Mrs. Malecha Reads!

by Patti Kim Lexile:  670 Genre:  Realistic Fiction Twelve year old OK Kim is all about making money.  Ever since his father died, he and his mother have barely been making ends meet.  If he could earn some quick money, then maybe his mom would stop hanging out the Deacon from their church.  OK doesn't trust him, or the advice that he is giving his mother.  Will OK be able to figure out a way to keep his family together?

by Beth Turley Lexile:  660 Genre:  Realistic Fiction Ten year old Hannah Geller wishes that her life was a story.  Because if it was, she would be able to rewrite the ending.  Hannah is the only girl in 5th grade who nobody likes.  And whose parents don't get along.  And who has little red bumps all over her face.  The one exciting thing in her life right now is her 8th grade penpal, Ashley.  Hannah is looking forward to meeting her, but even that doesn't go as it was planned.  Life isn't a story so Hannah has no idea how this is all going to end.

by Dusti Bowling Lexile:  550 Genre:  Realistic Fiction Aven is not looking forward to starting high school.  She feels like there will be 3,000 students staring at her and making an issue out of the fact that she has no arms and relies on her feet for most everything.  Her friend Zion promises to never leave her side, but when Aven starts getting attention from Joshua, a boy that Zion has previously been bullied by, their relationship starts to change.  Aven is trying to figure out who her real friends are and who she really is.  It will take some time to sort out...but high school isn't going to be over for 4 long years...so she has some time, if she can stand it!

by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm Lexile:  GN470 Genre:  Realistic Fiction, Graphic Novel Sunny just wants to survive middle school, but it is tricky when things are changing so quickly.  It is hard to keep up with what is cool and what is not, whether it's fashion, boys, games...she really wants to keep hanging out with her friends in the basement playing Dungeons and Dragons, but some of her friends are no longer interested. How can Sunny figure out what her version of cool is?

by Kayla Miller Lexile:  GN 360 Genre:  Realistic Fiction, Graphic Novel Olive is friends with just about everyone in the 5th grade and is able to hang out with a variety of people.  But when the sign ups for the 5th grade variety show happen, Olive suddenly finds herself without a group.  Her aunt comes to the rescue though, and helps Olive come up with the idea of being a host so that she can end up helping all of her friends.  Will Olive have the courage to head out on stage all alone?