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1) Liar & spy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Georges adjusts to moving from a house to an apartment, his father's efforts to start a new business, his mother's extra shifts as a nurse, being picked on at school, and Safer, a boy who wants his help spying on another resident of their building.
2) Wonder
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Children's Awards: California Young Reader Medal (Intermediate Grades 3-5)
Children's Special Topics: Books about School for Middle Schoolers
Children's Special Topics: Family & Friends Chapter Books
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Children's Special Topics: Books about School for Middle Schoolers
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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
Dork diaries volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When scholarship student Nikki Maxwell, whose father is the school exterminator, decides to enter the talent show at her expensive private school, her nemesis MacKenzie threatens to reveal Nikki's status to the rest of the school.
4) Slacker
Author
Series
Slacker volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
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
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Formats
Description
As their powers evolve in possibly dangerous ways, the Odds learn of a nefarious experiment in which they are unwitting test subjects and, even more incredible, become friends.
6) Jacky Ha-Ha
Author
Series
Jacky Ha-Ha volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Twelve-year-old Jacky "Ha-Ha" Hart is a class clown with a penchant for pranking--and when she's required to act in the school play to appease her frustrated teachers, she must conquer her stutter"--
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Greg Heffley tells about his summer vacation and his attempts to steer clear of trouble when he returns to middle school and tries to keep his older brother Rodrick from telling everyone about Greg's most humiliating experience of the summer.
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
While trying to find a new best friend after feuding with Rowley, middle-school slacker Greg Heffley is warned by older family members that adolescence is a time to act more responsibly and to think seriously about his future.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Children's New Books: April 2022 Ebooks
Children's New Books: May 2022 Middle Grade Fiction
Children's Recommended: School Related Middle Grade Chapter Books
Children's Special Topics: Books about School for Middle Schoolers
Children's New Books: May 2022 Middle Grade Fiction
Children's Recommended: School Related Middle Grade Chapter Books
Children's Special Topics: Books about School for Middle Schoolers
Formats
Description
Struggling with ADHD, loneliness, and connecting with his divorced father who would rather see him embrace sports instead of cooking, sixth-grader Elliott finds an unlikely friend in popular, perfect Maribel when the two are paired in a school-wide contest.
Author
Series
Big Nate (Chapter books) volume 3
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Middle-schooler Nate Wright vies against his rival, the "perfect" Artur, to win the grand prize of a customized skateboard in their scout troop contest.
11) Cabin fever
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
Middle-schooler Greg Heffley is the prime suspect when it is discovered that school property has been damaged, but when a surprise blizzard hits and school is closed, Greg is stuck indoors with his family, unable to prove his innocence.
12) Jedi Academy
Author
Series
Jedi Academy volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Children's New Books: April 2022 Ebooks
Children’s Recommended: 3rd/4th Grade Series for Boys
Summer 2023 Teen Volunteer Book Reviews!
Children’s Recommended: 3rd/4th Grade Series for Boys
Summer 2023 Teen Volunteer Book Reviews!
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Description
"My whole life I planned on going to pilot school like the rest of my friends--then I got rejected! Along came a little green guy named Yoda who invited me to Jedi Academy. Now I'm at a school with aliens, robots, and lightsaber-wielding bullies who can lift things with their minds! How am I supposed to compete with that? As if starting middle school wasn't hard enough ..." The story of Roan Novachez, Jedi Academy student, is told through comics,...
Author
Series
Big Nate (Chapter books) volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
"The latest illustrated novel from Lincoln Peirce is a laugh-out-loud must-read starring the one and only cartooning genius, king of detention, and Cheez Doodle connoisseur, Nate Wright. Nate's not having the best of luck . . . in fact; he's not having ANY luck. But with a little boost thanks to Chad's lucky foot, suddenly good luck is everywhere Nate turns! Nate's in the zone! But how long will it last?" --
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Children's Recommended: 6th Grade
Children's Recommended: 6th Grade 2021
Children's Recommended: 6th Grade 2023
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Children's Recommended: 6th Grade 2021
Children's Recommended: 6th Grade 2023
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Description
A lightning strike made Lucy, twelve, a math genius but, after years of homeschooling, her grandmother enrolls her in middle school and she learns that life is more than numbers.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Children's Recommended: 5th Grade
Children's Recommended: 5th Grade 2023
Children's Recommended: E-Books Fiction for Middle Grades
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Children's Recommended: 5th Grade 2023
Children's Recommended: E-Books Fiction for Middle Grades
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Description
Middle schooler Natalie's year-long assignment to answer a question using the scientific method leads to truths about her mother's depression and her own cultural identity.
16) Girl stuff
Author
Series
Girl stuff volume 1
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Children's New Books: November 2021 Middle Grade Fiction
Children's New Books: September 2021 e-Books
Children's New Books: September 2021 e-Books
Description
Seventh graders Fonda, Drew, and Ruthie develop a friendship strong enough to tackle whatever middle school--and puberty--throws at them next.
17) Planet Tad
Author
Series
Planet Tad volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Tad navigates a year filled with girl problems, school antics, and the worst summer job in history, all told in the form of illustrated blog entries"--
Author
Series
Girl stuff volume 3
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Best friends Fonda, Drew, and Ruthie make a pact to have their first kisses on the same night.
Author
Series
Creeper diaries volume 7
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Gerald gets in over his head when he starts using his Enchantment skills outside the classroom --
20) Spin with me
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Told in two voices, seventh-graders Essie, in North Carolina for just one semester, and Ollie, a non-binary, "gender weird" classmate, develop a gentle romance while Essie ponders her label.--
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