High School Reads!

by Julie Murphy Genre:  Realistic Fiction Everyone in Eulogy, Mississippi knows Ramona Blue.  She's 6 feet tall, has blue hair, and thinks it is her job to hold her family together.  Her parents have divorced and she lives with her dad and her sister, Hattie, who is expecting a baby.  Ramona wants to be there for her dad and her sister, but doing so may threaten any chance she has of building a life of her own.  When her childhood friend, Freddie, moves back into town, her relationship with him makes her question everything about the life she thought she was going to lead.

by Jenny Dunham Lexile:  770 Genre:  Realistic Fiction Katie is 17 and thinks she is falling in love with a girl.  Caroline, Katie's mom, is about to be forced to face her past.  Mary, Caroline's grandmother, is struggling with Alzheimer's and suddenly becomes part of the family.  Katie decides to help her mother out by caring for her grandmother even though her mother clearly resents this intrusion into their family's life.  Katie and her mother are going to have to work through the past if they want to have success at a future.  Mary will help them do that, if they can help her remember everything that happened.

by Tiffany D. Jackson Genre:  Realistic Fiction When Mary was 9, she killed a baby.  Allegedly.  At her trial, she refused to speak and said she didn't remember what happened the night 3 month old Alyssa died while in the care of her mother.  Now, Mary has served her time in jail and has been released to a group home where she is trying to start her life over.  Mary dreams about going to college and having a normal life.  But there are so many obstacles for her to overcome and they all seem to lead back to that one night.  Is it finally time for Mary to tell the truth about what she knows?