Reality bites.

Miller, Mary Beth. AIMEE. What happens when your best friend commits suicide and you are accused of assisting? How do you cope with your own guilt, anger and loneliness?

Frank E.R. AMERICA. America, a disturbed, anti-social boy who has spent many years in institutions, tries to piece his life together.

Myers, Walter Dean. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MY DEAD BROTHER. The hot gritty streets of Harlem offer tough choices for Jesse as his best friend heads in troubling new directions.

Cook, Lorna. DEPARTURES. Suzen and Evan are siblings dealing with who they are and what they want in an increasingly unstable family and they learn things are not always what they appear to be.

Mezinski, Pierre. DRUGS EXPLAINED: THE REAL DEAL ON ALCOHOL, POT, ECTASY, AND MORE. Combining the diary of a girl tempted by drugs with sections of factual information, this is a frank look at the most prevalent drugs and the social situations in which young people might be enticed to use them.

Crutcher, Chris. KING OF THE MILD FRONTIER. Well-known young adult writer Chris Crutcher points the pen at himself and recalls the often humorous, sometimes painful, but always entertaining tale of growing up in 1950's Idaho.

Vizzini, Ned. TEEN ANGST? NAAAH ... A QUASI-AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Using poetry he wrote between the ages of 15 and 17, the author presents his unique view of school, family, and friends.