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Free Verse
Sarah Dooley - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A moving, bittersweet tale reminiscent of Sharon Creech's Walk Two Moons set in a West Virginia coal-mining townWhen her brother dies in a fire, Sasha Harless has no one left, and nowhere to turn. After her father died in the mines and her mother ran off, he was her last caretaker.... |
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Lucky Strikes
Louis Bayard - Henry Holt and Company
Format: Print book
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With her mama recently dead and her pa sight unseen since birth, Amelia is suddenly in charge of her younger brother and sister -- and of the family gas station. Harley Blevins, local king and emperor of Standard Oil, is in hot pursuit to clinch his fuel monopoly. To keep him at bay and keep... |
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Mayday
Karen Harrington - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Josh Baxter Levels Up
Gavin Brown - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Josh Baxter is sick and tired of hitting the reset button. It's not easy being the new kid for the third time in two years. One mistake and now the middle school football star is out to get him. And Josh's sister keeps offering him lame advice about how to make friends, as if he needs her help... |
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The last boy at St. Edith's
Lee Gjertsen Malone - Aladdin, 2016.
Format: Print book
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A fresh and funny debut novel about a seventh grade prankster determined to escape the all-girls academy where he's the only boy - by getting expelled!Seventh grader Jeremy Miner has a girl problem. Or, more accurately, a girls problem. 475 of them to be exact. That's how many girls attend... |
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Sara Lost and Found
Virginia Castleman - Aladdin
Format: Print book
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Sisters Anna and Sara must rely on each other for strength as they face being separated by the foster care system in this heartwrenching tale of sisterhood, family, and survival.Sara and Anna Olsen face an uncertain world. Their mother left home and may - or may not - be coming back. Their... |
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Friends for life
Andrew Norriss - David Fickling Books/Scholastic Inc.
Format: Print book
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A timeless and uplifting book about friendship, filled with humor and heart.When Jessica sits next to Francis on a bench during recess, he's surprised to learn that she isn't actually alive--she's a ghost. And she's surprised, too, because Francis is the first person who has been able to see her since... |
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Raymie Nightingale
Kate Dicamillo - Candlewick Press
Format: Print book
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A 2016 National Book Award Finalist!Two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo returns to her roots with a moving, masterful story of an unforgettable summer friendship.Raymie Clarke has come to realize that everything, absolutely everything, depends on her. And she has a plan. If Raymie... |
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The Secrets of Blueberries, Brothers, Moose & Me
Sara Nickerson - Dutton Children's Books
Format: Print book
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A story infused with warmth and emotion about finding something all your own while the world changes around you.2015 BCCB Bulletin Blue Ribbon SelectionDetermined to make some extra money, twelve-year-old Missy and her older brother Patrick get summer jobs picking blueberries at a local... |
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Lost in the Sun
Lisa Graff - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of A Tangle of Knots and Absolutely Almost, a touching story about a boy who won't let one tragic accident define him. Everyone says that middle school is awful, but Trent knows nothing could be worse than the year he had in fifth grade, when a freak accident... |
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Best Friend Next Door
Carolyn Mackler - Scholastic Press
Format: Print book
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Printz Honor and New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Mackler brings honesty and charm to this story of a friendship between two girls. Meet Hannah. Her name is a palindrome. Her birthday is on New Year's. She wishes she had a cat. She's medium height and a little awkward. Her life... |
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Drive Me Crazy
Terra Elan McVoy - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover
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A tween rivalry-turned-friendship story bursting with humor and heart - perfect for fans of Lisa Graff and Lynda Mullaly Hunt.Lana and Cassie have met only once before, at the wedding of Lana's Grandpa Howe and Cassie's Grandma Tess two months ago. The two girls couldn't be more different,... |
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The Truth About Twinkie Pie
Kat Yeh - Little
Format: Hardcover
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There's something about asking for Impossible Things. For one little second, they feel Possible. Take two sisters making it on their own: brainy twelve-year-old GiGi and junior-high-dropout-turned-hairstylist DiDi. Add a million dollars in prize money from a national cooking contest and a move... |
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The Tapper Twins Go to War
Geoff Rodkey - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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This bestselling first book in the Tapper Twins series is a hilariously authentic showcase of what it's like to be in middle school in our digitally-saturated world, told as a colorful "oral history" with photos, screenshots, text messages, chat logs, and online gaming... |
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The Meaning of Maggie
Megan Jean Sovern - Chronicle Books Llc
Format: Print book
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* "Smart, sensitive, sad and funny." - Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewAs befits a future President of the United States of America, Maggie Mayfield has decided to write a memoir of the past year of her life. And what a banner year it's been! During this period she's Student of the Month... |
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The Summer I Saved the World . . . in 65 Days
Michele Weber Hurwitz - Random House Childrens Books
Format: Print book
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It's summertime, and thirteen-year-old Nina Ross is feeling kind of lost. Her beloved grandma died last year; her parents work all the time; her brother's busy; and her best friend is into clothes, makeup, and boys. While Nina doesn't know what "her thing" is yet, it's definitely... |
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Kate Walden Directs: Night of the Zombie Chickens
Julie Mata - Harpercollins
Format: Print book
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Night of the Zombie Chickens is supposed to be Kate Walden's breakout film. But her supporting actresses-her mother's prize organic hens-are high maintenance, to say the least. Thank goodness Kate's best friend Alyssa is the star. She's great at screaming and even better at killing... |
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Cool Down
Cassie Waters - Simon Spotlight
Format: Hardcover
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As summer ends, a new poolside friendship is formed - one that could lead to trouble - in this addition to a tween series that puts drama in the deep end.Labor Day is just around the corner. Swim team is over, and many of the Riverside Swim Club regulars have gone away for the last days... |
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The Detention Club
David Yoo - Balzer + Bray
Format: Print book
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DetentionThe best worst thing to happen to Peter Lee?Peter and his best friend, Drew, used to be so cool (or, at least, not total outcasts) in elementary school. But now they're in middle school, where their extensive mica collection and prowess at kickball have earned them a new label:... |
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I Even Funnier: A Middle School Story
James Patterson - jimmy patterson
Format: Hardcover
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In this follow up to the #1 New York Times bestseller I Funny, middle schooler Jamie Grimm has big dreams of being the best stand-up comic in the world--and he won't let the fact that he's wheelchair-bound stand in his way. After winning the New York state finals in the Planet's... |
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Mackenzie Blue
Tina Wells - HarperCollins
Format: Book
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Meet Mackenzie Blue, aka Zee She has it all - smarts, talent, humor, and style. . . . Is it enough to survive middle school? Countdown to a 7th Grade Meltdown 1. Your BFF moves away. 2. Someone steals your diary and reveals your deepest secrets - to the entire class. 3. You have one chance... |
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Middle-School Cool
Maiya Williams - Delacorte Press
Format: Print book
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"Graduates of Wayside School will fit right in at the decidedly unconventional Kaboom Academy. . . . Middle schoolers will clamor for a transfer." - Kirkus Kaboom Academy, a new and alternative school for middle-grade kids, is chock-full of innovative methods of instruction... |
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