Kate Simses
1) Shatter me
Author
Series
Shatter me volume 1
Lexile measure
HL 650L
Language
English
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Description
One touch is all it takes. One touch, and Juliette Ferrars can leave a fully grown man gasping for air. One touch, and she can kill. No one knows why Juliette has such incredible power. It feels like a curse, a burden that one person alone could never bear. But The Reestablishment sees it as a gift, sees her as an opportunity. An opportunity for a deadly weapon. Juliette has never fought for herself before. But when she's reunited with the one person...
2) Ignite me
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Series
Language
English
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Description
With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn't know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive. But that won't keep her from trying to take down The Reestablishment once and for all. Now she must rely on Warner, the handsome commander of Sector 45. The one person she never thought she could trust. The same person who saved her life. He promises to help Juliette master her powers and save their dying world ... but that's not all he wants with...
Author
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. She, her mother, and her brother Fritz live on the eastern side, controlled by the Soviets. Her father and middle brother, who had gone west in search of work, cannot return home. Gerta knows it is dangerous to watch the wall, to think forbidden thoughts of freedom, yet she can't help herself. She sees the East German soldiers with their guns trained on their...
4) Defy me
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Series
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Language
English
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Description
Juliette Ferrars isn't who she thinks she is. Nothing in her world is what it seemed. She thought she's defeated The Reestablishment. She thought she'd finally taken control of her life, her power, and her pain. But a lifetime of lies unravelling before her has changed all that. Stronger, braver, and more resilient than ever, Juliette must fight for life and love. But first she has to survive the war being waged against her mind. She has to remember...
Author
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year old orphan Emma Casey lives by a haunted graveyard in her Tennessee town, giving tours, and helping her brother and Granny Blue with the family bakery, and waiting for the destiny dream of her ancestors--but when it comes it shows her only a key, and she finds that she must solve a ghostly mystery that has haunted her town for generations.
6) Crossed
Author
Series
Lexile measure
HL 630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Cassia sacrifices everything and heads to the Outer Provinces in search of Ky, where she is confronted with shocking revelations about Society and the promise of rebellion." -- Provided by publisher.
7) Matched
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Language
English
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Description
All her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates everything: when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, when to die, and most importantly to Cassia as she turns 17, who to marry. When she is Matched with her best friend Xander, things couldn't be more perfect. But why did her neighbor Ky's face show up on her match disk as well?
8) Crossed
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
The hotly awaited second book in the dystopian Matched trilogy
In search of a future that may not exist and faced with the decision of who to share it with, Cassia journeys to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky - taken by the Society to his certain death - only to find that he has escaped, leaving a series of clues in his wake.
Cassia's quest leads her to question much of what she holds dear, even as she finds glimmers of a different...
In search of a future that may not exist and faced with the decision of who to share it with, Cassia journeys to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky - taken by the Society to his certain death - only to find that he has escaped, leaving a series of clues in his wake.
Cassia's quest leads her to question much of what she holds dear, even as she finds glimmers of a different...
9) Unravel me
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Series
Lexile measure
HL 790L
Language
English
Description
Juliette has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her--people with gifts--and it is also the headquarters of the rebel resistance. She's finally free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use her as a weapon, and free to love Adam. But Juliette will never be free from her lethal touch. Or from Warner, who wants Juliette more than she ever thought possible.
Author
Series
Goosebumps HorrorLand volume 4
Pub. Date
2008
Lexile measure
400L
Language
English
Formats
Description
What should Carly Beth be for Halloween this year? Terrified! Late at night, and ugly green mask is mysteriously calling out to her. If Carly Beth survives the night, even a scary theme park might sound like a vacation. Or maybe not! At Horrorland, every night is Halloween. And those monster masks? They aren't masks at all.
11) Alice the fairy
Author
Lexile measure
AD 510L
Language
English
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Description
Alice, who claims to be a Temporary Fairy, still has a lot to learn, such as how to make her clothes put themselves away in the closet.
12) Restore me
Author
Series
Shatter me volume 4
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Language
English
Description
It's been sixteen days since Juliette Ferrars killed the supreme commander of North America and took over as ruler of the Reestablishment on the continent... Juliette thought she'd won. She took over sector 45 and now has Warner by her side. But she's still the girl with the ability to kill with a single touch--and with so much power in her young hands, the world is watching her every move, waiting to see what happens next.
14) Imagine me
Author
Series
Shatter me volume 6
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Language
English
Description
Juliette Ferrars. Ella Sommers. Which is the truth and which is the lie? Now that Ella knows who Juliette is and what she was created for, things have only become more complicated. As she struggles to understand the past that haunts her and looks to a future more uncertain than ever, the lines between right and wrong--between Ella and Juliette--blur. And with old enemies looming, her destiny may not be her own to control. The day of reckoning for...
15) Matched
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"The hottest YA title to hit bookstores since The Hunger Games."—Entertainment Weekly
A New York Times bestseller
Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows he is her ideal mate . . . until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the...
A New York Times bestseller
Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows he is her ideal mate . . . until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the...
Author
Series
Rainbow magic volume 7
Pub. Date
2003
Lexile measure
620L
Physical Desc
71 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A merry-go-round sends Rachel and Kirsty to a magical world. Did Heather, the violet fairy have anything to do with this?
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
209 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1952 eleven-year-old Azalea is sent to Paris Junction, Arkansas, to help out her grandmother who has injured her foot, but does not really seem to want her help; Billy Wong, a Chinese-American boy whose uncle owns the local grocery store, in town to attend the "white" school since the Chinese mission school has closed, is frustrated by the overt prejudice of the local children. Over the summer the two begin to forge a friendship.