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The William problem
Barbara Baker
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Liza hates third grade because she is separated from her best friend and she has mean Mrs. Rumford as her teacher, until she begins to make new friends. |
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Seven Long Years Until College
Mary Jane Auch
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When her new stepfather imposes restrictions on her daily life, and her best friend prepares to move to Cleveland, Natalie takes drastic steps to stem the tide of change in her life. |
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My Mom Married the Principal
Margaret Bechard
Format: Hardcover
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When your stepfather is also the school principal everyone starts asking you for favorsIt's only the first day of school, but news travels fast when you're in eighth grade -- Jonah Truman's mother has married the principal! Now nothing Jonah does will be a secret. It's not easy, b |
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Starting School with an Enemy
Elisa Lynn Carbone
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"Hurray for strong girl characters!"*Author Elisa Carbone bursts onto the middle-grade scene with a laugh-out-loud story of a girl who tackles life head-on. Ten-year-old Sarah definitely has an attitude. But who can blame her? Her family dragged her along on their move f |
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
Beverly Cleary - Morrow
Format: Print book
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Beverly Cleary's Newbery Medal-winning book explores the thoughts and emotions of a sixth-grade boy, Leigh Botts, in letter form as he writes to his favorite author, Boyd Henshaw. After his parents separate, Leigh Botts moves to a new town with his mother. Struggling to make friends and deal... |
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Amber Brown is not a crayon
Paula Danziger - Putnam's
Format: Print book
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Amber Brown.Justin Daniels.Best friends...a team that really knows how to have fun, that knows how to help each other out.When Amber has trouble with fractions, Justin is there with the answers.When Justin writes a messy report, it's Amber to the rescue with neat cursive writing.They've... |
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Liar, Liar
Barthe DeClements
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Sixth-grader Gretchen and her friends begin to have problems when a new girl starts telling some very believable, but untrue, stories. |
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Flour Babies
Anne Fine
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Despite the scorn of the other boys in Room 8 about the assignment to care for their ""flour babies""--bags of flour that must be kept dry, mud-free, and safe from harm--Simon, a clumsy misfit, begins to enjoy caring for his ""baby."" |
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Spider Boy
Ralph J Fletcher
Format: Hardcover
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Humorous story about a boy's adjustment to new surroundings and kids in a new school. Packed with fascinating facts about spiders, the story is told through journal entries and scenes of events. Contains a spider bibliography. |
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Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
Jack Gantos - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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"They say I'm wired bad, or wired sad, but there's no doubt about it -- I'm wired."Joey Pigza's got heart, he's got a mom who loves him, and he's got "dud meds," which is what he calls the Ritalin pills that are supposed to even out his wild mood swings. Sometimes Joey... |
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Bug in a Rug
Jamie Gilson - Clarion Books
Format: Print book
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Richard's day gets off to a bad start when he has to wear too-big purple corduroy pants to school. Although it's Richard's turn to lead the Pledge of Allegiance and to hand out the mealworms that Mrs. Zookey's class is going to study, those purple pants keep getting in his way.... |
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Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
Jack Gantos - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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"They say I'm wired bad, or wired sad, but there's no doubt about it -- I'm wired."Joey Pigza's got heart, he's got a mom who loves him, and he's got "dud meds," which is what he calls the Ritalin pills that are supposed to even out his wild mood swings. Sometimes Joey... |
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Summer on Wheels
Gary Soto
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The acclaimed Chicano poet and author of Crazy Weekend offers another wacky adventure with Hector and Mando in an action-filled tale of a six-day bike trip from East Los Angeles to Santa Monica. |
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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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Double Act
Jacqueline Wilson
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Ten-year-old Ruby and Garnet are identical twins who do everything together. Especially since their mother died three years earlier. They dress alike, wear their hair the same, and sit together in every class. In fact, everything about them is the same--except their personalities. |
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