Best of
Teen

1982

The Reluctant Heiress


Eva Ibbotson - 1982
    No one there knows who she really is, or that a fairy-tale castle is missing its princess, and Tessa is determined to keep it that way.But secret lives can be complicated, and when a wealthy, handsome Englishman discovers this bewitching urchin backstage, Tessa's two lives collide - and in escaping her inheritance, she finds her destiny. . .Magic Flutes is an enchanting story of love, music and secret princesses from Eva Ibbotson.

The Ghosts of Departure Point


Eve Bunting - 1982
    After a car plunges over a dangerous cliff, killing its four teenage occupants, one of the four returns as a ghost, tormented by guilt and wishing somehow to prevent another tragedy.

The Darkangel


Meredith Ann Pierce - 1982
    In his castle keep, she serves his 13 wives, wraiths whose souls he stole. She must kill him before his next marriage and comes into full power, but is captivated by his magnificent beauty and inner spark of goodness. Will she choose to save humanity or his soul?

Bob Fulton's Terrific Time Machine: An Adventure in Space and Time


Jerome Beatty Jr. - 1982
    But can they get back?

Our Man Weston


Gordon Korman - 1982
    Tom tries to stop his twin brother, a bumbling amateur detective, from tracking down a possible spy at a Canadian resort hotel where the brothers are employed for the summer.

Madeleine L'Engle Collection: The Arm of the Starfish/Dragons in the Waters/Meet the Austins/The Young Unicorns/Camilla


Madeleine L'Engle - 1982
    

Wild Wood


Jan Needle - 1982
    Part of a series of fiction aimed specifically at libraries and secondary school English courses for first to third year pupils, this is a humorous retelling of "The Wind in the Willows" as seen from the viewpoint of the Wild Wooders, whom the River Bankers despise and fear.

Just Like Jenny


Sandy Asher - 1982
    Stephanie and Jenny have been best friends ever since they started ballet school together, but when Jenny, several years older than her 13-year-old friend, moves toward a professional career, Stephanie is left behind.

See You Thursday


Jean Ure - 1982
    Sixteen-year-old Marianne, lonely and uncomfortable at the expensive girls' school she attends, finds an unexpected friend in her mother's new lodger, Abe Shonfeld, a young piano teacher who has been blind since birth.

Calling B for Butterfly


Louise Lawrence - 1982
    Four teenagers must fend for themselves and two babies when the space liner on which they are traveling is destroyed by an asteroid.