Heretics Anonymous by Henry, Katie 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2018)

BTSB #: 438735 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.9 UG RC: 4.5 9-12

Genres: Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Conduct of life - Fiction Catholic schools - Fiction School stories Faith - Fiction Self-help groups - Fiction Family problems - Fiction

Summary: When nonbeliever Michael transfers to a Catholic school in eleventh grade, he quickly connects with a secret support group intent on exposing the school's hypocrisies one stunt at a time.

How to be a girl in the world by Carter, Caela 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2020)

BTSB #: 195322 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Sexual harassment - Fiction Body image - Fiction Single-parent families - Fiction Family life - New York (State) - Brooklyn - Fiction Catholic schools - Fiction School stories Magic - Fiction Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Lydia, feeling threatened by the attention her changing body is getting from boys and men, finds a way to take control of her own skin.

In the role of Brie Hutchens .. by Melleby, Nicole 

Paperback(Algonquin Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 635766 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 5 MG+

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Coming out (Sexual orientation) - Fiction Lesbians - Fiction Honesty - Fiction Catholic schools - Fiction School stories Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Family life - Fiction

Summary: When strong-willed, drama-loving eighth grader Brie Hutchens tells a lie because she isn't quite ready to come out to her mother, she must navigate the consequences in her relationships with her family, friends, and faith.

Looking for Alibrandi by Marchetta, Melina 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2009)

BTSB #: P00661 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Fathers and daughters - Fiction Catholic schools - Fiction Australia - Fiction

Summary: During her senior year in a Catholic school in Sydney, Australia, seventeen-year-old Josie meets and must contend with the father she has never known.

Mary underwater by Doleski, Shannon 

BTSB Prebound(Amulet Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 284305 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 3.6 MG+ F&P: Z

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Domestic violence - Fiction Ex-convicts - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Submersibles - Fiction Catholic schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: Gaining courage from Joan of Arc, fourteen-year-old Mary Murphy navigates the waters of Chesapeake Bay in a submersible built with her friend, Kip, escaping the home where her violent father has just returned from prison. Includes facts about domestic violence and submersibles.

Revenge of the green banana by Murphy, Jim 

BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2017)

BTSB #: 664956 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-12   
AR: 5.8 MG RC: 5.7 6-8 Lexile: 890

Genres: Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Catholic schools - Fiction School stories Nuns - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Human behavior - Fiction Practical jokes - Fiction Humorous fiction

Summary: Jimmy Murphy starts sixth grade determined to be a better student and impress the beautiful Kathy Guenther, but Sister Angelica has him and his friends pegged as troublemakers and they may just prove her right.

Saving Francesca by Marchetta, Melina 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2009)

BTSB #: P00602 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Sexism - Fiction Catholic schools - Fiction Depression - Fiction Australia - Fiction

Summary: Sixteen-year-old Francesca could use her outspoken mother's help with the problems of being one of a handful of girls at a parochial school that has just turned co-ed, but her mother has suddenly become severely depressed.