ValleyReads

 Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.

 After by Francine Prose

In the aftermath of a nearby school shooting, a grief and crisis counselor takes over Central High School and enacts increasingly harsh measures to control students, while those who do not comply disappear.

 Flip by David Lubar

Eighth-grade twins Taylor and Ryan are complete opposites and seem to have nothing in common, until they find a set of mysterious disks that magically allow them to transform into legendary figures from the past.

 The Hoopster by Alan Lawrence Sitomer

Andre Anderson, an African-American teenager enjoying a summer filled with pickup basketball, a new girlfriend, and an internship at a popular magazine, becomes the target of violent bigotry when he writes a powerful article on racism.

 Skateboarding is not a Crime by James Davis

An account of the history of skateboarding from the 1950s to the present, also including the techniques of skateboarding, the skateboarding subculture, the sport in different countries, and the top skateboarders.