High School Reads!

by John Green and David Levithan Lexile:  930 Genre:  Realistic Fiction Will Grayson meets Will Grayson in a porn shop in Chicago one night.  Will Grayson has struggled with how to be a good friend to Tiny Cooper while the other Will Grayson has struggled with depression and how to tell his mom and his friends that he is gay.  Both of the Will Graysons have a lot to learn from Tiny who is busy producing a self written school musical.  How they all came to be in the same place at the same time is an unusual story, but this chance meeting is going to change all 3 of their lives in ways that none of them expects.

by John Green Lexile:  840 Genre:  Realistic Fiction Life for Aza isn't easy.  She wants to be a good daughter, a good student, and a good friend. But she is often locked in a spiral of her own thinking that makes it nearly impossible to be the person she wants to be and the person that others want her to be.  When her best friend, Daisy, decides they should investigate the disappearance of a fugitive billionaire, Aza reunites with his son Davis, a friend from the past. Aza is going to have to face her fears if she is wants to get healthy and move on with her life. 

by Jessie Ann Foley Genre:  Realistic Fiction Wendy Boychuck's life was shattered when her father, a police officer, was arrested, convicted and put away in jail for a long time.  Wendy thought the best way to rebuild her life was to start high school with a fresh start which meant turning her back on her life long friend, Alexis, and doing whatever it took to become popular.  So now Wendy is best friends with Kenzie, Sapphire, and Emily, and even though she doesn't always agree with how they act and how they treat people, Wendy goes along with it.  But when Kenzie sets her sights on tormenting Alexis, Wendy has a tough choice to make.  Does she continue to follow Kenzie or does she stand up for what is right?  Each choice has its own consequences that Wendy is going to have to deal with.

by Paula Stokes Genre:  Realistic Fiction Genevieve doesn't remember the accident that killed her boyfriend, Dallas, who was the next up and coming teen idol in the music world.  She knows she was driving and she knows that somehow her car collided with Brad Freeman's, a man with a history of drunk driving.  Everyone is out to find who is responsible for Dallas' death.  As Genevieve's memory starts to return, she starts to question the truth about what people are saying.  Was she somehow responsible for the accident?  She decides to head to Utah to live with her dad until things quiet down or she regains her memory.  But running away from her questions about what happened, may not be the answer to the peace she is searching for. 

by Aditi Khorana Lexile:  790 Genre:  Science Fiction Tara is about to begin her junior year at Brierly Prep School without her best friend Meg.  Tara is predicting that it will be a miserable year for her, but just as the year begins, everything changes.  NASA reports a startling discovery of possible life on another planet and some people are ready to change everything in their lives.  Tara's mother is one of those people as she prepares to move away from her family to California.  If that wasn't a big enough change, Tara is having to navigate new friendships after she attempts to rescue Halle's dog.  Suddenly Halle wants to be her friend and is offering her a chance to hang out with her popular group.  Tara's no longer sure who she can trust.  And then there is Nick who she has secretly always admired from afar.  When did life get so complicated?

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.