Thursday, September 11, 2014

Help Wanted! Stories About Teens and Jobs

A basic ritual for teens is looking for their first job.  Whether it is babysitting in the neighborhood, working at the local amusement park or getting a job at the fast food restaurant -- most get their first job as a teen.  Here are some great books about teens working . . . .

Full Service by Will Weaver
In the summer of 1965, teenager Paul Sutton, a northern Minnesota farm boy, takes a job at a gas station in town, where his strict religious upbringing is challenged by new people and experiences.

A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story.

The Big Game of Everything by Chris Lynch
Jock and his eccentric family spend the summer working at Grampus's golf complex, where they end up learning the rules of "The Big Game of Everything."

The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman
New York high school student Elizabeth gets an after-school job as a page at the "New-York Circulating Material Repository," and when she gains coveted access to its Grimm Collection of magical objects, she and the other pages are drawn into a series of frightening adventures involving mythical creatures and stolen goods.

The Morgue and Me by John C. Ford
Eighteen-year-old Christopher, who plans to be a spy, learns of a murder cover-up through his summer job as a morgue assistant and teams up with Tina, a gorgeous newspaper reporter, to investigate, despite great danger.

More Stories of Teens on the Job --
Acceleration by Graham McNamee
Alice on Board by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Double Helix by Nancy Werlin
Enchanted, Inc by Shanna Swendson
Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John
Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
Love and Other Perishable Items by Laura Buzo
Must Love Black by Kelly McClymer
My Lost and Found Life by Melodie Bowsher
Od Magic by Patricia McKillip
Project Sweet Life by Brent Hartinger
Runner by Carl Deuker
Sarah's Ground by Ann Rinaldi
Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

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