Chris Lynch
1) Hit count
Author
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
"Arlo Brodie loves being at the heart of the action on the football field, and while his dad cheers him on, his mother quotes head injury statistics and refuses to watch, but Arlo's winning plays, the cheering crowds, and the adrenaline rush are enough to convince him that everything is OK, in spite of the pain, the pounding, the dizziness, and the confusion." -- Provided by publisher.
2) Hothouse
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
198 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Teens D.J. and Russell, life-long friends and neighbors, had drifted apart, but when their firefighter fathers are both killed, they try to help one another come to terms with the tragedy and its aftermath.
Author
Series
World War II volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1020L
Physical Desc
188 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After America is drawn into World War II, Hank McCallum finds himself on the USS Yorktown, an aircraft carrier in the Pacific, separated from his brother Theo, in constant danger from torpedoes, and just learning about the prejudice and segregation that plague his new friend from Tonga, Bradford.
4) Slot machine
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1996
Lexile measure
1150L
Physical Desc
241 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Elvin just wants to fit in-but how can he find his place when he doesn't know what to look for? Elvin Bishop is about to attend a three-week-long high school orientation camp, where each student is "slotted" or placed on an athletic team. Chubby, fourteen-year-old Elvin knows this is not the place for him. From the start, he's told that some kids get picked on more than others, and to "try not to be one of those guys." His friends encourage him to...
5) Whitechurch
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
247 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Two best friends are caught in a love triangle with fatal consequences Pauly and Oakley have been best friends since they were kids. When newcomer Lilly moves to their small New England town, both boys fall in love with her immediately. Unbalanced Pauly becomes Lilly's boyfriend, and Oakley becomes the one she confides in-the one who always puts things right. But a love triangle can't stay peaceful for long, and erratic, obsessive Pauly can't be trusted....
6) Gold dust
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
196 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Baseball-loving seventh grader Richard has hopes of turning himself and the new kid, Napoleon, into the best baseball players Boston has seen since the Gold Dust Twins "As long as you have baseball on your side you can overcome anything." Seventh grader Richard Moncreif is convinced baseball will ease newcomer Napoleon Charlie Ellis's transition to life in Boston. Napoleon is unlike anyone he's ever met: poised, well educated, and a cricket player...
Author
Series
Vietnam volume 5
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
Morris, Rudi, Ivan, and Beck were best friends at home and in Vietnam, but now Rudi has been killed in action, and the remaining three are the only ones who know the truth about their friend's death--and the knowledge threatens to tear them apart.
Author
Series
Special forces volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
880L
Physical Desc
166 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Danny Manion lands in the Studies and Observation Group, a volunteer task force that focuses on covert action and psychological warfare during the Vietnam War.
Author
Series
Vietnam volume 3
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
860L
Physical Desc
183 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rudi is a newly drafted United States Marine in Vietnam, and he likes being part of a squad--but the way some of his fellow soldiers behave toward their officers, the Vietnamese, and the war itself, is starting to trouble him.
10) Sharpshooter
Author
Series
Vietnam volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
Lexile measure
850L
Physical Desc
187 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Some things are worth fighting for. Of all his friends, Ivan is the only one looking forward to war. That's because Ivan has never backed down from a fight--especially when it comes to fighting for what's right. Now, as war erupts in Vietnam, Ivan wants nothing more than to fight for his country, just as his father did in World War II. But Vietnam is not the war he was expecting. Now, for the first time, Ivan is forced to question what he's really...
11) Minesweeper
Author
Series
Special forces volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
890L
Physical Desc
184 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fergus Frew thought he knew what to expect when he signed up with the Navy's demolitions team. But as the Korean War rages on, Fergus and his fellow divers--a.k.a. "frogmen"--are tasked with more than just scouting mudflats. Soon they're planting mines. And sabotaging tunnels, bridges... and even fishing nets. Scariest of all, it falls to Fergus to discover where the enemy has placed their mines, a job as painstaking as it is dangerous.
12) Little blue lies
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
HL 780L
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Oliver, known as "O", and his suddenly ex-girlfriend Junie are are known for telling little lies, but one of Junie's lies about not winning the lottery could get her into trouble with a local mob boss.
13) The right fight
Author
Series
World War II volume One
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
980L
Physical Desc
189 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the draft board calls on the eve of World War II, Roman leaves behind a career in minor-league baseball to join the army, and finds himself driving a tank in the North African campaign.
Author
Series
Vietnam volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
860L
Physical Desc
183 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Four best friends serving in the Vietnam War make a pledge to one another that they will do all they can to return home safely together.
15) Inexcusable
Author
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
High school senior and football player Keir sets out to enjoy himself on graduation night, but when he attempts to comfort a friend whose date has left her stranded, things go terribly wrong.
Author
Series
Vietnam volume 4
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
890L
Physical Desc
182 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
One of four friends who have volunteered to fight in the Vietnam War, the intellectual Beck is in the Air Force, where he is part of a crew spraying Agent Orange, but the destruction of the jungle and his isolation from the fighting going on below is starting to effect him.
17) The liberators
Author
Series
World War II volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
1050L
Physical Desc
185 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Nick Nardini enlists in the Marine Corps' new paratrooper combat unit at the start of World War II, he has to talk his best friend, Zachary Klecko, into joining him in what he sees as an adventure--but from boot camp on it is clear that Zach is much more serious about the war than Nick is, at least until they are assigned to one of the POW recovery teams on the Japanese mainland.
18) Irreversible
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
870L
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Keir Sarafian must finally confront his past when tragedy strikes during his first year of what has been an eye-opening first year of college.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
230 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Kevin tries to reinvent himself when he runs away from home and the father he hates, but living with a mysterious uncle and befriending two homeless girls just adds more complications.
20) Walkin' the dog
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
232 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Homeschooled his whole life in a seaside New England town he calls "a retirement home for pirates," Louis is used to sticking around home and being solo - but that's all about to change because in the fall he'll be heading to public school for the first time. When a favor for a neighbor and his stinky canine companion turns into a bustling dog walking business, Louis winds up spending his summer out of the house and in spite of himself, making...