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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Book Battles: 5th Grade
Children's Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction for Middle Grades
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Children's Book Battles: 5th Grade
Children's Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction for Middle Grades
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Description
During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in.
Author
Series
Publisher
Egmont USA
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When one of his experiments makes supervillain Vordak the Incomprehensible younger, he comes out of retirement to launch his latest attempt to defeat Commander Virtue and rule the world, starting with Farding Junior High School.
Author
Series
Mr. Terupt volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The kids from Mr. Terupt's fifth- and sixth-grade classes are entering their first year of junior high school. There's a lot to be excited about, but there are new challenges, too. Everyone is missing Mr. Terupt. When a fight threatens to break up the group forever, they think their favorite teacher is the only one who can help them. But the kids soon find out that it's Mr. Terupt who needs saving"--
Author
Series
My life Is a zoo volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
After becoming the zoo's most popular student ambassador, Ana Wright, twelve, is starting to love her life when Ashley, her archenemy from school, volunteers at the new aquarium, and Ana finds her life turned upside-down again.
Author
Series
Main Street (Ann M. Martin) volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Flora, Nikki, and Olivia are moving up from elementary school to 7th grade in Central School. As the youngest girl in the whole school, Olivia realizes she has to grow up fast or get left behind.
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Series
Club CSI volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
With yesterday's meatless meatloaf probably responsible for an outbreak of food poisoning at the Woodlands Junior High cafeteria, everyone blames the new science teacher, but the students in Club CSI are convinced that their teacher is innocent.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Life is confusing for seventh-grader Maggie, who must track down a missing person and find out who is behind a string of dog eggings at the local dog run, while also dealing with issues involving her brother, two of her friends.
Author
Series
Club CSI volume 4
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When the costume for the school's mascot is destroyed, the members of Club CSI are determined to find the culprit before anyone else can solve the case.
11) Kiss me tomorrow
Author
Publisher
A.A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Confused by all of the males in her life, thirteen-year-old Alyssa "Blister" Reed wants to help when her best friend Jonah's quest for popularity lands him in deep trouble, but his desire to make her his girlfriend gets in the way.
12) Vanishing acts
Author
Series
Madison Kincaid mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In Portland, Oregon, between soccer games and beginning seventh grade, twelve-year-old Madison Kincaid and new classmate Jake try to track down her missing best friend, while also helping her attorney father solve a missing-persons case.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Maggie Brooklyn is distracted from solving the mystery of who is out to sabotage the new sweet shop in the neighborhood because her new dogsitting job has her and her twin brother Finn spending time in what may be a real haunted mansion.
Author
Series
Alice McKinley. Main series volume 3
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Alice experiences the joys and embarrassments of seventh grade while advising her father and older brother on their love lives.
Author
Series
Jessica Darling's It list volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
The day before seventh grade begins, twelve-year-old Jessica Darling gets a list from her sister, whose popularity and beauty made her a junior-high standout, but when she tries to follow it, all goes awry, including losing her best friend.
17) Alice in April
Author
Series
Alice McKinley. Main series volume 5
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
2011, ©1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
While trying to survive seventh grade, Alice discovers that turning thirteen will make her the Woman of the House at home, so she starts a campaign to get more appreciated for taking care of her father and older brother.
18) Class favorite
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Mix
Pub. Date
©2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Sara must deal with a lot of issues, including everybody finding out that she got her period after her mom sends her flowers, her crush having no idea who she is, and her dad leaving home, so Sara decides to become popular to make her life easier.
Author
Series
Alice McKinley. Main series volume 11
Publisher
Atheneum Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012, ©1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grader Alice has lots of questions about sex, relationships, prejudice, and change.
20) Achingly Alice
Author
Series
Alice volume 10
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012, ©1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Alice sets long- and short-term priorities for her life as she experiences the complexities of young love.
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