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Bennett, Cherie
SEE NO EVIL (SMALLVILLE)
Clark inadvertently lands the lead in the school play, opposite his favorite leading lady, Lana Lang. Mysterious "accidents" start befalling cast members, and Clark must deal with someone who is taking drama a little too far.

Bird, Isobel
RING OF LIGHT (CIRCLE OF THREE #6)
Disillusioned, Cooper briefly leaves her Wiccan circle. But when illness threatens someone close to them, she returns. Can the circle ever be restored?

Grant, Alan
DRAGON (SMALLVILLE)
Clark must save Smallville from a killer who has acquired the strength of a dragon from meteor-contaminated water; but the teenage hero's powers, and his memories of them, have disappeared.

Heath, Lorraine
AMELIA AND THE OUTLAW (AVON ROMANCE FOR TEENS)
With a strict, eagle-eyed judge for a father and two older brothers to back him up, Amelia is doted upon and protected within an inch of her life. She's not even allowed to have a sweetheart until she's seventeen. Amelia longs for the day she can do as she pleases, but that day doesn't seem to be in any hurry to arrive, until she meets a handsome outlaw named Jesse.

Heynen, Jim
COSMOS COYOTE AND WILLIAM THE NICE
17-year-old Cosmos DeHaag's life of petty crime has finally caught up with him. As punishment for his offenses, Cosmos is sentenced to a year on his uncle's Iowa farm. There, he determines that his true trickster personality, Cosmos Coyote, will have to hide behind the mask of his well-behaved alter ego, William the Nice. But no one is more surprised than Cosmos when he ends up falling for the most devout Christian girl in town.

MacDougal, Scarlett
HAVE A NICE LIFE (START HERE)
Four teenage girls try to prevent their futures with help from their Lenny Kravitz-look-alike fairy godmother.

Mason, Lynn
ALIAS: DISAPPEARED
Sydney is sent by SD-6 to pose as the heiress of a former ruling family of Romania who are now mixed up in the black market. Something goes very wrong and people end up disappearing.

Mayfield, Sue
DROWNING ANNA
The story of how one bright, seemingly well-adjusted teen decides to take her own life after repeated bullying and teasing by a classmate.

Meyer, L.A.
BLOODY JACK
Orphaned at the age of 12, Mary lives by begging and stealing on the streets of London, and sleeps under a bridge with a small gang of orphans. When her friend is murdered, she dons his clothes, calls herself Jacky, and signs on as a ship's boy on a Royal Navy ship. From shooting a pirate in battle to surviving when stranded alone on a Caribbean island, the action in Jacky's tale will entertain readers with a taste for adventure.

Rand, Ayn
ANTHEM
This is a stark tale of a member of a futuristic society in which he is raised in a communal nursery with no parents and allowed no individuality. His thirst for freedom and thought leads him to a dangerous discovery; the word "I

Smith, Dean Wesley
SPIDERMAN: EMERALD MYSTERY
Something is turning ordinary people into zombie-like bank robbers. Could this strange behavior be linked to a new crime boss called "The Jewel"? Spiderman is turning New York up side down to find the answer.

Steiber, Ellen
GROTESQUE (X-FILES)
Based on the TV show, the X-Files, this book finds Mulder and Scully investigating serial killings linked to the possession of a murderer by a gargoyle or demon.

Stine, R.L.
GOODNIGHT KISS (FEAR STREET SUPER CHILLER)
Matt's summer turns into a nightmare when he notices that his girlfriend, April, and best friend, Todd, have been bitten on the neck by vampires.

Van Belkom, EDO
BE VERY AFRAID!
This collection of stories features such real-life horrors as eating disorders, bullies, guns, and alcohol abuse. The story authors include Michael J. Aruda, Ed Greenwood, Tanya Huff, Edmund Plante, Michael Rowe, and Sheri White.

Wilson, Jacqueline
GIRLS IN LOVE
Starting 9th grade is more difficult than Ellie imagined. She's self-conscious about her hair and weight, and she worries about her parents. Worst of all, her two best friends have boyfriends.

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