9-12 Merli Preslock Reifler
Death Wind
Frye Readability – 3.2
Allie, failing school and fearing she is pregnant by her ex-boyfriend, decides there is no way she can face her
always fighting parents and decides to run away, but she gets a different perspective on her life and future when
a tornado hits, destroying her home and injuring her mother.
Bio-pirate
Frye Readability – 4.0
Trevor, Robyn, and Nick find themselves in deep trouble when they decide to investigate the theft of some
research into the use of carob beans to treat cancer.
Jumper
Frye Readability – 3.2
Reese places her life in peril when she attempts to keep some wild horses purchased at an auction from being
sold for slaughter.
Kicker
Frye Readability – 3.8
Best friends and soccer teammates Izzy and Julia team up with their coach's son and Izzy's crush Drew to
discover who is threatening Julia, and why someone is trying to sabotage their practice field.
Swiped
Frye Readability – 3.0
Trevor and his friends become caught up in solving several mysteries at their junior high school in Calgary
nvolving missing lunches and stolen books.
Cobra strike
Frye Readability – 4.0
High school football player Ray Linden, on course to earn a college scholarship, puts his future in peril when he
learns his small coal-mining town is in danger from a toxic threat.
Hitmen triumph
Frye Readability – 3.2
Left winger Nolan Andrews has to make some difficult decisions that will affect him and his brother for the rest
oftheir lives.
Hurricane power
Frye Readability – 3.2
When David is confronting angry gang members and malicious teammates, he finds out what it really means to
run for your life.
Maverick mania
Frye Readability – 4.1
The disappearance of his soccer team's leading scorer during the championship finals leads sixteen-year-old Matt
to investigate and entangles him in a possible kidnapping.
Scarlet thunder
Frye Readability – 4.1
Seventeen-year-old Trent is helping his uncle film a television documentary about Scarlet Thunder, a stock car
racing team, when he begins to suspect that someone is sabotaging the shoot.
Sewer rats
Frye Readability – 2.7
A group known as Sewer Rats take up the challenge of an underground game of paintball.
Tiger threat
Frye Readability – 2.4
Ray Hockaday, a center in the Western Hockey League who holds a secret, is assigned to help his newteammate,
a Russian named Vlad, get accustomed to Canada and soon finds that his companion holds a very dangerous
secret of his own.
Titan clash
Frye Readability – 3.2
Popular high school basketball star Jack Spencer's life takes a downhill turn when his mother is severely
injuredin a suspicious car accident, and his father is arrested for fraud.
Chat room
Frye Readability – 4.0
Linda, too shy to meet people at school, develops an anonymous online persona that gains quite a reputation,
but things get out of hand when she begins receiving gifts from a secret admirer.
Zee’s way
Frye Readability – 3.2
Zee is torn between making a statement and making art.
Thunderbowl
Frye Readability – 4.0
Sixteen-year-old Jeremy, caught up in the excitement of playing guitar for the hot band Thunderbowl, begins to
lose control of the rest of his life.
Wave warrior
Frye Readability – 3.4
Ben, warned away from the ocean by his grandfather and parents, meets Ray, an aging surfer dying of cancer,
who shares his skills and philosophy of surfing with Ben.
Two foot punch
Frye Readability – 3.2
Nikki blames her brother for their parents' death in a house fire, but when he gets involved with a gang, Nikki
knows she is the only one who can save him.
Impact
Frye Readability – 3.8
The death of Jordan's brother two years earlier in what appeared to be a random act, has lasting effects on
theentire family, especially Jordan who knows more than he is saying about the murder.
Scum
Frye Readability – 3.0
While still grieving her the death of her brother, who was killed during a robbery, Megan learns some startling
facts about Danny's life; and when the police seem unmotivated to solve the crime, Megan searches for answers.
Battle of the bands
Frye Readability – 2.9
Jay, Kelvin, and Cia are The Lunar Ticks, a dedicated band, convinced they are on their way to the top.
Mirror image
Frye Readability – 3.2
Thirteen-year-old Sable is reluctantly paired up with Lacey for an art project, but their mutual dislike for one
another begins to soften as the two begin to get to know each other better.
One more step
Frye Readability – 3.2
When Julian's mother decides to marry a French-Canadian man, Julian learns that it is not always blood that
determines true family.
Chill
Frye Readability – 3.5
An artistically talented young man with a physical disability decides to fight for what he believes when a spiritcrushing new teacher arrives at his school.
No problem
Frye Readability – 2.2
Curt, a teen blessed with friends, a summer job, and a promising future in baseball, puts everything at risk when
he begins experimenting with drugs.
Kicked out
Frye Readability – 3.0
Sixteen-year-old Dime has difficulty adjusting to her parents' rules.
Something girl
Frye Readability – 2.8
Sophie lives in constant fear of her father, who beats her on a regular basis, until the day the beating is so
severe it sends her to the hospital.
Sticks and stones
Frye Readability – 2.6
When Jujube finds herself the butt of cruel jokes that are ruining her reputation, she decides to fight back.
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Who owns Kelly Paddik
Frye Readability – 3.1
After attempting suicide, Kelly Paddik is sent to a "secure facility," and as she tries to find a way out, she has to
come to terms with her memories of abuse.
Dead-end job
Frye Readability – 3.6
Francis meets a rather annoying boy at the convenience store where she works, but before long she realizes that
this boy is a stalker and she may be in some very real danger.
I.D.
Frye Readability – 2.8
Chris finds a wallet on the street and wants to return it to the owner; but when he realizes that the owner looks
a lot like him, he is tempted to assume the person's identity in order to break away from the problems he faces
at home.
Pigboy
Frye Readability – 2.0
Dan Hogg's school trip to a heritage farm--where taunts about his last name are funny to everyone but him-goes from miserable to dangerous when an escaped convict appears.
Blue moon
Frye Readability – 3.4
Bobby Jo tries to turn a beat-up old horse into a champion barrel racer.
Bull rider
Frye Readability – 3.0
Sixteen-year-old Layne faces a dangerous challenge when he defies his mother and enters himself in a bull riding
contest--the same rodeo event in which his father was killed.
Bull’s eye
Frye Readability – 4.3
After the death of her aunt, Emily finds that her life has been a lie and she has to search for the truth about
where she came from and who she is.
Hit squad
Frye Readability – 3.8
Students in an upscale high school decide to take on the bullies and take back their school, with decidedly mixed
consequences.
Truth
Frye Readability – 3.2
When a prominent local adult is killed at a teen house party, the whole school seems to know who is to
blame,but no one will go to the police.
Exit point
Frye Readability – 2.8
Sixteen-year-old Logan is dead, but he realizes he still has unfinished business.
Charmed
Frye Readability – 3.8
Izzy, left alone with her mother's boyfriend while her mom goes to work in a logging camp, falls in with Cody
Dillon, a great looking school dropout who lures Izzy into love with him and then sells her into prostitution.
Crush
Frye Readability – 3.4
During a summer in New York, Hope falls in love with another girl and must decide whether she is gay.
Pain & wastings
Frye Readability – 3.6
Fifteen-year-old Ethan faces the truth about his mother's murder.
Fastback Beach
Frye Readability – 2.9
When Miles is put on probation for stealing a car, he learns about hot rods and rebuilding cars. When the project
is stolen, Miles has to face up to his friends.
Bang
Frye Readability – 3.0
High school juniors Quentin and JD engage in a robbery that turns deadly, and one of them is left to take the
blame.
Down
Frye Readability – 3.6
After serving time for assault, Remy must learn how to control his anger.
Snitch
Frye Readability – 2.1
After his best friend snitches on him, Josh must learn to control his anger.
Tell
Frye Readability – 4.0
David must find a way to handle the secret he has learned about his stepfather and his younger brother's death
when he becomes the prime suspect in his stepfather's murder.
Exposure
Frye Readability – 2.8
Julie, tired of being bullied and not fitting in, gets a chance for revenge when her brother captures her chief
tormentor, Dana, in a compromising position, but she learns that getting even does not feel as good as she
thought it would.
Middle row
Frye Readability – 2.4
Raedawn and Vince fight against ignorance and hate in their small town as they search for a missing friend who
is in more trouble than they thought possible.
121 Express
Frye Readability – 3.9
Lucas is determined to be part of the popular crowd at his new school and put his reputation as a "brainiac"
behind him, but he discovers that there is a limit to what he is willing to do to fit in.
Home invasion
Frye Readability – 3.6
While a home invader terrorizes the city, Josh finds himself sneaking into other people's houses.
No more pranks
Frye Readability – 4.0
Pete has to pull the most important prank of his life to bring about justice.
Crossover
Frye Readability – 4.0
Rising basketball star Kyle's interest in theater causes huge problems both on and off the court.
Paralyzed
Frye Readability – 4.0
Senior linebacker Reggie Scott deals with accusations that he is a cheater while trying to figure out if he still
wants to play football.
Responsible
Frye Readability – 3.2
Kevin steps in when Nick's pranks go to far and stops Nick from assaulting a girl at their school, but he soon
learns that doing what is right is not always the easy choice.
Saving Grace
Frye Readability – 2.4
Evie, a young girl who was forced to give up her baby, kidnaps the child and runs to Montreal but must make a
difficult decision when baby Brianna gets very ill.
Dog walker
Frye Readability – 2.6
Turk, in need of money but not really wanting to work, notices that girls love dogs, so he starts a dog-walking
business, recruiting friends to do the actual work with the side benefit of meeting girls, but the whole scheme is
threatened when Chuck, the school tough guy, wants in on the action.
Dead in the water
Frye Readability – 3.1
Simon, having signed up for a cruising course so he can become a solo delivery skipper, learns about foul
weather sailing, teamwork, and environmental protection.
Darwin expedition
Frye Readability – 2.5
Liam and Tej must rely on all of their survival resources to escape a ferocious bear tracking them after they lose
control of their truck in a rainstorm on a remote logging road.
Lockdown
Frye Readability – 2.9
Adam races to help a friend when a shooter opens fire at the school, but despite his efforts, his life is forever
changed.
Flower Power
Frye Readability – 3.5
Callie Powers tries to cope with a bunch of reporters and television cameras, her grandmother, and her mother
who has climbed a tree in protest to keep her neighbor from cutting it down.
Grind
Frye Readability – 2.2
Philip, obsessed with skateboarding, finds himself pushed to perform more and more dangerous stunts when he
begins taping himself and posting the movies on a Website to make money.
House Party
Frye Readability – 3.1
Trying desperately to fit in and make friends, Casey and her friend hold a house party when her parents are out
of town.
Juice
Frye Readability – 2.9
When Coach Reeves retired, he was replaced by Coach Barnes, whose own determination to obtain a college
post rested on his ability to create a division one high school team; however, to do this involved the illegal
distribution of steroids to the team.
Laggan Lard Butts
Frye Readability – 3.5
Sam Campbell, a member of the Laggan Lairds losing basketball team, suggests the team change its name to
the Laggan Lard Butts, and soon the entire school is caught up in the campaign.
Overdrive
Frye Readability – 2.8
When Jake is involved in a street-racing accident, he struggles to do the right thing.
Stuffed
Frye Readability – 3.8
Ian, inspired by a documentary on fast food, starts an online boycott of Frankie's fast food restaurants that
multiplies to the extent that it attracts the attention of the company's lawyers and eventually forces the chain to
add healthy choices to its menu.
Breathless
Frye Readability – 3.0
Beverly gets into serious trouble when her starvation diet interferes with her scuba diving.
Daredevil Club
Frye Readability – 3.9
Kip struggles to maintain his status as a member of the Daredevil Club even after being seriously injured in one
of their stunts.
Learning to fly
Frye Readability – 3.4
Jason, a recent immigrant from China, has trouble fitting in and learns that he must fight to belong.
See no evil
Frye Readability – 2.2
Shawn and his friend Daniel accidentally witness a gang beating behind the local mall and must decide on the
best course of action when one of the perpetrators threatens them with violence.