Acting

Shakespeare Stealer
Gary Blackwood (J BLACKWOOD, GAR)
A young man infiltrates Shakespeare’s acting troupe to steal ‘Hamlet’ (10 and up).

The Playmaker
J. B. Cheaney (YA CHEANEY, J. B.)
Working as an apprentice in the theater, Richard uncovers a plot to overthrow the queen (9 and up).

Zap
Paul Fleischman (YA 812 FLEISCHMAN)
Fleischman mashes up 7 famous plays into one absurdist play (14 and up).

No More Dead Dogs
Gordon Korman (J KORMAN, GOR)
Football star Wallace must attend drama rehearsals for detention and finds that he is compelled to offer his own suggestions (age  12 and up).

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Lockhart, E. (YA LOCKHART, E)
Frankie blossoms in her Sophomore year at her elite prep school and puts her acting skills to use in order to infiltrate an elite all boys group (12 and up).

Loving Will Shakespeare
Carolyn Meyer (YA MEYER, CAR)
Anne Hathaway finds love and freedom in the arms of lifelong friend, Will Shakespeare (13 and up).

Saving Juliet
Suzanne Selfors (YA SELFORS, SUZ)
17 year old Mimi and her leading man are transported to Verona, where Mimi decides to improve on the ending of Romeo & Juliet (12 and up).

Art

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian
Sherman Alexie (YA ALEXIE, SHE)
Artist and basketball player Junior leaves the Rez to go to an all white school with both humorous and tragic results (13 and up)

I Am Rembrandt’s Daughter
Lynn Cullen (YA CULLEN, LYN)
Cornelia suffers through poverty in Amsterdam as Rembrandt’s illegitimate daughter until a chance at marriage changes her situation (12 and up).

Drawing a Blank
Ehrenhaft, Daniel (YA EHRENHAFT, DAN)
Carlton, an outcast who is secretly a comic artist, teams with enigmatic Aileen, a pretty Scottish girl, to find his kidnapped dad (13 and up).

Whirligig
Paul Fleischman (YA FLEISCHMAN, PAU)
After a tragic accident, Brent tries to make amends by constructing 4 whirligigs and placing them all around the US during one summer (12 and up).

Autobiography of My Dead Brother
Walter Dean Myers (YA MYERS, WAL)
Jesse deals with the death of his friend by pouring his feelings into his sketchbook. (13 and up).

Graffiti Girl
Parra, Kelly (YA PARRA, KEL)
Angel gets involved with graffiti artists as a way to deal with her troubles and express herself (12 and up).

What My Girlfriend Doesn’t Know
Sonya Sones (YA SONES, SON).
Robin’s transition from pariah to potential cool kid  is influenced by his college art class and his new girlfriend (13 and up).

Emiko Superstar
Mariko Tamaki (YAGN TAMAKI, MAR)
Emiko escapes her geek label and endless babysitting by becoming a performance artist (13 and up).

Dance

Dancing in Red Shoes Will Kill You
Dorian Cirrone (YA CIRRONE, DOR)
Kayla and her sister Paterson deal with prejudice as they pursue their individual arts at their special high school (14 and up).

Ten Cents a Dance
Christine Fletcher (YA FLETCHER, CHR)
Ruby hopes to escape poverty by becoming a taxi dancer in 1940s Chicago (14 and up).

Swan
Ariyoshi Kyoko (YAGN SWAN)
Masumi gains admission to a famous Japanese ballet school, but must overcome her weak training  to get ahead (13 and up).

Wildwood Dancing
Juliet Marillier (YA MARILLIER, JUL)
Jena and Tati escape into the wildwood to dance with the faeries, but an attack on their father’s Transylvanian kingdom threatens their freedom (10 and up).

Music

Born to Rock
Gordon Korman (YA KORMAN, GOR)
Conservative teen, Leo, discovers his biological father is a punk rock legend (12 & up).

Beige
Cecil Castellucci (YA CASTELLUCCI, CEC)
Katy leaves Montreal to spend time with her father, an aging LA punk rock legend (14 & up).

Blue Monday
Chynna Clugston-Major (YAGN BLUE)
Bleu and her friends try to get into see their pop idol when he comes to town (14 and up).

My Name is Chloe
Melody Carlson (YA CARLSON, MEL)
This Christian series follows Chloe as she  forms a Christian band, Redemption (12 & up).

Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Rachel Cohn & D. Levithan (YA COHN, RAC)
Nick & Norah’s meeting sets off a wild night of romance set against a NY backdrop (15 & up).

This Lullaby
Sarah Dessen (YA DESSEN, SAR)
Remy shies away from commitment until she meets musician Dexter (13 and up).

Musician’s Daughter
Susan Dunlap (YA DUNLAP, SUS)
Theresa tries to find her father’s killer with the help of conductor Joseph Haydn in 18th C. Vienna (12 & up).

Princess of Pop
Cathy Hopkins (YA HOPKINS, CAT)
Becca vies for the pop princess crown. Does she have the fortitude to compete? (11 & up).

Rock Star Superstar
Blake Nelson (YA NELSON, BLA)
Pete leaves Jazz Band to form his own group, and his fame threatens his girlfriend (14 & up).

Guitar Girl
Sara Manning (YA MANNING, SAR)
Molly writes a notebook detailing the rise and fall of her British girl band, the Hormones (14 & up).

King Dork
Frank Portman (YA PORTMAN, FRA)
Loser Tom finds an outlet in his “band” and in his dad’s copy of “Catcher in the Rye” (14 & up).

Marcelo in the Real World
Francisco Stork (YA STORK, FRA)
Autistic Marcelo’s musical brain uncovers trouble at a law firm while working there (13 & up).
 
Last Days
Scott Westerfeld (YA WESTERFELD, SCO)
Five teens come together to form a band that will combat the evil overtaking the city (13 & up).

Troll Bridge: a Rock ‘n’ Roll Fairy Tale
Jane Yolen (YA YOLEN, JAN)
Harpist prodigy Moira is transported into a battle between a magical fox and a troll (12 and up).

Technology

Gamer Girl
Marianne Mancusi (YA MANCUSI, MAR)
Maddy moves to her grandmother’s, starts a manga club & falls in love through an online game (12 & up).

Traitor, Payback, Avenger & Meltdown
Andy McNab (YA MCNAB, AND)
Danny combats terrorism with his Secret Service Agent grandfather Fergus & his hacker friend Elena in this series (12 and up).

Little Brother
Corey Doctorow (YA DOCTOROW, COR)
Marcus is interrogated after a terrorist attack in San Francisco.  He fights back against his loss of freedom through his knowledge of computers & hacking (13 & up).