Particularly when one argues with one's boyfriend the night before school starts, and the first day of school begins with a trip to detention.

Goy Crazy by Melissa Schorr: Rachel Lowenstein can't help it--she's got a crush on a goy, Luke Christiansen, the gorgeous star of the basketball team at St. Joseph's Prep. Should she follow her heart and turn her back on her faith, or follow her friends' and family's advice?

Hell Phone by William Sleator: In a modern, supernatural take on "Sorry, Wrong Number," a mysterious secondhand phone pulls Nick into a nightmarish scenario that could end in murder. Fans of Sleator's "The Boy Who Couldn't Die" will enjoy this equally diabolical thriller.

King of the Creeps by Steven Banks: Tom is an undersized nerd with an oversized nose. He's got frizzy hair and glasses. He knows it--he's a creep. Tom may not look like a movie star, but he does look an awful lot like that new folksinger everyone is wild for. So he heads for Greenwich Village. What follows is an increasingly outrageous sequence of events.