Gift certificates to bookstores or multimedia stores are always good gift ideas for teens. If you want to purchase a specific title, here are a few you may not have heard of yet.  More book or music suggestions? visit www.myspace.com/stdlteen. 

For Girls
How to Be Popular  by Meg Cabot

Pulling Princes (1^st in a series of 4) by Tyne O’Connell

Fantasy Fans

Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini

Airborn by Kenneth Oppel

Here There Be Dragons – James Owen

Golden Compass Trilogy by Philip Pullman (I showed the Subtle Knife)

Sports Fans and Mystery Fans

Last Shot by John Feinstein

Down the Rabbit Hole and Behind the Curtain by Peter Abrahams (girl sleuth)

Anime fans

How to Draw Anime for Beginners or really any how-to book on anime or manga.  Read them first before purchasing as many deal with anatomy.

Non-Fiction

John Lennon:  All I Want is the Truth by Elizabeth Partridge