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Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life
James Patterson - jimmy patterson
Format: Hardcover
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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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Ida B: . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and
Katherine Hannigan - Greenwillow Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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Ida B. Applewood believes there is never enough time for fun.That's why she's so happy to be homeschooled and to spend every free second outside with the trees and the brook. Then some not-so-great things happen in her world. Ida B has to go back to that Place of Slow but Sure Body-Cramping,... |
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The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Tom Angleberger - Harry N. Abrams; Reprint edition
Format: Print book
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Not so long ago, in a middle school not so far away, a sixth grader named Dwight folded an origami finger puppet of Yoda. For class oddball Dwight, this wasn’t weird. It was typical Dwight behavior. But what is weird is that Origami Yoda is uncannily wise and prescient. He can predict... |
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Al Capone Does My Shirts
Gennifer Choldenko
Format: Book
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Determined to find the knight responsible for the terrible deaths of her mother and the Jewish peddler who had given them a home, thirteen-year-old Sarah is helped in her quest by a strange old woman, a magical sword, a young faery, and an unkempt knight with little armor and no horse. |
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Harriet the Spy: 50th Anniversary Edition
Louise Fitzhugh - Delacorte Books for Young Readers; 50 Anv edition
Format: Hardcover
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This special 50th Anniversary Edition of the classic and ground-breaking coming-of-age novel, Harriet the Spy, includes tributes by Judy Blume, Meg Cabot, Lois Lowry, Rebecca Stead, and many more, as well as a map of Harriet's New York City neighborhood and spy route and original author/editor... |
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Jubilee
Patricia Reilly Giff - Wendy Lamb Books
Format: Hardcover
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Newbery Honor-winning author Patricia Reilly Giff writes a tender, timeless story about a girl who stopped speaking long ago, and how she finds her way back to her voice. For fans of Listening for Lucca, Fish in a Tree, The Rules, and Mockingbird. Judith lives with her beloved... |
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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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Wish
Barbara O'Connor - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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A touching story about a girl and her dog, perfect for young animal loversEleven-year-old Charlie Reese has been making the same secret wish every day since fourth grade. She even has a list of all the ways there are to make the wish, such as cutting off the pointed end of a slice of pie and wishing... |
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Okay for Now
Gary D. Schmidt - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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2011 National Book Award Finalist As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him. So begins a coming-of-age masterwork full of equal parts comedy and tragedy from Newbery Honor winner... |
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Surviving the Applewhites
Stephanie S Tolan - HarperTrophy
Format: Paperback
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Will anyone take on Jake Semple?Jake Semple is notorious. Rumor has it he burned down his old school and got kicked out of every school in his home state.Only one place will take him now, and that's a home school run by the Applewhites, a chaotic and hilarious family of artists. The only... |
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Hundred Percent
Karen Romano Young - Chronicle Books
Format: Print book
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The last year of elementary school is big for every kid. In this novel, equal parts funny and crushing, utterly honest and perfect for boys and girls alike, Christine Gouda faces change at every turn, starting with her own nickname - Tink - which just doesn't fit anymore. Readers will relate... |
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Be Prepared
VERA BROSGOL - First Second
Format: Paperback
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All Vera wants to do is fit in -- but that's not easy for a Russian girl in the suburbs. Her friends live in fancy houses and their parents can afford to send them to the best summer camps. Vera's single mother can't afford that sort of luxury, but there's one summer camp in her price range... |
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Lets Pretend We Never Met
Melissa Walker - HarperCollins
Format: Paperback
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"I love how this book gets the fragile ecosystem that is middle school. Theres a purity to the voice that feels very real, very Judy Blume. Loved it!" - R. J. Palacio, author of WonderThe Thing About Jellyfish meets The Kind of Friends We Used to Be in this sweet, honest middle... |
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