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

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.
 

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1. Blue Lily, Lily Blue

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Author:
Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981-
Series:
Raven cycle volume 3.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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Description:
Continues the adventures of Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam. Blue and the Raven boys continue their search for the tomb of Glendower, the ancient Welsh king, as well as for Blue's mother, who has disappeared underground in search of her former lover.

2. Eleanor & Park

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Author:
Rowell, Rainbow
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Cary Regional - Young Adult
YA ROWELL
Holly Springs Community - Young Adult
YA ROWELL
Oberlin Regional - Young Adult
YA ROWELL
Available Online
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Description:
"Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits--smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try"--

3. The impossible knife of memory

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Author:
Anderson, Laurie Halse
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Cary Regional - Young Adult
YA ANDERSON
Holly Springs Community - Young Adult
YA ANDERSON
Southeast Regional - Young Adult
YA ANDERSON
Description:
"Hayley Kincaid and her father move back to their hometown to try a "normal" life, but the horrors he saw in the war threaten to destroy their lives"--

4. Just another hero

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Author:
Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)
Series:
Jericho trilogy volume 3.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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East Regional - Young Adult
YA DRAPER
Holly Springs Community - Young Adult
YA DRAPER
Northeast Regional - Young Adult
YA DRAPER
Description:
As Kofi, Arielle, Dana, November, and Jericho face personal challenges during their last year of high school, a misunderstood student brings a gun to class and demands to be taken seriously.

5. The struggle

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Author:
Smith, L. J. (Lisa J.)
Series:
Vampire diaries. Original series volume 2.
Average Rating:
3.3 stars
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Holly Springs Community - Young Adult
YA SMITH
Oberlin Regional - Young Adult
YA SMITH
Description:
Two vampire brothers compete for high stakes--the love of Elena Gilbert, a beautiful high school senior who is searching for excitement.

6. The whole thing together

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Author:
Brashares, Ann
Average Rating:
3 stars
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Description:
On alternating weeks, Sasha and Ray vacation in the beach house their parents refused to give up after their divorce, but they never meet until one summer when their lives and those of their siblings intersect in ways none of them could have imagined.