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1) Drama
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Callie rides an emotional roller coaster while serving on the stage crew for a middle school production of Moon over Mississippi as various relationships start and end, and others never quite get going.
2) Invisible
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's New Books: November 2022 Graphic Novels and Comics
Children's Recommended: Graphic Novels for 5th & 6th Grades
Children's Special Topics: 2022 SLJ Best Books of the Year_ Graphic Novels
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Children's Recommended: Graphic Novels for 5th & 6th Grades
Children's Special Topics: 2022 SLJ Best Books of the Year_ Graphic Novels
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"Can five overlooked kids make one big difference? There's George: the brain, Sara: the loner, Dayara: the tough kid, Nico: the rich kid, and Miguel: the athlete. And they're stuck together when they're forced to complete their school's community service hours. Although they're sure they have nothing in common with one another, some people see them as all the same... just five Spanish-speaking kids. Then they meet someone who truly needs their help,...
Author
Series
Sunny side up volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
In the mid-1970s Sunny Lewin is back, star of her personal show, facing the prospect of Middle School, and dealing with the problems of her somewhat dysfunctional family--in particular her older brother, Dale, who has been sent off to a military academy because of his delinquent behavior.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's New Books: November 2022 Graphic Novels and Comics
Children's Popular: Graphic Novels with Girl Main Character
Children's Popular: Graphic Novels with Girl Main Character
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Description
Scout joins her middle school's band in order to go on the band's annual trip and meet her favorite author, but she is forced to face the music when the trombone section leader realizes Scout does not know how to play.
5) Freestyle
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's New Books: December 2022 Graphic Novels and Comics
Children's Recommended: Graphic Novels for 7th & 8th Grades
Children's: New e-Books February 2023
Children's Recommended: Graphic Novels for 7th & 8th Grades
Children's: New e-Books February 2023
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Description
"While preparing for the last major dance competition before they graduate from eighth grade and go to separate high schools in NYC, Cory must balance the expectations of his parents, school, crew and his new friend as pressure mounts from all sides"--
6) Swim team
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Awards: C. S. King Honor for Afr. Amer. Author/Illustrator
Children's New Books: 2022 Recent Graphic Novels and Comics Additions
Children's New Books: August 2022 Graphic Novels and Comics
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Children's New Books: 2022 Recent Graphic Novels and Comics Additions
Children's New Books: August 2022 Graphic Novels and Comics
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"Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Manatees--until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears. Lucky for her, Etta, an elderly occupant of her apartment building and former swim team captain, is willing to help"--
Author
Series
Sunny side up volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Popular: Graphic Novels with Girl Main Character
Children's Special Topics: School Related Graphic Novels
Children's Special Topics: School Related Graphic Novels
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Description
"Sunny's just made it to middle school . . . and it's making her life very confusing. All her best friend Deb wants to talk about is fashion, boys, makeup, boys, and being cool. Sunny's not against any of these things, but she also doesn't understand why suddenly everything revolves around them. She's much more comfortable when she's in her basement, playing Dungeons & Dragons with a bunch of new friends. Because when you're swordfighting and spider-slaying,...
8) School trip
Author
Series
New kid (Jerry Craft) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
"Jordan, Drew, Liam, Maury, and their friends from Riverdale Academy Day School are heading out on a school trip to Paris. As an aspiring artist himself, Jordan can't wait to see all the amazing art in the famous City of Lights. But when their trusted faculty guides are replaced at the last minute, the school trip takes an unexpected--and hilarious--turn. Especially when trying to find their way around a foreign city ends up being almost as tricky...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Children's New Books: December 2022 Graphic Novels and Comics
Children's Popular: Graphic Novels with Girl Main Character
Children's Special Topics: Comics or Graphic Adaptations of Well Known Books
Read in Full Bloom: Middle Schoolers
Children's Popular: Graphic Novels with Girl Main Character
Children's Special Topics: Comics or Graphic Adaptations of Well Known Books
Read in Full Bloom: Middle Schoolers
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Description
In this modern retelling, Anne is fostered into the West Philly home of siblings Marilla and Matthew, and while she initially has a hard time at school, she ends up joining the robotics team and competes for a spot in an elite STEM program.
Author
Series
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Language
English
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Description
Aspiring cartoonist Nate Wright is the star of Big Nate. As a popular middle-grade book character, Nate is 11 years old, four-and-a-half feet tall, and the all-time record holder for detentions in school history. He's a self-described genius and sixth grade Renaissance Man. Nate, who lives with his dad and older sister, has a habit of annoying his family, friends, and teachers with his sarcasm.
11) Click
Author
Series
Click volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Popular: Graphic Novels with Girl Main Character
Children's Special Topics: School Related Graphic Novels
Children's Special Topics: School Related Graphic Novels
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Description
"When a school variety show leaves Olive stranded without an act to join, she wonders why all of her friends have already formed their own groups without her."--
12) Guts
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes clear that Raina's tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. What's going...
13) Act
Author
Series
Click volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Popular: Graphic Novels with Girl Main Character
Children's Special Topics: New e-Books November 2021
Children's Special Topics: School Related Graphic Novels
Children's Special Topics: New e-Books November 2021
Children's Special Topics: School Related Graphic Novels
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Description
"Olive is excited to start sixth grade: new teachers, new experiences, and a field trip to the big city with her best buds! But when Olive finds out that a school policy is keeping some kids from going on the trip, she decides to act. She's prepared to do whatever it takes to be heard--even if it means running against Trent and Sawyer, two of her closest friends, in the student council election! With intense campaign competition and emotions running...
14) Sheets
Author
Series
Sheets volume 1
Publisher
Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Popular: Graphic Novels with Girl Main Character
Children's Recommended: Graphic Novels for 7th & 8th Grades
Children's Recommended: Graphic Novels for 7th & 8th Grades
Description
"Marjorie Glatt feels like a ghost. A practical thirteen-year-old in charge of the family laundry business, her daily routine features unforgiving customers, unbearable P.E. classes, and the fastidious Mr. Saubertuck who is committed to destroying everything she's worked for"--
Author
Series
Cupcake diaries volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
Wanting to pay for her junior bridesmaid dress herself, Emma quickly finds herself challenged with not enough time to keep up with her various part-time jobs.
16) Class act
Author
Series
New kid (Jerry Craft) volume 2
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
Eighth grader Drew Ellis recognizes that he is't afforded the same opportunities, no matter how hard he works, that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted, and to make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids and is finding it hard not to withdraw, even as their mutual friend Jordan tries to keep their group of friends together.
Author
Series
Cupcake diaries volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Special Topics: Comics or Graphic Adaptations of Well Known Books
Children’s New Books: March 2023 Graphic Novels and Comics
Children’s New Books: March 2023 Graphic Novels and Comics
Formats
Description
The bestselling Cupcake Diaries series is now available in graphic novel format! In this adaptation of the first book, after her best friend moves on, Katie finds a new group of friends and they form the Cupcake Club. Katie is miserable when her best friend is invited to join the Popular Girls Club and Katie is left out. Is there an Unpopular Girls Club she can join? Luckily, Katie finds her way with a great new group of friends--Mia, Emma, and Alexis--and...
Author
Series
Big Nate comix volume 4
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Collects more of Nate Wright's sixth-grade adventures as he is bombarded with useless trivia, gets knocked out of a ballgame and into the emergency room, is tutored by arch enemy, Gina, and has a chance encounter with a girl at an amusement park.
19) Point blank
Author
Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Alex continues his work as a spy for the British MI6, investigating an exclusive school for boys in the French Alps.
Author
Series
Cupcake diaries volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Since all her Cupcake Friends have other activities besides making cupcakes, Katie tries her hand at softball and after much deliberation, steps up to the plate, realizing doing what you love always makes life sweeter.
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