The Girl in the Well Is Me

By Karen Rivers

Eleven-year-old Kammie reflects on her life as she fights claustrophobia while waiting to be rescued from a well she fell into while trying to impress some mean girls.

Goodbye Stranger

By Rebecca Stead

As Bridge makes her way through seventh grade on Manhattan's Upper West Side with her best friends, curvaceous Em, crusader Tab, and a curious new friend--or more than friend--Sherm, she finds the answer she has been seeking since she barely survived an accident at age eight: "What is my purpose?"

Lois Lane: Fallout

By Gwenna Bond

Lois Lane is the new girl at East Metropolis High, and her instinct to ask questions brings her and her online friend, Smallville Guy, into conflict with some bullying video gamers called the Warheads, who are being used in a dangerous virtual reality experiment.

90 Miles to Havana

By Enrique Flores-Galbis

Julian and his two brothers are sent by their parents to Miami, as part of the "Pedro Pan" operation, from the dangerous streets of Havana, Cuba, where violence and revolution threaten everyday life. But when the boys get to Florida, they are thrown into a world where bullies seem to run rampant and it's not always clear how best to protect themselves without their parents there to help.

Yaqui Delgado Wants To Kick Your Ass

By Meg Medina

Piddy Sanchez has just moved to a new neighborhood and a new school in Queens, New York. Almost immediately, she's told that Yaqui Delgado, a girl she doesn't even know, hates her and wants to "kick her ass." Piddy tries to ignore Yaqui and her gang, but as the harassment escalates, she has to confront the issue.

Pura Belpre Award Winner

Scrawl

By Mark Shulman

When eighth-grade school bully Tod and his friends get caught committing a crime on school property, his penalty--staying after school and writing in a journal under the eye of the school guidance counsellor--reveals aspects of himself that he prefers to keep hidden.

The Misfits

By James Howe

Four students who do not fit in at their small-town middle school decide to create a third party for the student council elections to represent all students who have ever been called names.