James Preller
1) Bystander
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Thirteen-year-old Eric discovers there are consequences to not standing by and watching as the bully at his new school hurts people, but although school officials are aware of the problem, Eric may be the one with a solution.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Meet Carter, Esme, and Arnold, three students accidentally locked together inside an almost deserted school. They are not friends. They scarcely know each other. But In the basement, a mysterious night janitor waits. And outside, moving in the mist, dark shapes shuffle closer.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Jude's house is kept dark, and no one talks much. It's been that way since his little sister drowned in a swimming pool seven years ago when Jude was supposed to be watching her. This summer he gets his first job, falls in love for the first time, and starts to break away from his parents. And then, life spins out of control. Again.
Author
Series
Exit 13 stories volume 1
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Something has been going on ever since eleven-year-old Ash McGinn and his older sister, Willow, checked in to the Exit 13 Motel. Their parents don't seem to notice anything strange, but the rooms and the hallways don't go where they're supposed to, the receptionist looks like he comes straight out of a horror movie, and there are creepy woods out back where Ash is sure some kind of monster is lurking. Ash knows it is up to him and Willow to get to...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Twins Lance and Chance LaRue are seeking a pet in the swamp near their Texas shack when they happen upon an egg and bring it home to hatch, but the creature's mother finds them, determined to rescue her little one.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Jigsaw is exited about his camping trip with his friends -- no school, and no detective work. But a full moon and a campfire story about a lake creature get Jigsaw back in business. When the marshmallows begin to disappear, Danika is sure a Marshmallow Monster is haunting the lake. Jigsaw and Mila scope out the area and wait to find out the real story.
19) Upstander
Author
Pub. Date
c2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Mary O'Malley's only brother, Jonny is losing his battle to drugs and addiction and her mother is absent and distracted. It seems the only person who might understand is Griffen Connolly, whose older sister runs with Jonny in the wrong crowd. Mary thought Griff was too cool, too popular for her. But now he wants to hang out with her, and listen. When two girls Mary thought were her friends decide to slam another girl online, Mary tries to look the...
Author
Series
Jigsaw Jones mystery.Super special volume 2
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In the midst of their inventions unit at school, Eddie Becker's ingenious moneymaking plan is stolen, prompting Jigsaw to create a spying gadget to solve the mystery.