Middle School Reads!

by Nicola Yoon Lexile:  650 Genre:  Realistic Fiction Natasha has one day left in New York City.  She and her family are being deported to Jamaica because her parents entered the country illegally many years ago.  Natasha is trying everything she can to get the deportation order removed.  New York is the only place she has ever called home and she has no desire to leave.  On her last day in New York City, she meets Daniel.  Daniel is the second son in a Korean family who is trying to live up to his family's expectation that he get into a good college so that he can become a doctor.  On the way to his alumni interview for Yale, he runs into Natasha.  Neither one realizes how their separate lives are about to converge for just one day.

by John Grisham Lexile:  830 Genre:  Mystery Theo's best friend April has been kidnapped and now no one knows where she is.  The police are trying to find her, but Theo isn't sure they are following up on the right leads.  Theo decides to use his vast knowledge of the legal system to figure out the truth and bring April home.

by John Grisham Lexile:  790 Genre:  Mystery Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer, is a good friend to have.  If you have any questions about the law, Theo will be happy to help.  He's only 13, but with 2 parents and an uncle who are lawyers, he knows his way around the courthouse.  When a high profile murder case goes to trial in his city, Theo wants to be as involved as possible.  Little does he know, that he will soon be more involved then he ever imagined!

by Kimberly Derting Genre:  Science Fiction "The Returned Must Die" is the phrase that is haunting Kyra.  What did Tyler mean when he said it?  And what force made him say it?  Kyra feels sure that a battle is coming. She can sense it as numbers flash into her mind.  But what are they counting down too?  She no longer knows who she can trust or where she can be safe.  All she can do is hope for the best as the countdown to something continues.