Secondary new books 2017 18

Dark places

By Gillian Flynn Libby Day, still haunted by the day she witnessed the murder of her family on their farm in Kinnakee, Kansas, and twenty-five-years after testifying that her fifteen-year-old brother Ben was the killer, Libby is contacted by the Kill Club and devises a money making scheme that leads her back into a killer's path.

AR. 6.1 Lexile: 940 2012 -Int Lvl: Advanced

Replica. Lyra ;Replica.Gemma By Lauren Oliver "Presents two novels which can be read separately or in alternating chapters. In "Lyra," two experimental subjects escape from the Haven Institute, where human replicas are created and observed; and in "Gemma," a lonely, often-ill teenager discovers her father's connection to the Haven Institute and travels there, meeting the escaped replicas" AR: 5.8 Lexile: 820 2016 Int Lvl: Young Adults

The edge of everything

By Jeff Giles Holded up in their missing neighbors' cabin in a Montana blizzard, seventeen-year-old Zoe and her little brother are rescued from an intruder by X, a bounty hunter sent from the Lowlands to claim the souls of evil men.

AR: 5.3 2017 -Fiction- Int Lvl: Young Adults

Everything, everything

By Nicola Yoon "The story of a teenage girl who's literally allergic to the outside world. When a new family moves in next door, she begins a complicated romance that challenges everything she's ever known. The narrative unfolds via vignettes, diary entries, texts, charts, lists, illustrations, and more"-AR: 4.4 Lexile: 610 2015 -Int Lvl: Advanced

The you I've never known

By Ellen Hopkins With both joy and fear, seventeen-year-old Ariel begins to explore her sexuality, while living with her controlling, abusive father who has told Ariel that her mother deserted her years ago.

2017 -Fiction- -Int Lvl: Young Adults

Always and forever, Lara Jean

By Jenny Han "While helping plan her father's wedding, senior Lara Jean struggles with choosing a college and questions how graduation is going to change her relationship with her boyfriend Peter"-AR: 4.5 Lexile: 700 2017 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

Girl in pieces : a novel

By Kathleen Glasgow As she struggles to recover and survive, seventeen-year-old homeless Charlotte "Charlie" Davis cuts herself to dull the pain of abandonment and abuse.

AR: 5.0 Lexile: 740 2016 Int Lvl: Young Adults

Sharp objects : a novel

By Gillian Flynn Reporter Camille Preaker tries to unravel the truth of her own troubled past as she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two preteen girls.

AR: 5.3 Lexile: 770 2011 -Int Lvl: Advanced

What light By Jay Asher "Sierra's family runs a Christmas tree farm in Oregon--it's a bucolic setting for a girl to grow up in, except that every year, they pack up and move to California to set up their Christmas tree lot for the season. So Sierra lives two lives: her life in Oregon and her life at Christmas. And leaving one always means missing the other. Until this particular Christmas, when Sierra meets Caleb, and one life eclipses the other."-AR: 4.5 Lexile: 690 2016 -Int Lvl: YoungAdults

Dangerous lies

By Becca Fitzpatrick After witnessing a murder, high school senior Stella Gordon is sent to Nebraska for her own safety where she chafes at her protection, but when she meets Chet Falconer it becomes harder for her to keep her guard up, and soon she has to deal with the real threat to her life as her enemies are actually closer than she thinks.

AR: 4.8 Lexile: 690 2015 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

Once and for all : a novel By Sarah Dessen "Louna's years working at her mother's wedding planning business--as well as the tragic end of her first love--have shaped her cynical views on romance, but the arrival of serial-dater Ambrose may start to change Louna's mind and give her a second chance at love"-AR: 5.1 Lexile 750 2017 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

Black ice

By Becca Fitzpatrick Britt goes hiking in the Grand Tetons of Wyoming with her ex-boyfriend Calvin, but trouble arises when she is caught in a blizzard, taken hostage by fugitives, finds evidence of murders, and learns whom to trust and whom to love.

AR: 5.1 Lexile: 720 2014 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

King's cage By Victoria Aveyard "Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her lethal mistakes.

She lives at the mercy of a boy she once loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal. Now a king, Maven Calore continues weaving his dead mother's web in an attempt to maintain control over his country--and his prisoner. As Mare bears the weight of Silent Stone in the palace, her onceragtag band of newbloods and Reds continue organizing, training, and expanding. They prepare for war, no longer able to linger in the shadows.

AR: 5.1 Lexile: 700 2017 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

Windwitch

By Susan Dennard "After an explosion ruins his ship, Prince Merik tries to expose his sister's treachery while fighting for the weak on the streets of the royal capital.

Meanwhile, Aeduan, a Bloodwitch, and Iseult, a Threadwitch, form an unlikely alliance and travel together looking for Safiya, who has been shipwrecked with the Empress of Marstok in a land of pirates and is living every moment balanced on a knife's edge, trying to keep the pirates from unleashing war upon the Witchlands."-Lexile: 740 2017 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

Queen song

By Victoria Aveyard "Set in the Red Queen world, Queen Coriane, first wife of King Tiberias, keeps a secret diary. How else can she ensure that no one at the palace will use her thoughts against her? Coriane recounts her heady courtship with the crown prince, the birth of a new prince, Cal, and the potentially deadly challenges that lay ahead for her in royal life"-- AR: 5.6 2015 Int Lvl: Advanced

Empire of storms By Sarah J. Maas "The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those who don't. As the kingdoms of Erilea fracture around her, enemies must become allies if Aelin is to keep those she loves from falling to the dark forces poised to claim her world"-AR: 6.2 Lexile: 860 2016 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

Fantastic beasts and where to find them : the original screenplay

By J. K Rowling "While attending the Magical Congress of the United States of America in 1926, Newt Scamander is pursued by the wizarding authorities when dangerous beasts and their habitats escape from his magical briefcase."2016 -Fiction- Int Lvl: 5-8

A court of wings and ruin By Sarah J. Maas "Feyre returns to the Spring Court on a reconaissance mission about the invading king. As a spy, the future of the entire kingdom may rely on her ability to play her part perfectly, and her decisions about who to trust and which allies are best will decide the outcome of the coming war" AR: 5.5 Lexile: 760 2017 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

Valkyrie By Kate O'Hearn "Freya is a Valkyrie, a reaper of souls. But she hates what she must do. She doesn't like humans and the pain they inflict on each other, and she never wants to visit another battlefield. But when a soldier begs her to help his family back in the human realm, she agrees and discovers a world of friends. Now she'll have to find a way to keep her promise to the soldier and prevent the wrath of Odin from destroying the world"-AR: 4.3 Lexile: 590 2016 -Int Lvl: 5-8

Roseblood By A. G Howard Rune Germain has a mysterious affliction linked to her singing talent that leaves her sick and drained at the end of each performance, so her mother sends her to a French boarding school conviced that creative direction will cure her. Rune recognizes something otherworldly when she sees a masked boy in the graveyard. She also befriends Thorn, who dresses in nineteenth century clothing.

Thorn can cure Rune, but at what expense?

AR: 6.8 Lexile: 940 2017 - Int Lvl: Young Adults

Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy

By Cassandra Clare "Collects short stories chronicling Simon's journey from amnesia to Ascension, as he works to regain his lost life while attending the Shadowhunter Academy."-AR: 5.7 Lexile: 800 2016 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

Lord of shadows

By Cassandra Clare "Emma is torn between her passion for Julian and her need to protect him from the consequences of a forbidden romantic partnership, a situation challenged by her relationship with Mark and his efforts to regain his Shadowhunter capabilities"-AR: 5.5 Lexile: 740 2017 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

Me and Earl and the dying girl By Jesse Andrews Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.

AR: 5.2 LEX: 820 2015 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

Stars above : a Lunar Chronicles collection

By Marissa Meyer The universe of the Lunar Chronicles holds stories—and secrets—that are wondrous, vicious, and romantic.

How did Cinder first arrive in New Beijing? How did the brooding soldier Wolf transform from young man to killer? When did Princess Winter and the palace guard Jacin realize their destinies?

AR: 6.1 Lexile: 870 2016 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

Carve the mark

By Veronica Roth "On a planet where violence and vengeance rule, in a galaxy where some are favored by fate, everyone develops a currentgift, a unique power meant to shape the future. While most benefit from their currentgifts, Akos and Cyra do not-their gifts make them vulnerable to others' control. Can they reclaim their gifts, their fates, and their lives, and reset the balance of power in this world?"

AR: 5.8 lexile: 780 2017 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

The midnight star By Marie Lu "Adelina Amouteru is done suffering. She's turned her back on those who have betrayed her and achieved the ultimate revenge: victory. Her reign as the White Wolf has been a triumphant one, but with each conquest her cruelty only grows. The darkness within her has begun to spiral out of control, threatening to destroy all she's gained. When a new danger appears, Adelina's forced to revisit old wounds, putting not only herself at risk, but every Elite. In order to preserve her empire, Adelina and her Roses must join the Daggers on a perilous quest--though this uneasy alliance may prove to be the real danger"--

AR: 5.6 Lexile: 880 2016

-Int Lvl:Young Adults

Siege and storm

By Leigh Bardugo Hunted across the True Sea and haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land, all while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret.

AR: 5.0 Lexile: 730 2015 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

By Leigh Bardugo "The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. Alina forges new alliances as she and Mal search for Morozova's last amplifier. But as she begins to unravel the Darkling's secrets, she reveals a past that alters her understanding of the bond they share and the power she wields"-AR: 5.2 Lexile: 720 2016 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

The name of the star

By Maureen Johnson Rory, of Boueuxlieu, Louisiana, is spending a year at a London boarding school when she witnesses a murder by a Jack the Ripper copycat and becomes involved with the very unusual investigation.

AR: 4.9 Lexile: 710 2012 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

The screaming staircase

By Jonathan Stroud Follows three young operatives of a psychic detection agency as they battle an epidemic of ghosts in London.

AR: 5.1 LEX: 720 2014 -Int Lvl: 5-8 RL: 5.1

Crooked kingdom By Leigh Bardugo

AR: 5.6 LEX: 810 2016 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

The fever code By James Dashner "Once there was a world's end. The forests burned, the lakes and rivers dried up, and the oceans swelled. Then came a plague, and fever spread across the globe. Families died, violence reigned, and man killed man. Next came WICKED, who were looking for an answer. And then they found the perfect boy. The boy's name was Thomas, and Thomas built a maze. Now there are secrets. There are lies. And there are loyalties history could never have foreseen. This is the story of that boy, Thomas, and how he built a maze that only he could tear down"-AR: 5.3 LEX: 740 2016 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

The Hammer of Thor By Rick Riordan "Thor's hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon--the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds.

But this time the hammer isn't just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can't retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds will be defenseless against an onslaught of giants."-AR: 5.1 Lexile: 690 2016 -Int Lvl: 5-8

Book Scavenger

By Jennifer Chambliss Bertman Just after twelve-year-old Emily and her family move to San Francisco, she teams up with new friend James to follow clues in an odd book they find, hoping to figure out its secrets before the men who attacked Emily's hero, publisher Garrison Griswold, solve the mystery or come after the friends.

AR: 5.5 Lexile: 810 2016 -Int Lvl: 5-8

The dark prophecy

By Rick Riordan "Leaving the safety of the demigod training ground, a disgraced Apollo embarks on a quest across North America to find a dangerous ancient-world Oracle while navigating the challenges of the evil Triumvirate"-AR: 5.3 Lexile: 700 2017 -Int Lvl: 5-8

Fuzzy mud

By Louis Sachar "Two middle-grade kids take a shortcut home from school and discover what looks like fuzzy mud but is actually a substance with the potential to wreak havoc on the entire world"-AR: 5.0 LEX: 700 2015 -Int Lvl: 5-8 RL:5

"Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz's cunning andtest the team's fragile loyalties. A war will be waged on the city's dark and twisting streets--a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide the fate of the Grisha world."--

The iron trial

By Holly Black Warned away from magic all of his life, Callum endeavors to fail the trials that would admit him to the Magisterium only to be drawn into its ranks against his will and forced to confront dark elements from his past.

AR: 5.6 Lexile 830 2016 -Int Lvl: 5-8

Forever, or a long, long time By Caela Carter "Flora and her brother, Julian, don't believe they were born. They've lived in so many foster homes, they can't remember where they came from. And even now that they've been adopted, Flora still struggles to believe in forever. So along with their new mother, Flora and Julian begin a journey to go back and discover their past-for only then can they really begin to build their future."-AR: 3.7 Lexile: 570 2017 -Int Lvl: 5-8

The copper gauntlet By Holly Black Callum Hunt's life has been difficult ever since he was admitted to the Magisterium, since his father suspects him of being evil, and his closest companion is a Chaos-ridden wolf--but when he discovers that his father may be trying to destroy both him and Havoc, he escapes back to the magical world and he and his friends Aaron and Tamara become involved in the search for the stolen Alkahest, a copper gauntlet with dangerous powers.

AR: 5.2 Lexile: 750 2016 -Int Lvl: 5-8

The bronze key By Holly Black Things have been better for Callum Hunt since the evil Constantine Madden was "officially" destroyed, even his relations with his father have improved, so he is happy to get back to the Magisterium for his Bronze Year to continue his magical studies--but when one of the students is murdered, Call and his friends, Tamara and Aaron, must track down the killer, without revealing the fact that Call is Madden reborn.

AR: 5.2 Lexile: 740 2016 -Int Lvl: 5-8

Story thieves By James Riley Except for reading the Kiel Gnomenfoot magic adventure series, Owen's life is boring until he sees his classmate Bethany climb out of a book in the school library and he learns that Bethany is halffictional and has been searching every book she can find for her missing father, a fictional character.

AR: 5.1 LEX: 750 2015 -Int Lvl: 5-8

Secret origins

By James Riley Aided by old friends and new, Owen and Bethany try to bring the light back to Jupiter City, a comic book world where they discover a link between the Dark and Bethany's father.

AR: 5.2 2017 Int Lvl: 5-8

The curse of the King

By Peter Lerangis Having lost Marco to the side of the Massa, friends Jack, Aly, and Cass must undo what's been done and unlock the secrets of the long lost Statue of Zeus, where they must confront gods, relive old battles, and face down their own destiny to save themselves-and the world-from destruction.

AR: 4.3 Lexile: 580 2016 -Int Lvl: 5-8

The legend of the rift By Peter Lerangis "King Uhla'ar has kidnapped Aly and taken her and an orb back through a rift in time. A giant, merciless behemoth guards the opening, and so Jack and his friends realize that their only hope to rescue Aly is to rush to find the rest of the lost Loculi. This mission takes them around the worldto the Temple of Artemis to fend off a mighty army and then to the Lighthouse of Alexandria, where they wind up swallowed in the belly of a beast."-AR: 4.7 Lexile: 660 2016 -Int Lvl: 5-8

Loki's wolves

By Kelley Armstrong "Matt Thorsen is a direct descendent of the order-keeping god Thor, and his classmates Fen and Laurie Brekke are descendents of the trickster god Loki. When Ragnarok--the apocalypse--threatens, the human descendents of the gods must fight monsters to stop the end of the world"-Lexile: 680 2015 -Int Lvl: 5-8

Odin's ravens

By Kelley Armstrong When Ragnarok--the apocalypse--threatens, the human descendants of the gods band together to fight monsters, and Matt Thorsen and his friends must journey to the underworld to save a descendant.

Lexile: 730 2015 -Int Lvl: 5-8

Thor's serpents

By Kelley Armstrong, "As Ragnarok--the apocalypse--approaches, the thirteen-year-old descendants of the gods realize they can't take every step of their journey together, as Matt must fight the Midgard Serpent alone, and Fen and Laurie are pulled in different directions"-Lexile: 670 2016 -Int Lvl: 5-8

Murder is bad manners

By Robin Stevens At an English boarding school in the 1930s, crimesolving friends Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells struggle to find an exciting mystery to investigate until Hazel discovers the dead body of Miss Bell, the science teacher.

AR: 5.9 Lexile: 910 2016 - Int Lvl: 5-8

The Fox inheritance

By Mary Pearson Friends Jenna, Locke, and Kara suffer a terrible accident that destroys their bodies, but their minds are preserved in a digital netherworld, allowing the friends to remain connected, until the day Jenna disappears, and then, decades later, Locke and Kara are given new bodies and discover everyone they knew and loved--except Jenna--are dead and gone.

AR: 4.2 LEX: 660 2013 - Int Lvl: Young Adults

Restart By Gordon Korman "Chase does not remember falling off the roof, in fact he does not remember anything about himself, and when he gets back to middle school he begins to learn who he was through the reactions of the other kids--trouble is, he really is not sure he likes the Chase that is being revealed, but can he take the opportunity amnesia has provided and restart his life?"

AR: 5.1 Lexile: 730 2017 - Int Lvl: 5-8

How to train your dragon : the heroic misadventures of Hiccup the Viking

By Cressida Cowell Chronicles the adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as he tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan, the Tribe of the Hairy Hooligans, by catching and training a dragon.

AR: 6.6 2005 -Int Lvl: 5-8

Ashes

By Laurie Halse Anderson "As the Revolutionary War rages on, Isabel and Curzon are reported as runaways, and the awful Bellingham is determined to track them down. With purpose and faith, Isabel and Curzon march on, fiercely determined to find Isabel's little sister Ruth, who is enslaved in a Southern state"-AR: 5.6 LEX: 820 2016 -Int Lvl: 5-8 RL:5.6

Theodore Boone : kid lawyer

By John Grisham Thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone, who knows every judge, police officer, and court clerk in the small town of Strattenburg, finds himself involved in a murder trial because of knowledge he might have about a cold-blooded killer.

AR: 5.2 Lexile: 790 2013 -Int Lvl: 5-8

Lucky broken girl

By Ruth Behar In 1960s New York, fifth-grader Ruthie, a CubanJewish immigrant, must rely on books, art, her family, and friends in her multicultural neighborhood when an accident puts her in a body cast.

AR: 4.2 Lexile: 670 2017 -Int Lvl: 5-8 RL:5

Sugar

By Jewell Parker Rhodes In 1870, Reconstruction brings big changes to the Louisiana sugar plantation where spunky ten-yearold Sugar has always lived, including her friendship with Billy, the son of her former master, and the arrival of workmen from China.

AR: 2.9 Lexile: 430 2015 -Int Lvl: 5-8

Nothing but trouble

By Jacqueline Davies "Two smart girls in one small town use their combined genius to liven up their world--one prank at a time"-AR: 5.3 LEX: 730 2016 -Int Lvl: 5-8 RL:7.1

My name is Maria Isabel

By Alma Flor Ada Third grader Maria Isabel, born in Puerto Rico and now living in the United States, wants badly to fit in at school; and the teacher's writing assignment "My Greatest Wish" gives her that opportunity.

AR: 4.9 LEX: 860 1995 -Int Lvl: 5-8 RL:4.6

Commonwealth : a novel

By Ann Patchett "The story of two broken families and the paths their lives take over the course of 40 years, through love and marriage, death and divorce, and a dark secret from childhood that lies underneath it all"-AR: 6.0 2017 -Int Lvl: Advanced

The circuit : stories from the life of a migrant child

By Francisco Jimenez Explores a migrant family's experiences moving through labor camps, facing poverty and impermanence, and discusses how they endure through faith, hope, and back-breaking work.

AR: 5.3 LEX: 880 1997 -Int Lvl: 5-8 RL: 5.2

The long cosmos By Terry Pratchett "The Next--the hyper-intelligent post-humans-realize that the missive they received from the center of the galaxy contains instructions for kickstarting the development of an immense artificial intelligence knows as The Machine. But to build this computer the size of an Earth continent, they must obtain help from the more populous and still industrious worlds of mankind"-2016 -Int Lvl: Advanced

Into the water

By Paula Hawkins "A single mother turns up dead at the bottom of the river that runs through town. Earlier in the summer, a vulnerable teenage girl met the same fate. They are not the first women lost to these dark waters, but their deaths disturb the river and its history, dredging up secrets long submerged.

Left behind is a lonely fifteen-year-old girl.

Parentless and friendless, she now finds herself in the care of her mother's sister, a fearful stranger who has been dragged back to the place she deliberately ran from--a place to which she vowed she'd never return" 2017 -Int Lvl: Advanced

Camino Island By John Grisham "Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island in Florida. He makes his real money, though, as a prominent dealer in rare books. Very few people know that he occasionally dabbles in the black market of stolen books and manuscripts. Mercer Mann is a young novelist with a severe case of writer's block who has recently been laid off from her teaching position.

She is approached by an elegant, mysterious woman working for an even more mysterious company. A generous offer of money convinces Mercer to go undercover and infiltrate Bruce Cable's circle of literary friends, ideally getting close enough to him to learn his secrets. But eventually Mercer learns far too much."-2017 -Int Lvl: Advanced

Leaving Berlin : a novel

By Joseph Kanon Alex Meier, a young Jewish writer, fled his native Berlin, Germany, before World War II, but when McCarthyism threatens his new life in America in 1948, Alex makes a desperate bargain with the CIA: he will go back to Berlin and act as their agent in the political hotspot as a way of earning his way back to his new home and family. But almost immediately, things start to go wrong, and Alex finds himself a wanted man. Even worse, he discovers that his real mission is to spy on the woman he left behind, the only woman he has ever really loved.

2016 -Int Lvl: AD

The age of orphans : a novel

By Laleh Khadivi A Kurdish boy is taken captive and given to the Iranian army, along with a new name--Reza Khourdi--and instructions to forget all aspects of his Kurdish origins, but as a man, stationed back at the Zagros Mountains, he begins to recognize something of himself in the Kurdish local tribes.

2009 -Int Lvl: Advanced

Challenger deep

By Neal Shusterman Caden Bosch is caught between two worlds: one as an artist on a ship heading for the deepest point on Earth and the other as a brilliant high-school student. His powerful story shares the journey of a teenage boy struggling with schizophrenia AR: 5.5 LEX: 800 2015 -Int Lvl: Young Adults The girl who drank the moon

By Kelly Regan Barnhill "An epic fantasy about a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her."-Lexile: 640 2016 -Int Lvl: 5-8

Miracle's boys

By Jacqueline Woodson Twelve-year-old Lafayette's close relationship with his older brother Charlie changes after Charlie is released from a detention home and blames Lafayette for the death of their mother.

AR: 4.3 LEX: 660 2000 -Int Lvl: 5-8 RL:4.3

A single shard

By Linda Sue Park Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge near a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself.

AR: 6.6 LEX: 920 2001 -Int Lvl: 5-8 RL:6.6

The inquisitor's tale, or, The three magical children and their holy dog By Adam Gidwitz "Crossing paths at an inn, thirteenth-century travelers impart the tales of a monastery oblate, a Jewish refugee, and a psychic peasant girl with a loyal greyhound, the three of whom join forces on a chase through France to escape persecution"-AR: 4.5 LEX: 620 2016 -Int Lvl: 5-8 The thing about jellyfish

By Ali Benjamin Twelve-year-old Suzy Swanson wades through her intense grief over the loss of her best friend by investigating the rare jellyfish she is convinced was responsible for her friend's death.

AR: 5.0 Lexile: 740 2017 -Int Lvl: 5-8 RL:4.6

Rooftops of Tehran

By Mahbod Seraji Pasha Shahed, a typical seventeen-year-old boy in a middle-class neighborhood in Iran in 1973, falls in love with his beautiful neighbor Zari even though he knows she has been betrothed since birth to Ramin Sobhi, a committed and muchadmired radical, but their lives take a tragic turn when Ramin is arrested and presumably executed by the Shah's secret police, and Zari feels the need to make a personal statement of protest.

2009 -Int Lvl: Advanced

Ready player one

By Ernest Cline In the year 2044, Wade Watts, like the rest of humanity, chooses to escape reality and spends his waking hours in the limitless, utopian virtual world of the OASIS, but when Wade stumbles upon the first of the fiendish puzzles set up by OASIS creator James Halliday he finds he must compete with thousands of others--including those willing to commit murder--in order to claim a prize of massive fortune.

AR: 6.7 Lexile: 990 2012 -Int Lvl:AD

The shining

By Stephen King The Torrance family, having arrived at a remote mountain resort where they are to work as winter caretakers, find themselves in the grip of terror when young Danny, a child with the gift of precognition, begins having horrible visions.

AR: 5.8 2012 -Int Lvl: Advanced

The locusts have no king By Dawn Powell Medieval scholar Frederick Olliver, who is having an affair with married playwright Lyle Gaynor, struggles to find happiness and meaning as his book becomes a success, he is initiated into the world of literary elites, and he decides to leave Lyle for another woman, who ends up leaving Frederick for someone else.

2005 -Int Lvl: AD

Death of a red heroine

By Xiaolong Qiu Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Bureau runs into considerable political opposition and danger when he investigates the brutal murder of National Model Worker Guan Hongying.

2000 AR: 5.1 Lexile: 720 2014 -Int Lvl: AD

Dark matter : a novel

By Blake Crouch A science-fiction thriller, in which an ordinary man is kidnapped, knocked unconscious--and awakens in a world inexplicably different from the reality he thought he knew.

2016 -Int Lvl: AD

The sun is also a star

By Nicola Yoon "Natasha is a girl who believes in science and facts.

Daniel has always been a good son and good student. But when he sees Natasha he forgets all that and believes there is something extraordinary in store for both of them"-AR: 4.7 Lexile: 650 2016 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

Scythe By Neal Shusterman ""In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional reapers ('scythes').

Two teens must compete with each other to become a scythe--a position neither of them wants. The one who becomes a scythe must kill the one who doesn't"-AR: 6.5 Lexile: 830 2016 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

Ghost

By Jason Reynolds "Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential"-AR: 4.6 Lexile: 730 2016 -Int Lvl:5-8 RL: 4.6

Ninth Ward

By Jewell Parker Rhodes In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to stay and weather the storm as Hurricane Katrina bears down upon them.

AR: 3.3 LEX: 470 2013 -Int Lvl: 5-8 RL:3.7

March. Book three By John Lewis A graphic novel account of some pivotal moments in the Civil Rights Movement. Welcome to the stunning conclusion of the award-winning and best-selling MARCH trilogy. Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, joins co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell to bring the lessons of history to vivid life for a new generation, urgently relevant for today's world.

AR: 5.9 2016 IL:YA Dewey: 323.1196 As brave as you

By Jason Reynolds "When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires -- literally."-AR: 4.8 Lexile: 750 2016 -Int Lvl: 5-8 RL:4.8

Thinking in systems : a primer

By Donella H. Meadows Donella H. Meadows, an environmental scientist, explains her method for solving problems big or small and how anything can be mapped in a logical system, discussing feedback loops, flows, and stocks, along with the reasons why some systems fail and how to improve them.

2008 -Int Lvl: Advanced Dewey: 003

Norse mythology By Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman presents a version of the great Norse myths, fashioning primeval stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds; delves into the exploits of the deities, dwarves, and giants; and culminates in Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods and the rebirth of a new time and people.

2017 -Int Lvl: AD Dewey: 293

Drive : the surprising truth about what motivates us

By Daniel H. Pink Examines three elements of motivation and describes how to put them into action in order to achieve high performance and satisfaction in the workplace, school, and at home.

LEX: 1200 2009 -Int Lvl: AD Dewey: 153.1

Guardians of the revolution : Iran and the world in the age of the Ayatollahs

By Ray Takeyh Examines the foreign and domestic policies in Iran after the revolution in 1979 through the election of President Ahmadinejad in 2005, and discusses the various influences that affect Iranian foreign policy.

2009 -Int Lvl: AD Dewey: 327.55

The feminine mystique By Betty Friedan A reissue of the 1963 text which sparked the feminist movement through its analysis of the changing role and status of women, with a new introduction that addresses the issues women face two generations after "The Feminine Mystique" was first published.

2013 -Int Lvl: AD Dewey: 305.420973

Red notice : a true story of high finance, murder, and one man's fight for justice

By Bill Browder The author shares his experiences working in finance in Russia after the break-up of the Soviet Union, the corruption he found, and the danger he put himself in to expose it.

2015 -Int Lvl: AD Dewey: 332.6

The second sex

By Simone de Beauvoir An unabridged version of Beauvoir's feminist exploration of the psychological, sexual and social roles of women and their historical and contemporary situation in Western culture at the middle of the twentieth century.

2009 -Int Lvl: Advanced Dewey: 305.4

When things fell apart : state failure in latecentury Africa

By Robert H. Bates Examines why African states failed in the twentieth century, in particular Rwanda, Sudan, Liberia, and Congo, leading to civil war, poverty, and corruption.

2015 -Int Lvl: Advanced Dewey: 320.96

News of a kidnapping

By Gabriel Garcia Marquez Details the 1990 kidnappings of ten Columbian men and women by Medellin drug boss Pablo Escobar who planned to use the hostages as bargaining chips in negotiations with the government; focusing on the experiences of journalist Maruja Pachon who was held captive for six months.

2008 -Int Lvl: AD Dewey: 364.15

Mao's last dancer By Cunxin Li Li Cunxin, a principal dancer with the Houston Ballet and Australian Ballet, explains how his childhood of poverty in rural China changed when he was selected by Madame Mao to attend the dance academy in Beijing, tells how his devotion to Communist philosophy was shaken during his first visit to the U.S. as part of an exchange program with the Houston Ballet, and discusses his eventual defection to the West.

2003 -Int Lvl: AD Dewey: 792.802

The boys in the boat : the true story of an American team's epic journey to win gold at the 1936 Olympics By Gregory Mone

The death of Artemio Cruz

By Carlos Fuentes A powerful Mexican newspaper owner recalls episodes of his earlier life as he lies confined to his bed, gravely ill. Artemio Cruz, the all-powerful newspaper magnate and land baron, lies confined to his bed and, in dreamlike flashes, recalls the pivotal episodes of his life. The Death of Artemio Cruz is a haunting voyage into the soul of modern Mexico.

1991 -Int Lvl: AD Dewey: 863

"Out of the depths of the Great Depression comes the astonishing tale of nine working-class boys from the American West who at the 1936 Olympics showed the world what true grit really meant. With rowers who were the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington's eight-oar crew was never expected to defeat the elite East Coast teams, yet they did, going on to shock the world by challenging the German boat rowing for Adolf Hitler"— 2015 LEX: 1000 -Int Lvl: 5-8 RL:6.9 Dewey: 797.12

Arrow of God By Chinua Achebe Tells of Nigeria in the 1920s when age-old tribal customs came into conflict with the ways of westernization. Arrow of God is a 1964 novel by Chinua Achebe, his third novel after No Longer At Ease. These two books, along with the first book, Things Fall Apart, are sometimes called The African Trilogy, as they share similar settings and themes.

LEX: 880L 1964 -Int Lvl: Advanced Dewey: 823

Natasha's dance : a cultural history of Russia

By Orlando Figes Explores the cultural history of Russia from the eighteenth century to the Brezhnev era, looking at how artists, writers, and musicians struggled with the question of what it meant to be Russian.

2002 -Int Lvl: Advanced Dewey: 947

Magellan : over the edge of the world : the true story of the terrifying first circumnavigation of the globe

By Laurence Bergreen Presents a children's adaptation of Laurence Bergreen's "Over the Edge of the World" which Chronicles Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century.

LEX: 1190 2017 IL:5-8 RL:7.6 Dewey: 910.4

The Ayatollah begs to differ : the paradox of modern Iran

By Hooman Majd Presents a look at Iranian politics and culture, examining social mores and Farsi phrases that reveal the sensibility of Persians, including a desire for privacy, praise, and poetry, and provides an assessment of the idiosyncrasies of President Ahmadinejad and other characteristics of Iran and its people.

2009 -Int Lvl: Advanced Dewey: 955.06

Parallel journeys

By Eleanor H. Ayer An account of World War II in Germany as told from the viewpoints of a former Nazi soldier and a Jewish Holocaust survivor.

The man without a face : the unlikely rise of Vladimir Putin

By Masha Gessen Examines the life of Vladimir Putin, tracing his remarkable rise to power as the leader of modern Russia.

2012 -Int Lvl: Advanced Dewey: 947.086

AR: 7.2 LEX: 1050 1995 IL:5-8 RL:6.5 Dewey: 943.086

Mighty Jack. Book one By Ben Hatke "Jack might be the only kid in the world who is dreading the summer. But he's got a good reason: summer is when his single mom takes a second job and leaves him at home to watch his autistic kid sister, Maddy. It's a lot of responsibility, and it's boring, too, because Maddy doesn't talk. Ever. But then, one day at the flea market, Maddy does talk--and tells Jack to trade their mom's car for a box of mysterious seeds. It's the best mistake Jack has ever made. What starts as a normal garden behind the house quickly grows up into a wild, magical jungle with tiny onion babies running amok, huge, pink pumpkins that bite, and, on one moonlit night that changes everything...a dragon."-

AR: 2.1 LEX:490

2016 -Int Lvl: 5-8

RL:2.1

The heroes of Olympus. Book one, The lost hero :the graphic novel

By Robert Venditti A graphic novel adaptation of "The Lost Hero" in which Jason, Piper, and Leo, three students from a school for "bad kids," find themselves at Camp Half-Blood, where they learn that they are demigods and begin a quest to free Hera, who has been imprisoned by Mother Earth herself.

AR: 3.4 LEX: 410

Injustice: gods among us. Volume 1

By Tom Taylor "Superman is Earth's greatest hero. But when the Man of Steel can't protect the thing he holds most dear, he decides to stop trying to save the world... and start ruling it. Now, the Last Son of Krypton is enforcing peace on Earth by any means necessary.

Only one man stands between Superman and absolute power: Batman. The Dark Knight will use any method at his disposal to stop his former friend from reshaping the world in his shattered image..."— 2013 -Int Lvl: Young Adults The heroes of Olympus. Book two, The son of Neptune :the graphic novel

By Robert Venditti Demigod Percy Jackson, still with no memory, and his new friends from Camp Jupiter, Hazel and Frank, go on a quest to free Death, but their bigger task is to unite the Greek and Roman camps so that the Prophecy of Seven can be fulfilled.

AR: 3.1 LEX: 380 2017 -Int Lvl: 5-8 RL:4.5

2014 -Int Lvl: 5-8 RL:3.7

The throne of fire : the graphic novel

By Orpheus Collar "Carter and Sadie, offspring of the brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane, embark on a worldwide search for the Book of Ra, but the House of Life and the gods of chaos are determined to stop them"-AR: 4.1 LEX: 550 2015 -Int Lvl: 5-8 RL:3.7

DC Universe : legacies

By Len Wein Retired Metropolis police officer Paul Lincoln relates the history of the DC Universe as he has observed it during his lifetime, from the rise of the first superheroes in the Golden Age through the Final Crisis.

2011 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

The sandman Volume 1,Preludes & nocturnes

By Neil Gaiman A collection of stories that introduce the graphic novel series' lead character, Morpheus, the King of Dreams, and his family, the Endless, a group of immortal beings who embody the most powerful forces or aspects of the universe.

1991 -Int Lvl: AD

The Sandman Volume 4, Season of mists

By Neil Gaiman Presents a graphic novel, written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by a variety of top comic artists, in which Lord Morpheus is commanded by his family, the immortal beings known as the Endless, to rescue a lover who he had condemned to hell, even though Lucifer has sworn to kill him.

2010 -Int Lvl: AD

The Sandman Volume two, The doll's house

By Neil Gaiman The entire world is placed at risk when three dreams escaped from the Dreaming into the waking world meet up with Rose Walker, a young woman searching for her brother.

2010 -Int Lvl: AD

The Sandman Volume five, A game of you

By Neil Gaiman A group of young New Yorkers are drawn through a crack in the wall that separates the waking world from the Dreaming, where they find everything to be strange, yet somehow familiar.

2011 -Int Lvl: AD

The Sandman Volume three, Dream country

By Neil Gaiman Collects four comics from Neil Gaiman's series "The Sandman": "Calliope," "Dream of a Thousand Cats," "Midsummer Night's Dream," and "Facade," and includes the original script of "Calliope" with notes

by Gaiman and artist Kelley Jones.

1995 -Int Lvl: AD

The Sandman Volume 6, Fables and reflections

By Neil Gaiman Contains nine stories in which the Lord of Dreams observes and interacts with kings, spies, emperors, actors, werewolves, and other people and creatures from the past and present.

2011 -Int Lvl: AD

The Sandman. Volume 7, Brief lives

By Neil Gaiman Delirium, the youngest of the family known as the Endless, and her brother, Dream, journey through the world of the waking in an effort to locate their missing sibling, Destruction, and Dream struggles to resolve his troubled relationship with his son, Orpheus.

2011 -Int Lvl: AD

El Deafo By Cece Bell Starting at a new school is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest! At her old school, everyone in Cece's class was deaf.

Here she is different. She is sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends. A graphic novel memoir of author/illustrator Cece Bell who grew up hearing impaired.

AR: 2.7 LEX: 420 2014 -Int Lvl: 5-8 RL:3.3

The Sandman. Volume 8, Worlds' end

By Neil Gaiman "Improbably caught in a June blizzard, two wayward compatriots stumble upon a mysterious inn and learn that they are in the middle of a 'reality storm.' Now surrounded by a menagerie of people and creatures from different times and realities, the two stranded travelers are entertained by mesmerizing myths of infamous sea creatures, dreaming cities, ancient kings, moralistic"-- 2012 -Int Lvl: AD

Ghosts

By Raina Telgemeier Catrina and her family have moved to the coast of Northern California for the sake of her little sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis--and Cat is even less happy about the move when she is told that her new town is inhabited by ghosts, and Maya sets her heart on meeting one.

AR: 2.6 LEX: 300 2016 -Int Lvl: 5-8 RL:2.6

The Sandman. Volume 9, The kindly ones

By Neil Gaiman A search for vengeance after the disappearance of a child involves Dream, of the immortal Endless, his friends and enemies, and the implacable "Kindly Ones." 2012 -Int Lvl: AD

Nimona

By Noelle Stevenson Lord Ballister Blackheart seeks to bring down the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics with the aid of his new shapeshifting sidekick Nimona.

AR: 3.1 LEX: 350 2015 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

Make just one change : teach students to ask their own questions

By Dan Rothstein Argues that formulating one's own questions is an essential skill for learning and presents the Question Formulation Technique.

2011 -Int Lvl: PF Dewey: 371.3

Writing workshop : the essential guide

By Ralph J. Fletcher Presents an introduction to the writing workshop and explains how such workshops can be used to develop strong writing skills in students, discussing time and space, the writing cycle, assessment and evaluation, and other topics.

2001 -Int Lvl: PF Dewey: 372.62

Charting a course to standards-based grading : what to stop, what to start, and why it matters

By Tim Westerberg "Westerberg's aim is to provide the reader with a concrete, detailed, and practical blueprint for transitioning towards standards-based grading ...

The approach to best practices in assessment and grading put forth in this book allows a school or district to choose which destination or destinations along a progressive continuum or options it wants to move forward, and at what pace"--2016 -Int Lvl: PF Dewey: 371.27

Appreciative leadership : focus on what works to drive winning performance and build a thriving organization

By Diana Kaplin Whitney Describes the Appreciative Inquiry approach to managing organizations, offering advice to leaders on how to lead with positively powerful questions, bring out the best in people and situations, engage with others to plan for the future, awaken the creative spirit, and make choices for the good of the whole.

2010 -Int Lvl: AD Dewey: 658.4

Nonfiction craft lessons : teaching information writing K-8 By JoAnn Portalupi Contains eighty lessons for teaching students the craft of nonfiction writing, each with a discussion of the lesson, directions on how to teach it, and resource material; grouped by grade level, including kindergarten through second, third and fourth, and fifth through eighth.

2001 -Int Lvl: PF Dewey: 372.62

The power of grammar : unconventional approaches to the conventions of language

By Mary Ehrenworth Explains how teachers can use the approach that proper grammar is powerful to help their students understand English grammar rules and uses.

2005 -Int Lvl: PF Dewey: 428.2

Craft lessons : teaching writing K-8

By Ralph J. Fletcher A collection of age-specific craft lessons educators may use to teach writing to students, grouped by grade level, from kindergarten through second, third and fourth, and fifth through eighth.

2007 -Int Lvl: PF Dewey: 372.62

Throne of glass

By Sarah J. Maas, After she has served a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, Crown Prince Dorian offers eighteen-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien her freedom on the condition that she act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin.

2014 -Int Lvl: Young Adults

Catching up on conventions : grammar lessons for middle school writers

By Chantal Francois Presents lessons to help middle school students master Standard English grammar, and covers key grammatical rules, narrative and expository writing, and more.

2009 -Int Lvl: PF Dewey: 428.2