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Realistic Fiction – Coming of Age
Title	Author	Lexile Level
Annie’s Baby	Sparks, Beatrice	950
Baby	Monninger, Joseph	580
Bad	Ferris, Jean	730
The Battle of Jericho	Draper, Sharon M.	700
Big Mouth and Ugly Girl	Oates, Joyce Carol	720
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas	Boyne, John	1080
The Boy Who Drank Too Much	Greene, Shep	450
But Can the Phoenix Sing?	Laird, Christa	1150
Can’t Get There from Here	Strasser, Todd	620
Head Above Water	Rottman, S. L.	540
Marcelo in the Real World	Stork, Francisco X.	700
The Midwife’s Apprentice	Cushman, Karen	1240
Notes from the Midnight Driver	Sonnenblick, Jordan	930
Tale of One Bad Rat	Talbot, Bryan	350
Tortilla Curtain	Boyle, T. C.	1210
Mystery and Adventure
Title	Author	Lexile Level
Brian’s Hunt	Paulsen, Gary	1180
The Contest	Korman, Gordon	690
Coverup	Bennett, Jay	350
Kit’s Wilderness	Almond, David	470
Lady Macbeth’s Daughter	Klein, Lisa	730
Horror and Tales of the Supernatural
Title	Author	Lexile Level
Breaking Dawn (Twilight Saga #4)	Meyer, Stephenie	690
The Long Walk	King, Stephen	690
Marked (House of Night #1)	Cast, P. C.	850
The New Boy	Stine, R. L.	410
The Prince of Mist	Zafon, Carlos Ruiz	Unavailable
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Title	Author	Lexile Level
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000	Hubbard, L. Ron	780
The Hunger Games	Collins, Suzanne	810
Sea of Monsters (Sequel to The Lightning Thief)	Riordan, Rick	740
Skybreaker (Sequel to Airborn)	Oppel, Kenneth	750
Storm Thief	Wooding, Chris	800
Uglies	Westerfeld, Scott	770
Classics
Title	Author	Lexile Level
1984	Orwell, George	1090
Animal Farm	Orwell, George	1170
The Catcher in the Rye	Salinger, J. D.	790
Far From the Madding Crowd	Hardy, Thomas	1110
The Great Gatsby	Fitzgerald, F. Scott	1070
Grendel	Gardner, John	920
Jo’s Boys	Alcott, Louisa May	1210
Non-Fiction
Title	Author	Lexile Level
Night	Wiesel, Elie	570
Comedy and Romance
Title	Author	Lexile Level
Artichoke’s Heart	Supplee, Suzanne	780
The Boy Who Owned the School	Paulsen, Gary	1070
Exploits of a Reluctant (but Extremely Goodlooking) Hero	Fergus, Maureen	1200
Much Ado about Prom Night	Mcants, William D.	1060
Seventeenth Summer	Daly, Maureen	1130
The Whistling Toilets	Powell, Randy	690
Sports
Title	Author	Lexile Level
Backfield Package	Dygard, Thomas J.	900
Bull Catcher	Carter, Alden R.	750
Ironman	Crutcher, Chris	980
The Moves Make the Man	Brooks, Bruce	1150
November Blues (sequel to The Battle of Jericho)	Draper, Sharon M.	770
Wrestling Sturbridge	Wallace, Rich	850