Middle School Reads!

by Jessi Kirby Lexile:  850 Genre:  Realistic Fiction Honor has just lost her brother, but has a letter from him that he sent to her before his death in Iraq. Honor reads the letter after his funeral and discovers that her brother has sent her tickets to a concert in California.  Honor is supposed to be reporting to college for freshman orientation week, but instead decides to drive her brother's car to California to see the concert that he wanted her to.  Her brother's best friend decides to tag along on the journey.  Honor has no idea what she will find along the way, let alone whether or not she will actually reach her destination.

by Ayun Halliday Lexile:  470 Genre:  Realistic Fiction (Graphic Novel) Sadie is starting over at a new high school.  She decides this is the perfect time to reinvent herself and decides to do that by pretending that she has a peanut allergy.  What she doesn't think about is how hard it is going to be to keep all of her lies straight as she gets to know more people at her new school.  Will her new friends stick with her when the truth comes out?

by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer Lexile:  770 Genre: Fantasy Deliah loves fairy tales despite the fact that she is really too old to be reading them.  It's not really all fairy tales, just one in particular.  It's the story of Prince Oliver and a happy ending that intrigues Deliah.  She reads the book over and over and suddenly, one day, Prince Oliver talks to her and she can hear them.  The two of them forge a most unusual relationship...one that no one in either of their separate worlds could possibly understand.

by Michael Northrop Lexile:  660 Genre:  Realistic Fiction Davey is on vacation with his family.  He is anxious to see the ocean for the first time.  He decides to sneak out of his family's hotel room and start exploring the island they are vacationing on.  Davey finds a quiet beach where he decides to wade in just a little bit.  Before he knows it, he has been swept farther away from the beach to an area where the current is stronger than his swimming ability. Will his family notice that he has gone missing before any ocean animals notice that he is floating alone in their ocean?

by Pittacus Lore Lexile:  840 Genre:  Science Fiction This is book five in the I am Number Four series.  John (number 4) has been tricked by Number 5. Number 8 is dead so Six, Seven and Nine are continuing the fight.  Setrakas Ra is getting impatient. He has his plans in place and is ready to invade Earth and take over the planet.  4, 6, 7, 9 and a variety of friends are going to do everything in their power to make sure that doesn't happen.  Are they powerful enough to save Earth from Setrakas Ra?