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Author
Series
My hero academia. Main series volume 1
Publisher
Viz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Without any special power, middle school student Izuku Midoriya has no chance of getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, but an encounter with the great hero All Might gives him an opportunity to change his destiny.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"This is the story of two totally different girls--quiet, shy, artistic Emmie and popular, outgoing, athletic Katie--and how their lives unexpectedly intersect one day, when an embarrassing note falls into the wrong hands. All the crushes, humiliation, boredom, and drama of middle school are compressed into one surprising day" -- back cover.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nate Wright is known to his pals and teachers for many things, his penchant for mischief and his school record for detentions being the foremost. But beating out brainiac Gina's grades is not one of those things! Here, the school life goings-on of Nate, his pals, and his long-suffering teachers are recounted in hilarious detail.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nate Wright is one of a kind. Who else would start a rock 'n' roll band and name it Enslave the Mollusk? He celebrates Prank Day by arranging a date between Mrs. Godfrey and a lovesick rodeo clown! Nate does everything with gusto. And every time he swings into action...THE CROWD GOES WILD!
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This volume of the My Hero Academia parody series treats hero education like a joke! First, the aspiring heroes of U.A. High enjoy fun in the sun on their summer break. Then, exams are replaced by silly student vs. teacher games assigned at random! Plus Izuku and company in Halloween costumes and as animals! What are we teaching these kids?!"-- cover page 4.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Was boarding school supposed to be this hard? When Juniper wins a scholarship to the prestigious Ellsmere Academy, she thinks its going to be an academic heaven. But Ellsmere is like nothing she was expecting: Juniper is singled out as a special project, targeted by the mean queen bee in her class, and plagued by whisper about a mythical beast rumored to roam the forest next to the school& At this point, Juniper is just hoping to survive the year...
9) New kid
Author
Series
New kid (Jerry Craft) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds--and...
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When you're a sixth-grade dynamo like Nate Wright, life comes at you fast. Whether it's a soccer ball to the head or another teacher tirade, surprises lurk around every corner. In the latest Big Nate collection, Nate's friends issue the ultimate insult: they point out all the ways he resembles his arch-nemesis, Gina. Nate also scores a new job as an intern at Klassic Komix, and his master plan to carpet-bomb the school with Valentine's Day cards...
Author
Series
My hero academia. Main series volume 7
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Midoriya has learned a few tricks from Gran Torino, but some things just have to be experienced to be understood. Even though he{u2019}s not ready, when the League of Villains attacks in the town of Hosu, Midoriya rushes to help Ida, who is engaged in a life-and-death struggle with Hero Killer Stain. Stain has some very particular ideas about heroes and their place in society{u2014}and he means to purge every hero he can find!"--Amazon.com.
12) Act
Author
Series
Click volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"How do you know when the person who can make the difference . . . is you? 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...
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Self-proclaimed genius Nate Wright blazes a haphazard trail through the sixth grade at P.S. 38, where between endless misadventures, marked by complaining observations, he earns straight As and numerous detentions.
14) Drama
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
A second collection of full-color Sunday Big Nate cartoons finds the intrepid grade schooler struggling with everything from his annoying older sister and his clueless dad to his nightmarish teacher and his superior-minded exchange student classmate, Artur.
16) Brave
Author
Series
Berrybrook Middle School novels volume 2
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"In his daydreams, Jensen is the biggest hero that ever was, saving the world and his friends on a daily basis. But his middle school reality is VERY different - math is hard, getting along with friends is hard...Even finding a partner for the class project is a big problem when you always get picked last. And the pressure's on even more once the school newspaper's dynamic duo, Jenny and Akilah, draw Jensen into the whirlwind of school news, social...
18) Swing it, Sunny!
Author
Series
Sunny side up volume 2
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Summer's over, and it's time for Sunny Lewin to enter the strange and unfriendly hallways of ... middle school. When Gramps calls her from Florida to ask how she's doing, she always tells him she's fine. But the truth is that Sunny is NOT having the best time. Not only is the whole middle school thing confusing, but life at home is confusing, too. Sunny misses her brother Dale, who's been sent away to boarding school. But when he comes back on vacation,...
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Whether he's showing the ropes to a detention rookie, campaigning for the Student of the Month Award, or writing hilarious movie reviews for The Weekly Bugle, Nate Wright never fails to make his mark at P.S. 38. But middle school's no bed of roses. In fact, sometimes it just plain stinks. Just ask the Great Nose-ini! Nate's alter ego with a sense for scents can smell trouble a mile away... or at the very next desk. Was that you, Gina?"--Page 4 of...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called Quirks? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless? Midoriya is in the fight of his life--an all-out battle with Overhaul, who has unleashed all of his...
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