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Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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
Dork diaries volume 2
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A Book of the Year Selection for Inc. and Library Journal
“This book picks up where The Tipping Point left off." — Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author of ORIGINALS and GIVE AND TAKE
Nothing “goes viral.” If you think a popular movie, song, or app came out of nowhere to become a word-of-mouth...
A Book of the Year Selection for Inc. and Library Journal
“This book picks up where The Tipping Point left off." — Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author of ORIGINALS and GIVE AND TAKE
Nothing “goes viral.” If you think a popular movie, song, or app came out of nowhere to become a word-of-mouth...
4) Stargirl
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.
Author
Series
House of robots volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Fifth-grader Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez struggles to fit in when his inventor mother requires him to take her latest creation, a robotic 'brother,' to school with him to learn to become a student"--
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.
Author
Language
English
Description
A popular transfer student at an elite prep school races to protect a dangerous secret when a killer sets her up for a string of murders.
Perched atop a hill in the tiny town of Marchburg, Virginia, The Goode School is a prestigious prep school known as a Silent Ivy. The boarding school of choice for daughters of the rich and influential, it accepts only the best and the brightest. Its elite status, long-held traditions, and honor code are ideal...
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 14
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Nikki and her bandmates are looking forward to an AWESOME summer on tour as the opening act for the world famous Bad Boyz! Nikki is a little worried when her frenemy, MacKenzie Hollister, weasels her way into a social media intern position with the tour. But she has a total MELTDOWN when she learns that MacKenzie is her new roommate! Will Nikki survive her dream tour as it quickly goes from AWESOME to AWFUL?!" --
10) Before I fall
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
After one fateful night, Sam wakes up with no future at all. Trapped reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her life really was. And as she begins to untangle the mystery of a life suddenly derailed, she must also unwind the secrets of the people closest to her, and discover the power of a single day to make a difference, before she runs out of time for good.
11) Best friends
Author
Series
Friends (Hale) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Follow your heart. Find your people. Sixth grade is supposed to be perfect. Shannon s got a sure spot in the in-crowd called The Group, and her best friend is their leader, Jen, the most popular girl in school. But the rules are always changing, and Shannon has to scramble to keep up. She never knows which TV shows are cool, what songs to listen to, and who she s allowed to talk to. Who makes these rules, anyway? And does Shannon have to follow them?"--...
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