High School Reads!

by Emery Lord Lexile:  730 Genre:  Realistic Fiction Jonah is struggling to keep his family afloat after his dad died suddenly and his mom is unable to get out of bed.  Vivi has moved to Verona Cove for the summer to try to make sense of her bipolar disorder.  And then Jonah meets Vivi.  And then Vivi meets Jonah.  And neither of them will ever be the same again.

by April Henry Lexile:  720 Genre:  Mystery Alexis, Nick and Ruby have only one thing in common - they are all teenage members of Portland's Search and Rescue team.  They think they have signed up to help out with missing people searches, like when a hiker gets lost in the woods.  They are unprepared for the fact that on their first mission, they find a dead body, and it's not for the hiker they were looking for in the first place.  Alexis, Nick, and Ruby find themselves in the spotlight of a murder investigation that they will need to quickly figure out before the killer locates the next victim.

by April Henry Lexile:  680 Genre:  Mystery Nick Walker is an active member of his community's SAR (search and rescue) team.  He is learning all about the proper ways to gather evidence while investigating in an active crime scene.  Then a body is found in the woods near his home.  Almost overnight, Nick goes from a volunteer investigator to a murder suspect.  The police aren't buying his story about where he was that night, so it will be up to him and his SAR friends to prove that they have the wrong suspect.

by April Henry Lexile:  680 Genre:  Mystery Kayla asked Gabie to switch work shifts with her.  Drew took the pizza order and Kayla made the delivery.  And now Kayla is missing and Drew and Gabie feel responsible.  The police are trying to solve the mystery, but when they focus on a suspect and declare that Kayla is most likely dead, Gabie can't let it rest.  Somehow she is sure that Kayla is alive.  She and Drew seem to be the only ones who can figure this mystery out.

by Robert Galbraith Lexile:  970 Genre:  Mystery Cormoran Strike is back with his second big case.  Robin, his personal assistant, is becoming more and more interested in detective work and convinces Strike to consider training her in as a partner.  With this case, Cormoran and Robin are asked to find eccentric writer Owen Quine who has disappeared.  His wife claims this isn’t unusual, but this time it has been longer and she has no idea where he has gone.  Shortly before his disappearance, a copy of his next novel is sent to several editors who are horrified by what they read.  Has Quine totally lost his mind or is there someone else lurking in the shadows of his disappearance?

by Robert Galbraith Lexile:  940 Genre:  Mystery Cormoran Strike, private detective, is nearly broke.  He has too many bills to pay and not enough clients to keep his business going.  So when John Bristow enters his office and offers to pay him double to investigate the death of his sister, Cormoran really has no choice but to accept the offer. Bristow's sister was a famous supermodel and the police and the public are convinced it was a suicide.  As Cormoran begins to investigate, he realizes that this is no ordinary case.