Quick reads under 200 pages   Tony Abbott  Firegirl (145 p.) A middle school boy's life is changed when Jessica, a girl disfigured by burns, starts attending his Catholic school while receiving treatment at a local hospital. Orson Scott Card  A War of Gifts: An Ender Story (126 p.) In a short novel set during Ender Wiggins's first years at Battle School, where it is forbidden to celebrate religious holidays, chaos erupts when older student Dink Meeker places a gift in another student's shoe on Sinterklaaus Day, a small act of rebellion that ignites a struggle between the students and staff and forces everyone to make a choice during the War over Santa Claus. Lesley Choyce  Deconstructing Dylan (174 p.) Sixteen-year-old Dylan Gibson has always felt different from his classmates and is shocked to discover he is a clone of his dead brother. Julie Halpern  Get Well Soon (193 p.) When her parents confine her to a mental hospital, an overweight teenage girl, who suffers from panic attacks, describes her experiences in a series of letters to a friend.   Gene Fehler  Beanball   (119 p.) Relates, from diverse points of view, events surrounding the critical injury of popular and talented high school athlete, Luke "Wizard" Wallace, when he is hit in the face by a fastball.   Gary Paulsen  The Legend of Bass Reeves (137 p.) Recreates the mythology of U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves, a black man born into slavery who became the most successful lawman of the Wild West, bringing hundreds of fugitives to justice with such courage and honor that he became a legend.   Terry Trueman  7 Days at the Hot Corner (150 p.) Varsity baseball player Scott Latimer struggles with his own prejudices and those of others when his best friend reveals that he is gay.   Paul Volponi  Rucker Park Setup (149 p.) While playing in a crucial basketball game on the very court where his best friend was murdered, Mackey tries to come to terms with his own part in that murder and decide whether to maintain his silence or tell J.R.'s father and the police what really happened.   Eric Walters  Overdrive (102 p.) When a street race goes terribly wrong, Jake must make some tough choices. He and his friend Mickey take the car out and cruise the strip. When they challenge another driver to a street race, a disastrous chain reaction causes an accident. Jake and Mickey leave the scene, trying to convince themselves they were not involved. Jake finds he cannot pretend it didn't happen and struggles with the right thing to do. Should he pretend he was not involved? Or should he go to the police?   Tracie Vaughn Zimmer  Reaching for Sun (181 p.) Josie, who lives with her mother and grandmother and has cerebral palsy, befriends a boy who moves into one of the rich houses behind her old farmhouse.     More... Avi The Fighting Ground 157 p. Michael Cadnum Nightsong: The Legend of Orpheus and Eurydice 133 p. Rachel Cohn Gingerbread 172 p. Chris Crutcher Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories 154 p. Gene Fehler Beanball 119 p. Sharon Flake The Skin I'm in 171 p. Gail Giles Dead Girls Don't Write Letters 126 p. K.L. Going Fat Kid Rules the World 187 p. Nikki Grimes Bronx Masquerade 167 p. Margaret P. Haddix Among the Hidden 153 p. Pete Hautman Invisible 149 p. Alice Hoffman Incantation 166 p. Angela Johnson The First Part Last 131 p. Gordon Korman No More Dead Dogs 180 p. Jack London The Call of the Wild 126 p. Lois Lowry Gossamer 140 p. Chris Lynch Freewill 148 p.   Inexcusable 165 p. Geraldine McCaughrean Cyrano 114 p. Patricia McCormick Cut 168 p. Walter Dean Myers Street Love 134 p. Gary Paulsen The Amazing Life of Birds: The Twenty-Day Puberty Journal of Duane Homer Leech 84 p.   A Soldier's Heart: A Novel of the Civil War 106 p. Richard Peck The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts 190 p. Terry Trueman Stuck in Neutral 114 p. Eric Walters Overdrive 102 p. Jacqueline Woodson After Tupac and D Foster 151 p. Tracie Vaughn Zimmer Reaching for Sun 181 p. Paul Zindel The Pigman 149 p.