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The Field Guide to the North American Teenager - Buckner Community Read High School Level

This list contains the Fall 2021 selection, The Field Guide to the North American Teenager, along with information about the author, a discussion guide, similar reads, and fun activities.

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  • Norris Kaplan's life is turned upside-down when his mother has to relocate from Canada to Texas. In addition to moving to a new country, Norris must tackle the different elements of his identity while trying to make it through high school.
    BookNew York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] — YF PHILIPPE
  • Winnie Friedman knows she's hilarious, the rest of the world hasn't caught on though. When she's offered to join an improv troupe, Winnie couldn't be more ecstatic. That is until she finds out her dad's been diagnosed with ALS on the same…
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2019] — YF RUBIN
  • Seventeen-year-old Brooks Rattigan agrees to be a stand-in Homecoming date for a friend's geeky but wealthy cousin. He then realizes that he could begin earning college money by becoming a platonic rent-a-date service for the socially…
    BookMinneapolis : Carolrhoda Lab, [2016] — YF BLOOM
  • When two boys, Arthur and Ben, meet, it feels like fate. The two attempt to date, but it fails every time and they begin to wonder if the universe is pushing them together or apart.
    BookNew York, NY : Balzer + Bray, HarperTeen, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — YF ALBERTALLI
  • Eighteen-year-old James, living in New York City with his older sister and divorced mother, struggles to find a direction for his life. He dreams of bypassing college and settling down, solo, in the Midwest and knows he's different than…
    BookNew York, N.Y. : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. — YF CAMERON
  • Scott Hudson's first year of high school hasn't been easy. Not only is he trying to navigate his freshman year he's also waiting for the birth of his new sister, dealing with losing friends, making new friends in odd places, and trying to…
    BookNew York : Speak, 2007. — YF
  • After the divorce of her parents, Mclean Sweet and her father have moved from town to town. In each town Mclean has reinvented herself so much that she no longer knows her true self. When she finally begins to form connections in her…
    BookNew York : Viking Childrens Books, [2011] — YF
  • When prankster Clara Shin takes a prank too far her dad sentences her to working on his food truck alongside Rose Carver, her uptight classmate. However, the two begin to form a friendship and maybe the summer won't be too bad after all.
    BookNew York : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, 2018. — YF GOO
  • Fantastic Filled Cupcakes

    Kick Your Baking Up a Notch With Incredible Flavor Combinations

    Hurst, Camila,
    Ben Philippe is a big fan of having book clubs with homemade baked goods to help promote discussion about enjoyed books. For this book, key lime pie cupcakes with lime whipped cream frosting is the accompanying recipe. One can be found in…
    BookSalem, MA : Page Street Publishing Co., 2020. — 641.8653 H943
  • Cameron falls in love with a girl at his school, but she's not allowed to date until her sister goes out too. Ben Philippe was heavily inspired by this movie to write The Field Guide to the North American Teenager due to loving the tropes…
    DVDBurbank, Calif. : Touchstone Home Video, [1999] — 791.4361 TEN
  • Newly-elected team captain, Torrance, must lead her cheer team, the Toros', to cheer glory after learning their routines were stolen from a hot hip-hop squad across town. Like 10 Things I Hate About You, Ben Philippe was also heavily…
    DVDUniversal City, Calif. : Universal Pictures, [2000] — COMEDY 791.4361 BRING
  • Lorelai and Rory are a mother and daughter who are sharing life's ups and downs in a small town in Connecticut. Ben Philippe, a fan of Gilmore Girls, loved quippy references in the show. He's such a big fan that he approached Norris's…
    DVDBurbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2004] — TV SERIES 791.4572 GILMORE