If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period

by Gennifer Choldenko
Lexile: 530
Genre: Realistic Fiction

Kirsten and Walker are unlikely friends. Kirsten is struggling with the fact that her parents are fighting all the time and she doesn't know why. Walker is struggling to fit in at his new private school that he mysteriously got a scholarship to attend. But despite their differences, they do become friends until one day when Kirsten learns the truth about her parents' fighting.

Deep and Dark and Dangerous

by Mary Downing Hahn
Lexile: 650
Genre: Mystery

Ali finds a mysterious picture of her mother, her aunt, and someone else. When she asks her mother about it, she is not prepared for her mother's reaction. Ali senses that her mother is lying about something and decides to find the summer trying to uncover the truth. She travels to the old vacation home where her mother and aunt spent their summers. Everything seems fine until she meets Sissy...

Peeled

by Joan Bauer
Lexile: 620
Genre: Realistic Fiction

Hildy Biddle wants to be a reporter and a big story has just landed in her lap. She and her crew of high school journalists are ready to tackle the story and all of it's angles. The problem is, someone doesn't want the truth to be told. As Hildy and her friends get closer to the truth, their school newspaper is suspended and they are forced to write underground. Will anyone care what they have to say?

The Tail of Emily Windsnap

by Liz Kessler
Lexile: 600
Genre: Fantasy

Emily Windsnap has a secret. She didn't know she had a secret until her first day of swimming class. As it turns out, she is actually a mermaid and her secret is almost reveled right in the middle of gym class. As Emily learns more about the mysterious disappearance of her father and the strange way her mother's friend acts, she begins to learn that there are many more secrets that have been kept from her up to this point.

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins
Lexile: 810
Genre: Science Fiction

The Capitol is a harsh and cruel land who keeps its outlying districts in check by forcing them to send one girl and one boy to participate in the Hunger Games each year. 12 boys and 12 girls fight on national tv until one survivor is left alive. Basically, if your name is called, it's a death sentence. Katniss Everdeen is 16 when her 12 year old sister's name is drawn. Without thinking, she steps forward to take her place, and changes her destiny
forever.

Every Soul a Star

by Wendy Mass
Lexile: 740
Genre: Realistic Fiction

Moon Shadow is an isolated campground that is preparing for an onslaught of visitors eager to view a total eclipse of the sun. The story unfolds through 3 characters. Ally - loves her home at Moon Shadow and can't get enough of the science of stargazing. Jack - overweight and uninterested in life, suddenly finds himself chaperoning a group of eclipse seekers with his science teacher. Bree - popular and perfect, is about to embark on what she hopes will be a successful career as a model. These 3 characters couldn't be more different, but are drawn together in this fascinating story.

Alabama Moon

by Watt Key
Lexile: 720
Genre: Realistic Fiction

Moon Blake is 10 years old when his father dies and leaves him alone in the wilderness home. His father has raised him to be able to live off the land and he has very little knowledge of how the "real" world works. His father's final request was for his son to make it to Alaska, so Moon begins to prepare for his trip. But then the "real" world gets involved and everything changes.