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1000+ Lexile

Need a book with a high lexile? These all break the 1000 mark.


Go Ask Alice Anonymous
Go Ask Alice
Under pressure to be perfect, and wanting to fit in, a fifteen-year-old girl turns to drugs. In this diary, “Anonymous” chronicles her daily struggle to escape the pull of the drug world. (Lexile 1010)

The Boy in Striped PajamasBoyne, John
The Boy in Striped Pajamas
Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called “Out-With,” Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence. (Lexile 1080)

Chinese Handcuffs Crutcher, Chris
Chinese Handcuffs
Eighteen-year-old Dillon is trying to deal both with his brother’s suicide and his friend Jennifer’s terrible secret about her stepfather. (Lexile 1040)

That Summer Dessen, Sarah
That Summer
Haven’s hit the dreaded 6-feet-tall mark, her father just remarried, and her sister is marrying the wrong guy. Nothing is the way it should be. If only Haven could go back to “that summer,” when everything was perfect… (Lexile 1020)


Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeHaddon, Mark
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor’s dog and uncovers secret information about his mother. (Lexile 1180)

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest DisasterKrakauer, Jon
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Jon Krakauer tells the haunting story of a Mt. Everest climb gone horribly wrong. This first-person account is both compelling and horrifying. (Lexile 1320)

Ash Lo, Malinda
Ash
In this variation on the Cinderella story, Ash must choose between a handsome fairy cursed to love her and the King’s Huntress whom she loves. (Lexile 1050)

The Blue Sword McKinley, Robin
The Blue Sword
After Harry moves to an isolated outpost in the desert, she is kidnapped by a king with mysterious powers who believes Harry will play a role in protecting the land from invading northerners. (Lexile 1030)

Bloody Jack Meyer, L. A.
Bloody Jack
Reduced to begging and thievery in the streets of London, a thirteen-year-old orphan disguises herself as a boy and connives her way onto a British warship set for high sea adventures. (Lexile 1120)

Princess Ben Murdock, Catherine
Princess Ben
Princess Benevolence’s life is turned upside down when her mom is killed and her dad goes missing. Now she’s being trained to take over their roles. With a little bit of magic can a sullen, graceless girl become fit to rule? (Lexile 1090)


Sabriel Nix, Garth
Sabriel
Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead. (Lexile 1060)

King Dork Portman, Frank
King Dork
High school loser Tom Henderson discovers that “The Catcher in the Rye“ may hold the clues to the many mysteries in his life. (Lexile 1060)

How I Live Now Rosoff, Meg
How I Live Now
Daisy goes to England to stay with her aunt and cousins, but soon war breaks out and rips apart the family, while devastating the land. (Lexile 1620)


The Trap Smelcer, John
The Trap
In alternating chapters, seventeen-year-old Johnny Least-Weasel, who is better known for brains than brawn, worries about his missing grandfather. Meanwhile, his grandfather struggles to survive, caught in his own steel trap in the Alaskan winter. (Lexile 1100)

A Walk to Remember Sparks, Nicholas
A Walk to Remember
When Landon gets roped into acting in the Christmas play he never dreams he will fall for Jamie Sullivan, the biggest goody two-shoes in town. (Lexile 1010)

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