Express Yourself through Books
Adapted from a booklist by Kathie Weinberg, Bethesda Library staff member.
Audrey, Wait! Audrey breaks up with her boyfriend, and the next thing she knows, he’s written a best-selling song about it! She’s not amused. Find this book in our catalog.
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Autobiography of My Dead Brother Two friends, both with artistic talents try to survive the crime and violence of Harlem. Find this book in our catalog.
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Better Than Running at Night Story of a college freshman in her first year away from home. She finds her art studies much more competitive than her high school experience. Find this book in our catalog.
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Bronx Masquerade Poetry, high school and a talented inner-city teacher make a winning combination for some students. Find this book in our catalog.
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Cover-Up: Mystery at the Super Bowl For the detective in all of us. Steve and Susan, fourteen year old reporters covering the Superbowl, stumble on some suspicious behind the scenes activity. Is someone trying to “fix” the game? Find this book in our catalog.
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Dancing in Red Shoes Will Kill You Life at Florida Arts School (FARTS) is competitive to say the least. Lots of humor, but things take a slightly serious turn when a student receives a death threat. Find this book in our catalog.
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Digital Filmmaking for Teens [With DVD] A book for the serious teen filmmaker. Find this book in our catalog.
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Dramarama Sarah and Demi escape their conventional high school lives during a summer at the Wildewood Academy, an elite boarding school of performing arts. There’s lots of drama, and not all of it on stage. Find this book in our catalog.
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Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie Steven’s little brother is diagnosed with leukemia. Drums become Steven’s escape. Find this book in our catalog.
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Fat Kid Rules the World Seventeen year old Troy weighs over 300 pounds and is suicidal. A homeless teen asks him to be a drummer in a band, and Troy’s life changes. Find this book in our catalog.
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Guitar Girl At seventeen, Molly starts her own band with two friends. Dean joins the band and complications follow. Find this book in our catalog.
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Manga for the Beginner: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started Right Away! Learn ways to create your own manga from an expert. Find this book in our catalog.
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My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins & Fenway Park Three friends explore Boston and new friendships. There’s lots of talk of theater and music in this new world they are sharing. Find this book in our catalog.
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Peak Peak was given his unusual name by his expert mountain climbing parents. His parents divorce, and Peak has to practice his climbing skills on skyscrapers in New York until a serious change takes place. Find this book in our catalog.
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Pop Princess The promise of a record contract at age 16 would be a wonderful gift, if it hadn’t been linked to the death of Wonder’s sister. Find this book in our catalog.
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Repossessed A “fallen angel” comes back to earth in “a borrowed, slightly used body of a slacker teen” and causes much confusion among friends and family. Find this book in our catalog.
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Rock Star, Superstar Pete, a talented bass player, graduates from his high school jazz band to perform in a pop rock group. That’s not the only change in his life. Find this book in our catalog.
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Teens Cook: How to Cook What You Want to Eat Two sisters give you some cooking tips and fun recipes. Find this book in our catalog.
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This Lullaby Life with a mother who has had five husbands is unsettling at best. But Remy had perfected her mother’s “love them and leave them” model until she meets Dexter, a rock band musician. Find this book in our catalog.
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Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath This fictionalized portrayal of the young poet is very moving. Find this book in our catalog.
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