The books below link to either YouTube Trailers for the novels or the author's web site.
In the first book of the "Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" series, fifteen-year-old twins Josh and Sophie learn that they are part of the prophecy written in the Codex, the ancient book that is at the center of the struggles between members of the Elder Race. When the Codex is stolen, the twins become entangled in a war that involves Golems, wereboars, and other horrifying creatures.
Lexile: 890
A combination of Sherlock Holmes, James Bond, and Attila the Hun, even Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy — because these fairies are armed and dangerous, and don't play by any rules.
Lexile: 600
Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl. . . .
Lexile: 790
A story about Shadowhunters- people who have been trained since childhood to fight and slay the downworlders, demons and faeries that attempt to create havoc on earth.
Lexile: 710
Kendra and her brother Seth have no idea their grandfather is the current caretaker of Fablehaven. Inside the gated woods, ancient laws give relative order among greedy trolls, mischievous satyrs, plotting witches, spiteful imps, and jealous fairies.
Lexile: 700
Classic Greek mythology is mixed with modern adventure in this series. Percy discovers he is the son of Poseidon, God of the Sea. Percy is sent to a summer camp on Long Island, but trouble starts all over again when Percy is sent on a quest to prevent war on Mount Olympus.
Lexile: 740
This is the TRUE story of Wonderland, according to Alyss, not the happy, Disney version that we know.
*Link is to the web site for the novel; no movie trailer found.
Lexile: 1010
Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride is not your typical teenager. She's one of a group of genetically engineered children who have wings and are able to fly. They escaped from the school where they were created and tortured, and are living together in the woods. Max leads her five feisty "family" members on a journey of action, adventure, and soul-seeking. Lexile: 700
Don’t even think of starting this book unless you’re sitting in a comfortable chair and have lots of time. A fast-paced, impossible-to-put-down adventure awaits as the young orphan Peter and his mates are dispatched to an island ruled by the evil King Zarboff.
They set sail aboard the Never Land, a ship carrying a precious and mysterious trunk in its cargo hold-and the journey quickly becomes fraught with excitement and danger.
Lexile: 770
Thomas awakens alone and confused in an elevator. He can't remember how he got there. He doesn't know anything about himself...except his name. When he gets out of the elevator, he finds other boys, 60 of them. All are trapped in the Glade, a small patch of land surrounded on all sides by a brick wall. Between the food they've learned how to grow and the supplies that are sent to them, they do well. But why are they here? And will they ever figure out how to navigate the maze that keeps them locked inside the Glade? Lexile: 770