Darby Creek High-Low Digital Sampler

Read a sample chapter from a book in each of the three new Spring 2019 series from Darby Creek™.

Darby Creek is designed to foster independent reading. Each fiction series is written at a fourth-grade reading level, but with YA appropriate subject matter. Sure to excite reluctant and struggling teen readers!

The Right Note

Eve and Ryan have been performing in a music duo together for years. When a TV music competition holds auditions in their town, they decide to give it a shot. Their audition goes well, and they're added to the show. But once the cameras are rolling, the judges inform them they won't be performing as a pair but as individuals, competing against each other. Will their friendship survive the drama of the competition?

Off Road

Two high-school friends have gone on plenty of mountain biking trips in the past. But when they decide to test out a new trail, they face potentially deadly challenges. After a crash leaves them with only one working bike and far from the marked trail, they must think quickly to find their way out of the woods before nightfall. All they have are their wits and the few supplies they have brought with them. How will they make it?

The Accident

When a boy is invited to go to a house party with some of his friends, he thinks it's a bad idea. But after some convincing, he agrees to go. On the way there, they get into a bad car accident and one of his friends is hurt. The next day, he gets a mysterious text message asking him if he'd like a do-over. He accepts and has a chance to repeat the entire week leading up to the accident. Will choosing not to go to the party be enough to keep his friends safe?