Middle School Reads!

by J.K. Rowling Lexile: 880 Genre: Fantasy It's Year 4 for Harry and the gang at Hogwarts. Their year starts off with the news that Quiddich matches have been suspended for the year to make room for the Triwizard Competition. Students 17 years of age and older are eligible to enter, but somehow Harry's name gets into the Goblet of Fire and forces him to be a competitor. Harry just wants everyone to treat him like a normal, 14 year old wizard in training, but yet again he is thrust into the spotlight. Will he be able to survive? Why would someone want him in the competition?

by Beverly Cleary Lexile: 860 Genre: Fantasy Ralph is a mouse living hidden away in the walls of an old motel. However, he is an unusual mouse in that he can understand and speak to humans. One day, Keith comes to stay in Room 215 and due to Ralph's curiousity, the two meet and become friends. Keith has a cool red motorcycle that Ralph is able to ride and leads to some exciting adventures for a mouse who is used to living in secret.

by J. K. Rowling Lexile: 880 Genre: Fantasy Harry is back at Hogwarts for year 3 and this time everyone is worried about his safety. The evil Sirius Black is on the loose and the rumor is that he's headed to Hogwarts to kill Harry. Will Harry be able to remain safe at hogwarts and win the Quidditch Cup for Gryffindor? Only time will tell if he and his friends can stay one step ahead of the evil that lurks all around.

by J.K. Rowling Lexile: 940 Genre: Fantasy Harry Potter has returned home for the summer after his first year at Hogwarts and he is finding that life with the Dursleys is unbearable. Just as he's getting ready to return, he receives a warning from a strange creature that returning to school isn't safe, but Harry is only concerned with getting away from the Dursleys and getting back to his friends. But once back at Hogwarts, something odd is happening. Students are being turned to stone. Who is behind this? Some people think it's Harry...

by Gail Herman Lexile: 670 Genre: Biography In 1947, Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was the first and only African American on his team and in the major leagues. Jackie Robinson changed sports history and the perceptions held by many about which players belonged on the field. Jackie was not only a baseball hero, he was a civil rights hero as well.

by J.K. Rowling Lexile: 880 Genre: Fantasy Harry Potter has no idea who he is. All he knows is his miserable life with his aunt and uncle and cousin who took him in after his parents died. He lives in a tiny closet under the stairs and hasn't ever had a fun day in his life. But on his 11th birthday things change. Harry receives a letter inviting him to the Hogwarts school of wizardry. He begins to learn the truth about who his parents were and what he is to become.

by Anthony Horowitz Lexile: 780 Genre: Adventure/Mystery Alex Rider is back...again! In his tenure as a British spy, he has taken on countless enemies that no one else has been able to defeat. At the end of each successful mission, he walks away with the assurances from MI6 that they will never contact him again. But somehow, there's always one more mission just around the corner. However, this mission, which pits Alex against Scorpia again, will be his final mission. Ever. Read on to find out how the Alex Rider saga ends.