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
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.
6) 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.
10) 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.
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.
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.
13) 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.
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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
193 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When the world's honey supply starts to drop and some of her old tech disappears, super student Bumblebee enlists her friends Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Poison Ivy, and Beast Boy to help her find out why" -- Provided by publisher.
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
[2017]
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
229 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In addition to training to be a super hero, Katana also follows the noble warrior traditions of the Samurai. Now an unknown source has given her the responsibility of guarding a hundred ancient Samurai swords--but why her, and for what purpose? With the help of Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Miss Martian, and some of her other super friends, she intends to find out"--
18) Absolutely Maybe
Author
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
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
153 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Fourth-grader Bobby is hurt when he hears his father, a former pro-football player, say that the two of them are nothing alike, but finally summons the courage to talk about it after his public asthma attack proves how right his father is.