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Dairy Queen

Catherine Gilbert Murdock · 275 pages

After spending her summer running the family farm and training the quarterback for her school's rival football team, sixteen-year-old D.J. decides to go out for the sport herself, not anticipating the reactions of those around her.

Young AdultTeen ProtagonistFirst Person NarratorAthlete
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Second Helpings

Megan McCafferty · 349 pages

Young AdultTeen ProtagonistFunnySelf-Deprecating Humor
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Winger

Andrew Smith

Two years younger than his classmates at a prestigious boarding school, fourteen-year-old Ryan Dean West grapples with living in the dorm for troublemakers, falling for his female best friend who thinks of him as just a kid, and playing wing on the Varsity rugby team with some of his frightening new dorm-mates.

Young AdultFunnyTeen ProtagonistSelf-Deprecating Humor
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On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God

Louise Rennison · 256 pages

Fourteen-year-old Georgia continues her diary in which she records her misadventures trying to reclaim the attention of seventeen-year-old Robbie, while coping with her friends, family, and dog-like cat Angus at the same time.

Young AdultFirst Person NarratorTeen ProtagonistFunny
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Sherman Alexie · 256 pages

Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

Young AdultFunnyTeen ProtagonistSelf-Deprecating Humor
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The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It

Lisa Shanahan · 304 pages

IN MY FAMILY, when anyone rides the wave of their emotions, we say they're chucking a birkett. When the emotion drives out all common sense, we say they're chucking a big one. The telltale signs are: flaming cheeks, shortness of breath, bulging eyes, and a prolonged illogical outburst.Gemma Stone is convinced that it's always unseemly to chuck a birkett and that it's actually insane to chuck one i

Young AdultTeen ProtagonistFunnyFirst Person Narrator
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Princess in Waiting

Meg Cabot · 259 pages

Never before has the world seen such a princess. Nor have her own subjects, for that matter. Mia's royal introduction to Genovia has mixed results: while her fashion sense is widely applauded, her position on the installation of public parking meters is met with resistance. But the politics of bureaucracy are nothing next to Mia's real troubles. Between canceled dates with her long—sought—af

Young AdultTeen ProtagonistSelf-Deprecating HumorFunny
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Shut Out

Kody Keplinger

Fed up with the increasingly violent rivalry between the football and soccer teams at Hamilton High, Lissa and other players' girlfriends go on strike, but the girls will succeed only if their libidos can be controlled longer than the boys' can.

Young AdultTeen ProtagonistFunnyFirst Person Narrator
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Girl, Nearly 16: Absolute Torture

Sue Limb · 220 pages

Jess knows her summer plans are ruined but little could she imagine the huge surprise that awaits her when she visits her dad's home for the first time in years.

Young AdultFirst Person NarratorTeen ProtagonistFunny
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The Edumacation of Jay Baker

Jay Clark

In small-town Ohio, fifteen-year-old Jay Baker's popular new blog helps him navigate high school as he faces off against his mortal enemy, meets the girl of his dreams, and watches his parents' relationship implode.

Young AdultTeen ProtagonistFirst Person NarratorFunny
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Catching Jordan

Miranda Kenneally · 384 pages

What girl doesn't want to be surrounded by gorgeous jocks day in and day out? Jordan Woods isn't just surrounded by hot guys, though-she leads them as the captain and quarterback of her high school football team. They all see her as one of the guys and that's just fine. As long as she gets her athletic scholarship to a powerhouse university. But everything she's ever worked for is threatened wh

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The Princess Diaries

Meg Cabot, megu kiyabotsuto · 301 pages

Young AdultTeen ProtagonistSelf-Deprecating HumorFunny
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Whatever.: or how junior year became totally f$@ked

S.J. Goslee · 269 pages

Junior year is going to be the best ever for slacker Mike until he loses his girlfriend, gets roped into school activities, and becomes totally confused about his sexual orientation after sharing a drunken kiss with a guy.

Teen ProtagonistYoung AdultFirst Person NarratorSelf-Deprecating Humor
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Slam

Nick Hornby · 309 pages

Just when everything is coming together for Sam, his girlfriend Alicia drops a bombshell. Make that ex-girlfriend-- because by the time she tells him she's pregnant, they've already called it quits. Sam does not want to be a teenage dad. His mom had him at sixteen and has made it very clear how having a baby so young interrupted her life. There's only one person Sam can turn to--his hero, skating

Young AdultTeen ProtagonistSelf-Deprecating HumorFirst Person Narrator
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You Are So Undead to Me

Stacey Jay

Q: HOW MANY ZOMBIES DOES IT TAKE TO RUIN A SOCIAL LIFE?A: NOT MANY.Megan Berry is a Zombie Settler by birth, which means she's part-time shrink to a whole bunch of semi-dead people with killer issues. All Megan really wants is to go to homecoming, but when you're trailed by a bunch of slobbering corpses whenever you leave the house, it's kinda hard to score a date. Let's just say Megan's love life

Young AdultTeen ProtagonistFunnySelf-Deprecating Humor
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My So-Called Life

Joanna Nadin · 304 pages

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Picture Perfect

Holly Smale

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Bad Taste in Boys

Carrie Harris · 208 pages

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Mates, Dates, and Chocolate Cheats

Cathy Hopkins · 160 pages

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Awkward

Marni Bates · 259 pages

When a humiliating accident at school is captured on video and posted on the Internet, clumsy Mackenzie is turned into an overnight Internet sensation, and is sucked into the world of rock stars, paparazzi, and worldwide popularity.

Young AdultTeen ProtagonistFunnyFirst Person Narrator
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Shark Bait

Jenn Cooksey · 318 pages

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