High School Reads!

by Kathleen Glasgow Genre:  Realistic Fiction Charlotte Davis is a girl in pieces.  At the age of 17, she has experienced more loss and heartbreak than most people do in their entire lifetime.  Charlie wakes up to find that she is in a hospital and has nearly died.  If she is going to get her life back together, she is going to have to confront the sad events that got her to that spot in the first place.  It will take finding the right people and finding her own strength to pick up the pieces of her life, if she is going to survive.

by Fredrik Backman Genre:  Realistic Fiction Ove is one of the grumpiest men you might ever meet.  He likes things in his neighborhood association to run like clockwork and if you don't follow the rules, you will hear from Ove.  His grumpiest has increased since his beloved wife died and now he is all alone.  Then one day, he hears a crash outside and looks out to see that his new neighbors have run over his mailbox with their trailer. His neighbors could not be happier to meet him and he is overwhelmed by all of the their needs and noise.  Ove just wants to live out his final days alone, in peace.  But apparently, everyone in the neighborhood is suddenly set on making sure that doesn't happen.

by Sabaa Tahir Lexile:  670 Genre:  Fantasy A Torch in the Night  is the sequel to  An Ember in the Ashes .  Elias and Laia are on the run, desperate to get to Kauf prison in time to save Laia's brother, Darin.  Helene, Marcus, and the Commandant will do everything in their power to stop them.  Elias and Laia will have to learn to work together if they are going to be able to defeat the evil forces at work that are threatening to destroy the Empire.

by Natasha Preston Lexile:  570 Genre:  Realistic Fiction Summer couldn't be happier.  She's 16 years old, has a boyfriend who adores her and a family who loves her.  Everything is great until one night when she walks out of a club alone.  She is looking for her friend when a man steps out of the shadows and calls her "Lily."  The next thing she knows she has been kidnapped and hidden away in a basement apartment with 3 other girls.  Will she ever see her family again?

by Mary E. Pearson Lexile:  760 Genre:  Fantasy Lia and Rafe have barely escaped from Venda.  But now they disagree on what their next steps should.  Rafe wants to take Lia back to the safety of his kingdom and live happily ever after while Lia feels the need to warn the people of her kingdom about the attack that's sure to come, even though many in her home will see her as a traitor.  Will Lia and Rafe be able to compromise or will they go their separate ways?