by Jordan Sonnenblick
Lexile: 930
Alex Gregory crashes his car into Mrs. Wilson's garden gnome one night and is forced to do community service at a nursing home as his punishment. Alex is assigned to a grumbly old man named Sol, who eventually becomes more than just his community service project when they discover they have something in common.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Life As We Knew It
by Susan Pfeffer
Lexile 770
Miranda's entire world has just fallen apart. A meteorite strikes the moon and knocks it closer to the earth which drastically changes the earth's climate. Supermarkets run out of food, gas supplies are slim, school is closed and electricity disappears. Everyone is in on the race for survival. Will the world as Miranda knew it ever return?
Lexile 770
Miranda's entire world has just fallen apart. A meteorite strikes the moon and knocks it closer to the earth which drastically changes the earth's climate. Supermarkets run out of food, gas supplies are slim, school is closed and electricity disappears. Everyone is in on the race for survival. Will the world as Miranda knew it ever return?
Friday, July 10, 2009
Born to Rock
by Gordon Korman
Lexile: 780
Leo Caraway is set to graduate from high school and head off to Harvard with a big scholarship. He has his life perfectly planned out until a misunderstanding during an algebra tests causes him to lose his scholarship. No longer unable to afford the tuition costs at Harvard, Leo has to figure out what to do with his future. At the same time, Leo learns that his real father is none other than a famous punk rock star who is ready to begin a summer reunion tour. Could meeting his father for the first time be what Leo needs to solve his problems?
Lexile: 780
Leo Caraway is set to graduate from high school and head off to Harvard with a big scholarship. He has his life perfectly planned out until a misunderstanding during an algebra tests causes him to lose his scholarship. No longer unable to afford the tuition costs at Harvard, Leo has to figure out what to do with his future. At the same time, Leo learns that his real father is none other than a famous punk rock star who is ready to begin a summer reunion tour. Could meeting his father for the first time be what Leo needs to solve his problems?
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Bird
By Angela Johnson
Lexile: 710
This short novels introduces 3 characters who don't know that their lives have intersected. Bird is a runaway searching for her stepfather, Ethan is recovering from a life long illness, and Jay is dealing with the death of a brother. Each takes turns telling their stories in individual chapters. As the book progresses, the reader slowly begins to see what these characters have in common.
Lexile: 710
This short novels introduces 3 characters who don't know that their lives have intersected. Bird is a runaway searching for her stepfather, Ethan is recovering from a life long illness, and Jay is dealing with the death of a brother. Each takes turns telling their stories in individual chapters. As the book progresses, the reader slowly begins to see what these characters have in common.
Case Closed, 40 Mini-Mysteries for You to Solve
By Jurg Obrist
Lexile: ???
If you like mysteries and "I Spy" type books, you will love reading this book. You will need your best observation skills to figure out clues hidden in pictures. You will also figure out secret codes, assemble some puzzles, and arrange events in a sequence. This book is a great way to put your logical thinking skills to work!
Lexile: ???
If you like mysteries and "I Spy" type books, you will love reading this book. You will need your best observation skills to figure out clues hidden in pictures. You will also figure out secret codes, assemble some puzzles, and arrange events in a sequence. This book is a great way to put your logical thinking skills to work!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Claws
By Will Weaver
Lexile: 540
Jed is living the perfect life. High school is awesome; he's got cool parents, a girlfriend, good grades, a Camaro to drive to school and back, and is having a winning tennis season. One day he finds a mysterious note under his windshield which leads him to a strange girl named Gertrude who has information that Jed can't believe. Is his perfect life about to unravel?
Lexile: 540
Jed is living the perfect life. High school is awesome; he's got cool parents, a girlfriend, good grades, a Camaro to drive to school and back, and is having a winning tennis season. One day he finds a mysterious note under his windshield which leads him to a strange girl named Gertrude who has information that Jed can't believe. Is his perfect life about to unravel?
The Exploading Toilet; Modern Urban Legends
collected and retold by David Holt and Bill Mooney
Lexile: ???
This book is a collection of modern urban legends that you will certainly want to retell to friends. My favorite was one about a mother who called poison control because her daughter ate some ants. Poison control told her that it was fine, the ants wouldn't harm her daughter. The mother was relieved and told the person on the phone that she was sorry she had fed her daughter ant posion to kill the ants if they were harmless! Get ready to laugh at these unbelievable stories!
Lexile: ???
This book is a collection of modern urban legends that you will certainly want to retell to friends. My favorite was one about a mother who called poison control because her daughter ate some ants. Poison control told her that it was fine, the ants wouldn't harm her daughter. The mother was relieved and told the person on the phone that she was sorry she had fed her daughter ant posion to kill the ants if they were harmless! Get ready to laugh at these unbelievable stories!
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