Hate that Cat

by Sharon Creech
Lexile: ???
Genre: Poetic Novel

Jack and Miss Stretchberry are back in this sequel to Love that Dog. Jack still isn't sure if he's good at writing poetry, but his teacher keeps after him to try. He's pretty sure that he will always, always hate cats...until he gets one of his own!

A Taste of Blackberries

by Doris Buchanan Smith
Lexile: 640
Genre: Realistic Fiction

What's it like to lose a best friend? A freak accident causes Jamie to die, leaving his best friend to figure out how life goes on without your best friend.

Shooter

by Walter Dean Myers
Lexile: 690
Genre: Realistic Fiction

This novel, told in a series of interviews, tells the story of 17 year old Cameron who's best friend is involved in a school shooting. Through the interviews, the reader gets background information on the situations that led to Leonard's final act.

Homeless Bird

by Gloria Whelan
Lexile: 800
Genre: Realistic Fiction

Koly is only 13 and forced into an arranged marriage. At her wedding, she learns that her new husband is also 13 and very sick. The money from her dowry is going to be used to take him on a journey to the Ganges River where he will hopefully be healed. However, Koly soon finds herself as a young widow, bound to a family she doesn't know and whom doesn't seem to want her.

Franny K. Stein: Mad Scientist: The Fran That Time Forgot

by Jim Benton
Lexile: 780
Genre: Science Fiction

Franny Kissypie Stein? Really? That's her middle name? Franny travels back in time to try to remedy the situation, but instead creates a new name that makes kids laugh just as much. Perhaps it's not the name that needs changing, but rather the way Franny responds to other people's reactions to it.

Memory Boy

by Will Weaver
Lexile: 570
Genre: Science Fiction

What would you do if life as you knew it suddenly ended? Life drastically changes for Miles and his family after a volcanic eruption sends showers of ash blowing into their town. They decide to escape the problems in the city and head north on a homemade contraption to wait for life to return to "normal". Along the way they encounter many obstacles that bring them closer together as a family. Will Miles' memory be strong enough to get them to their final destination?

Franny K. Stein: Mad Scientist: Frantasatic Voyage

by Jim Benton
Lexile: 850
Genre: Science Fiction

Franny is back and this time has to save the world by using her own invention the Shrinkerizer to make herself small enough to fit inside the stomach of her dog. Sound crazy? It is...but not if you know Franny!