Nick Podehl
1) Black Hills
Author
Language
English
Description
Cooper Sullivan is reunited with childhood sweetheart Lil Chance, with whom he spent every summer, when he returns to his grandparent's Black Hills ranch to care for them and becomes involved in an investigation into a perpetrator who has been pulling pranks on Lil Chance's wildlife refuge which may be linked to the dead body of a hiker Cooper and Lil Chance found when they were children.
2) Pop
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
Lonely after a midsummer move to a new town, sixteen-year-old high-school quarterback Marcus Jordan becomes friends with a retired professional linebacker who is great at training him, but whose childish behavior keeps Marcus in hot water.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
HL 600L
Language
English
Description
Paired with the infamous "Hot Dog" Helen for a health class presentation on safe sex, tenth-grader Coop tries to regain his "cool" by entering his musically challenged rock group in the "Battle of the Bands" competition.