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1) No brainer
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 18
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
When the town threatens to close their crumbling middle school and Greg realizes he'd have to go to a different school than his best friend, he rallies his classmates to save their school before it's shuttered for good.
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 15
Language
English
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"Will Nikki Maxwell and her friends make it to Paris in this next installment of the . . . Dork Diaries series?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Starting at a new boarding school that has secret classes for witches-in-training, Heidi Heckelbeck is excited until she discovers her roommate is her old rival, Melanie Maplethorpe, who is also less than thrilled, which leads to an epic prank war and magical mayhem.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In a typical school year, every kid has one or two things go wrong. But for Jordan, there's a lot going wrong all the time...By keeping his cool (some of the time), banging on the drums (a lot), and keeping his sense of humor (all the time), Jordan's going to try to make it through the year . . . and grow up to write a book about it!"--Dust jacket.
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?"--
7) Wonder
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Language
English
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Description
August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid -- but his classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. Wonder begins from Auggie's point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of...
Author
Series
Class mom novel volume 4
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As a new Mat Mom of the Pioneer Middle School (PMS) Wrestling team, Jen Dixon finds herself thrown in the middle of the "guerrilla war against so-called perfect mothers," armed only with her cutting wit and acerbic sense of humor (New York Times Book Review). Handling a whole host of new challenges, from the dreaded seventh-grade science fair to a school fundraiser (again!), Jen faces the somewhat-terrifying new social dynamics of the wrestling moms...
12) Batneezer
Author
Series
Creature from my closet volume 6
Language
English
Description
"A strange combination of Ebenezer Scrooge and Lego Batman helps Rob Burnside save his school"--
13) McKenna
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Seattle fourth-grader McKenna Brooks, who lives for gymnastics, struggles with school work until Josie, a tutor confined to a wheelchair, helps her with reading comprehension and much more.
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old David Greenberg's best friend makes the start of middle school even worse than he feared it could be, David becomes friends with Penny, who shares his love of television shows and posts one of their skits on YouTube, making them wildly popular--online, at least.
15) Awkward
Author
Series
Berrybrook Middle School novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Yen Press edition.
Language
English
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Description
After shunning Jaime, the school nerd, on her first day at a new middle school, Penelope Torres tries to blend in with her new friends in the art club, until the art club goes to war with the science club, of which Jaime is a member.
Author
Language
English
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JEF - Asian Pacific Islander Authors (Chapter Books)
MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Description
A tale based on true events follows the coming-of-age of a girl who is motivated by an act of racism at school to learn about her ancestral heritage and her grandparents' experiences as lost children during the Korean War.
Author
Series
Desmond Pucket volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Desmond has been waiting his whole life for this day. It is the sixth-grade field trip to Crab Shell Pier, home to the awesomely fantastic Mountain Full of Monsters ride, and Desmond has one goal: convince Tina Schimsky to ride it with him. But once inside the amusement park, Desmond finds that executing his master plan will be no simple feat. Accompanied by his best friend, Ricky, Desmond must outwit both the tyrannical Mr. Needles and the nefarious...
Author
Language
English
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When thirteen-year-old San Lee moves to a new town and school for the umpteenth time, he is looking for a way to stand out when his knowledge of Zen Buddhism, gained in his previous school, provides the answer--and the need to quickly become a convincing Zen master.
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