Kathe Koja
1) Buddha boy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Justin spends time with Jinsen, the unusual and artistic new student whom the school bullies torment and call Buddha Boy, and ends up making choices that impact Jinsen, himself, and the entire school.
2) Going under
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Alternating passages that draw on the myths of Persephone and Narcissus juxtapose the differing viewpoints of a teenaged girl and her older brother as she tries to prevent a manipulative psychotherapist from using her journal as material in a book.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Seventeen year old loner Maggy Klass, who frequently seeks refuge from her alcoholic mother's apartment by sitting and drawing in a local cafe, becomes involved in a destructive relationship with a charismatic homeless youth named Cole.
4) Headlong
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
High school sophomore Lily opens herself to new possibilities when, despite warnings, she becomes friends with "ghetto girl" Hazel, a new student at the private Vaughn School which Lily, following in her elitist mother's footsteps, has attended since preschool.
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