High School Reads!

by Daniel Jose Older Lexile:  690 Genre:  Fantasy Sierra is an artist.  She is working on a colorful mural one day when she notices that an older mural's paint seems to be fading.  And then she thinks that she sees a tear fall from a man's eye in the painting.  Her grandfather keeps telling her he's sorry, over and over again and urges her to find Robbie.  He tells her that only Robbie can help her.  Sierra knows something strange is going on...she can see it and feel it.  But nobody in her family will talk about it.  Until the night when she is almost killed by a creature and her brother comes to her rescue at just the right time.  Sierra isn't going to let him out of her sight until she gets some answers.

by Ashley Hope Perez Lexile:  790 Genre:  Contemporary Fiction Azael is trying to remember.  How did the fight end?  Did anyone get hurt?  Why is he locked up? No one will answer his questions.  He keeps being told that he must remember.  But something isn't right this time because he has been locked up before.  The only people he has contact with is the person who brings his food and the person who brings him to observation.  Observation time is spent watching Lexi prepare for her trial.  Azael has a funny feeling that somehow they are connected.  If only he could remember...

by Teresa Toten Lexile:  620 Genre:  Realistic Fiction Adam Spencer Ross has OCD which keeps him busy trying to survive each day.  His parents are divorced and he spends time in both households.  His mom is a hoarder who's habits seem to be growing worse.  His dad has remarried so there's a new stepmom and a half brother to deal with. Through his therapist, Dr. Chuck, Adam gets connected with a group that meets every Monday.  All of the members are battling various forms of OCD.  Adam isn't sure that this group is going to help him get better, until the day Robyn Plummer shows up for a meeting.  For Adam it is love at first sight, and know he has an even bigger reason to get himself healthy.

by CJ Lyons Lexile:  750 Genre:  Realistic Fiction Scarlet wants a normal life.  She wants to be a regular teenager who goes to high school, gets homework, and hangs out with friends.  But Scarlet is living on borrowed time.  She has been diagnosed with a rare and untreatable heart condition that could end her life at any moment.  She has begged her parents for the chance to go to high school like a regular kid and she is willing to accept the consequences.  However, Scarlet doesn't realize the most dangerous thing in her life, is not her heart.  If she doesn't figure it out, her life really will be over.

by E.K. Johnston Lexile:  ??? Genre:  Realistic Fiction Hermione Winters has been waiting for her senior season as cheerleading captain for a long time. She and her best friend, Polly Olivier, are ready to take on the squad and all the challenges that come with leading a cheer team.  Things start out great as the team arrives at summer camp, but when someone puts something in Hermione's drink at the camp dance, her life changes forever.  She becomes the victim.  But she is also a survivor.

by E.K. Johnston Lexile:  930 Genre:  Fantasy Once a dragon slayer finishes high school, they must devote 4 years of service to the Oil Watch. Siobhan has stood by Owen's side to make sure that he can graduate and now he has met that goal and is off for great adventures.  Siobhan has decided to enlist as well.  They commit to the dangerous job of protecting their country from dragons.  Siobhan and Owen, along with friends Emily and Sadie, are hoping for the happy ending where dragons cease to be a problem and their friend Owen becomes the famous dragon slayer of all.  Will they get their happy ending?

by E.K. Johnston Lexile:  1020 Genre:  Fantasy The biggest threat to the town of Trondheim is dragons and each village needs a dragon slayer to keep them safe. Owen Thorskad is destined to be a dragon slayer, but in order to do so he must pass high school. Enter Siobahan McQuaid; who has been hand selected by Owen's aunts to help him do that very thing.  Siobhan isn't sure how she feels about being so closely involved with this famous dragon slaying family.  Her passion is music and she prefers to work alone.  Getting involved with Owen and his family is going to open up a whole new world for her.

by Ashley Hope Perez Lexile:  680 Genre:  Realistic Fiction Marisa has dreams that include passing AP Calculus, graduating from high school, and going to a college where she can study engineering.  The problem is that her family does not value her dreams. They expect her to work hard to help her family succeed and think her first priority should be to get married and raise a family.  Marisa is caught in a struggle between what her family thinks is best and what she knows is best for herself.  Marisa will need to find the courage to stand up to her parents if she is going to realize the dreams she has set for herself.

by Ruta Sepetys Lexile:  560 Genre:  Historical Fiction It is the winter of 1945 and four teenagers who all have secrets are trying to survive.  Joana is guilt ridden.  Florian is running.  Emilia is escaping shame.  Alfred is afraid. Their goal is to get to freedom safely.  Along the way they will have to make compromises that will hurt others if they are to reach a safe destination.  Their paths converge when they all arrive as passengers on the Wilhelm Gustloff.   Are they finally enroute to a better life?

by Laura Ruby Lexile:  810 Genre:  Fantasy Bone Gap is a strange place and very hard to describe which is why when a beautiful young girl named, Roza, disappeared, nobody knew quite what to do.  Roza disappeared as mysteriously as she arrived and the O'Sullivan brothers, Sean and Finn, don't know how to move on.  Finn believes that Rosa has been kidnapped, but nobody is really willing to listen to his story.  But his brother has changed, and not for the good, so Finn realizes that he has to find out what happened to Roza so that he can get his brother back.

by E.K. Johnston Lexile:  ??? Genre:  Fantasy Lo-Melkhiin has married 300 times.  And all 300 have died.  Now he is coming to find his next wife. The one he chooses will become a hero as she goes willingly in her sister's place.  Lo-Melkhiin does not know what to make of this and allows her to live so that he may come to better understand her power and learn how it might benefit him.  His new wife lives each day cautiously, not knowing how long she will survive.  She knows she must play the game carefully as she attempts to uncover who the real Lo-Melkhiin is.