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Addie Bell's Shortcut to Growing Up
Jessica Brody - Delacorte Press Format: Print book
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A middle school girl finds out that being a teenager isn't all it's cracked up to be in this realistic read about friendship with plenty of LOL moments--and a magical twist!Seventh grader Addie Bell can't wait to grow up. Her parents won't let her have her own phone, she doesn't have any... |
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All's Faire in Middle School
Victoria Jamieson - Dial Books Format: Hardcover
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Calling all Raina Telgemeier fans! The Newbery Honor-winning author of Roller Girl is back with a heartwarming graphic novel about starting middle school, surviving your embarrassing family, and the Renaissance Faire. Eleven-year-old Imogene (Impy) has grown... |
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Awkward
Svetlana Chmakova - Yen Press Format: Hardcover
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Cardinal rule #1 for surviving school: Don't get noticed by the mean kids.Cardinal rule #2 for surviving school: Seek out groups with similar interests and join them.On her first day at her new school, Penelope--Peppi--Torres reminds herself of these basics. But when she trips into a quiet... |
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Ban This Book
ALAN GRATZ - Starscape Format: Hardcover
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"Readers, librarians, and all those books that have drawn a challenge have a brand new hero ... . Stand up and cheer, book lovers. This one's for you." -- Kathi Appelt, author of the Newbery Honor-winning The UnderneathAn inspiring tale of a fourth-grader who fights back... |
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The Best at It
Maulik Pancholy - Balzer + Bray Format: Hardcover
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From award-winning actor Maulik Pancholy comes a hilarious and heartfelt middle grade debut about a gay Indian American boy coming into his own. Perfect for fans of Tim Federle's Nate series.Rahul Kapoor is heading into seventh grade in a small town in Indiana. The start of middle school... |
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The Bridge Home
Padma Venkatraman - Nancy Paulsen Books Format: Hardcover
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"Readers will be captivated by this beautifully written novel about young people who must use their instincts and grit to survive. Padma shares with us an unflinching peek into the reality millions of homeless children live every day but also infuses her story with hope and bravery... |
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Bubbles: A Novel
Abby Cooper - Farrar, Straus and Giroux Format: Hardcover
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From the author of Sticks & Stones, a novel about friendship, overcoming obstacles, and what it really means to understand the people around you.Twelve-year-old Sophie Mulvaney's world has been turned upside down. Mom lost her job at the TV station and broke up with Pratik, whom... |
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Chomp
Carl Hiaasen - Alfred A. Knopf Format: Paperback
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Wahoo Cray lives in a zoo. His father is an animal wrangler, so he's grown up with all manner of gators, snakes, parrots, rats, monkeys, snappers, and more in his backyard. The critters he can handle. His father is the unpredictable one. When his dad takes a job with a reality TV show... |
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A Corner Of The Universe
Ann M. Martin - Scholastic Press Format: Print book
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Ann Martin's phenomenal Newbery Honor book, now in paperback The summer Hattie turns 12, her predictable smalltown life is turned on end when her uncle Adam returns home for the first time in over ten years. Hattie has never met him, never known about him. He's been institutionalized; his condition... |
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Counting by 7s
Holly Goldberg Sloan - Dial Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of "Out of My Mind, " "Wonder, "and "Mockingbird, " this is an intensely moving middle grade novel about being an outsider, coping with loss, and discovering the true meaning of family. Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with... |
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Crenshaw
Katherine Applegate - Feiwel & Friends Format: Hardcover
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In her first novel since The One and Only Ivan, winner of the Newbery Medal, Katherine Applegate delivers an unforgettable and magical story about family, friendship, and resilience.Jackson and his family have fallen on hard times. There's no more money for rent. And not much for food,... |
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Criss Cross
Lynne Rae Perkins - Greenwillow Books Format: Hardcover
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Debbie is wishing something would happen. Something good. To her. Soon. In the meantime, Debbie loses a necklace and finds a necklace (and boy does the necklace have a story to tell) , she goes jeans shopping with her mother (an accomplishment in diplomacy) , she learns to drive shift in a truck... |
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Dear Sweet Pea
Julie Murphy - Balzer + Bray Format: Hardcover
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The first middle grade novel from Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin' (now a popular Netflix film) , is a funny, heartwarming story perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead, Ali Benjamin, and Holly Goldberg Sloan.Patricia "Sweet Pea" DiMarco wasn't sure... |
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The Devil's Arithmetic
Jane Yolen - Puffin Books Format: Paperback
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Winner of the National Jewish Book Award, "a triumphantly moving book."*Hannah is tired of holiday gatheringsall her family ever talks about is the past. In fact, it seems to her that's what they do every Jewish holiday. But this year's Passover Seder will be differentHannah will... |
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El Deafo
Cece Bell - Amulet Books Format: Book
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A 2015 Newbery Honor Book Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles... |
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Eleven (The Winnie Years)
Lauren Myracle - Puffin Books Format: Paperback
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Winnie knows that change isnt all its cracked up to be, especially when it means her best friend, Amanda, might be dropping her for someone else. Throw in a grumpy teenage sister, a cat who gets trapped in the wall, and a crush who has pinkeye, and youve got one big mess - one that Winnies... |
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Far Away
Lisa Graff - Philomel Books Format: Hardcover
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A book about life, loss, and the secrets families keep, reminiscent of Sharon Creech's Walk Two Moons, by National Book Award nominee Lisa Graff.CJ's Aunt Nic is a psychic medium who tours the country speaking to spirits from Far Away, passing on messages from the dearly departed.... |
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Felix Yz
Lisa Bunker - Viking Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover
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"If it wasn't for the fused-with-Zyx thing, I suppose I would just be normal - whatever that means." When Felix Yz was three years old, a hyperintelligent fourth-dimensional being became fused inside him after one of his father's science experiments went terribly wrong. The creature... |
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First Light
Rebecca Stead - Wendy Lamb Books Format: Print book
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Peter is thrilled to join his parents on an expedition to Greenland, where his father studies global warming. Peter will get to skip school, drive a dogsled, and-finally-share in his dad's adventures. But on the ice cap, Peter struggles to understand a series of visions that both frighten... |
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Flipped
Wendelin Van Draanen - Ember Format: Hardcover
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A classic he-said-she-said romantic comedy! This updated anniversary edition offers story-behind-the-story revelations from author Wendelin Van Draanen. The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran. That was the second grade, but not much has changed by the seventh.... |
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The Friendship War
Andrew Clements - Random House Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover
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Stickers, Silly Bandz, Rainbow Looms, fidget spinners . . . buttons?! A brand-new school story about friendship and fads from the bestselling author of Frindle.This is war. Okay--that's too dramatic. But no matter what this is called, so far I'm winning.And it feels... |
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Front Desk
Kelly Yang - Arthur A. Levine Books Format: Hardcover
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Mia Tang has a lot of secrets.Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests.Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean motel owner,... |
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Fuzzy Mud
Louis Sachar - Delacorte Press Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the acclaimed bestseller Holes, winner of the Newbery Award and the National Book Award, comes Fuzzy Mud, a New York Times bestseller. "Sachar blends elements of mystery, suspense, and school-day life into a taut environmental cautionary tale. "--Publishers... |
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Ghost
Jason Reynolds - Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Format: Hardcover
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A National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying... |
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Guts
Raina Telgemeier - Graphix Format: Hardcover
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A true story from Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning author of Smile, Sisters, Drama, and Ghosts!Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug.... |
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If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period
Gennifer Choldenko
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Kirsten and Walk, seventh-graders at an elite private school, alternate telling how race, wealth, weight, and other issues shape their relationships as they and other misfits stand up to a mean but influential classmate, even as they are uncovering a long-kept secret about themselves. |
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I Kill the Mockingbird
Paul Acampora - Roaring Brook Press Format: Print book
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When Lucy, Elena, and Michael receive their summer reading list, they are excited to see "To Kill A Mockingbird" included. But not everyone in their class shares the same enthusiasm. So they hatch a plot to get the entire town talking about the well-known Harper Lee classic. They... |
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Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
Wendy Mass - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition Format: Hardcover
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In one month Jeremy Fink will turn thirteen. But does he have what it takes to be a teenager? He collects mutant candy, he won't venture more than four blocks from his apartment if he can help it, and he definitely doesn't like surprises. On the other hand, his best friend, Lizzy,... |
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The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary
Laura Shovan - Wendy Lamb Books Format: Print book
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Laura Shovan's engaging, big-hearted debut is a time capsule of one class's poems during a transformative school year. Families change and new friendships form as these terrific kids grow up and move on in this whimsical novel-in-verse about finding your voice and making sure others hear... |
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Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
Jason Reynolds - Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Format: Hardcover
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A National Book Award Finalist! From National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a novel told in ten blocks, showing all the different directions a walk home can take.This story was going to begin like all the best stories. With a school... |
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Maniac Magee (Newbery Medal Winner)
Jerry Spinelli - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Format: Paperback
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A Newbery Medal winning modern classic about a racially divided small town and a boy who runs.. Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee might have lived a normal life if a freak accident hadnt made him an orphan. After living with his unhappy and uptight aunt and uncle for eight years,... |
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Me and Miranda Mullaly
Jake Gerhardt - Viking Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover
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They each have 33% chance with her, but shes 0% interested.Meet Sam, the comedian; Duke, the intellectual; and Chollie, the athlete. Their fates converge at Penn Valley Middle as each falls desperately for the enigmatic Miranda Mullaly - the girl who smiles like she means it, the girl who makes... |
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Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life (Scholastic Edition)
James; Tebbetts Chris Patterson Format: Paperback
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Rafe Khatchadorian has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into the mix. Luckily, he's got an ace plan for the best year ever, if only he can pull it off: With his best friend Leonardo the Silent awarding him points, Rafe tries to break every rule in his school's... |
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More to the Story
Hena Khan - Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover
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From the critically acclaimed author of Amina's Voice comes a new story inspired by Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic, Little Women, featuring four sisters from a modern American Muslim family living in Georgia.When Jameela Mirza is picked to be feature editor of her middle... |
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The Mother-Daughter Book Club
Heather Vogel Frederick - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; 4th edition Format: Hardcover
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The book club is about to get a makeover.... Even if Megan would rather be at the mall, Cassidy is late for hockey practice, Emma's already read every book in existence, and Jess is missing her mother too much to care, the new book club is scheduled to meet every month. But what begins... |
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Ms. Bixby's Last Day
John David Anderson - Walden Pond Press Format: Hardcover
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A funny, heartwarming, and heartbreaking contemporary story about three boys, one teacher, and a day none of them will ever forget.Everyone knows there are different kinds of teachers. The boring ones, the mean ones, the ones who try too hard, the ones who stopped trying long ago. The ones... |
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New Kid
Craft, Jerry
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Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Gene Luen Yang, New Kid is a timely, honest graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low and the struggle to fit in is real, from award-winning author-illustrator Jerry Craft.Seventh grader Jordan Banks |
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Orphan Island
Laurel Snyder - Walden Pond Press Format: Hardcover
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A National Book Award Longlist title!"A wondrous book, wise and wild and deeply true." - Kelly Barnhill, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Girl Who Drank the Moon"This is one of those books that haunts you long after you read it. Thought-provoking and magical." - Rick... |
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Out of My Mind
Sharon M Draper - Atheneum Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover
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"If there is one book teens and parents (and everyone else) should read this year, Out of My Mind" should be it" (Denver Post") .Melody is not like most people. She cannot walk or talk, but she has a photographic memory; she can remember every detail of everything... |
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Pay Attention, Carter Jones
Gary D. Schmidt - Clarion Books Format: Hardcover
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Bestselling author Gary D. Schmidt tells a coming-of-age story with the light touch of The Wednesday Wars, the heart of Okay for Now, and the unique presence of a wise and witty butler. Carter Jones is astonished early one morning when he finds a real English butler, bowler... |
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Real Friends
Shannon Hale - First Second Format: Hardcover
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"Fresh and funny." -- New York Times Book ReviewNewbery Honor author Shannon Hale and New York Times bestselling illustrator LeUyen Pham join forces in this graphic memoir about how hard it is to find your real friends -- and why it's worth the journey.When best... |
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Restart
GORDON KORMAN - Scholastic Press Format: Hardcover
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Chase's memory just went out the window. Chase doesn't remember falling off the roof. He doesn't remember hitting his head. He doesn't, in fact, remember anything. He wakes up in a hospital room and suddenly has to learn his whole life all over again . . . starting with his own name.... |
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Rules
Cynthia Lord - Scholastic Format: Paperback
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This 2007 Newbery Honor Book is a humorous and heartwarming debut about feeling different and finding acceptance. Now in After Words paperback!Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around... |
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Saturdays with Hitchcock
Ellen Wittlinger - Charlesbridge Format: Hardcover
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Twelve-year-old movie-loving Maisie is in need of a distraction from her current romantic dilemma when her Uncle Walt comes to stay with her family after being hurt on the set of the movie he's filming in Hollywood.Maisie's best friend, Cyrus, has been hanging out a lot with Gary... |
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Scar Island
Dan Gemeinhart - Scholastic Press Format: Print book
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Jonathan Grisby is the newest arrival at the Slabhenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys--an ancient, crumbling fortress of gray stone rising up from the ocean. It is dark, damp, and dismal. And it is just the place Jonathan figures he deserves.Because Jonathan has done something terrible.... |
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See You in the Cosmos
JACK CHENG - Puffin Books Format: Paperback
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"I haven't read anything that has moved me this much since Wonder." - Jennifer Niven, author of All the Bright PlacesA space-obsessed boy and his dog, Carl Sagan, take a journey toward family, love, hope, and awe in this funny and moving novel for fans of Counting by 7s, Walk... |
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Short
Holly Goldberg Sloan - Dial Books Format: Hardcover
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In this heartwarming, funny middle-grade novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Counting by 7s, Julia grows into herself while playing a Munchkin in a production of The Wizard of Oz Julia is very short for her age, but by the end of the summer run of The... |
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Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier - Graphix Format: Paperback
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Raina Telgemeiers #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning graphic memoir based on her childhood!Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey... |
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So B. It
Sarah Weeks Format: Print book
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You couldnt really tell about Mamas brain just from looking at her, but it was obvious as soon as she spoke. She had a high voice, like a little girls, and she only knew twenty-three words. I know this for a fact, because we kept a list of the things Mama said tacked to the |
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Speed of Life
Carol Weston - Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Format: Hardcover
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Sofia lost her mother eight months ago, and her friends were 100% there for her. Now it's a new year and they're ready for Sofia to move on.Problem is, Sofia can't bounce back, can't recharge like a cellphone. She decides to write Dear Kate, an advice columnist for Fifteen Magazine, and is surprised... |
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Stargirl
Jerry Spinelli - Knopf Format: Print book
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A modern-day classic and New York Times bestseller that celebrates the power of individuality and personal expression from beloved Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli.Stargirl. From the day she arrives at quiet Mica High in a burst of color and sound, the hallways hum with the murmur... |
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Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers
Celia C. Perez - Kokila Format: Hardcover
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From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk comes the story of four kids who form an alternative Scout troop that shakes up their sleepy Florida town."Writing with wry restraint that's reminiscent of Kate DiCamillo... a beautiful tale of the value of friendship against... |
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Summerlost
Ally Condie - Dutton Children's Books Format: Print book
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A tender and compelling contemporary novel for young readers about facing loss and finding friendship, from Ally Condie, international bestselling author of the Matched series. "Kids are awesome. And they are diverse. There are children with different abilities and backgrounds and experiences,... |
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Sunny Side Up
Jennifer L. Holm - Graphix Format: Paperback
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Sunny Lewin has been packed off to Florida to live with her grandfather for the summer. At first she thought Florida might be fun -- it is the home of Disney World, after all. But the place where Gramps lives is no amusement park. It's full of . . . old people. Really old people.... |
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A Tangle of Knots
Lisa Graff - Puffin Books Format: Paperback
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A National Book Award nominee!The magic of Savvy meets the complexity of When You Reach Me in this "blithe magical puzzle," --The Wall Street JournalTold in multiple viewpoints, A Tangle of Knots is a magnificent puzzle. In a slightly magical world where everyone has a Talent,... |
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The Thing About Jellyfish
Ali Benjamin - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover
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This stunning debut novel about grief and wonder was an instant New York Times bestseller and captured widespread critical acclaim, including selection as a 2015 National Book Award finalist! Oddlot Entertainment has acquired the screen rights to The Thing About Jellyfish, with... |
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This Was Our Pact
Ryan Andrews - First Second Format: Paperback
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It's the night of the annual Autumn Equinox Festival, when the town gathers to float paper lanterns down the river. Legend has it that after drifting out of sight, they'll soar off to the Milky Way and turn into brilliant stars, but could that actually be true? This year, Ben and his classmates... |
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To Night Owl From Dogfish
Holly Goldberg Sloan - Dial Books Format: Hardcover
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From two extraordinary authors comes a moving, exuberant, laugh-out-loud novel about friendship and family, told entirely in emails and letters.Avery Bloom, who's bookish, intense, and afraid of many things, particularly deep water, lives in New York City. Bett Devlin, who's fearless, outgoing,... |
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Walk Two Moons (Newbery Medal Book)
Sharon Creech Format: Book
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In her own singularly beautiful style, Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion.Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree... |
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Well, That Was Awkward
Rachel Vail - Viking Format: Print book
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Gracie has never felt like this before. One day, she suddenly can't breathe, can't walk, can't anything - and the reason is standing right there in front of her, all tall and weirdly good-looking: A.J. But it turns out A.J. likes not Gracie but Gracie's beautiful best friend, Sienna.... |
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The Wednesday Wars
Gary D Schmidt - Clarion Format: Print book
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In this Newbery Honor-winning novel, Gary D. Schmidt offers an unforgettable antihero. The Wednesday Wars is a wonderfully witty and compelling story about a teenage boy's mishaps and adventures over the course of the 1967-68 school year in Long Island, New York.Meet Holling Hoodhood,... |
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When You Reach Me
Rebecca Stead - Wendy Lamb Books Format: Audiobook
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Winner of the 2010 John Newbery MedalFour mysterious letters change Miranda's world forever.By sixth grade, Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know how to navigate their New York City neighborhood. They know where it's safe to go, like the local grocery store, and they know whom to avoid,... |
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Wishtree
Katherine Applegate - Feiwel & Friends Format: Paperback
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A special edition for adults of Katherine Applegate's New York Times-bestselling novel about an oak tree and a crow who help their neighbors embrace their differences. Trees can't tell jokes, but they can certainly tell stories. . . .Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood... |
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Wonder
R J Palacio - Knopf Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIA ROBERTS, OWEN WILSON, AND JACOB TREMBLAY!Over 6 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller WONDER and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. The book that inspired the Choose Kind... |
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Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick - Scholastic Press Format: Hardcover
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In this groundbreaking tour de force, Caldecott Medalist and bookmaking pioneer Brian Selznick sails into uncharted territory and takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey. Ben and Rose secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known. Rose dreams of a mysterious... |
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Wringer (Newbery Honor Book)
Jerry Spinelli
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He did not want to be a wringer.Palmer LaRue is rnning out of birthdays. For as long as he can remember, he's dreaded the day he turns ten, the day he's supposed to become a wringer.This thing, this not wanting to be a wringer, did it ever knock him from his bike? Unite his sneaker... |
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