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FAST READS - SHORT NOVELS

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Theme / Topic TITLE (linked to reviews where available) AUTHOR Call #
Drug use / Teenagers Go ask Alice Anonymous F GO
Coal Mining Kit's Wilderness Almond, David F ALM
Multiculturalism Heaven Eyes Almond, David F ALM
Survival Fever 1793 Anderson, Laurie H F AND
War I am fifteen and I don't want to die Arnothy, Christine F ARN
Sexual abstinence What you don't know can kill you Arrick, Fran F ARR
Adolescence   Sometimes I Think I Hear My Name  Avi  F AVI 
Sea Adventure  True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle  Avi  F AVI 
War stories  Time To Choose Attema, Martha F ATT
Jews  Broken Bridge  Banks, Lynne  F BAN
Faith in Humanity Lilies of the field Barrett, William F BAR
Brothers & sisters   Adam Zigzag  Barrie, Barbara  F BAR
Inspiration / individuality Stand tall Bauer, Joan F BAU
Self-discovery / runaway teenagers Death wind Bell, William F BEL
Prejudice / Persecution Stones Bell, William F BEL
Murder and mystery Hooded man Bennett, Jay F BEN
Soccer / physically handicapped Tangerine Bloor, Edward F BLO
Historical fiction  Nine Days Queen  Bradford, Karleen F BRA
Prejudice / Persecution There will be wolves Bradford, Karleen F BRA
Coming of age Dolores Brooks, Bruce F BRO
Suicide / Family life Vanishing Brooks, Bruce F BRO
Love / Abandoned child Not yet summer Brown, Susan F BRO
Haunted spirits Dark Garden Buffie, Margaret F BUF
Kidnapping Hideout Bunting, Eve F BUN
Manipulative relationships Jumping the Nail Bunting, Eve F BUN
Shipwreck - Titanic SOS Titanic Bunting, Eve F BUN
Love / Family life / Short Stories Casino and other stories Burnard, Bonnie F BUR
Death / Grief Hemingway tradition Butcher, Kristin F BUT
Manipulative relationships Trouble with liberty Butcher, Kristin F BUT
Self-discovery / graffiti Zee's way Butcher, Kristin F BUT
Loyalty / Trust It's a matter of trust Byalick, Marcia F BYA
Relationships / Loss of stability Breaking the fall Cadnum, Michael F CAD
Troubled urban youth Calling home Cadnum, Michael F CAD
Troubled youth / Alienation Taking it Cadnum, Michael F CAD
Chaos of contemporary life Zero at the bone Cadnum, Michael F CAD
Fatal attraction Dance with the vampire Calchman, J.B. F CAL
Fantasy Dragonslayers apprentice Calder, David F CAL
Self-discovery / Sense of duty Amazing Gracie Cannon, A.E. F CAN
Mental health / Family Dancing on dark water Carter, Alden R. F CAR
Mother daughter relationship Among the volcanoes Castaneda, Omar S. F CAS
Relationships / World War II Foreign field, A Chan, Gillian F CHA
Missing person / Mystery Missing Chester, Kate F CHE
Deafness Sudden death Chester, Kate F CHE
Life and death Big Burn Choyce, Lesley F CHO
Refugees Refuge Cove Choyce, Lesley F CHO
Coming of age Wrong time wrong place Choyce, Lesley F CHO
Teenagers Celine Cole, Brock F COL
Amnesia / Family Amnesia Cooper, Douglas F COO
Death / Revenge In the middle of the night Cormier, Robert F COR
Criminal investigation Rag and bone shop Cormier, Robert F COR
Earthquakes Quake Cottonwood, Joe F COT
Death / Grief Getting near to baby Couloumbis, Audrey F COU
Friendship Running loose Crutcher, Chris F CRU
Social life and customs / Diary Catherine called Birdy Cushman, Karen F CUS
Medicine / Middle Ages Matilda Bone Cushman, Karen F CUS
Midwives / Middle Ages Midwife's apprentice Cushman, Karen F CUS
Vampires / Mystery Buffy the vampire slayer: the harvest Cusick, Richie F CUS
Fathers and sons Longest memory D'Aguiar, Fred F DAG
School / Teachers Cat ate my gymsuit Danziger, Paula F DAN
Civil rights / Multicultural Just like Martin Davis, Ossie F DAV
Travel / Culture clash Someone special Delahunty, Lori F DEL
Science fiction Alien game Dexter, Catherine F DEX
Family Dive Donovan, Stacey F DON
Brothers and sisters Morning girl Dorris, Michael F DOR
Child sexual abuse Boy O'boy Doyle, Brian F DOY
Racism Angel square Doyle, Brian F DOY
Football Game plan Dygard, J. Thomas F DYG
Basketball Outside shooter Dygard, J. Thomas F DYG
Basketball Rookie arrives Dygard, J. Thomas F DYG
Soccer Soccer duel Dygard, J. Thomas F DYG
Basketball Tournament upstart Dygard, J. Thomas F DYG
Football Winning kicker Dygard, J. Thomas F DYG
Basketball Rebounder Dygard, J. Thomas. F DYG
Refugees / Women  Parvana's journey Ellis, Deborah F ELL
Divorce Swimming with the whales Ellis, Ella Thorp F ELL
Physically challenged Maya Ellis, Kathryn F ELL
Apartheid / South Africa In such a place Fairbridge, Lynne F FAI
Coming of age Eight seconds Ferris, Jean F FER
Divorce One more step Fitch, Sheree F FIT
Gambling Double or Nothing Foon, Dennis F FOO
Violence Skud Foon, Dennis F FOO
Homosexuality Eagle kite Fox, Paula F FOX
Friendship In the key of Do Frechette, Carole F FRE
Family Life  Janey's Girl  Friesen, Gayle F FRI 
Survival Julie of the wolves George, Jean C. F GEO
Death / Mystery Dead Girls Don't Write letters Giles, Gail F GIL
High school violence / coming of age Shattering glass Giles, Gail F GIL
Horror / Vampires Halloween rain Golden, Christopher F GOL
Romance Princess Bride Goldman, William F GOL
Suspense Before Wings Goobie, Beth F GOO
Brothers and sisters Kicked out Goobie, Beth F GOO
Abused Teenagers Something Girl Goobie, Beth F GOO
Child abuse / Suicide Who owns Kelly Paddick Goobie, Beth F GOO
Horror stories When nobody's home Gorog, Judith F GOR
Incest / Emotional problems Uncle vampire Grant, Cynthia D. F GRA
Stalking / Fear Dead-end job Grant, Vicki F GRA
Mothers and Sons Quid pro Quo Grant, Vicki F GRA
Teenagers Waiting for Jasmine Gravel, Francois F GRA
Alcoholism Boy who drank too much Greene, Shep F GRE
Pirates Stowaway Gregory, Kristiana F GRE
High school / identity / short stories Bronx masquerade Grimes, Nikki F GRI
Friendship I'm locker 145, who are you? Gunnery, Sylvia F GUN
Friendship  Friends, The  Guy, Rosa  F GUY
Child abuse Don't you dare read this Mrs. Dunphrey Haddix, Margaret P. F HAD
Gender role  Just Ella Haddix, Margaret P. F HAD
Prejudice / Indians of  North America. Owl's song Hale, Janet C. F HAL
Determination Blue moon Halvorson, Marilyn F HAL
Detective Mystery Maltese Falcon Hammett, Dashiell F HAM
Social Classes Clique, The Harrison, Lisi  F HAR
Anorexia nervosa Second star to the right Hautzig, Deborah F HAU
Catastrophy / Human Spirit Irish chain Haworth-Attard, Barbara F HAW
Friendship / Fishing Old man and the sea Hemingway, Ernest F HEM
Immigrants / Terrorism Torn away Heneghan, James F HEN
High school / dignity Hit squad Heneghan, James F HEN
Historical fiction / Vikings Viking quest Henighan, Tom F HEN
Coming of age Making the run Henson, Heather F HEN
Censorship / School libraries Day they came to arrest the book Hentoff, Nat F HEN
Mystery Eyes of a stranger Hersel, Sharon E. F HER
Brothers / Social problems