Young Adult - High Interest Low Readability (High - Low) (copy)

These are books intended for an older, more mature, audience (young adults). They feature themes and topics that are high interest for this age group while also being low readability (lower reading levels/Lexile Levels). It sets struggling older readers up for reading success. copied from /MyAccount/MyList/52947 - List: Young Adult - High Interest Low Readability (High - Low)
 

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41. Entice

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Author:
Jones, Carrie
Series:
Need series volume 3.
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In the third book in a series that began with the New York Times bestselling Need and Captivate, Zara must find her way to the underworld if she wants to save the boy she loves.
Zara and Nick are soulmates, meant to be together forever. But that's not quite how things have worked out. For starters, well, Nick is dead. Supposedly, he's been taken to a mythic place for warriors known as Valhalla, so Zara and her friends...

42. Ever the hunted: ever the outcast, ever the brave

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Author:
Summerill, Erin, 1978-
Series:
Clash of kingdoms volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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East Regional - Young Adult
YA SUMMERIL
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Seventeen year-old Britta Flannery is the outcast daughter of a bounty hunter who must use her powers to track her father's killer in a world of warring kingdoms and dangerous magic.

43. Every day

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Author:
Levithan, David
Series:
Every day volume 0001
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Every morning A wakes in a different person's body, in a different person's life, learning over the years to never get too attached, until he wakes up in the body of Justin and falls in love with Justin's girlfriend, Rhiannon.

44. Fear

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Author:
Grant, Michael, 1954-
Series:
Gone novels volume 5.
Average Rating:
4.9 stars
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As the young residents of Perdido Beach begin to better comprehend the truths of who they are and their relationships to one another, the Darkness finds a new way to be born, bringing their understanding of fear to a new level.

45. Forever

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Author:
Blume, Judy
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3.4 stars
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YA BLUME
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YA BLUME
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Katherine and Michael, along with various friends and acquaintances in suburban New Jersey, discover the possibilities and limitations of love and personal commitment. Two high school seniors believe their love to be so strong that it will last forever.

46. Free to Fall

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Author:
Miller, Lauren
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5 stars
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From the author of Parallel comes a high-stakes romantic puzzler set in a near-future where everyone's life is seamlessly orchestrated by personal electronic devices. Imaginative and thrilling, this fast-paced story with two starred reviews is not to be missed.

Fast-forward to a time when Apple and Google have been replaced by Gnosis, a monolith corporation that has developed the most life-changing technology to ever hit the market: Lux,

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47. Frost

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Author:
Kozlowsky, M. P.
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4.5 stars
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Sixteen-year-old Frost lives in a bombed out apartment in a post-apocalyptic world, with only her pet broot, Romes, and a robot named Bunt, who has her father's memories, for company--but now Romes is dying and her need to find help is forcing her to leave the apartment for the first time in her life, and face the streets which are a hunting ground for rogue robots and the dreaded Eaters.

48. The Fury

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Author:
Smith, L. J.
Series:
Vampire diaries. Original series volume 3.
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5 stars
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Love can kill

Elena: with Damon at her side, and wild with her craving for blood, the changed Elena struggles to control her desires.

Damon: his hunger for the golden girl wars with his hunger for revenge against Stefan.

Stefan: tormented after losing Elena, he will do anything to get her back. Even if it means becoming what he once despised. . . .

Getting what they want may come at a deadly cost.

49. Game over

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Author:
Klavan, Andrew
Series:
MindWar trilogy volume 3.
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Rick emerged victorious from The Realm twice. Is his luck about to run out?.

50. Geekerella

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Author:
Poston, Ashley
Series:
Once upon a con volume 1.
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4 stars
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YA POSTON
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In a modern version of "Cinderella," geek girl Elle Wittimer enters a cosplay contest behind her stepmother's back and meets teen actor Darien Freeman at a convention cosplay ball.

51. Going bovine

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Author:
Bray, Libba
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In an attempt to find a cure after being diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob's (aka mad cow) disease, Cameron Smith, a disaffected sixteen-year-old boy, sets off on a road trip with a death-obsessed video gaming dwarf he meets in the hospital.

52. Goodbye days: a novel

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Author:
Zentner, Jeff
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3 stars
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Looks at a teen's life after the death of his best friend and how he navigates through the guilt and pain by celebrating their lives--and ultimately learning to forgive himself.

53. Grendel's guide to love and war

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Author:
Kaplan, A. E.
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5 stars
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When a local bully upsets the senior community by throwing wild parties, an effort that is complicated by Aarons PTSD and Toms unrequited feelings for the bullys sister, misfit Tom and his friend Ed take matters into their own hands.

54. Gutless

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Author:
Deuker, Carl
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5 stars
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With both good speed and good hands, wide receiver Brock Ripley should be a natural for the varsity team, but he shies from physical contact. When his issues get him cut from varsity, he also loses his friendship with star quarterback Hunter Gates. Now atarget for bullying, Brock struggles to overcome his fears and discover that, in his own way, he is brave enough.

55. Hero

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Author:
Kontis, Alethea
Series:
Woodcutter sisters volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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Rough-and-tumble Saturday Woodcutter thinks she's the only one of her sisters without any magic—until the day she accidentally conjures an ocean in the backyard. With her sword in tow, Saturday sets sail on a pirate ship, only to find herself kidnapped and whisked off to the top of the world. Is Saturday powerful enough to kill the mountain witch who holds her captive and save the world from sure destruction? And, as she wonders grumpily,

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56. Hidden

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Author:
Cast, P. C.
Series:
House of Night. Original series volume 10.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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In P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast's must-listen tenth installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling vampyre series, Darkness won't stay hidden for long... "Move over Stephenie Meyer." –People
The House of Night series is an international phenomenon, reaching #1 on U.S., German, and UK bestseller lists, and remaining a fixture on the New York Times Children's Series bestseller list for more than 140 weeks and counting. With

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57. The Hidden Coronet

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Author:
Fisher, Catherine
Series:
Relic master volume 3.
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The third installment in the Relic Master quartet!
The coronet, a potent ancient relic, might be the only way to defeat the power that is destroying Anara. But it has been lost for centuries, and only legend tells of its whereabouts. Will Galen and Raffi be able to find it before the Watch does?
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58. Hide and seek

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Author:
Shepard, Sara, 1977-
Series:
Lying game novels volume 4.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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While Emma continues to investigate her twin sister's death, Laurel is sneaking around with her sister's ex-boyfriend.

59. Hitting the road

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Author:
Kropp, Paul, 1948-
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"When Matt runs away with his friend, they encounter fights, hunger and a jump from a speeding train. Was it all worth it? This updated version of 'Take Off' will appeal to reluctant readers" Cf. Our choice, 2003.

60. Holding up the universe

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Author:
Niven, Jennifer
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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"A boy with face blindness and a girl who struggles with weight fall in love."--