The Check-in!
MHHS Library Newsletter Vol. 2 Issue 3
NEW BOOKS!
The StrangersGraystone Secrets series, Book 1 New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix takes readers on a thrilling adventure filled with mysteries and plot twists aplenty in this absorbing series about family and friendships. Perfect for fans of A Wrinkle in Time and The City of Ember! The Greystone kids thought they knew. Chess has always been the protector over his younger siblings, Emma loves math, and Finn does what Finn does best—acting silly and being adored. They’ve been a happy family, just the three of them and their mom. But everything changes when reports of three kidnapped children reach the Greystone kids, and they’re shocked by the startling similarities between themselves and these complete strangers. The other kids share their same first and middle names. They’re the same ages. They even have identical birthdays. Who, exactly, are these strangers? Call number: FIC HAD Genre: Science Fiction, Mystery Reading level: 3-7 Length: 432 pages Lexile text measure: 730L Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL) Audiobook: Sora (SDCL) Sora achievements: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery, Fiction | Covered with NightA Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America An immersive tale of the killing of a Native American man and its far-reaching implications for the definition of justice from early America to today. On the eve of a major treaty conference between Iroquois leaders and European colonists in the distant summer of 1722, two white fur traders attacked an Indigenous hunter and left him for dead near Conestoga, Pennsylvania. Though virtually forgotten today, this act of brutality set into motion a remarkable series of criminal investigations and cross-cultural negotiations that challenged the definition of justice in early America. Call number: 364.152 EUS Genre: True Crime, U.S. History Reading level: 9-12 Length: 464 pages Availability: MHHS | Firekeeper's DaughterWith four starred reviews, Angeline Boulley's debut novel, Firekeeper's Daughter, is a groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community, perfect for readers of Angie Thomas and Tommy Orange. Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother Levi’s hockey team. Call number: FIC BOU Genre: YA Fiction Reading level: 10-12 Length: 496 pages Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL) Audiobook: Sora (SDCL) Sora achievement: Fiction |
The Strangers
Graystone Secrets series, Book 1
New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix takes readers on a thrilling adventure filled with mysteries and plot twists aplenty in this absorbing series about family and friendships. Perfect for fans of A Wrinkle in Time and The City of Ember!
The Greystone kids thought they knew. Chess has always been the protector over his younger siblings, Emma loves math, and Finn does what Finn does best—acting silly and being adored. They’ve been a happy family, just the three of them and their mom.
But everything changes when reports of three kidnapped children reach the Greystone kids, and they’re shocked by the startling similarities between themselves and these complete strangers. The other kids share their same first and middle names. They’re the same ages. They even have identical birthdays. Who, exactly, are these strangers?
Call number: FIC HAD
Genre: Science Fiction, Mystery
Reading level: 3-7
Length: 432 pages
Lexile text measure: 730L
Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL)
Audiobook: Sora (SDCL)
Sora achievements: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery, Fiction
Covered with Night
A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America
An immersive tale of the killing of a Native American man and its far-reaching implications for the definition of justice from early America to today.
On the eve of a major treaty conference between Iroquois leaders and European colonists in the distant summer of 1722, two white fur traders attacked an Indigenous hunter and left him for dead near Conestoga, Pennsylvania. Though virtually forgotten today, this act of brutality set into motion a remarkable series of criminal investigations and cross-cultural negotiations that challenged the definition of justice in early America.
Call number: 364.152 EUS
Genre: True Crime, U.S. History
Reading level: 9-12
Length: 464 pages
Availability: MHHS
Firekeeper's Daughter
With four starred reviews, Angeline Boulley's debut novel, Firekeeper's Daughter, is a groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community, perfect for readers of Angie Thomas and Tommy Orange.
Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother Levi’s hockey team.
Yet even as Daunis falls for Jamie, she senses the dashing hockey star is hiding something. Everything comes to light when Daunis witnesses a shocking murder, thrusting her into an FBI investigation of a lethal new drug.
Call number: FIC BOU
Genre: YA Fiction
Reading level: 10-12
Length: 496 pages
Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL)
Audiobook: Sora (SDCL)
Sora achievement: Fiction
Hothouse EarthThe Climate Crisis and the Importance of Carbon Neutrality As hurricanes, droughts, floods, and wildfires are increasing in regularity and intensity, climate change can no longer be ignored. Melting permafrost, forest dieback, ocean acidification, and other processes are creating positive feedback loops which could, if not aggressively and quickly addressed, spiral out of control and take global warming past the point of no return. Hothouse Earth examines how science, politics, and social justice must all be part of the equation to counteract climate change. Call number: 363.738 McP Genre: Nonfiction, Science Reading level: 6-12 Length: 136 pages Lexile text measure: 1180L Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL) Sora achievements: Science, Nonfiction | The LeakGRAPHIC NOVEL In this compelling middle-grade graphic novel The Leak, Ruth, a young journalist, is determined to uncover a secret that threatens her town. Ruth Keller is brash and precocious; she argues with her dentist, her parents, and her teachers. So, when she discovers a strange black slime in the man-made lake of her suburban neighborhood, she decides to investigate. Fortified by the encouragement of those around her, Ruth seeks the truth at all costs, even if it means taking on the rich local country club owner, who she believes is responsible for the pollution. GRAPHIC NOVEL Call number: 741.5 PET Genre: YA Graphic Novel Reading level: 3-7 Length: 416 pages Availability: MHHS | Where the Rhythm Takes YouInspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion, Where the Rhythm Takes You is a romantic, mesmerizing novel of first love and second chances. Seventeen-year-old Reyna has spent most of her life at the Plumeria, her family’s gorgeous seaside resort in Tobago. But what once seemed like paradise is starting to feel more like purgatory. It’s been two years since Reyna’s mother passed away, two years since Aiden—her childhood best friend, first kiss, first love, first everything—left the island to pursue his music dreams. Call number: FIC DAS Genre: YA Fiction, Romance Reading level: 8-9 Length: 352 pages Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL) Audiobook: Sora (SDCL) Sora achievement: Fiction |
Hothouse Earth
The Climate Crisis and the Importance of Carbon Neutrality
As hurricanes, droughts, floods, and wildfires are increasing in regularity and intensity, climate change can no longer be ignored.
Melting permafrost, forest dieback, ocean acidification, and other processes are creating positive feedback loops which could, if not aggressively and quickly addressed, spiral out of control and take global warming past the point of no return. Hothouse Earth examines how science, politics, and social justice must all be part of the equation to counteract climate change.
Call number: 363.738 McP
Genre: Nonfiction, Science
Reading level: 6-12
Length: 136 pages
Lexile text measure: 1180L
Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL)
Sora achievements: Science, Nonfiction
The Leak
GRAPHIC NOVEL
In this compelling middle-grade graphic novel The Leak, Ruth, a young journalist, is determined to uncover a secret that threatens her town.
Ruth Keller is brash and precocious; she argues with her dentist, her parents, and her teachers. So, when she discovers a strange black slime in the man-made lake of her suburban neighborhood, she decides to investigate. Fortified by the encouragement of those around her, Ruth seeks the truth at all costs, even if it means taking on the rich local country club owner, who she believes is responsible for the pollution.
GRAPHIC NOVEL
Call number: 741.5 PET
Genre: YA Graphic Novel
Reading level: 3-7
Length: 416 pages
Availability: MHHS
Where the Rhythm Takes You
Inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion, Where the Rhythm Takes You is a romantic, mesmerizing novel of first love and second chances.
Seventeen-year-old Reyna has spent most of her life at the Plumeria, her family’s gorgeous seaside resort in Tobago. But what once seemed like paradise is starting to feel more like purgatory. It’s been two years since Reyna’s mother passed away, two years since Aiden—her childhood best friend, first kiss, first love, first everything—left the island to pursue his music dreams.
Call number: FIC DAS
Genre: YA Fiction, Romance
Reading level: 8-9
Length: 352 pages
Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL)
Audiobook: Sora (SDCL)
Sora achievement: Fiction
Lady MidnightThe Dark Artifices series - Book 1 The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in this #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling novel in Cassandra Clare’s newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. Lady Midnight is a Shadowhunters novel. It’s been five years since the events of City of Heavenly Fire that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion. Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering who killed her parents and avenging her losses. Call number: FIC CLA Genre: YA Fiction, Fantasy Reading level: 9-12 Length: 689 pages Lexile text measure: HL710L Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL) Audiobook: Sora (SDCL) Sora achievements: Fiction | Destination AnywherePerfect for fans of Morgan Matson and Sarah Dessen, this lushly written and heart-wrenching novel follows a teen girl on a one-way trip away from her life and slowly reveals what made her leave it all behind. Peyton King has always wanted to belong. She seizes the opportunity to start over at a new school and finally finds real connections with the friends she’s always dreamed of and even an actual boyfriend! But after flying high in her newfound happiness, Peyton comes crashing down when reality sets in and the ones she cares about let her down. Peyton’s friends can’t fix her and she can’t help them if they won’t let her. If she wants to find real, lasting happiness, Peyton will have to search somewhere else. Call number: FIC BAR Genre: YA Fiction, Romance Reading level: 9-12 Length: 320 pages Lexile text measure: HL760L Availability: MHHS | A Time of FearAmerica in the Era of Red Scares and Cold War From National Book Award Finalist and Sibert Honor Author Albert Marrin, a timely examination of Red Scares in the United States, including the Rosenbergs, the Hollywood Ten and the McCarthy era. In twentieth century America, no power--and no threat--loomed larger than the communist superpower of the Soviet Union. America saw in the dreams of the Soviet Union the overthrow of the US government, and the end of democracy and freedom. Meanwhile, the Communist Party of the United States attempted to use deep economic and racial disparities in American culture to win over members and sympathizers. Call number: 973.91 MAR Genre: Nonfiction, U.S. History Reading level: 7-12 Length: 320 pages Lexile text measure: 1120L Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL) Sora achievements: Nonfiction, History |
Lady Midnight
The Dark Artifices series - Book 1
The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in this #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling novel in Cassandra Clare’s newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. Lady Midnight is a Shadowhunters novel.
It’s been five years since the events of City of Heavenly Fire that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion. Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering who killed her parents and avenging her losses.
Together with her battle partner Julian Blackthorn, Emma must learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches across Los Angeles, from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. If only her heart didn’t lead her in treacherous directions…
Call number: FIC CLA
Genre: YA Fiction, Fantasy
Reading level: 9-12
Length: 689 pages
Lexile text measure: HL710L
Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL)
Audiobook: Sora (SDCL)
Sora achievements: Fiction
Destination Anywhere
Perfect for fans of Morgan Matson and Sarah Dessen, this lushly written and heart-wrenching novel follows a teen girl on a one-way trip away from her life and slowly reveals what made her leave it all behind.
Peyton King has always wanted to belong. She seizes the opportunity to start over at a new school and finally finds real connections with the friends she’s always dreamed of and even an actual boyfriend! But after flying high in her newfound happiness, Peyton comes crashing down when reality sets in and the ones she cares about let her down. Peyton’s friends can’t fix her and she can’t help them if they won’t let her. If she wants to find real, lasting happiness, Peyton will have to search somewhere else.
With nothing but her sketchpad and a backpack, she buys a one-way ticket and gets on a plane. How far will she go to change her story?
Call number: FIC BAR
Genre: YA Fiction, Romance
Reading level: 9-12
Length: 320 pages
Lexile text measure: HL760L
Availability: MHHS
A Time of Fear
America in the Era of Red Scares and Cold War
From National Book Award Finalist and Sibert Honor Author Albert Marrin, a timely examination of Red Scares in the United States, including the Rosenbergs, the Hollywood Ten and the McCarthy era.
In twentieth century America, no power--and no threat--loomed larger than the communist superpower of the Soviet Union. America saw in the dreams of the Soviet Union the overthrow of the US government, and the end of democracy and freedom. Meanwhile, the Communist Party of the United States attempted to use deep economic and racial disparities in American culture to win over members and sympathizers.
Call number: 973.91 MAR
Genre: Nonfiction, U.S. History
Reading level: 7-12
Length: 320 pages
Lexile text measure: 1120L
Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL)
Sora achievements: Nonfiction, History
BurnOn a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of the Chevron gas station for the dragon he’d hired to help on the farm… Sarah Dewhurst and her father, outcasts in their little town of Frome, Washington, are forced to hire a dragon to work their farm, something only the poorest of the poor ever have to resort to. But the dragon knows something she doesn’t. He has arrived at the farm with a prophecy on his mind. A prophecy that involves a deadly assassin, a cult of dragon worshippers, two FBI agents in hot pursuit—and somehow, Sarah Dewhurst herself. Call number: FIC NES Genre: YA Science Fiction, Fantasy Reading level: 9-12 Length: 400 pages Lexile text measure: HL730L Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL) Audiobook: Sora (SDCL) Sora achievements: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction | Blood Like MagicBlood Like Magic, Book 1 A rich, dark urban fantasy debut following a teen witch who is given a horrifying task: sacrificing her first love to save her family’s magic. The problem is, she’s never been in love—she’ll have to find the perfect guy before she can kill him. After years of waiting for her Calling—a trial every witch must pass in order to come into their powers—the one thing Voya Thomas didn’t expect was to fail. When Voya’s ancestor gives her an unprecedented second chance to complete her Calling, she agrees—and then is horrified when her task is to kill her first love. And this time, failure means every Thomas witch will be stripped of their magic. Voya is determined to save her family’s magic no matter the cost. The problem is, Voya has never been in love, so for her to succeed, she’ll first have to find the perfect guy—and fast. Call number: FIC SAM Genre: YA Fantasy, Romance Reading level: 9-12 Length: 496 pages Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL) Audiobook: Sora (SDCL) Sora achievements: Fiction | From a Whisper to a Rallying CryThe Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement A compelling account of the killing of Vincent Chin, the verdicts that took the Asian American community to the streets in protest, and the groundbreaking civil rights trial that followed. America in 1982: Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting U.S. autoworkers out of their jobs. Anti–Asian American sentiment simmers, especially in Detroit. A bar fight turns fatal, leaving a Chinese American man, Vincent Chin, beaten to death at the hands of two white men, autoworker Ronald Ebens and his stepson, Michael Nitz. Paula Yoo has crafted a searing examination of the killing and the trial and verdicts that followed. When Ebens and Nitz pled guilty to manslaughter and received only a $3,000 fine and three years’ probation, the lenient sentence sparked outrage. The protests that followed led to a federal civil rights trial―the first involving a crime against an Asian American―and galvanized what came to be known as the Asian American movement. Call number: 305.895 YOO Genre: Nonfiction, U.S. History Reading level: 10-12 Length: 384 pages Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL) Sora achievements: Nonfiction, History |
Burn
On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of the Chevron gas station for the dragon he’d hired to help on the farm…
Sarah Dewhurst and her father, outcasts in their little town of Frome, Washington, are forced to hire a dragon to work their farm, something only the poorest of the poor ever have to resort to.
But the dragon knows something she doesn’t. He has arrived at the farm with a prophecy on his mind. A prophecy that involves a deadly assassin, a cult of dragon worshippers, two FBI agents in hot pursuit—and somehow, Sarah Dewhurst herself.
Call number: FIC NES
Genre: YA Science Fiction, Fantasy
Reading level: 9-12
Length: 400 pages
Lexile text measure: HL730L
Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL)
Audiobook: Sora (SDCL)
Sora achievements: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction
Blood Like Magic
Blood Like Magic, Book 1
A rich, dark urban fantasy debut following a teen witch who is given a horrifying task: sacrificing her first love to save her family’s magic. The problem is, she’s never been in love—she’ll have to find the perfect guy before she can kill him.
After years of waiting for her Calling—a trial every witch must pass in order to come into their powers—the one thing Voya Thomas didn’t expect was to fail. When Voya’s ancestor gives her an unprecedented second chance to complete her Calling, she agrees—and then is horrified when her task is to kill her first love. And this time, failure means every Thomas witch will be stripped of their magic.
Voya is determined to save her family’s magic no matter the cost. The problem is, Voya has never been in love, so for her to succeed, she’ll first have to find the perfect guy—and fast.
Call number: FIC SAM
Genre: YA Fantasy, Romance
Reading level: 9-12
Length: 496 pages
Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL)
Audiobook: Sora (SDCL)
Sora achievements: Fiction
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry
The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement
A compelling account of the killing of Vincent Chin, the verdicts that took the Asian American community to the streets in protest, and the groundbreaking civil rights trial that followed.
America in 1982: Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting U.S. autoworkers out of their jobs. Anti–Asian American sentiment simmers, especially in Detroit. A bar fight turns fatal, leaving a Chinese American man, Vincent Chin, beaten to death at the hands of two white men, autoworker Ronald Ebens and his stepson, Michael Nitz.
Paula Yoo has crafted a searing examination of the killing and the trial and verdicts that followed. When Ebens and Nitz pled guilty to manslaughter and received only a $3,000 fine and three years’ probation, the lenient sentence sparked outrage. The protests that followed led to a federal civil rights trial―the first involving a crime against an Asian American―and galvanized what came to be known as the Asian American movement.
Call number: 305.895 YOO
Genre: Nonfiction, U.S. History
Reading level: 10-12
Length: 384 pages
Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL)
Sora achievements: Nonfiction, History
The Initial InsultBook 1 of 2: The Initial Insult In the first book of a suspenseful YA duology, award-winning author Mindy McGinnis draws inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe and masterfully delivers a dark, propulsive mystery in alternating points of view that unravels a friendship . . . forevermore. Perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying and Truly Devious! Tress Montor’s family used to mean something—until she didn’t have a family anymore. When her parents disappeared seven years ago while driving her best friend home, Tress lost everything. The entire town shuns her now that she lives with her drunken, one-eyed grandfather at what locals refer to as the “White Trash Zoo.” But Tress has a plan. A Halloween costume party at an abandoned house provides the ideal situation for Tress to pry the truth from Felicity—brick by brick—as she slowly seals her former best friend into a coal chute. Tress will have her answers—or settle for revenge. Call number: FIC McG Genre: YA Thriller, Suspense Reading level: 9-12 Length: 384 pages Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL) Audiobook: Sora (SDCL) Sora achievement: Fiction | BruisedWhip It meets We Are Okay in this vibrant coming-of-age story about a teen girl navigating first love, identity, and grief as she immerses herself in the colorful, brutal, beautiful world of roller derby—from the acclaimed author of Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens. Call number: FIC BOT Genre: YA Fiction Reading level: 9-12 Length: 336 pages Lexile text measure: 850L Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL) Sora achievement: Fiction | Dark ShimmerSet in medieval Venice, this captivating fairy tale retelling by award-winning author Donna Jo Napoli explores belonging, beauty, and the transformative power of love through the eyes of a teenage girl. Dolce has grown up hidden away on an island in a lagoon. She is a giant, a freak, tormented by everyone but her loving mother. She spends her time learning the valuable secret of making mirrors. Following a tragedy, Dolce swims away and lands on an island where people see her as normal, even beautiful. Marin, a kind widower, and his little daughter bring Dolce to live with them in their grand palazzo. Eventually, Dolce and Marin marry. She secretly continues to make mirrors, not realizing that quicksilver endangers her . . . and so evil begins in innocence. Call number: FIC NAP Genre: YA Historical Fiction Reading level: 7-9 Length: 368 pages Lexile text measure: 460L Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL) Sora achievement: Fiction |
The Initial Insult
Book 1 of 2: The Initial Insult
In the first book of a suspenseful YA duology, award-winning author Mindy McGinnis draws inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe and masterfully delivers a dark, propulsive mystery in alternating points of view that unravels a friendship . . . forevermore. Perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying and Truly Devious!
Tress Montor’s family used to mean something—until she didn’t have a family anymore. When her parents disappeared seven years ago while driving her best friend home, Tress lost everything. The entire town shuns her now that she lives with her drunken, one-eyed grandfather at what locals refer to as the “White Trash Zoo.”
But Tress has a plan. A Halloween costume party at an abandoned house provides the ideal situation for Tress to pry the truth from Felicity—brick by brick—as she slowly seals her former best friend into a coal chute. Tress will have her answers—or settle for revenge.
Call number: FIC McG
Genre: YA Thriller, Suspense
Reading level: 9-12
Length: 384 pages
Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL)
Audiobook: Sora (SDCL)
Sora achievement: Fiction
Bruised
Whip It meets We Are Okay in this vibrant coming-of-age story about a teen girl navigating first love, identity, and grief as she immerses herself in the colorful, brutal, beautiful world of roller derby—from the acclaimed author of Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens.
To Daya Wijesinghe, a bruise is a mixture of comfort and control. Since her parents died in an accident she survived, bruises have become a way to keep her pain on the surface of her skin so she doesn’t need to deal with the ache deep in her heart.
So when chance and circumstances bring her to a roller derby bout, Daya is hooked. Yes, the rules are confusing and the sport seems to require the kind of teamwork and human interaction Daya generally avoids. But the opportunities to bruise are countless, and Daya realizes that if she’s going to keep her emotional pain at bay, she’ll need all the opportunities she can get.
Call number: FIC BOT
Genre: YA Fiction
Reading level: 9-12
Length: 336 pages
Lexile text measure: 850L
Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL)
Sora achievement: Fiction
Dark Shimmer
Set in medieval Venice, this captivating fairy tale retelling by award-winning author Donna Jo Napoli explores belonging, beauty, and the transformative power of love through the eyes of a teenage girl.
Dolce has grown up hidden away on an island in a lagoon. She is a giant, a freak, tormented by everyone but her loving mother. She spends her time learning the valuable secret of making mirrors. Following a tragedy, Dolce swims away and lands on an island where people see her as normal, even beautiful. Marin, a kind widower, and his little daughter bring Dolce to live with them in their grand palazzo. Eventually, Dolce and Marin marry. She secretly continues to make mirrors, not realizing that quicksilver endangers her . . . and so evil begins in innocence.
Call number: FIC NAP
Genre: YA Historical Fiction
Reading level: 7-9
Length: 368 pages
Lexile text measure: 460L
Availability: MHHS, Sora (SDCL)
Sora achievement: Fiction
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"genre" - what kind of book is it? fiction or nonfiction? YA or children's? fantasy or science fiction? biography or memoir?
"graphic novel" - a novel in comic-strip format
"sci-fi" - short for "science fiction"