Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee

Lexile 800

The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen

Lexile 650

Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick

Lexile 940

Unwind by Neal Susterman

Lexile 740

Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick

Lexile 950

Sleeping Freshman Never Lie by David Lubar

Lexile 560

Survivors: The Empty City by Erin Wood - Series Book 1

Healing Water by Joyce Hostetter

Lexile 620

Flush by Carl Hiaasen

Lexile 830

Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos

Lexile 920

The Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecilia Galante

Lexile 760

The London Eye Mystery By Siobhan Dowd

Lexile 640

The Boy Who Dared by Susan Bartoletti

Lexile 760

The Underneath by Kathi Appelt

Lexile 830

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

Lexile 780

Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez

Lexile 890

Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not So Graceful Ice Princess

Nikki Maxwell isn't at all surprised to find out that her crush Brandon volunteers at a local animal shelter. He is so nice that of course he wants to help those adorable puppies! Then Brandon tells her that the shelter is in danger of closing, and Nikki knows she can't let that happen. Especially when she discovers a shocking secret about Brandon that makes keeping that shelter open more important than ever. So Nikki and her friends Chloe and Zoey enter an ice skating competition to help raise money for the shelter, but then Mackenzie has to cause problems so that she can be the one to save the shelter. Nikki doesn't want that to happen so she'll just have to come up with some extra creative ideas to help make her the one to save the shelter. I really enjoyed this books and I think you will too.

Reviewed by a 7th Grader

Lexile 750

My Abnormal Live by Lee McClain

My Abnormal Life is about these two girls who live in an apartment and the mom sleeps all the time so the girl named Rose has to steal food for the family and the other daughter has different kinds of problems. Then when Rose gets caught stealing the food then they get put up for foster care and the two girls go to different families. Rose is trying to find ways to get the family back together. If you want to see if the family gets back to together or don't, you have to read the book. I really enjoyed this book and I think you will too.

Reviewed by a 7th Grader

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Melinda had friends, had a life, good grades, and was actually seen. But after going to a party, just one phone call changed her life. After that everyone hated her. Her last year friends didn't even talk to her, she went from straight B's to C's and D's, she skipped school, most of her teachers didn't like her either. Her parents often got mad at each other and were sometimes on the edge of getting a divorce. Will her life ever change? Or will this always be her life.

Reviewed by Leslie ~ 7th Grade


A good read. Great story line. Enjoyed very much. Melinda Solino, a new high school sophomore dealing with the troubles of kids at school because of calling the cops on a senior summer party at the end the that past summer. But no one knows the TRUE reason why she called the cops. It wasn't about the party. Told from Melinda's point of view, this story takes you through Melinda's high school life, the twists and turns of a girl going from straight A student, to a rebel avoiding school at all costs. The consequences fierce. Surprise ending, and an overall great read.

Reviewed by an 8th Grader

Lexile 690

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

The One and Only Ivan is a book about a gorilla he has been in a mall for 27 years it is a sad yet funny book about team work and friendship I think you should read The One and Only Ivan if you like funny and sad books. 

Reviewed by a 6th Grader

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The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events - Bk. 8)

The summary of this book is that 3 kids' parents died in a fire but one of the parent is alive. The 3 kids are alone their names are Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. They were with Mr.Poe he has been taking care of them but one day there was a hospital van so they into it they trying to be like the V.F.D. They wanted to go in the library of records to see who is Olaf's real name because he used to work in the hospital. Then a doctor was going to operate on Violet but then the 2 little kids rescued her then they went on Olaf's car. I will recommend to my friends. :)

Reviewed by Jessica ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 1110

The Clique by Lisi Harrison

The Clique is a story about 4 popular girls. Massie Block, Kristen Gregory, Dylan Marvil, and Alicia Rivera. When Massie hears news that the Lyons' are moving into the Block's guesthouse, she isn't thrilled. When the day comes, she sees poor people. There is a mother, father, daughter, and son. Claire, the daughter really wants to join the Clique, but the crew won't let her. I thought the book was very good, and I recommend it to other girls.

Reviewed by a 6th Grader

Lexile 790

The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events - Bk. 9)

Violet, Klaus and Sunny were inside count Olaf's car trunk wanting to know where they were going.  Will Violet, Klaus and Sunny ever get to know if one of their parents is alive and would they ever know what v.f.d stands for?

Reviewed by Dayana ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 1120

A Child Called It by Dave Peltzer

A Child Called It is about a poor poor boy that suffered very severe abuse from his mother but he never gives up and soon gets.

Reviewed by Kiara ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 850

The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan

The Son of Neptune is a sequel to The Lost Hero (which is also a great read). The book is about Greek mythology so for you Percy Jackson and the Olympians readers this is a great book to read. The story's about Percy going on a quest to free the death god. But I wont go in to that much detail because you have to read it. But all in all I say that this book was a really good book but I recommend that you read the first one first because some parts you might get confused but Rick Riordan explained it enough and it was good book.

Reviewed by Joseph ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 640

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Tally Youngblood was just weeks away until she got her surgery to turn pretty. After years and year looking out from her window and seeing Pretty town, this is what she has been wait for her whole life. Some of her friends already turned pretty, and soon it would be her turn too. But just two weeks before the surgery, she met a girl named Shay. It turned out that they had the same birthday. So that meant they would get pretty on the same day. But the day before the surgery, Shay told Tally that she's not so sure she wanted to turn pretty. Instead, she wanted to run away into the smoke, which is where people that didn't want to become pretty went. But now Tally has the biggest decision of her life. Turn her friend into Special Circumstances and turn pretty, or run away into the smoke and never turn pretty. You are not going to believe her decision! I highly recommend to read it and find out what happens!

Reviewed by Leslie ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 770

The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan

If you like adventure, sarcasm or mythology this book is for you. The Serpent's Shadow is about 2 kids who gather dozens of kids who are in a pharaohs bloodline meaning decedents of the Egyptian pharaohs. Boy will you love this book! I couldn't put the book down! It was simply to hard to put it down! I certainly recommend this book.

Reviewed by Shuayb ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 690

So B It by Sara Weeks

So B. It is the best book I have ever read yet! It's about a girl who had a really hard life, she tries every way to find out her past. You guys should really give it a chance it's very interesting.

Reviewed by Abby - 7th Grade

Lexile 860

A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck

Lexile 750

What Students Are Saying:

"A absolutely must read book. So funny in so many ways, hilarious quotes, and fun for everyone. As many stars as i could give it."

Comment by John ~ 6th Grade

Hot Lunch by Alex Bradley

I really enjoyed this book and I think you will to. It is about a girl named Molly who doesn't like this girl named Cassie. They are assigned to do an assignment together and they don't like each other so they do there own paper and get a bad grade. Then they don't get along and got into a food fight and made the head cook leave. [SPOILER ALERT!!] Then the principal made them have hot lunch duty until there food was better then the head cooks. If you want to find out the end read the book. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Reviewed by a 7th Grader

Lexile 690

The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer

I really enjoyed this book because its full of excitement and mystery. If you like adventure books this book is for you. Alex and Connor find a book that takes them to The Land of Stories! The twins find a frog man who tells them about the Wishing Spell. Alex and Conner have to collect 8 items for the Wishing Spell to find their way back home. The twins go on a long adventure to find all these items. Alex and Connor have to race against another person who wants to find these items. When the twins go on this journey to find these items they encounter some weird creatures like, a pack of talking wolves, goblins and trolls, mermaids, and a frog man! If you want to find out what happened to Alex and Connor read the book!

Reviewed by Elise - 7th Grade

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading by Tommy Greenwald

If you don't like reading I think you should read this book because a boy named Charlie Joe is writing about how he doesn't like reading and what he does to get out of it. He is really nice to his friends so that they will continue to read his books for him. Then when he has a really big assignment that he has to do and read a lot. He has his friend Jake read the books and help him with an experiment. Nobody knows that he doesn't read any of the books until something happens. If this sounds interesting to you, you should read the book yourself and find out what happens!

Reviewed by a 7th Grader

Lexile 830

Now & Then by Harriet Grey

This story is about a group of girls who go to a reunion because the one lady is pregnant and they look back to their childhood together and then they talk about this time the 4 of them went to this cemetery and try to make the ghost of this guy Johnny come to life. Then it started raining so they go to leave but then the girls go back to get the candles and see that the tombstone for Johnny was knocked over. So they think they did it and that his ghost was back to life. 
[SPOILER ALERT] 
So they went to the library to find out how he died but then they found the pages ripped out of the book. So they think he wants them to find out how he died by their selfs. So they looked and looked and looked until one night the 2 girls went to go look and the one girls bracelet fell off and down the sewer. So the girl jumped down to find it and then it started to rain a lot and she could not get out of the sewer and then she started to drown and the other girl started yelling for help then this guy Crazy Peet saved the girl and if you want to find out what happened to Johnny then read the book.

Reviewed by Betty - 7th Grade

Peak by Roland Smith

It's freezing and Peak Marcello, a 14-year-old New Yorker, hangs by a rope on the side of a skyscraper as he tries to tag his signature. When he finally makes it to the top, police officers are there to arrest him.  At his trial, the judge places him on probation with the condition that Peak will go to Thailand to live with his famous mountaineer father for a year. Soon after Peak arrives in Thailand, he learns that his father has plans for him. Peak will be climbing Mount Everest.  Will Peak survive the brutal and deadly weather? 

Lexile 760

Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements

Imagine waking up and discovering that you are invisible. What would you do?  Where would you go? Who would you tell? This is exactly what happens to Bobby, a 15-year-old young man who lives in Chicago with his parents.  Bobby immediately tells his family about his situation and they advise him not to tell anyone until they can figure out what to do.  However, Bobby becomes bored at home one day and ventures out to the library where he meets a blind girl named Alicia.  As their friendship grows, Bobby reveals to Alicia that he is invisible.  

Will Bobby ever gain his visibility again? Will Alicia keep his secret? And, what will happen to his parents now that Bobby's school officials are investigating his disappearance?

Lexile 690

(Series) - Book 1

Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan

"Down A Dark Hall" is a marvelous read and if you have the chance you won't put it down! In Down A Dark Hall the main character is a girl named Kit and is sent to a girls' school called Blackwood 'till Christmas. Blackwood seemed good at first but, soon Kit notices weird stuff along the school. Along with Kit, three other girls: Sandy, Ruth, and Lynda. They are feeling some thing about Blackwood, but they just can't find the word..... 

Reviewed by Carlos - 7th Grade

Lexile 750

Switched (Fear Street Series) by R. L. Stein

Switched is a very good book! It's very interesting it keeps you reading and reading and you just don't want to stop. I actually don't like reading but this book changed my way of thinking it's about a girl trading places with a killer! You guys should really give it a chance and try it!  (:

Reviewed by Abby - 7th Grade

Confessions of a Serial Kisser by Wendelin Van Draanen

The book "Confessions of a serial kisser" is about a 17 year old girl named Evangeline who reads a romantic Novel that was under her mom's bed. When she was done reading it she changed her look and went on her way to finding her "Crimson kiss". She kisses boys throughout the story to get a feel of the were crimson kissers. [SPOILER ALERT!!!] At the end she kisses her best friends crush and her best friend found out and tries to make Everything ok between her and her best friend. She also has problems with her father.

Reviewed by Gina - 7th Grade

Lexile 680

TTFN (Ta-Ta for Now) Internet Girls Series by Lauren Myracle

This story is about 3 friends that have been friends for many years and now the one girl snow angel is getting weird feelings that something happened that her parents wouldn't tell her or her friends and then one day she goes to a restuarnt and see's her dad there with a different lady and so she thinks her dad is having an affair and so later on in the story [SPOILER ALERT!!!!] she talked to her dad and he said that he just lost his job and that the lady was an work lady to help him find a different job and so she felt better till her dad said that they found a job he liked but it was in a different state and she felt sad because then she would have to leave her best friends and then her and her fiend were talking ad disided that if she didn't want to move then why doesn't she say she doesn't like the house and so read the book for your self if you want to find out if there plan will work or will she have to move.

Reviewed by a 7th Grader

Empty by Suzanne Weyn

Empty takes place 10 years from now. It's about how the world is running out of oil completely, when the United States is on the brink of war with Venezuela for oil. The U.S. was attacking because Venezuela says they're going to raise the prices on oil barrels from $500 a barrel to $800. But because of the gas shortage the U.S. soldiers were forced to keep fighting, but at a place called Sage Valley 4 teenagers, named Tom, Niki, Gwen, and Hector are having a struggle for food, water and gas. Then two hurricanes, Oscar and Pearl, came together and formed a superhurricane called Oscpearl. Trying to find shelter from the superhurricane, Gwen finds an abandoned cave she remembers from when she was young. [SPOILER ALERT!!!!] So then she searches the cave and comes to an iron door that seems to be clean she walks in the door and finds that there is a house in the side of a hill it is invisible from the outside. So it is the end of one world and a new beginning for another.

Reviewed by Dylan - 7th Grade

Lexile 790

Zora and Me by Victoria Bond

Zora Neale Hurston loves a good story. She is such an imaginative storyteller that she even believes her own stories. Her latest story involves an old reclusive man that shape-shifts into an alligator and steals human souls.  However, when a prideful man named Sonny loses his arm to a mysterious giant alligator named Ghost while trying to capture him and a headless black man is found along the railroad tracks soon after, Zora and her friends set out to solve the murder. What they learn may change the town of Eden forever.

Read-a-likes: The Legend of Buddy Bush by Shelia P. Moses
Lexile: 860

Nothing But the True by Avi

Philip Malloy is an angry ninth grader who cannot tryout for the track team because he is failing his English class.  He blames his English and homeroom teacher, Mrs. Narwin, for his misfortune and begins to develop a plan that, if it works, will get him transferred out of Mrs. Narwin's class. However, once Phillip sets his sinister plan in motion, it quickly gets out of hand. Many will suffer, especially Mrs. Narwin, as lies and half-truths begin to unfold, angry adults and community leaders weigh-in, and the national news gets involved.

Will Phillip ever be transferred of of Mrs. Narwin's class? Will he make the track team? Better, yet, what does his sinister plan involve?

War Horse by Michael Morpurgo

It is 1914 and Joey, a beautiful red horse is secretly sold to the army to fight on the Western Front. Joey is heartbroken to have been taken away from Albert, a farmer's son who loves and takes care of him and whom Joey has come to love as well. Being a war horse will mean that Joey will have to face horrific battles in France, fight bravely, become wounded, and experience periods of famine. What will happen to Joey? Will he ever see Albert again? Will he survive?

Read a-likes: Black Beauty by Anna Sewell and Chancey of the Maury River by Gigi Amateau

Lexile: 1090