High Lexile Books 850+
City of the Beasts – Allende (adventure, fantasy 1030)
Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator & Gilda Joyce, Bones of Holy – Allison (mystery,
1000/880)
Tiger Lily – Anderson (Peter Pan, romance, 850)
Hawksong – Atwater (Fantasy, shapeshifting, 930)
Forgotten Fire – Bagdasharian (historical fiction, 1070)
Fairy Lies – Baker (fantasy, 850)
Ancient One – Barron (fantasy 910)
Sign of the Qin – Bass (adventure, fantasy 1200)
Secret of Castle Cant – Bath (secrets, orphans, 970)
The Trolley to Yesterday – Bellairs (Time Travel, Historical Fiction, Invasion of
Byzantium, 860)
The Examination – Bosse (Ancient China, HF, 910)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas – Boyne (WWII, holocaust, historical fiction 1080)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie – Bradley (mystery, murder, 960)
The Weed the Strings the Hangman’s Bag – Bradley (mystery, murder, 950)
Sword of Shannara – Brooks (fantasy 1220)
All American Girl – Cabot (realistic fiction, romance 880)
Book of the Lion – Cadnum (Fantasy, 980)
Ship of Fire – Cadnum (historical fiction, adventure 1000)
A Dog’s Purpose – Cameron (Dogs, 970)
The Dark Unwinding – Cameron (historical fiction, mystery, 890)
His Majesty, Queen Hatshepsut – Carter (Ancient Egypt, historical fiction, 870)
Behind the Attic Wall – Cassedy (Ghosts, orphans, fantasy, 860)
Hunt for the Red October – Clancy (spies, adventure, 870)
Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex – Colfer (fantasy, adventure, 900)
Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian – Colfer (fantasy, adventure, 930)
Code Orange – Cooney (realistic fiction, mystery 850)
A Brief History of Montmaray – Cooper (princess, world war two, 1000)
Foundling – Cornish (Fantasy, monsters, tattoos, 970)
Absolutely Normal Chaos – Creech (realistic fiction, death, journals, 900)
Sledding Hill – Crutcher (accident, death, 1110)
Whale Talk – Crutcher (swimming, adoption, 1000)
The Egyptian Box – Curry (short, Egypt, Genie, Magic, Fantasy, 890)
The Watsons go to Birmingham – Curtis (civil rights, families, 1000)
Elijah of Buxton – Curtis (historical fiction, 1070)
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)
James and the Giant Peach – Dahl (adventure, fantasy, 870)
Anacaona – Danticat (historical fiction, Haiti, Taino Indians 1080)
Atticus of Rome – Denenburg (hist. fiction, ancient history, spies, slavery 1100)
Pandora of Athens – Denenberg (historical fiction 990)
Journal of Ben Uchida – Denenberg (historical fiction, internment, 850)
That Summer – Dessen (Sisters, weddings, 920)
AK – Dickinson (child soldiers, 970)
Bone from a Dry Sea – Dickinson (fossils, 1040)
Eva – Dickinson (short, science fiction 1010)
Ropemaker – Dickinson (Magic, 950)
Shadow of a Hero – Dickinson (Eastern Europe, 1020)
Drama High: Hustlin’ – Divine (realistic fiction, 880)
Storyteller’s Daughter – Dokey (Fairy tale, 870)
The Kind of Friends We Used to be - Dowell (Realistic Fiction, friendship, 950)
Dovey Coe – Dowell (Mystery, 980)
Hatching Magic – Downer (dragons, wizards, fantasy 1080)
So You Want to be a Wizard – Duane (Fantasy, magic, 960)
Gallows Hill – Duncan (short, ESP, magic 900)
Twisted Window - Duncan (mystery 950)
Don’t Look Behind You – Duncan (Mystery, 1020)
The Musician’s Daughter – Dunlap (Mystery, historical fiction, 950)
The Journal of Sean Sullivan – Durbin (historical fiction 1060)
Infield Hit – Dygard (Realistic fiction, baseball, 860)
Backfield Package – Dygard (realistic fiction, football, 900)
The Rescue – Edwards (adoption, animal rescue, realistic fiction, 900)
Far Side of Evil – Engdahl (fantasy, aliens 920)
Birchbark House – Erdich (Native Americans, historical fiction 970)
Wereling – Feasley (fantasy, werewolves 1050)
Begging for Change – Flake (Realistic Fiction 1060)
Ranger’s Apprentice– Flanagan (heroes, adventures, fantasy 800-920)
Becca’s Story – Forman (Civil War, romance, 1080)
Possibilities of Sainthood – Freitas (realistic fiction, saints, teen life 970)
Wise Child – Furman (fantasy, magic, 980)
If I Ever Get Out of Here –Gansworth (historical fiction, Native Americans, 870)
Julie of the Wolves – George (Survival, Native Alaskans, wolves, classic, 860)
Exchange Student – Gilmore (Aliens, 950)
Pure Dead series – Gliori (magic, fantasy, adventure various from 920-1110)
The Princess Bride – Goldman (Classic, romance, fantasy, 870)
Tunnels – Gordon (fantasy, adventure, 990)
The Fault in our Stars – Green (cancer, authors, romance, 850)
My Almost Epic Summer – Griffin (realistic fiction, friendships, 870)
Theodore Boone: The Activist - Grisham
Ida B – Hannigan (Cancer, 970)
Fly by Night – Hardinge (fantasy, 1080)
Midnight Zoo – Hartnett (WWII, zoos, 990)
Buddy – Herlong (Dogs, Hurricane Katrina, Historical Fiction, 890)
Cry of the Icemark – Hill (fantasy, good versus evil, 1140)
Ghost Canoe – Hobbs (hist. fiction, Native Americans, PNW, buried treasure, 900)
Jason’s Gold – Hobbs (Historical fiction, Yukon Gold Rush, 860)
New Boy – Houston (historical and realistic fiction, 990)
Seems: The Glitch in Sleep – Hulme (sci fi, 1060)
Ghost Girl – Hurley (death, ghosts, romance, popularity, 920)
Castle in the Air – Jones (Fantasy, magic carpet, 890)
Undercover – Kephart (romance, family, high school, 940)
Akhenaten Adventure – Kerr (Genies, Magic, Egypt, 900)
Babe: The Gallant Pig – King-Smith (classic, 1040)
You Don’t Know Me – Klass (child abuse, realistic fiction 970)
Diary of a Wimpy kid series - Kinney (Humor, 910-1060)
Buddha Boy – Koja (Realistic Fiction, 1090)
I am Apache – Landman (Native Americans, Geronimo, 860)
Death Cloud – Lane (Mystery, 940)
Fire Storm – Lane (Mystery, 880)
Rebel fire – Lane (Mystery, 920)
Black Ice – Lane (Mystery, 870)
Savvy – Law (Fantasy, adventure, 1070)
The Big Field – Lupica (baseball, 970)
Comeback Kids – Lupica (sports, football, 880)
Heat – Lupica (sports, 940)
Long Shot – Lupica (Basketball, 910)
Million Dollar Throw - Lupica (sports, 960)
Two Minute Drill – Lupica (sports, 880)
Game Changers – Lupica (sports, football, 870)
Game Changers, Play Makers – Lupica (sports,basketball, 920)
Casualties of War – Lynch (Vietnam War, Historical fiction, 890)
Dead in the Water – Lynch (WWII, 1020)
Tomorrow, When the War Began – Marsden (adventure, survival 850)
Bloody Jack – Meyer (pirates, adventure, 1120)
Beware Princess Elizabeth – Meyer (Royalty, historical fiction, 910)
Doomed Queen Anne – Meyer (royalty, historical fiction, 940)
Cleopatra Confesses – Meyer (Ancient Egypt, Historical Fiction, 920)
Beauty – McKinley – (fantasy, fairy tale, 970)
The Door in the Hedge – McKinley (Fantasy, 1110)
Rose daughter – McKinley (fantasy, fairy tale, 1210)
Spindles End – McKinley (fantasy, fairy tale 1220)
DragonHaven – McKinley (fantasy, 1230)
Blue Sword- McKinley (Fantasy, 1030)
The Unwanted – McMann (Fantasy, twins, magic, 880)
War Horse – Morpurgo (WWI, historical fiction, animals, short 1090)
Ruined – Morris (Fantasy, ghosts, supernatural, 860)
Dairy Queen – Murdock (sports, realistic fiction 990)
Off Season – Murdock (sequel, sports, 1160)
Princess Ben – Murdock (fantasy, adventure 1090)
Jade Green: A Ghost Story – Naylor (ghosts, 1040)
Radiance – Noel (The afterlife, short, 1120)
Black Pearl – O’Dell (pearl diving, short, 980)
Island of the Blue Dolphins - O’Dell (survival, Native Americans, 1000)
Dirty Little Secrets – Omolulu (hoarding, death, RF, 890)
East – Pattou (fantasy 900)
Brian’s Hunt – Paulsen (survival, sequel, 1180)
Hatchet – Paulsen (survival, adventure, 1020)
The Rifle – Paulsen (short 1480)
Foxman – Paulsen (friendship, 1090)
Harris and Me – Paulsen (realistic fiction, humor, 1060)
Freak, the Mighty – Philbrick (friendship, exceptional people, 1000)
Nobody Was Here – Pollet (realistic fiction, friendships, cliques, 860)
Dodger – Pratchett (mystery, adventure, humor, love, 1210)
Bullyville – Prose (realistic fiction, grief, 960)
How I Live Now – Rosoff (war, eating disorders 1620)
The Iceberg Hermit – Roth (adventure, survival 1060)
Harry Potters… – Rowling (fantasy, adventure 880-1030)
The Forest of Hands and Teeth – Ryan (Dystopia, horror, zombies, 900)
Beyond Safe Boundries – Sacks (South Africa, 1110)
Endangered – Schrefer (Survival, Bonobo monkeys, 900)
The Reluctant God – Service (Egypt, fantasy, historical fiction, 870)
The Berlin Boxing Club - Sharenow (Historical fiction, holocaust, Boxing, 880)
Planet Janet – Sheldon (realistic fiction, 980)
Antsy Does Time – Shusterman (890)
Dark Side of Nowhere – Shusterman (sci-fi, 850)
Downsiders – Shusterman (fantasy, subways, 1110)
Eyes of King Midas – Shusterman (Fantasy, 900)
True Blue – Smiley (Horses, Christian fiction, 950)
Gee Whiz – Smiley (Horses, Christian fiction, 980)
Comeback Season – Smith (realistic fiction, baseball, grief, 1070)
The Statistical Probability of Love at 1st Sight – Smith (Romance, 1060)
Curse of the Night Wolf – Stewart (werewolves, 1000)
Benedict Society series – Stewart (Adventure, Mystery, 890+)
Deep Down Popular – Stone (Popularity, crushes, family, 960)
The Cay – Taylor (survival, 860)
The Thief – Turner (adventure, 920)
Companions of the Night – Van Velde (fantasy, vampires, 870)
Deadly Pink – Vande Velde (role playing games, fantasy, 850)
Cloaked in Red – Vande Velde (fairy tale retelling, SC, short, 920)
The Final Four – Volponi (Basketball, NCAA tournament, 870)
My Family for the War – Voorhoeve (HF, WWII, Holocaust, 900)
H.I.V.E.– Walden (fantasy, adventure, various 920-1040)
Pie – Weeks (Recipes, cats, contests, 930)
Code Name Verity – Wein (HF, WWII, Spies, 1020)
Black Storm Coming – Wilson (Historical Fiction, Pony Express, adventure, 860)
I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade – Wilson (Horses, Mongolia, 1010)
Thirteenth Child – Wrede (Magic, alternative US History, 1010)
Dragon’s Blood – Yolen (Fantasy, dragons, first in series, 870)
Curse of the 13th Fey – Yolen (Fantasy, fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty, 880)