Booklist - Funny Bones

 

 

Absolutely, Positively Not by David LaRochelle

Sixteen-year old Steven DeNarski is absolutely, positively heterosexual. He sets out to prove this by sitting at the jock’s table at school, collecting pictures of bikini-clad girls and dating like crazy. Failing miserably at all attempts, he finally accepts the truth and comes out to his friend, Rachel.

 

 

Girl, 15, Charming But Insane by Sue Limb

Jess Jordan desperately wants to be gorgeous,but her best friend Flora has that role sewn up. To make matters worse, her father is a hypochondriac and her grandmother is obsessed with death. Her friend Fred is the only one who makes sense. What is a girl to do?

 

 

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar

Scott Hudson is just an ordinary guy who is anxious about starting high school. But some things happen that he didn’t anticipate – abusive seniors, honors classes, his mother’s pregnancy and drifting away from his childhood friends. No wonder he is writing a guidebook.

 

Bras and Broomsticks by Sarah Mlynowski

What if all your wishes could come true! That is what is happening for Rachel, except she in not the one with the magical powers. Her younger sister is. How can Rachel work her own magic to get what she wants?

 

 

Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini

Jeremy Heere would do anything to be cool, even swallow a supercomputer the size of an aspirin. However, he soon finds that being transformed from super geek into one of the most popular guys in your class does have its dark side.