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1) Dear Mothman
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2023 Winter Kit Reading List - Middle School
Children's New Books: October 2023 Chapter Books
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse for Middle Schoolers
Children's New Books: October 2023 Chapter Books
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse for Middle Schoolers
Formats
Description
After the death of his best friend and the only other trans boy at school, Noah starts writing letters expressing his feelings to the humanoid creature Mothman and risks everything when he treks into the woods to prove Mothman's existence.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Awards: Stonewall Book Awards
Children's Recommended: Best of 2021 School Library Journal
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Awards: Stonewall Book Awards
Children's Recommended: Best of 2021 School Library Journal
Description
It's the summer before middle school and eleven-year-old Bug's best friend Moira has decided the two of them need to use the next few months to prepare. For Moira, this means figuring out the right clothes to wear, learning how to put on makeup, and deciding which boys are cuter in their yearbook photos than in real life. But none of this is all that appealing to Bug, who doesn't particularly want to spend more time trying to understand how to be...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's New Books: November 2022 Middle Grade Fiction
Children's Recommended: 6th Grade 2023
Children's Special Topics: 2022 SLJ Best Books of the Year_Chapter Books
Summer 2023 Must Reads — Middle School
Children's Recommended: 6th Grade 2023
Children's Special Topics: 2022 SLJ Best Books of the Year_Chapter Books
Summer 2023 Must Reads — Middle School
Formats
Description
"When Donovan left his copy of The Adventurers on the kitchen counter, he didn't think his mom would read it--much less have a problem with it. It's just an adventure novel about two characters trying to stop an evil genius, right? But soon the entire town is freaking out about whether the book's main characters are gay, Donovan's mom is trying to get the book removed from the school curriculum, and Donovan is caught in the middle. Donovan doesn't...
4) Twelfth
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Theater camp is for loud, confident, artsy people: like her older sister, Hadley or her cinema-obsessed, nonbinary bunkmate, Theo. Then a prank goes wrong, and Maren gets drawn into the hunt for a diamond ring that, legend has it, is linked to the camp's namesake, Charlotte "Charlie" Goodman, a promising director in Blacklist Era Hollywood. Now Maren and her new friends are searching through lighting booths, orchestra pits and costume storages, discovering...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old figure skater Ana strives to win her competitions while learning about gender identity--Ana's own and that of a new friend--and how to navigate the best path forward.--
6) Deephaven
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
"When Guinevere "Nev" Tallow receives an acceptance letter to the exclusive Deephaven Academy, they know it's the fresh start that they've been looking for. But things are strange from the moment they arrive--the house itself seems to breathe, students whisper secrets in dark corridors, and the entire east wing of the academy is locked away for reasons no one wants to explain. And Nev knows something ragged stalks the shadowy corridors, something...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's New Books: June 2022 Middle Grade Fiction
Children's Recommended: 8th Grade 2023
Children's Special Topics: 2022 SLJ Best Books of the Year_Chapter Books
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Children's Recommended: 8th Grade 2023
Children's Special Topics: 2022 SLJ Best Books of the Year_Chapter Books
More Lists...
Description
"Ellen, an autistic thirteen-year-old, navigates a new city, shifting friendships, a growing crush, and her queer and Jewish identities while on a class trip to Barcelona, Spain"--
8) Tiger honor
Author
Series
Thousand worlds volume 2
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's New Books: February 2023 Middle Grade Chapter Books
Children's Recommended: 8th Grade 2023
Children's Recommended: 8th Grade 2023
Description
Thirteen-year-old nonbinary tiger spirit Sebin must decide where their loyalties lie when their traitorous uncle hijacks the battle cruiser that happens to be Sebin's first assignment in the Cadet Program.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After a terrible political coup usurps their noble house, Hawke and Grayson flee to stay alive and assume new identities, Hanna and Grayce. Desperation and chance lead them to the Communion of Blue, an order of magical women who spin the threads of reality to their will. As the twins learn more about the Communion, and themselves, they begin to hatch a plan to avenge their family and retake their royal home. While Hawke wants to return to his old...
11) Speak up!
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers/Harper Alley
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Recommended: Graphic Novels for 5th & 6th Grades
Children’s New Books: March 2023 Graphic Novels and Comics
Children’s New Books: March 2023 Graphic Novels and Comics
Description
"Twelve-year-old Mia is just trying to navigate a world that doesn't understand her true autistic self. While she wishes she could stand up to her bullies, she's always been able to express her feelings through singing and songwriting, even more so with her best friend, Charlie, who is nonbinary, putting together the best beats for her. Together, they've taken the internet by storm. Little do Mia's classmates know that she's the viral singer Elle-Q!...
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