Bildungsroman

June 2009: 27 books read

For ages 13 and up
The President's Daughter by Ellen Emerson White
Paisley Hanover Acts Out by Cameron Tuttle
Mare's War by Tanita S. Davis
It's Not You, It's Me by Kerry Cohen Hoffmann
Broken by Alyxandra Harvey-Fitzhenry
Shine, Coconut Moon by Neesha Meminger
Breathing by Cheryl Renée Herbsman
The Longest Distance by Beth Kephart (published in the anthology No Such Thing as the Real World, which contains stories written by six different authors)

For ages 10 and up
Juicy Gossip by Erin Downing
Julia Gillian (and the Quest for Joy) by Alison McGhee, with art by Drazen Kozjan

Non-Fiction Pick
National Geographic: How to Be an Egyptian Princess by Jacqueline Morley, illustrated by Nicholas J. Hewetson