Middle School Reads!

by Cassandra Clare Lexile:  750 Genre:  Fantasy The war is over and Clary is back to living in New York, but her life is far from returning to normal. She has decided to train as a Shadowhunter and learn more about the unique power she possess.  Life seems to be settling into a routine with Jace, Simon, and Isabelle and even Clary's mom seems to be happy as wedding plans are in the works for Jocelyn and Luke.  But then Jace starts acting strangely, and Clary can't figure out why.  He says he loves her, but his actions don't live up to his words.

by Cassandra Clarke Lexile:  760 Genre:  Fantasy Clary is called to save her mother's life and in order to do so she must leave familiar New York City and travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters.  Clary is unfamiliar with the ways of this city and is breaking the law even by entering.  Her desire to save her mother and do things for herself cause her to make decisions that could cost others their lives. Unbeknownst to Clary, Jace and Simon have also arrived in the City of Glass. When evil Valentine returns, they realize they will need to work together if they have any hope of winning the war against him to preserve their way of life.

by Jacqueline Woodson Lexile:  640 Genre:  Realistic Fiction Toswiah Green doesn’t know who she is anymore.  Is she Evie Thomas?  Or is she a combination of the two?  When Toswiah’s father, a police officer, witnesses a murder and decides to testify about the truth of what he saw, she and her family must assume new identities and move on to an uncertain future.  Now she is Evie and has to live in a strange new city, make new friends, and watch her father fight the loss of a career that he loved second only to his family.  Toswiah misses her old life and can only hope that her family can figure out who they are in their new life.

by Mary E. Pearson Lexile:  780 Lia, Rafe and Kaden have reached the kingdom of Venda.  Lia is supposed to be dead, Rafe is a prisoner, and Kaden has to convince the Komizar that Lia is worth more alive than dead.  Each of them harbors a number of secrets that they are keeping from each other and the Komizar.  Lia wants nothing more than to escape the kingdom of Venda and wants Rafe to be by her side.  Each choice she