Kickoff

by Donna King
Lexile: 640
Genre: Realistic Fiction/Sports

Tyra has just moved halfway around the world. She's most upset about having to leave behind her best friend and her state champion soccer team. Now she's in England, fighting for a place on a soccer team who didn't win a single game last summer. The girls don't seem very welcoming so Tyra realizes that she will have to work even harder to prove that she deserves a spot on the team.

Remembering Mrs. Rossi

by Amy Hest
Lexile: 670
Genre: Realistic Fiction

Mothers aren't supposed to get sick and die. Teachers aren't supposed to get sick and die. But Mrs. Rossi did and know her daughter, Annie, and her 6th grade class are left wondering how they can go on. Mrs. Rossi's class decides to make a book for Annie and her dad which they come to see as a real treasure for them in helping them hang on to the person they loved. They read the book over and over as they search for ways to help them cope with their grief.

Radio Fifth Grade

by Gordon Korman
Lexile: 690
Genre: Realistic Fiction

Benjy Driver loves being on the radio. He is one of 3 co-producers of his school's radio show. The problem is that nobody listens to it. Until...an uncooperative parrot, the school bully, and the quiz show become regular features on an otherwise rather dull radio hour. Benjy is frustrated - things are not going like he had planned. Will the out of control chaos lead to a better show or will it be the end of Kidsview Radio Hour forever?

The Toilet Paper Tigers

by Gordon Korman
Lexile: 650
Genre: Realistic Fiction/Sports

Corey loves baseball and is looking forward to the new season until he learns that he will be playing on the Feather Soft Tigers and coached by a professor who knows nothing about baseball! Things get worse when the professor's bossy niece, Kristy, shows up. She has decided to make the Toilet Paper Tigers her special summer project. Corey is miserable stuck out in left field. All he wants to do is get rid of Kristy and get back on the pitcher's mound where he belongs.

Emmy and the Home for Troubled Girls

by Lynne Jonell
Lexile: 770
Genre: Fantasy

Emmy and her rats are back in this fun sequel to Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat. It's been four weeks since the evil Miss Barmy has disappeared, any Emmy doesn't have to wonder long about when she will reappear. Miss Barmy is still a rat, so one one, except Emmy, believes that she will really be able to cause any trouble. Part of Emmy wishes she could just forget the rat world and get on to making new friends and doing regular things like sleepovers and pool parties. But somehow, she keeps getting dragged back into rodent business. She knows she should help, but does she really want to hang out with rats all the time?

Box Out

by John Coy
Lexile: 530
Genre: Realistic Fiction

Liam Bergstrom has just realized a dream. He will be starting in a varsity basketball game as a sophomore. He vows to do everything he can to fit in with the team and show that he can be an asset to their game. Before the night of the first big game, Coach Klass gathers the team around to say a prayer. Liam is uncomfortable with this, but joins in as everyone else does. The more he thinks about it though, the more he thinks it's wrong. He knows that standing up for what he believes in will most likely cost him his spot on the team. Should he challenge the coach and stand up for what he knows is right, or is keeping his spot on the team the most important thing?

Belly Up

by Stuart Gibbs
Lexile: 820
Genre: Mystery

Teddy lives with his parents at FunJungle, the world's largest zoo. One day Henry the Hippo is found belly up in his home at Hippo River. What caused the mascot to go die? Henry takes it upon himself to attend the autopsy and learns that Doc, FunJungle's crabby veterinarian, thinks that Henry was murdered. Teddy begins his quest to find out the real story behind Henry's death.