Lauren Myracle
Author
Series
Lexile measure
500L
Physical Desc
196 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's never easy when your magic goes wonky. For Nory, this means that instead of being able to turn into a dragon or a kitten, she turns into both of them at the same time -- a dritten. For Elliott, the simple act of conjuring fire from his fingertips turns into a fully frozen failure. For Andres, wonky magic means he's always floating in the air, bouncing off the walls, or sitting on the ceiling. For Bax, a bad moment of magic will turn him into...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nory, Bax, and their friends are in a special class at Dunwiddle Magic School, a class for children whose magic is unpredictable--and while Nory is finding an outlet for her dritten-self (a combination of a kitten and dragon), in the kittenball team, Bax is worried because all he can do is turn into a rock, and nobody knows why.
3) Yolo
Author
Series
Publisher
Amulet Books
Physical Desc
196 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's freshman year of college for the winsome threesome and everything is different. For one, the best friends are facing their first semester apart. Way, way apart. Across the country. And it's not just the girls who are separated. Zoe's worried that Doug wants to break up now that they're at different schools and Maddie's boyfriend Ian is back in Georgia. And Angela joins a sorority, which is SO not a Maddie thing to do. In the face of change and...
4) Eleven
Author
Series
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The year between turning eleven and turning twelve bring many changes for Winnie and her friends.
Author
Series
Upside-down magic volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
Dory and her friends from Ms. Starr's Upside-Down Magic class set off on an overnight school field trip to Dragon Haven to see, and learn how to care for, dragons--unfortunately there are other students with regular magic there as well, so it is not long before the trouble starts.
Author
Series
Upside-down magic volume 6
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Marigold Ramos thinks that her magical ability to make things small will come in handy as she and her friends protest the new rule banning their toy dragons from school, until her magic gets out of control and starts shrinking her friends.
7) Twelve
Author
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Winnie relates the events of her twelfth year and the many changes in her relationships and in her attitude toward growing up.
Author
Series
Upside-down magic volume 5
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
When Willa's upside-down magic rains, it pours. Clouds form under ceilings. Classrooms get flooded. Nory and the kids in Ms. Starr's Upside-Down Magic class always have umbrellas nearby, just in case. Willa hates being the source of such sogginess. And yet the more she rains, the worse she feels...and the worse she feels, the more she rains. All the storminess is threatening to flood the UDM friendships. Will they drown in misery? Or can they use...
9) Wishing day
Author
Series
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
590L
Physical Desc
313 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Three sisters in the town of Willow Hill participate in a fabled tradition of making three wishes and find out what they really want only after their wishes come true.
10) Shine
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Physical Desc
359 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When her best friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, sixteen-year-old Cat sets out to discover the culprits in her small North Carolina town.
11) Hide and seek
Author
Series
Upside-down magic volume 7
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
When a flood forces Nory and her best friends to evacuate Dunwiddle and relocate to prestigious Sage Academy, the upside-down magic students have a hard time fitting in.
12) Showing off
Author
Series
Upside-down magic volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Lexile measure
570L
Physical Desc
198 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Dunwiddle Magic School (fifth to eighth grade) is intended for children whose magic is "upside-down" like Dory (who turns into a combination of a kitten and dragon) and Pepper (whose uncontrollable "fiercing" terrifies everyone around her)--so the Show Off, where fifth grade students are supposed to showcase their skills, does not really seem like a good idea.
13) L8r, g8r
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Throughout their senior year in high school, Zoe, Maddie, and Angela continue to share "instant messages" with one another about their day-to-day experiences as they consider college, sex, the importance of prom, and the inevitable end of their inseparable trio.
14) Ttfn
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Now high school juniors, Zoe, Maddie, and Angela continue to share "instant messages" with one another as one of them experiments with marijuana, another gets her first boyfriend, and the third moves three thousand miles away.
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
197 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
After Victor Fries and Nora Faria meet at a cemetery outside of Gotham City, their summer quickly spirals into a beautiful romance, and Victor's cold heart is able to thaw, allowing him to begin to enjoy life again after his brother's death, but when he learns of Nora's incurable illness, he is driven to try to find a scientific solution to keep from losing another person he loves.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Lexile measure
HL 610L
Physical Desc
316 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
As high school graduation nears, Wren Gray is surprised to connect with gentle Charlie Parker, a boy with a troubled past who has loved her for years, while she considers displeasing her parents for the first time and changing the plans for her future.
Author
Publisher
DC Ink
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
HL 260L
Physical Desc
222 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
When living with her mother's abusive boyfriend becomes unbearable, fifteen-year-old Selina Kyle, the future Catwoman, runs away and struggles to find her own identity while living on the streets of Gotham.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
366 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fifth-graders Katie-Rose, Violet, Milla, and Yasaman seem to have little in common except their flower-related names, but they nurture their new friendship through a social-networking site and a campaign to have healthier snacks served at school.
Lexile measure
HL 730L
Language
English
Description
In three intertwining short stories, several high school couples experience the trials and tribulations along with the joys of romance during a Christmas Eve snowstorm in a small town... "An ill-timed storm on Christmas Eve buries the residents of Gracetown under multiple feet of snow and causes quite a bit of chaos. One brave soul ventures out into the storm from her stranded train, setting off a chain of events that will change quite a few lives....
20) Ttyl
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Chronicles, in "instant message" format, the day-to-day experiences, feelings, and plans of three friends, Zoe, Maddie, and Angela, as they begin tenth grade.