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1) Schooled
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has never watched television, tasted a pizza, or even heard of a wedgie. But when his grandmother lands in the hospital, Cap is forced to move in with a guidance counselor and attend the local middle school. While Cap knows a lot about tie-dyeing and Zen Buddhism, no education could prepare him for the politics of public school.
2) Mascot
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Six eighth graders in Washington, DC, navigate through the conflict and division sparked by a school assignment focused on their town's Native American mascot.
Author
Series
Dear dumb diary. Original series volume 7
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"...Isabella is probably right. She almost always is...But of all the dumb things she's ever done, this has got to be the dumbest..."--Cover back.
Author
Series
My so-called superpowers volume 2
Publisher
Imprint
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
While at summer camp Veronica hopes to keep her superpowers under control, but when she and her friends make a movie together, all of her actors are forced to follow every command she issues, leaving Veronica emotionally torn.
Author
Series
Clique novels. Original series volume Prequel
Publisher
Poppy/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Four betas and their alpha--Massie Block, Alicia Rivera, Dylan Marvil, Kristen Gregory, and Claire Lyons--"clique" at the New Year's Yves party.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A body burns in the high desert hills. A boy walks into a fire station, pale with the shock of a grisly discovery. A middle school teacher worries when her colleague is late for work. By day's end, when the body is identified as local math teacher Adam Merkel, a small Nevada town will be rocked to its core by a brutal and calculated murder. Adam Merkel left a university professorship in Reno to teach middle school in Lovelock seven months before he...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lumen
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
Corren los años setenta en Washington D.C. cuando Osei Kokote, un chico de once años, se presenta por primera vez en su nuevo colegio. Hijo de un diplomático de Ghana, ha vivido siempre de ciudad en ciudad, dejando atrás amigos y hogares. Pero cuando conoce a los que van a ser sus compañeros, se encuentra con niños que han heredado, sin tener conciencia de ello, un cruel recelo hacia la gente de color, una desconfianza irracional contagiada...
Author
Series
Knights of the lunch table volume 3
Publisher
Graphix
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Artie, Wayne, and Percy enter the Battle of the Bands, hoping for fame and fortune, but since none of them can sing or play an instrument, their only hope of winning is finding the fabled Singing Sword.
Author
Series
Sew Zoey volume 2
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Things are going great for Zoey on the fashion front: She meets a real designer who tells her she should enter a big sewing contest, and she finds out that her idol, Daphne Shaw, is a fan of her blog! But off the runway, Zoey's having friend trouble times two. First her best friend Kate gets her braces off--and starts getting a lot of attention from boys, including Zoey's crush, Lorenzo. Is she still the same sweet Kate on the inside? Then Zoey's...
Author
Series
Wandering son volume 1
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Shuichi Nitori and his new friend Yoshino Takatsuki have happy homes, loving families, and are well-liked by their classmates. But they share a secret that further complicates a time of life that is awkward for anyone: Shuichi is a boy who wants to be a girl, and Yoshino is a girl who wants to be a boy.
11) Ready to wear
Author
Series
Sew Zoey volume 1
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Over the summer, fashion-loving Zoey Webber gets the best news ever: Her middle school is getting rid of uniforms! There's just one problem. Zoey has sketchbooks full of fashion designs, but nothing to wear! So with a little help from her best friends Kate and Priti, she learns to make her own clothes. She even begins to post her fashion design sketches online in a blog. That's how the Sew Zoey blog begins, and soon it becomes much more. Zoey's quirky...
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In this middle grade rom-com sprinkled with a dash of magic, a girl uses her newfound ability to make people fall in love to sabotage her rival. Erin Johnson’s thirteenth birthday unfolds like any other day, from her mom’s quirky and embarrassing choice of outfit to racing her nemesis, Trevor Jin, to the best seat in class—front row, center. But her gifts this year include something very out of the ordinary: magical powers. Erin discovers...
Author
Series
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Damaged finds Mary DiNunzio, partner at the all-female law firm of Rosato & DiNunzio, embroiled in one of her most heartbreaking cases yet. Suing the Philadelphia school district to get help for a middle school boy with emotional issues, Mary ends up becoming the guardian ad litem of her minor client. As she goes up against Nick Machiavelli, her opposing counsel and the dark prince of South Philly lawyers who will use any means necessary to defeat...
Publisher
Seven Seas
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The manga anthology based on Sarazanmai finally makes its appearance! Beginning with character designer Miggy s cover illustration, this collection features a luxurious array of manga and illustrations from creators such as Kyouhei Azumi, Sakuya Amano, Aya Isino, Akira Caskabe, Chinatsu Kurahana, Mataaki Kureno, Chiho Saito, Misaki Saitoh, Chidori Sakuraba, Isuzu Shibata, Samata Techno, Asumiko Nakamura, pako, Shoko Hidaka, Akari Funato, Lily Hoshino,...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When Tokiko's parents break up, she and her father move from the bustling city to a sleepy coastal town to live with her grandmother. Starting sixth grade in a new school where everyone has known each other their whole lives isn't easy. Things start to look up when local boy Yosuke, another outsider, wants to be friends. But then strange memories start to surface. Swimming in the ocean... Drowning... Getting saved by...a merman? Yosuke denies the...
Author
Series
Cardcaptor Sakura. Clear card volume 11
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Curiouser and Curiouser When a mysterious boy in robes appears during cheerleading practice, Sakura goes on the offensive with her Clear Cards—but the boy disappears as soon as Syaoran tries to help! Then Syaoran asks Sakura about the strange dreams she’s been having, but where does she even begin to explain...?"-- provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Cardcaptor Sakura. Clear card volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In the middle of art class, something Sakura says causes a giant flower to blossom forth from Akiho and trap Sakura inside! There, Momo reveals her true identity and uses Akiho's book, Alice in Clockland, to lure Sakura deeper and deeper into this curious world..."--Back cover.
Author
Series
Cardcaptor Sakura. Clear card volume 12
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Yuna D. Kaito can use magic to control time. Does Akiho know? Is she part of his schemes? Sakura isn't sure, but her heart tells her to let Akiho come to her when she's ready. Then things get even more complicated when she and Akiho get cast in the leading roles for the school play! Where will the twin Alices' journeys take them now...?
Author
Series
Love at fourteen volume 12
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"It's Kazuki and Kanata's first ever Valentine's Day as a couple, though it's hard to celebrate with the shadow of Kazuki's departure looming over the festivities. To make matters worse, Kazuki suddenly suggests they take a break from their relationship! With the school year finally drawing to an end, the students of Class 2- b look toward what the future holds as the curtains close on their lives and love at fourteen."-- provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Cardcaptor Sakura. Clear card volume 13
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"There's No Going Back. Every dream creates another Clear Card. As if keeping pace with Sakura's growing powers, the mysteries surrounding her and Akiho keep multiplying, too -- including the history between Yuna D. Kaito and Akiho's mother. The lights are dimmed, the curtain raised, and the story -- one written long ago -- is finally about to begin..."--Back cover.
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