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June 08, 2006

2006 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers Book List

The Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers list is created by the Young Adult Services Association, a division of the American Library Association. Books are chosen that teens, ages 12-18, will pick up on their own and read for pleasure. There are fiction and nonfiction selections.

Jim Benton. It's Happy Bunny: Life. Get One
Everyone's favorite bunny with attitude presents words of wisdom for all life's endeavors: When life gives you lemons, use them to squirt lemon juice into the eyes of your enemies. Love makes the world go 'round. But face it, cash is better. Always remember, your enemies are just friends that really really bite!

Jared and Jerusha Hess. Napoleon Dynamite: The Complete Quote Book
Quotes from the movie.

Kate Cary. Bloodline
In this story told primarily through journal entries, a British soldier in World War I makes the horrifying discovery that his regiment commander is descended from Count Dracula.

E. Lockhart. The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs, and Me, Ruby Oliver
A Seattle fifteen-year-old explains some of the reasons for her recent panic attacks, including breaking up with her boyfriend, losing all her girlfriends, tensions between her performance-artist mother and her father, and more.