Book Trailers

A book trailer is much like a movie trailer or book talk. The book trailer tells enough about the story to let you know what it is about without giving away too much.  The purpose of a book trailer is to create interest in the book.

Virginia Readers' Choice

 

Booked by Kwame Alexander (author talking about book)

Lexile: 750

Verse, Sports

Crossover by Kwame Alexander

Lexile: 750

Verse Novel, Sports

Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston

Lexile: 700

Fantasy

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger

Lexile: 760

Realistic Fiction

The Underneath by Kathi Appelt

Lexile: 830

Fantasy

Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett

Lexile: 770

Mystery

The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin

Lexile: 740

Realistic Fiction

The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman

Lexile: 560

Historical Fiction

Quarterback Season by Fred Bowen

Lexile: 690

Sports

The Canyon's Edge by Dusti Bowling

Lexile: 750

Adventure, Verse

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling

Lexile: 700

Realistic Fiction

Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce

Lexile: 670

Science Fiction

The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden

Lexile: 770L

Realistic Fiction

The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Lexile: 580

Historical Fiction

How They Croaked by Georgia Bragg

Lexile: 950

Nonfiction

Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of WWII by Joseph Bruchac

Lexile: 910

Historical Fiction

The Trial by Jennifer Bryant

Lexile: NP

Verse Novel, Historical Fiction

All the Broken Pieces by Ann E. Burg

Lexile: 680

Verse Novel

Blood on the River: Jamestown 1607 by Elisa Carbone

Lexile: 820

Historical Fiction

King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender

Lexile: 830

Realistic Fiction

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko

Lexile: 600

Historical Fiction

Notes from a Liar and Her Dog by Gennifer Choldenko

Lexile: 580

Realistic Fiction

Powerless by Matthew Cody

Lexile: 800

Fantasy

Free Baseball by Sue Corbett (monotone voice)

Lexile: 800

Sports

New Kid by Jerry Craft

Graphic Novel

Fort by Cynthia DeFelice

Lexile: 700

Adventure

London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd

Lexile: 640

Mystery

Shooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark Dowell

Lexile: 890

Adventure, Historical

Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper

Lexile: 700

Realistic Fiction

Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine

Lexile: 630

Realistic Fiction

Seeing Red by Kathryn Erskine

Lexile: 750

Historical Fiction

Last Shot by Michael Feinstein

Lexile: 760

Sports

Under the Egg by Laura Marx Fitzgerald

Lexile: 790

Mystery, Historical Fiction

On the Day I Died by Candace Fleming

Lexile: 720

Fantasy

Hidden by Helen Frost

Lexile: 670

Verse Novel, Realistic Fiction

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart

Lexile: 730L

Realistic Fiction

Braced by Alyson Gerber

Lexile: 640

Realistic Fiction

Space Case by Stuart Gibbs (little cheesy)

Lexile: 750

Mystery

Spy School by Stuart Gibbs

Lexile: 740

Mystery

Ground Zero by Alan Gratz

Lexile: 690

Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction

Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz

Lexile: 760

Holocaust

Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess by Shari Green

Lexile: 870

Realistic Fiction

Game Changer by Tommy Greenwald

Lexile: 750

Sports, Realistic Fiction

Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Lexile: 790

Historical Fiction

Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale

Lexile: 850

Fantasy

Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes

Lexile: 680

Realistic Fiction

Operation Yes by Sara Lewis Holmes (full screen ad)

Lexile: 730

Realistic Fiction

House Arrest by K.A. Holt

Lexile: 610

Verse Novel

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler by Phillip Hoose

Lexile: 970

Non-fiction

BULU-African Wonder Dog by Dick Houston (on the long side)

Lexile: 700

Nonfiction

One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt (ad at the beginning)

Lexile: 520

Realistic Fiction

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

Lexile: 440

Graphic Novel

When the Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson

Graphic Novel

La Linea by Ann Jaramillo (proper noun capitalization errors)

Lexile: 650

Realistic Fiction

Red Madness by Gail Jarrow

Lexile: 990

Nonfiction

Amina's Voice by Hena Khan

Lexile: 800

Realistic Fiction, Multicultural

The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by e.l. konigsburg (typo)

Lexile: 840

Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction

Pop by Gordon Korman

Lexile: 740

Realistic Fiction

Restart by Gordon Korman

Lexile: 730

Realistic Fiction

Ungifted by Gordon Korman

Lexile: 730

Humor, Realistic Fiction

It's the End of the World as I Know It by Matthew Landis

Lexile: 540

Realistic Fiction

Savvy by Ingrid Law

Lexile: 1070

Fantasy

Lord of the Nutcracker Men by Iain Lawrence (voice is difficult to hear over the music)

Lexile: 640

Historical Fiction

Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue by Julius Lester

Lexile: NP

Histocial Fiction, Novel in Dialogue

The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had by Kristin Levine

Lexile: 680

Historical Fiction

The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson

Lexile: 1000

Non-fiction

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lia

Lexile: 800

Historical Fiction

Half a Chance by Cynthia Lord

Lexile: 690

Realistic Fiction, Romance

The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon

Lexile: 550

Historical Fiction

A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass

Lexile: 770

Realistic Fiction

Watchdog by Will McIntosh

Lexile: 740

Science Fiction, Dystopian

Breathe: A Ghost Story by Cliff McNish

Lexile: 680

Horror

All the Answers by Kate Messner

Lexile: 720

Fantasy

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Lexile: 790

Science Fiction

Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller

Lexile: 890

Historical Fiction

Zero Tolerance by Claudia Mills

Lexile: 670

Realistic Fiction

Shadow by Michael Morpurgo

Lexile: 780

Historical Fiction

A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Lexile: 810

Historical Fiction

The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Lexile: 710

Fantasy, Adventure

Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo (5 books)

Lexile: 630

Fantasy

The Leanin' Dog by K.A. Nuzum

Lexile: 960

Realistic Fiction

Free Lunch by Rex Ogle

Lexile: 540

Non-fiction, Memoir

Lost in the Pacific, 1942: Not a Drop to Drink by Tod Olson

Lexile: 880

Non-fiction

Two Truths and a Lie by Ammi-Joan Paquette

Lexile: 1010

Non-fiction

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

Lexile: 720

Realistic Fiction

Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Lexile: 400

Realistic Fiction

The Teacher's Funeral by Richard Peck

Lexile: 750

Humor

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

Lexile: 790

Realistic Fiction

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Lexile: 710

Fantasy

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (full screen ad)

Lexile: 920

Historical Fiction

All of the Above by Shelley Pearsall (student made)

Lexile: 1000

Realistic Fiction

The Seventh Most Impotant Thing by Shelley Pearsall

Lexile: 760

Realistic Fiction

Keeper by Mal Peet

Lexile: 780

Sports

The Red Bandanna: Young Reader's Adaptation

Lexile: 980

Non-fiction, Biography

The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick

Lexile: 740

Science Fiction

The Young Man and the Sea by Rodman Philbrick

Lexile: 800

Realistic Fiction

Bystander by James Preller

Lexile: 600

Realistic Fiction

Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus

Lexile: 760

Historical Fiction

Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Lexile: HL360L

Realistic Fiction

Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan

Lexile: 740

Fantasy, Adventure

Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

Lexile: 680

Multi-Genre, Suspense

Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan

Lexile: 830

Realistic Fiction

The Eighth Day by Dianne K. Salerni

Lexile: 730

Adventure

Endangered by Eliot Schrefer

Lexile: 900

Realistic Fiction

Bomb-The Race to Build and Steal the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin

Lexile: 920

Nonfiction

When the Whistle Blows by Fran Cannon Slayton

Lexile: 810

Historical Fiction

Lizzy Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt

Lexile: 1000

Historical Fiction

Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt

Lexile: 850

Historical Fiction

Orbiting Jupiter By Gary D. Schmidt (spelling error)

Lexile: 740

Realistic Fiction

The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt

Lexile: 990

Historical Fiction

Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Lexile: 770

Humor, Realistic Fiction

To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer

Lexile: 770

Realistic Fiction

Peak by Roland Smith

Lexile: 760

Adventure

Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith (passage reading)

Lexile: 680

Historical Fiction

Loser by Jerry Spinelli

Lexile: 650

Realistic Fiction

Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli

Lexile: 510

Historical Fiction

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Lexile: 750

Science Fiction

Drama by Raina Telgemeier

Lexile: 400

Graphic Novel

Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie Tolan (voice, little dry)

Lexile: 820

Realistic Fiction

The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman

Lexile: 680L

Realistic Fiction

So B. It by Sarah Weeks

Lexile: 860

Realistic Fiction

Brotherhood by A.B. Westrick

Lexile: 720

Historical Fiction

Surviving Antarctica by Andrea White

Lexile: 670

Science Fiction, Adventure

Little Audrey by Ruth White

Lexile: 630

Historical Fiction

You'll Like it Here (Everybody Does) by Ruth White

Lexile: 720

Science Fiction

Hush by Jacqueline Woodson

Lexile: 640

Realistic Fiction

Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time by Lisa Yee (typo)

Lexile: 650

Sports

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

Lexile: 580

Historical Fiction

Shipbreaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

Lexile: 690

Science Fiction, Adventure

Matched by Ally Condie (full screen ad at beginning)

Lexile: 680

Science Fiction

Among the Hidden by Margarent Petersen Haddix

Lexile: 800

Science Fiction

The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draaen

Lexile: 650

Realistic Fiction

Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass

Lexile: 740

Realistic Fiction

First Light by Rebecca Stead (pop up ad)

Lexile: 760

Science Fiction

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

Lexile: 750

Historical Fiction

Under the War Torn Sky by L. M. Elliott

Lexile: 640

Historical Fiction