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Author
Series
House of robots volume 1
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"Fifth-grader Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez struggles to fit in when his inventor mother requires him to take her latest creation, a robotic 'brother,' to school with him to learn to become a student"--
2) Wonder
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid -- but his classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. Wonder begins from Auggie's point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of...
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource (71 p.) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Claudia offers advice about surviving the challenges of middle school. Includes a glossary, discussion questions, a writing activity, tips from real teens, and sources of further reading.
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixth grader Abigail, assigned a different homeroom than her two best friends and made only the alternate on the pom-pom squad, learns a lot about popularity and true friendship when paired with unpopular Gabby for a year-long "Friendly Letter Assignment."
5) Drama
Author
Language
English
Description
Callie rides an emotional roller coaster while serving on the stage crew for a middle school production of Moon over Mississippi as various relationships start and end, and others never quite get going.
Author
Series
Middle school volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
After surviving sixth grade, Rafe expects seventh grade to be a fun zone because he has been accepted to art school in the big city, but when he discovers it is more competitive than he expected, he sets out to turn his boring life into the inspiration for a work of art.
Author
Series
Dear dumb diary volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
131 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jamie Kelly looks back through her very oldest diaries, and is amazed at how dumb she used to be considering how smart she is now.
8) Puppy love
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 10
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
291 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nikki's diary is up to the month of May, and springtime is sure to bring more adorkable fun for Nikki and her friends Chloe, Zoey, and Brandon!
Author
Series
Dear dumb diary volume 9
Publisher
Scholastic Paperbacks
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
131 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-olds Kate and Marylin, friends since preschool, draw further apart as Marylin becomes involved in student government and cheerleading, while Kate wants to play guitar and write songs, and both develop unlikely friendships with other girls and boys.
11) The unteachables
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Told in alternating voices, the teacher and students in room 117 find their lives changed over the course of a school year.
12) The scare school
Author
Series
Just beyond graphic novel volume 1
Publisher
KaBOOM!
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
144 pages [unnumbered] : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Middle grade supernatural horror series takes young readers Just Beyond the reality they know... Just Beyond their normal lives... Just Beyond the real world to an always surprising place of fantasy and fright. Surviving middle school is hard enough but when Jess, Josh, and Marco encounter a strange and deadly creature wandering the halls of The Scare School, it leads them to a sinister secret in the boiler room... As they leave their school behind,...
Author
Series
Big Nate volume 8
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
218 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After his fight with Randy Betancourt makes headlines in the school paper, Big Nate has a problem worse than detention on his hands.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixth-grader Alex really wants to make his middle school soccer team this year, but Jake, the class bully, keeps taunting him with his past failures--until Errol, a new student from Scotland, teaches him the importance of practice and teamwork.
16) One kid's trash
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his father moves them halfway across Colorado, eleven-year-old Hugo O'Donnell is surprised that his remarkable talent for garbology makes him popular for the first time in his life.
Author
Series
Astrid the astronaut volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
97 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young girl is determined to be the first astronaut with hearing aids in space! Astrid can't wait for the school year to start so she can put her Astronomically Grand Plan into action! She and her best friend, Hallie, are going to be in their first year of Shooting Stars, a club dedicated to all things space. Astrid's big sister has told her all about it, and this year, there is a big, wonderful prize: a trip to a real-life space camp! But Astrid's...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"Luke Abbott's school is the losing-est school in the history of losing. And that's just fine for him. He'd rather be at home playing video games and avoiding his older brother Rob and the Greatest Betrayal of All Time. But now he's being forced to join the robotics team, where surely he'll help uphold the school's losing streak"--
19) Brave like that
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Cyrus knows he is not cut out to be a football hero or fireman like his adopted father, but it takes a skittish stray dog to teach him that he, too, can be brave.
20) Mia in the mix
Author
Series
Cupcake diaries volume 2
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
c 2011
Physical Desc
146 p. : ill. : 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the popular girls club takes interest in Mia, she has to decide between being popular and her new cupcake club friends.