High School Reads!

by Leah Konen Genre:  Realistic Fiction Noah and Ammy are complete strangers until they meet on a train.  Noah is headed home to try to win his girlfriend back.  Ammy is trying to repair a strained relationship with her father after he left her mother for someone else.  Noah and Ammy are both in a hurry to be on time for important events when the train comes to a complete stop.  Hours pass with no information.  Noah is sure that he knows that a bus station is in walking distance.  He is sure they could easily walk through the forest to get there.  But it is snowing and Ammy really knows nothing about him.  Should she trust a complete stranger to get her to her dad's on time?

by Antonio Iturbe Lexile:  940 Genre:  Historical Fiction This is the story based on the real life experiences of Dita Kraus, a prisoner of Auschwitz.  It is an incredible story of heroism and of one person's ability to never lose hope and to persevere forward no matter what.  Dita is just 9 years old when war comes to Prague and her whole life is turned upside down.  Dita and her parents are relocated several times before they end up at Auschwitz where Dita meets Freddy Hirsch and becomes in charge of the secret library.  The library only consists of 8 books, but it is Dita's job to protect them and keep the magic of their stories alive even under the most horrific conditions.

By Thi Bui Lexile:  600 Genre:  Memoir, Graphic Novel Thi Bui has born in Vietnam and escaped with her family to being a new life in America.  This memoir chronicles her life as well as those of her parents and the decisions that they made that led to the family's escape.  Bui is forced to live in two worlds, the past and the present while coming to terms with the decisions that her parents made and how they have affected her throughout her childhood and on into her adulthood.

by Adam Slivera Lexile:  870 Genre:  Science Fiction Rufus and Mateo live in a world where people fear one thing:  the call from Death-Cast that tells you that you have 24 hours or less to live.  Rufus and Mateo get the call on the same day and find each other through the Last Friend App.  They decide to be last friends and spend their End Day living life to the fullest.  Neither of them is ready to die, but neither of them has a choice.  The only choice they have left is how to choose to spend their last day.