High School Reads!

by Ashley Herring Blake Lexile:  740 Genre:  Realistic Fiction Mara and Owen are twins and about as close as any brother and sister could be.  They have always shared everything and have never kept secrets from one another, except for one thing that happened on the last day of 8th grade.  When Mara's friend Hannah, accuses Owen of rape and Owen denies it, Mara doesn't know who to believe.  Mara is struggling with her own secret and now must decide how to support two people that she loves. 

by Kelly Loy Gilbert Lexile:  890 Genre:  Realistic Fiction Danny has always felt that his parents have kept secrets from him, but he never knew just how many or how big they were.  When he uncovers a box filled with old letters and a mysterious file about another family, he becomes more suspicious.  When Danny learns that he has been accepted to RISD with a full ride scholarship, he is hopeful that his life is going to move forward in the direction that he had always dreamed.  But when his dad loses his job and his parents become more and more afraid, Danny can't help but wonder what it is they are hiding.  Will their secretive past ruin his dreams of the future?

by Sophie Jordan Genre:  Realistic Fiction Willa and Flor have been best friends forever.  Willa and Zach have also been friends and neighbors for a long time.  Willa convinced Zach and Flor that they would be perfect for one another, but now that Zach and Flor have broken up, Willa is in a strange place, trying to remain friends with both of them.  Willa is trying to be supportive of Flor, but at the very same time, is questioning her own feelings about Zach. And Zach's behavior isn't making it an easier to figure things out.  When did life get so complicated?