High School Reads!

by Eric Lindstrom Genre:  Realistic Fiction Mel Hanningan is trying to make sense out of her life.  The tragic death of her brother, the break up of some friendships, and the fact that she has recently been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, is making every day life tough.  But Mel is a fighter and she is finding ways to cope with the roller coaster of emotions and the learning how to balance her new medications.  She enjoys her work at the senior citizen home which is where she meets David, who is the grandson of one of the new residents.  Can Mel start a relationship with David without being honest about the realities of her struggle?

by Paula Garner Lexile:  660 Genre:  Realistic Fiction Otis and Meg were best friends before they became more.  Their parents were best friends when they lived across the street.  They shared meals and vacations together for many years.  Until Mason died and nothing was the same.  Meg and her parents moved away and Otis never heard another word from her.  Now, 3 years later, she is coming back.  Where do they start?  Are they even friends anymore?

by Christine Heppermann Genre:  Realistic Fiction, Novel in Verse Addie has spent her whole life running.  Initially it was because she liked to run and was a star athlete on her school's cross country running team.  But now she is running away from things:  her boyfriend, her best friend, her opportunity to earn a college scholarship...the list continues to grow until Addie wonders if she really is still running or if she is just standing still in one place?

by Adam Silvera Genre:  Realistic Fiction Griffin, Theo, and Wade have been a friend squad for years.  Until things changed when Griffin and Theo came out to each other.  Wade made them promise that if they ever broke up, things wouldn't get weird. Theo decides to start college a year early and moves to California where he meets Jackson. Griffin is devastated and even though he broke things off with Theo, he doesn't like the idea of Theo moving on. But now Theo is dead and Griffin and Wade are grieving in their own very personal ways. They are finding it difficult to say goodbye to their friend and move forward with their lives, even though they know it is something they will have to do.

by Neal Shusterman Lexile:  830 Genre:  Dystopian The Thunderhead has created a world where there is no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery...until you are selected to be gleaned by a scythe.  Gleaning is the way that population growth is controlled by scythes who are allowed to glean after a rigorous training process as an apprentice.  Citra and Rowan have never met until they are both selected by Scythe Faraday to be his apprentices.  Neither of them wants this role, and that is just the way Scythe Faraday wants it.  As they training intensifies, they learn that they will be pitted against each other in an unfair challenge that will end in disaster for one of them.