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1) Slacker
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When eighth-grader Cameron Boxer creates the Positive Action Group at school he intends it as a diversion to fool his parents, teachers, and sister into letting him continue to concentrate on his video-gaming--but before he knows it other kids are taking it seriously, and soon he finds himself president of the P.A.G., and involved in community service, so the boy who never cared about anything is now the center of everything, whether he likes it or...
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
For 12-year-old Julia Richards, life seems to be full of a lot of waiting: waiting for the cicadas to emerge, waiting with her best friend Taylor for the summer to get interesting, even waiting for her parents to let her move into the much cooler room down the hall. But perhaps the waiting might be over after new girl Alyssa and her plushy pink chair arrive across the street on Darcy Lane. However, when Alyssa challenges Julia for Taylor's friendship...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Garvey's father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading--anything but sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself with food. Garvey is kind, funny, smart, a loyal friend, and he is also obese, teased by bullies, and lonely. When his only friend encourages him to join the school chorus, Garvey's life changes.
Author
Series
Middle School volume 4
Pub. Date
2013.
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
"When Rafe Khatchadorian is sent to Camp Wannamorra, he teams up with his bunk mates to fend off the more "popular" kids' plans to ruin their summer"--Provided by publisher.
7) The Darkdeep
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Middle-schoolers Nico, Tyler, Ella, and Opal discover a hidden island in a forbidden cove that appears uninhabited, but something ancient has awakened knowing their wishes, dreams, and darkest secrets.
8) The Swap
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When seventh-grader Ellie, who is having best-friend problems, and eighth-grader Jack, who is under tremendous pressure from his father, switch bodies and lives, they learn a great deal about themselves and the opposite sex.
9) Harbor me
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"When six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world"--
10) Smile
Author
Series
Lexile measure
410L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The author relates, in graphic form, her experiences after she injured her two front teeth and had to have surgeries and wear embarrassing braces and headgear, all while also dealing with the trials and tribulations of middle school.
11) Chasing secrets
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Lizzie and her secret friend Noah, who's hiding in her house, plan to rescue Noah's father from the quarantined Chinatown and save everyone they love from contracting the plague that's spreading in 1900 San Francisco.
12) Supergifted
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After years of attending a school for gifted children, Noah finds himself at a normal school where he immediately ends up on the wrong side of a cheerleading captain and a jock.
13) Invisible Emmie
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Crushes, humiliation, drama: middle school. This is the story of two totally different girls--quiet, shy, artistic Emmie and popular, outgoing, athletic Katie--and how their lives unexpectedly intersect one day when an embarrassing note falls into the wrong hands"--Jacket.
Author
Series
TBH volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Told entirely in text messages, emails, and notes, this is a novel about best friends Prianka, Gabby, and Cecily, who find their friendship tested by busily planning a spring fair, bullying, and boys.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"When thirteen-year-olds T.E. and Audrey meet at a wilderness camp in the desert, they think their quirks are enough to prevent them from ever having friends. But as they trek through the challenging and unforgiving landscape, they learn that they each have what it takes to make the other whole"--
Author
Series
Confectionately yours volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Children of divorce, Hayley and her sister Chloe are stuck sharing a bedroom in their grandmother's apartment, but her knack for making cupcakes helps make life a little sweeter--until she and her best friend start disagreeing about everything.
17) Second chances
Author
Series
Everyday angel volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"There's more to Aria than meets the eye. She's a guardian angel, and to earn her wings, she'll have to help three different girls. This time, Aria comes to Caroline Mason. At her all-girls' prep school, Caroline is being bullied. She eats lunch alone and is picked on by her classmates every day. The ringleader of the mean girls is Lily Pierce. But Lily isn't an ordinary bully: she used to be Caroline's best friend"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Dinah Lance is in a rock band with her two best friends and has a good relationship with her mom, but when a mysterious figure threatens her friends and family, she learns more about herself and her mother's secret past.
20) New beginnings
Author
Series
Everyday angel volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Aria's a guardian angel. To earn her wings, she'll have to help three different girls. Her first mission is Gabby Torres: Gabby's brother is sick, and Gabby's been so worried about him for so long, she's forgotten who she is. When a new school offers her a fresh start, Gabby learns it's hard to make friends while keeping half her life a secret.
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