Lexile above 1000
City of the Beasts – Allende (adventure, fantasy 1030)
Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator – Allison (Mystery, 1000)
Forgotten fire – Bagdasharian (historical fiction, 1070 )
Sign of the Qin – Bass (adventure, fantasy 1200)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas – Boyne (WWII, holocaust, hist. fiction 1080)
Sword of Shannara – Brooks (fantasy 1220)
Incredible Journey – Burnford (Animals, survival, classic, 1320)
Princess in Pink – Cabot (Realistic Fiction, 1010)
A Brief History of Montmaray & FitzOsbornes in Exile – Cooper (princess, World War II, 1000,
1010)
Sledding Hill – Crutcher (accident, death, 1110)
Whale Talk – Crutcher (swimming, adoption, 1000)
The Watsons go to Birmingham – Curtis (civil rights, families, 1000)
Elijah of Buxton – Curtis (historical fiction, 1070)
Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money – Curtis (counterfeit money, 1010)
Ballad of Lucy Whipple – Cushman (Pioneers, gold rush, Hist. Fiction, 1030)
Catherine, Called Birdy – Cushman (hist. fiction, Middle Ages, 1170)
Midwife’s Apprentice – Cushman (hist. fiction, Middle Ages, 1240)
Anacaona – Danticat (historical fiction, Haiti, Taino Indians 1080)
Atticus of Rome – Denenburg (hist. fiction, spies, slavery 1100)
Bone from a Dry Sea – Dickinson (fossils, 1040)
Eva – Dickinson (short, science fiction, 1010)
Shadow of a Hero – Dickinson (Eastern Europe, 1020)
Hatching Magic – Downer (dragons, wizards, fantasy 1080)
The Journal of Sean Sullivan – Durbin (historical fiction 1060)
Don’t Look Behind You – Duncan (Mystery, 1020)
Running Scared – Dygard (football, realistic fiction, 1010)
Wereling – Feasley (fantasy, werewolves 1050)
Exploits of a Reluctant (But Extremely Good Looking)
Hero – Fergus (teen boys, selfishness, Volunteerism, 1200)
Understood Betsy – Fisher (Classic, 1000)
Begging for Change – Flake (Realistic Fiction 1060)
Becca’s Story – Forman (Civil War, romance, 1080)
Love Curse of the Rumbaughs – Gantos (taxidermy, Fantasy, 1020)
Annie on my Mind – Garden (lesbians, relationships, 1000)
Starplace – Grove (realistic fiction, prejudice, segregation, 100)
How ya Like me Now – Halpin (drug addiction, realistic fiction, 1080)
Fly by Night – Hardinge (fantasy, 1080)
Cry of the Icemark – Hill (fantasy, good versus evil, 1140)
Lost Horizon – Hilton (Classic, mystery, fantasy, 1060)
Adventures of the Blue Avenger – Howe (realistic fiction, heroes, 1020)
Seems: The Glitch in Sleep – Hulme (sci fi, 1060)
The King’s Swift Rider – Hunter (historical fiction, Scotland, 1120)
Up a Road Slowly – Hunter (realistic fiction, classic, growing up, 1130)
Across Five Aprils – Hunter (Civil war, historical fiction, 1100)
Babe: The Gallant Pig – King-Smith (Classic, 1040)
Buddha Boy – Koja (Realistic Fiction, 1090)
Savvy – Law (Fantasy, adventure, 1070)
Mr Revere and I – Lawson (Paul Revere, historical fiction, horses, 1050)
Jepp, who Defied the Stars – Marsh (Dwarfism, Renaissance, Adventure, 1010)
Black Horses for the King – McCaffrey (Knights, Arthurian Legend, 1030)
Bloody Jack & Curse of the Blue Tattoo – Meyer (pirates, adventure, 1120)
Patience, Princess Catherine – Meyer (Hist. Fiction, 1030)
Rose daughter – McKinley (fantasy, fairy tale, 1210)
Spindles End – McKinley (fantasy, fairy tale 1220)
DragonHaven – McKinley (fantasy, 1230)
Blue Sword- McKinley (Fantasy, 1030)
Pegasus – McKinley (Fantasy, 1070)
The Hero and the Crown – McKinley (Fantasy, wizards, magic, 1120)
West to a Land of Plenty – Murphy (Hist. Fiction, 1070)
War Horse – Morpurgo (WWI, historical fiction, animals, short 1090)
Off Season – Murdock (sequel, sports, 1160)
Princess Ben – Murdock (fantasy, adventure 1090)
Journal of Joshua Loper – Myers (Hist. Fiction, cattle drive, 1000)
Jade Green: A Ghost Story – Naylor (ghosts, 1040)
Sabriel – Nix (part of a series, fantasy, magic, 1060)
Radiance & Shimmer – Noel (The afterlife, 1120)
Phantom Tollbooth – Norton (Fantasy, 1000)
Island of the Blue Dolphins - O’Dell (survival, Native Americans, 1000)
Brisinger – Paolini (Dragons, fantasy, 1050)
Brian’s Hunt – Paulsen (survival, sequel, 1180)
Harris and Me – Paulsen (realistic fiction, humor, 1060)
Hatchet – Paulsen (survival, adventure, 1020)
The Rifle – Paulsen (short 1480)
Foxman – Paulsen (friendship, 1090)
Harris and Me – Paulsen (realistic fiction, humor, 1060)
Soldier’s Heart – Paulsen (Historical Fiction, war, 1000)
Freak, the Mighty – Philbrick (friendship, exceptional people, 1000)
Dodger – Pratchett (mystery, adventure, humor, love, 1210)
Sorta Like a Rock Star – Quick (RF, autism, homelessness, 1030)
Across the Lines – Reeder (Hist. Fiction, Civil war, 1000)
How I Live Now – Rosoff (war, eating disorders 1620)
The Iceberg Hermit – Roth (adventure, survival 1060)
Beyond Safe Boundries – Sacks (South Africa, 1110)
Lizzie Bright & the Buckminster Boy - Schmidt (Hist. Fiction, race relations, 1000)
Downsiders – Shusterman (fantasy, subways, 1110)
Comeback Season – Smith (realistic fiction, baseball, grief, 1070)
The Statistical Probability of Love at 1st Sight – Smith (Romance, 1060)
The Egypt Game – Snyder (Fantasy, 1010)
A Walk to Remember – Sparks (Romance, death, 1010)
Case of the Missing Marquesa – Springer (Mystery, 1020)
Case of the Left Handed Lady – Springer (mystery, 1070)
Under the Persimmon Tree – Staples (Hist. Fiction, Afghanistan, 1010)
Curse of the Night Wolf & series– Stewart (werewolves, 1000+)
And then Everything Unraveled – Sturman (Mystery, missing person, 1010)
Downsiders – Shusterman (science fiction, subways, secret communities, 1110)
The Hobbit – Tolkien (fantasy, 1000)
HIVE – Walden (Fantasy, 1040)
HIVE: The Overlord Protocol – Walden (Fantasy, 1010)
Learning the Game – Waltman (Basketball, RF, 1050)
Code Name Verity – Wein (HF, WWII, Spies, 1020)
I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade – Wilson (Horses, Mongolia, 1010)
Thirteenth Child – Wrede (Magic, alternative US History, 1010)
Across the Great Barrier – Wrede (Magic, alternative US History, sequel, 1020)
Sword of the Rightful King – Yolen (Arthurian legend, 1010)
Begonia for Miss Applebaum – Zindel (death, 1000)
Phenomena: Secrets of the Senses – 152.1 JAC (NF, Science, 1190)
The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be – 363.7 MOW (NF, Classic, Dogs, 1280)
To the Mountaintop: My Journey through the Civil Rights Movement – BIO HUN (NF, Biography,
Civil Rights, 1240)
Steve Jobs: Thinking Differently – BIO JOB (NF, Biography, 1020)
Stolen Into Slavery: The True Story of Solomon Northrup – BIO NOR (NF, Biography, Slavery,
1060)