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The Truth about Truman School
Dori Hillestad Butler - Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Paperback
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When Zebby and Amr create the website thetruthabouttruman.com, they want it to be honest. They want it to be about the real Truman Middle School, to say things that the school newspaper would never say, and to give everyone a chance to say what they want to say, too. But given the chance,... |
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Vicious: True Stories by Teens About Bullying
Youth Communication - Free Spirit Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Essays by teens address bullying: physical, verbal, relational, and cyber. These stories will appeal to readers because the cruelty and hurt are unmistakably real—and the reactions of the writers are sometimes cringe-worthy, often admirable, and always believable. Real Teen Voices... |
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Flirt Club
Cathleen Daly - Square Fish; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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Isabelle and Annie are two self-professed middle–school drama geeks who have no idea how to flirt with boys—successfully. Their sweet, awkward, and painful attempts at romance are getting them nowhere, so they start Flirt Club, an after–school support group for similarly... |
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When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Kimberly Willis Holt - Square Fish; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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The red words painted on the trailer caused quite a buzz around town and before an hour was up, half of Antler was standing in line with two dollars clutched in hand to see the fattest boy in the world.Toby Wilson is having the toughest summer of his life. It's the summer his mother... |
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If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period
Gennifer Choldenko - Harcourt Children's Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Kirsten's parents are barely speaking to each other, and her best friend has fallen under the spell of the school's queen bee, Brianna. It seems like only Kirsten's younger science-geek sister is on her side. Walker's... |
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Real Friends vs. the Other Kind
Annie Fox - Free Spirit Publishing; Book 2 edition
Format: Book
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“If you’re like us, you probably have questions about friendships. Maybe you’re not sure if someone is a real friend or the other kind.” So goes the story of Jack, Jen, Chris, Abby, Mateo, and Michelle—six students trying to figure it all out in middle school.... |
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Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories
Megan Kelley Hall - HarperTeen
Format: Paperback
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Today's top authors for teens and young people come together to share their stories about bullying—as bystanders, as victims, and as the bullies themselves—in this moving and deeply personal collection. Lauren Oliver, R. L. Stine, Ellen Hopkins, Carolyn Mackler, Kiersten... |
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The Secret Language of Girls
Frances O'Roark Dowell - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book
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In the old days, when Kate had no interest in romance, she never cared what other people thought. Now, it appeared, love was turning her into a rotten human being. Eleven-year-old Kate Faber wishes she could talk to her best friend Marylin about this. But Marylin is no longer her best... |
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Water Balloon
Audrey Vernick - Clarion Books
Format: Print book
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Marley's life is as precarious as an overfull water balloon - one false move and everything will burst. Her best friends are pulling away from her, and her parents, newly separated, have decided she should spend the summer with her dad in his new house, with a job she didn't ask for and certainly... |
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The Truth About Alice: A Novel
Jennifer Mathieu - Roaring Brook
Format: Book
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Winner of the Children's Choice Book Awards' Teen Choice Debut Author AwardEveryone knows Alice slept with two guys at one party. When Healy High star quarterback, Brandon Fitzsimmons, dies in a car crash, it was because he was sexting with Alice. Ask anybody. Rumor has it Alice... |
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Butter
Erin Jade Lange - Bloomsbury USA Childrens; Reprint edition
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A lonely obese boy everyone calls "Butter" is about to make history. He is going to eat himself to death-live on the Internet-and everyone is invited to watch. When he first makes the announcement online to his classmates, Butter expects pity, insults, and possibly sheer... |
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