Mrs. Malecha Reads!

 by Jessie Janowitz Genre:  Realistic Fiction Tris has accepted his new life in Petersville, NY even if the tiny town doesn't have a lot to offer.  His famous creme doughnuts are selling well and his biggest problem is not being able to make them fast enough.  He learns that there is a machine called the Donut Robot which seems like it could solve all of his problems.  However, it costs $100,000!  Where will he and his business partner, Josh, get that kind of money?  Tris's sister secretly enters him into a reality kids cooking show which if he wins, would get him the cash he needs.  Does Tris have what it takes to win the cutthroat show?

 by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm Genre:  Realistic Fiction, Graphic Novel Middle school is starting to make sense to Sunny.  She's made some friends, but they are all signing up for different clubs and sports teams.  Sunny knows she should do something other than watch tv after school, but nothing seems to interest her until her friend Arun mentions starting a debate club.  Their first step is to find an advisor and then the fun can begin. Will the debate club be a middle school success?

 by Thanhha Lai Genre:  Historical Fiction Ha and her family have started to make a life for themselves in Alabama, far away from their home in Vietnam.  But now Ha's mother wants to move the family to Texas where she hears there are better jobs and better prospects for her children.  Ha doesn't want to move in the middle of the school year where she will have to start the process of fitting in all over again, but her mother insists that it will be for the best.  Will this unwanted change bring new opportunities for Ha and her brothers?

 by Jennifer A. Nielsen Genre:  Historical Fiction 12 year old Lidia has no idea how here life will change after the day when she watches a Nazi airplane fly over her city of Warsaw.  Poland quickly falls to the German soldiers and as life gets more and more miserable, Lidia knows she has to do something to fight back.  Her brother is already secretly working for the Resistance, even though he refuses to admit it.  Lidia won't take no for an answer so she finds a way to show her brother's friends what she can do.  As the Warsaw uprising begins, Lidia finds herself in the thick of the fighting and no longer cares whether she lives or dies.  She just knows that she has to find the courage to keep on fighting back for as long as she can.

 by Jennifer A. Nielsen Genre:  Historical Fiction WWI is taking over Europe and affecting the lives of millions of people.  This book tells the story of 5 young adults whose lives will never be the same because of this war.  Felix is from Austria-Hungary, Kara is from Britain, Juliette is from France, Elsa is from Germany, and Dimitri is from Russia.  There lives and their stories should never have intersected, but because it did, each of them must display big moments of courage that will in turn, link all of their stories together.

 by Kate DiCamillo Genre:  Realistic Fiction It's the summer before Ferris begins 5th grade and it starts out like an ordinary summer, until her grandmother sees a ghost in her room.  Her grandmother believes that the ghost can not leave their house until the beautiful chandelier is lit for the first time.  While her grandmother is dealing with the ghost, other family members are facing their own struggles.  Ferris' uncle has quit it job and moved into the basement to paint, her little sister is running wild all over town, and there house has been invaded by a cranky old racoon.  Ferris isn't sure how all of these problems are going to get resolved, but for some reason she seems to be the one that people are leaning on to help figure out solutions.

by Maria Scrivan Genre:  Realistic Fiction, Graphic Novel Nat is excited!  Her parents have finally agreed to let her be a bit more independent by allowing her to go on an overnight class field trip to Philadelphia.  Unfortunately, the trip gets off to a rough start when Nat and her friends get separated from the group and she loses her phone.  If she doesn't check in with her parents, they will think she isn't responsible enough to handle her new freedom.  Nat is going to have to get herself together and figure out how to find her friends and her phone!

 by Gordon Korman Genre:  Realistic Fiction Evan, C.J., Jason, Ricky, and Mitchell have found a strange trapdoor in the middle of the woods that leads to a secret underground fort.  They decided to keep it a secret as they figure out who built it and what its purpose is.  Each boy comes to use it for a different purpose to help them with all of the things that are going on in their lives.  But as they begin to spend more and more time at the fort, other people start to wonder what is going on in the woods.  Will the boys be able to keep their secret or will they realize that some secrets need to be shared?

 by Claribel A. Ortega Genre:  Fantasy Seven can't wait for the Black Moon Ceremony when she will learn what coven she will be placed in to realize her dream of becoming a full fledged witch. Each year there are a few leftovers, called Spares, who aren't placed in formal covens, but Seven has never considered what that would mean for her.  But on the night of the ceremony, Seven watches as her friends and all of the others are selected.  At the end, Seven and 2 others are identified as Spares.  Instead of quietly accepting her destiny, Seven challenges it and is granted an impossible task to complete.  If she and her 2 other Spares can complete it, they'll gain their full magical powers.  If not, well, it's possible they could live out the rest of their lives as toads.

 by Alyson Gerber Genre:  Mystery Weatherby has loved sailing her whole life so when she wins the regatta and attracts the attention of the prestigious private school, Boston, she can't believe her good fortune.  The Boston School offers her a full scholarship and suddenly Weatherby's life has completely changed.  She is nervous to start at the new school, but hopes her sailing skills will help her make some new friends.  On the first day, she learns that the money for the school's annual trip to a private island has been stolen.  It will be up to Weatherby and her new friends to figure out where the money went and how to get it back.