Lisa Yee
Author
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Maizy Chen visits her estranged grandparents, who own and run a Chinese restaurant in Last Chance, Minnesota. As her visit lengthens, she makes unexpected discoveries about her family's history and herself." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 630L
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A week before high school graduation, Harvard-bound Higgs suddenly finds his life falling apart and the other students turning against him, and somehow it all started with a hypothetical question about donating a kidney--but really it goes much deeper, all the way back to the death of his older brother.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
800L
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Who would have thought being smart could be so hard (and funny)?
Millicent Min is having a bad summer. Her fellow high school students hate her for setting the curve. Her fellow 11-year-olds hate her for going to high school. And her mother has arranged for her to tutor Stanford Wong, the poster boy for Chinese geekdom. But then Millie meets Emily. Emily doesn't know Millicent's IQ score. She actually thinks Millie is cool. And if Millie can...
Author
Series
Misfits volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
820L
Physical Desc
276 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
An elite group of underdogs trained to fight crime must save their unique school from shutting down.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
HL 570L
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When living with her mother, an alcoholic ex-beauty queen, becomes unbearable, almost seventeen-year-old Maybelline "Maybe" Chestnut runs away to California, where she finds work on a taco truck and tries to track down her birth father.
Author
Series
Misfits volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2025]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
850L
Physical Desc
280 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When one of their classmates starts receiving threatening notes, the Misfits investigate and uncover ties to an art forgery scheme.
8) Lea dives in
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
151 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Lea Clark takes a family trip to Brazil where she learns to overcome her fear of the ocean and meets a new friend who inspires her to embrace the thrills and beauty of Brazil.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
800L
Physical Desc
237 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Wonder Woman's desire to become a superhero takes her to Super Hero High, where she juggles new friendships, intensive training, and a roommate obsessed with social media.
12) Lea and Camila
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
171 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lea's friend Camila visits from Brazil and together they make a mysterious discovery in an old mansion, but when Lea's best friend Abby hits it off with Camila, Lea feels left out and tries to reconnect with her friends and solve the mystery, too.
13) Good job, Kanani
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
112 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When a ten-year-old Hawaiian girl spends more time selling "shave ice" and less time surfing, her relationship with her best friend begins to unravel.
Author
Series
DC super hero girls volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
234 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Supergirl is the new girl in school. She's also the new girl on Earth. She's the most powerful teenager in the galaxy, but after losing her home planet of Krypton and everyone she knows, Supergirl is not so sure that the elite Super Hero High School is the right place for her. New friends and a kindly librarian make her feel welcome, but invading villains and bad dreams shake her confidence. If only she can Save th Day!" -- Page [4] cover.
15) Good luck, Ivy
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Lexile measure
720L
Physical Desc
85 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1976, Ivy must choose between participating in a gymnastics tournament and attending a family reunion.
16) Aloha, Kanani
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
116 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When the tropical paradise of Kauai, Hawaii, fails to impress her cousin from New York City, ten-year-old Kanani wonders why nothing seems to make her happy.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
200 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Harley Quinn loves fighting crime with her classmates like Wonder Woman, Batgirl, and Supergirl, but she always does it her with own madcap style--and a big mallet! It's no surprise that Harley can't resist getting involved with an upcoming inter-school battle of the bands and a fantastic cosmic carnival that appears only once a year--and this year, it's coming to Earth! But as things get stranger, Harley knows how to get to the bottom of a mystery--and...