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Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fourteen-year-old Nikki Maxwell writes in her diary of her struggle to be popular at her exclusive new private school, then of finding her place after she gives up on being part of the elite group.
Author
Series
Bug Girl volume 2
Publisher
Imprint
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After discovering her bug powers and saving the town of Oyster Cove, Amanda "Bug Girl" Price and her ex-best friend Emily have spent the entire summer together in superhero training. But when the first day of seventh grade arrives, nothing has changed on the social front. Emily is as obsessed with popularity as ever, ignoring Amanda in favor of new-girl Geri, whose favorite activity is making fun of Amanda. When Geri reveals herself as the true villain...
Author
Series
Roscoe Riley rules volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Having gotten a pair of hard-to-find Walkie Talkie shoes, Roscoe is suddenly popular and wants his best friend, Gus, to join the fun, but before Gus's parents will buy him new shoes, he must wear out his long-lasting sneakers.
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
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.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Everyone knows the cool beans. They're sooooo cool. And then there's the uncool has-bean . . . Always on the sidelines, one bean unsuccessfully tries everything he can to fit in with the crowd--until one day the cool beans show him how it's done.
6) Into white
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
LaToya Williams lives in Montgomery, Alabama, and attends a mostly white high school. It seems as if her only friend is her older brother, Alex. Toya doesn't know where she fits in, but after a run-in with another student, she wonders if life would be different if she were . . . different. And then a higher power answers her prayer: to be "anything but black." Toya is suddenly white, blond, and popular. Now what? Randi Pink's audacious fiction debut...
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 2
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nikki's diary describes a frightful Halloween, on which she helps with her sister's ballet class party at the same time she is Brandon's date for their middle school Halloween dance, where she has promised to spend the evening with her two best friends.
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 3 1/2
Publisher
Aladdin, Simon and Schuster Childrens Pub
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Nikki Maxwell has been writing in a diary since the start of the school year, and she usually takes it everywhere she goes - so she can't believe it when one morning she can't find her diary! The hunt is on, and while she looks, pursuing various theories about where it could be, Nikki can't help putting together a list of important diary-keeping lessons to remember in case of missing diary emergencies like this one. How to Dork Your Diary is chock...
10) Awesome Dog 5000
Author
Series
Awesome Dog 5000 volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
After moving to a new town, fifth-grader Marty worries about fitting in and must go up against a scientist out for revenge when he discovers a robotic dog in his new house.
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In this middle-grade novel, Lo's best friend, Jazz, is leaving her behind for the popular crowd, makeup and boys. But when Lo finds new friends who share her love of comics and Doctor Who, she also discovers her voice -- and the confidence to speak up for what's right."--
12) One kid's trash
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When his father moves them halfway across Colorado, eleven-year-old Hugo O'Donnell is surprised that his remarkable talent for garbology makes him popular for the first time in his life.
Author
Series
Popularity papers volume 2
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Best friends Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang are as ready as they'll ever be to start junior high. But before they can try out the lessons they've learned about friendship and popularity, tragedy strikes : Lydia's mom is moving her family to London for six months. Separated for the first time, each of the girls must face bullies, secrets, and the challenge of standing up for herself. With the help of their trusty notebook, they try to keep...
14) Awkward
Author
Series
Berrybrook Middle School novels volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
c2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After shunning Jaime, the school nerd, on her first day at a new middle school, Penelope Torres tries to blend in with her new friends in the art club, until the art club goes to war with the science club, of which Jaime is a member.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
After being involved in a drunk driving accident in the spring, Paige Sheridan spends the summer in Paris as an au-pair and then returns to her suburban Iowa existence for her senior year of high school, where she begins to wonder if she wants more out life than being popular, having a handsome boyfriend and all the latest clothes, and being a member of the social elite.
19) Enchanted mist
Author
Series
Star friends volume 10
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The Star Friends have some exciting activities planned for the summer, but Sita feels bad that the new girl, Maddie, still hasn't made any friends. When everyone starts fighting to spend time with her, the girls suspect something magical is at play. But is Maddie behind it?"--Back cover.
20) Mia in the mix
Author
Series
Cupcake diaries volume 2
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When the popular girls club takes interest in Mia, she has to decide between being popular and her new cupcake club friends.
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