High School Reads!

by Adrienne Kisner Lexile:  590 Genre:  Realistic Fiction Brynn Harper's life is anything but normal.  She hates being at home with her mother and stepfather and school has become a nightmare too now that she and her girlfriend have broken up.  The one constant in her life is her hero, Rachel Maddow.  As an English assignment, Brynn starts writing drafts of emails to Rachel that she never intends to send, but somehow writing to her makes life just a little more bearable.  Brynn's friends convince her to get involved in school by running for senior class president in an attempt to defeat, Adam, the boy who wins everything.  Will this be the opportunity Brynn needs to turn her life around?

by Mitali Perkins Lexile:  720 Genre:  Realistic Fiction Tara and Sonia are sisters from Bengali who are trying to navigate their new life in the United States.  They are happy with their small apartment in Flushing, NY and they are making new friends and getting along in school.  But their father is determined to give them a better life so they are able to save enough money to buy a home in New Jersey.  The girls adjust to their new school, their parents seem happier and all is well until the accident that changes everything.  Who will these young woman grow up to be?