Middle School Reads!

by Laura Creedle Lexile:  690 Genre:  Realistic Fiction Lily's life is a wreck.  She hates who she becomes when she is on her medication so she has stopped taking it.  But not taking her meds causes other problems and now she is failing multiple classes.  She winds up in detention with Abelard, a kid whom she hasn't spoken with since first grade.  Abelard has autism and seems to go through life in his own world.  When Lily speaks to him, he is shocked.  They begin to text and a friendship starts.  Is Abelard the missing piece to Lily's life?

by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman Lexile:  790 Genre;  Science Fiction Alyssa and Garrett are enjoying life in sunny California and they, like everyone else, take a lot of things in their lives for granted.  One day they wake up and find that their taps have gone dry.  Suddenly there is not water for drinking, cooking, bathing or anything.  At first everyone thinks it will just last a few days, but as the days turn into weeks, Alyssa and Garrett realize that life before the Tap-Out is over.  When their parents go in search of water and don't return, Alyssa and Garrett are going to have to take charge of their survival in a world that is crumbling more and more each day.  Will they be able to survive?