Anton loves four things: music, making violins in his Budapest workshop, his pet parrot, and the sweet treats he gets from his favorite pastry shop.
Reading Level: 3.7
Interest Level: Post High School
Apples
by Destiny Sims
Abbey McClain never notices Adam . . . until one day they find out they both love yellow apples. A lifelong love begins with a pair of five-year-olds sharing a snack in a little Tennessee town.
Reading Level: 3.1
Interest Level: High School
A Soul of a Sole
by Eleanor Kapcar
Raymond, a man on the run from slavery to find freedom, took a pair of shoes on a journey. Only one remains. The shoe hasn't been on anyone’s foot since Raymond, but it remembers the journey well.
Reading Level: 3.3
Interest Level: High School
Bentley
by Lauren Hope
Janet is consumed by her fear of change until one day, when a furry, four-legged, unexpected visitor turns her whole world upside down.
Reading Level: 5.1
Interest Level: Post High School
Burnt Bacon
by Sandra Turner Barnes
Sadie and Henry face homelessness, poverty, and shame on the streets of Chicago, but together they overcome their painful pasts to find hope and a new future.
Reading Level: 5.0
Interest Level: Post High School
Change of Heart
by Tiffany Jones
Victoria Snead has spent years working as a psychiatrist's secretary until one day, when she decides to risk it all to follow a dream.
Reading Level: 4.1
Interest Level: Post High School
Chorus of Bells
by Natalie Walker
Lester, a skeptical young man, is patrolling the village cemetery for his first night as the graveyard lookout. He expects a silent night, but it ends up being anything but quiet.
Reading Level: 4.6
Interest Level: Post High School
Christmas in the Trenches
by Elizabeth Shields
There are no Christmas trees, no carols, no holiday delights in the trenches of World War I... and yet the spirit of Christmas is alive in the most unlikely of circumstances.
Reading Level: 3.6
Interest Level: Post High School
December Winds
by S. G. Dewey
Jeremiah is a military father who's determined to get home to the family he desperately misses, and the cold and snow can't stop him from giving them the best Christmas gift ever.
Reading Level: 2.6
Interest Level: Post High School
Felicity
by Samantha DiPietro
An old man used to write great things. He fears he has nothing left to write about until, with his granddaughter's help, he discovers a final story within himself.
Reading Level: 3.0
Interest Level: Post High School
Ghost Heartbeats
by Emily Clarke
Stuck in a dead-end town at a dead-end job, it's time for a young woman to find the courage to move on . . . or end up as one of the living ghosts she sees every day.
Reading Level: 3.7
Interest Level: Post High School
Got to Work
by Mariana Lopez
This true story of the Masacre de las Bananeras (Banana Massacre) in Colombia focuses on the workers and their experiences on that tragic day.
Reading Level: 1.6
Interest Level: High School
Home
by Kelly Hood
Chester Strickland's life is forever changed by the events of World War II, but the path his life takes in the decade to follow is a testament to love and small-town charm.
Reading Level: 5.7
Interest Level: Post High School
Lulu Garlic, Contraband
by Robert Walton
In the midst of the Civil War, Lulu has made a dangerous escape from slavery. Now she works to treat the injured in a field hospital, where she finds the most unlikely of soldiers.
Reading Level: 2.7
Interest Level: Post High School
Mightier than the Sword
by Peter Moyer
When a fearsome creature from an author's book begins to terrorize him in real life, it's a battle of wits to save himself and kill his monster... can the pen truly be mightier than the sword?
Reading Level: 4.3
Interest Level: Post High School
Mind Trip
by Joy Stoffers
A young woman moves away from her parents, home, and country for love at just eighteen years old. Ben Holden seems like the perfect husband... but it isn't long before dark secrets come to light.
Reading Level: 2.9
Interest Level: Post High School
On My Block
by Brian Kirchner
Sometimes a tour around the neighborhood is a journey through diversity, conflict, and peace.
Reading Level: 4.2
Interest Level: Post High School
Pathways to Ancestors
by M. R. Cain
Most of the graves here belong to Jessie's ancestors, but there is one, right at the beginning of the line, that she knows nothing about. Who were Kimi and Pierre Lascaux?
Reading Level: 2.4
Interest Level: Post High School
Sucker Stick
by Stephen Leitschuh
I was five years old when I discovered that I am invincible, but it's a secret that I'll have to keep for as long as I live.
Reading Level: 5.0
Interest Level: High School
The House of Memories
by Nino Kotolashvili
When Edward goes to look at a house for sale, he begins to imagine the stories it could tell about the past and the people who lived there. His gracious hostess only adds to the house's mystique.
Reading Level: 3.5
Interest Level: Post High School
The Lilac Lesson
by Cat Jenkins
They finally have a name, a label, for Sandy: autism. With the help of Granny Tess and her lilacs, Sandy learns that she is so much more than any label and that different isn't bad; it's beautiful.
Reading Level: 4.9
Interest Level: Post High School
The Strength of a Bonsai
by Noah Grossman
When Gene arrived in America in search of new opportunity, he expected the change to be as hard as it was exciting. What he didn't expect was the now-notorious San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
Reading Level: 5.4
Interest Level: Post High School
With Feeling
by Victoria Beasley
A man who feels too much teams up with a girl who doesn't feel anything in order to raise a dragon.
Reading Level: 1.9
Interest Level: Post High School
With Honey And Lemon
by M. P. Thao
Eva's mom has her future planned for her, down to the man she is going to marry. Eva has never considered what her own dreams could look like, at least until she meets Theo, the tea shop owner's son.
