Books for Teens related to The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty

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Bauer, Joan. Rules of the Road. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1998.
This fast and funny tale of one big-boned (and big-hearted) gal's summer as a shoe store spy, follows Jenna as she joins her crusty employer on an eye-opening adventure that will teach them both the rules of the road and of life.

Creech, Sharon. Walk Two Moons. HarperCollins, 1994.
After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.

Crist-Evans, Craig. Amaryllis. Candlewick, 2003.
Jimmy and his older brother Frank share a love of surfing and their problems with a drunken father until Frank turns eighteen and goes to Vietnam.

Deans, Sis. Racing the Past. Henry Holt. 2001.
After the death of his abusive father, eleven-year-old Ricky tries to help his younger brother deal with his residual fears and discovers that running helps him deal with his own anger and the taunts of a bullying classmate.

Duprau, Jeanne. Car Trouble. Greenwillow, 2005.
Early one August morning, Duff Pringle leaves Virginia in a newly-acquired used car and begins an unexpectedly convoluted journey to San Jose, California, and the job that awaits him there.

Fleischman, Paul. Whirligig. Henry Holt, 1998.
When sixteen-year-old Brent Bishop inadvertently causes the death of a young woman, he is sent on an unusual journey of repentance, building wind toys across the land.

Sones, Sonya. Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy. HarperTempest, 1999.
An older sister has a mental breakdown and is hospitalized. A younger sister is left to cope with a family torn apart by grief and friends who turn their backs on her. But worst of all is the loss of her big sister--her best friend.

Trueman, Terry. Inside Out. HarperTempest, 2003.
A teenage boy with schizophrenia is taken hostage by two other teens during an attempted robbery. Zach, the young boy, acts courageously despite harrowing situations.

Voigt, Cynthia. Izzy,Willy-Nilly. Atheneum, 1986.
A car accident causes fifteen-year-old Izzy to lose one leg and face the need to start building a new life as an amputee.

White, Ruth. Memories of Summer. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2000.
When Lyric's family moves, she is overjoyed until her beautiful older sister drastically changes. Her sister's mental illness has devastating effects on the whole family.

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