Rebecca Stead is a marvelous writer as you can see from her many, diverse starred reviews. Her books are for Tweens on up. Arranged by reading level.
LIAR & SPY
**Starred Review** PublishersWeekly
**Starred Review** Kirkus
**Starred Review** School Library Journal
**Starred Review** HornBook
7th grader Georges (the S is silent)
moves into a Brooklyn apartment building where he meets Safer, a
twelve-year-old coffee-drinking loner and self-appointed spy. Georges
becomes Safer's first spy recruit and his assignment is start tracking
mysterious Mr. X. But as Safer becomes more demanding, Georges starts
to wonder: how far is too far to go for your only friend? Some Profanity.
Word Count: 38,293Page Count: 192
Accelerated Reading level: 3.8 / points: 5.0
AR quiz: 152752
WHEN YOU REACH ME**Starred Review** Kirkus
**Starred Review** PublishersWeekly
**Starred Review** School Library Journal
**Starred Review** HornBook
In 1979, as her mother prepares to be a contestant on the THE $20,000 PYRAMID, a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.
Word Count: 39,253
Page Count: 208
Accelerated Reading level: 4.5 / points: 6.0
AR quiz: 131144
Lexile: 750L
When
Peter and his family follow his father's work to Greenland, he never
imagines that he'll uncover a secret his mother has been hiding from him
all his life, nor that this secret will lead to adventure.
Word Count: 65,686
Page Count: 336
Accelerated Reading level: 4.8 / points: 10.0
AR quiz: 115393
