Michael Crouch
Author
Series
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
When Alfie McQuinn, the notorious jewel thief, is killed on a job, his last words to his son, March, are to "find jewels" and this instruction leads the boy to Jules, the twin sister he never knew he had--and the perfect partner to carry on the family business.
43) Scare me
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
211 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Every year, the town of Happy Hills holds its haunted house contest. In a spooky old manor, teams of kids come up with new ways to frighten people. The scariest team wins. But this year, all the teams are going to lose. Because this year the house itself has awakened... and it won't be happy until it's devoured all the people inside. What started out as a game has turned into something much more deadly.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
GN 440L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tells the story of Julian's Grandmére's childhood as she, a Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II and how the boy she once shunned became her savior and best friend.
In R. J. Palacio's bestselling collection of stories Auggie & Me, which expands on characters in Wonder, readers were introduced to Julian's grandmother, Grand̈mre. Here, Palacio makes her graphic novel debut with Grand̈mre's heartrending...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xxii, 312 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A lively account of our age-old quest for brighter colors, which changed the way we see the world. From kelly green to millennial pink, our world is graced with a richness of colors. But our human-made colors havent always matched natures kaleidoscopic array. To reach those brightest heights required millennia of remarkable innovation and a fascinating exchange of ideas between science and craft thats allowed for the most luminous manifestations...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Kyle learns that his mother has been having an affair and his father has been living with the secret, his reality is altered. But Kyle's parents want him to keep this secret from the rest of the family until after what might be their last big summer reunion. Kyle feels the walls of his relationships closing in, and has to decide what his obligations are to everyone he cares for.
Author
Series
Twice upon a time volume 1
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rapunzel and Prince Benjamin are both trapped, one in a tower by an evil witch, the other by his royal duties, but when their paths cross, aided by friends and a little luck, conditions change for them both.
Author
Lexile measure
HL 620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Carver Briggs never thought a simple text would cause a fatal crash, killing his three best friends, Mars, Eli, and Blake. Carver can't stop blaming himself for the accident, and a judge is pressuring the district attorney to open up a criminal investigation. Eli's girlfriend, Carver's therapist, and Blake's grandmother ask Carver to spend a "goodbye day" with them to share their memories and say a proper farewell. As other families ask for their...
49) Otherwood
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"'Hatred combined with lies and secrets can break the world." Grandpa Zach used to say that before he died, but Stuey never really knew what he meant. It was kind of like how he used to talk about quantum physics, or how he used to say ghosts haunted the overgrown golf course. But then one day, when Stuey and his best friend, Elly Rose, are playing in the deadfall in the middle of the woods, something totally unbelievable happens. As Stuey and Elly...
50) Anthem
Author
Series
Sixties trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
412 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The remarkable story of two cousins who must take a road trip across American in 1969 in order to let a teen know he's been drafted to fight in Vietnam. Full of photos, music, and figures of the time, this is the masterful story of what it's like to be young and American in troubled times.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 550L
Physical Desc
202 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Since his father's suicide, sixteen-year-old Will tries to overcome his own misery by secretly helping the people around him-- and trying to replicate his late father's famous cornbread recipe. When Will learns his friend Playa was raped at a party, he believes he could have stopped the worst from happening if he hadn't left early, he's determined do some good in the world. Will acts of kindness help Will push past his own trauma and truly begin to...
52) Release
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First US edition.
Lexile measure
HL 750L
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Adam Thorn doesn't know it yet, but today will change his life. Between his religious family, a deeply unpleasant ultimatum from his boss, and his own unrequited love for his sort-of ex, Enzo, it seems as though Adam's life is falling apart. At least he has two people to keep him sane: his new boyfriend (he does love Linus, doesn't he?) and his best friend, Angela. But all day long, old memories and new heartaches come crashing together, throwing...
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Michael walks through the doors of Catholic school, things can't get much worse. His dad has just made the family move again, and Michael needs a friend. When a girl challenges their teacher in class, Michael thinks he might have found one, and a fellow atheist at that. Only this girl, Lucy, isn't just Catholic...she wants to be a priest. Lucy introduces Michael to other St. Clare's outcasts, and he officially joins Heretics Anonymous, where...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Told from different points of view, the Putterman cousins, twins Sammy and Matty, and Becky, have been at odds, but when Hurricane Harvey hits Houston, they soon find that they need each other more than ever." -- Provided by publisher.
55) The last human
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
269 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the future, robots have eliminated humans, and 12-year-old robot XR_935 is just fine with that. Without humans around, there is no war, no pollution, no crime. Every member of society has a purpose. Everything runs smoothly and efficiently. Until the day XR discovers something impossible: a human girl named Emma. Now, Emma must embark on a dangerous voyage with XR and two other robots in search of a mysterious point on a map. But how will they...
56) All he knew
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
254 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In 1939 six-year-old Henry, who is deaf, is taken from his family and placed in a home for the feeble-minded where, years later, his friends include a conscientious objector serving there during World War II.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
790L
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Brian's summer turns out a lot less boring than expected when he encounters a huge, wacky house in the forest and befriends the eccentric family that lives there" --
58) The change
Author
Series
Animorphs volume 13
Pub. Date
1997
Lexile measure
590L
Physical Desc
162 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tobias has gotten used to his new life. He's a red-tailed hawk with the mind of a kid. It was difficult when he first became trapped in his morph, but he's started to come to terms with things. After all, how many kids actually get the chance to fly?
But now Tobias is about to make a very difficult choice: a choice that the other Animorphs know nothing about. And it could mean the difference between living the rest of his life as a hawk...and being...
59) Loot
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"LOOT hits the jackpot." — Rick Riordan, #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling authorOn a foggy night in Amsterdam, a man falls from a rooftop to the wet pavement below. It's Archibald McQuinn, the notorious cat burglar, and he's dying. As sirens wail in the distance, Archie manages to get out two last words to his young son, March: "Find jewels."But March learns that his father is not talking about hidden loot. He's talking about Jules, the...
60) Camp tiger
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
560L
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Every year, a boy and his family go camping at Mountain Pond. Usually, they see things like an eagle fishing for his dinner, a salamander with red spots on its back, and chipmunks that come to steal food while the family sits by the campfire. But this year is different. This year, the boy is going into first grade, and his mother is encouraging him to do things on his own, just like his older brother. And the most different thing of all... this year,...