Try these stories with hundreds of SAT words and their definitions that are a fun and easy way to build vocabulary.

The Marino Mission: One Girl, One Mission, One Thousand Words; 1,000 Need-to-Know SAT Vocabulary Words by Karen Chapman
It’s summer in Central America and Alexa shares a wild adventure with a local guy and lots of dolphins. (Cliffs Notes 2005)

Test of Time: A Novel Approach to the SAT and the ACT
by Charles Harrington Elster
A literary mystery featuring Mark Twain and some modern teens doing a little detecting. (Harvest 2004)

The Dropanchor Chronicle: A SAT Vocabulary Novel
by Stephen D. Ring
Everything is not what it seems in this ecological thriller set in the charming town of Dropanchor. (Virtualbookworm.com 2004)

Vampire Dreams: An SAT Vocabulary Novel by Tyche
Londoner James Weston moves to Manhattan but he can’t escape his new penchant for blood. (Sparknotes 2004)