Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. SchmidtJack, 12, tells the gripping story of Joseph, 14, who joins his family as a foster child. Damaged in prison, Joseph wants nothing more than to find his baby daughter, Jupiter, whom he has never seen. When Joseph has begun to believe he'll have a future, he is confronted by demons from his past that force a tragic sacrifice.
"It talks about two young kids falling in love. Then it is taken away from them, before starting up again. I like how they don't care what happens has long as they are together."
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.
"A girl is basically a nobody that has no friends. Then she moves and falls in love. I really like how it's a vampire and a human falling in love. It's like a story that never ends."
I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier
An innocent young boy recounts a suspenseful tale of government corruption and espionage. Through his doctor's questions, Adam struggles out of a world of medicated oblivion and begins a desperate bicycle journey in search of a truth that will destroy him.
"A boy and his family were hiding our from people who were trying to kill him. It was mostly because of his dad. They had to change their names. Then the boy was put into a hospital, where he keeps having flashbacks. It's like a movie in your head while you are reading."
Five teens who were party responsible for a death a year earlier are lured by the promise of a $50,000 prize to an isolated mansion by someone bent on rage.
"This is the kind of book that has you excited to read on to the next chapter and wishing there was more than one book. It's more like a real story that could have happened. Spirits are involved and it has real life situations in it."
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