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21) Stuck
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"A coming-of-age story about a boy who is used to constantly moving and flying under the radar at school, and the classroom of kids who help him stand out in the best way"--
22) Dear student
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A girl with social anxiety becomes the secret voice of the advice column in her middle school newspaper"--
23) Amana at school
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Amana enjoys making different crafts at school. Illustrations and decodable text will engage younger, emergent readers. Pairs with the nonfiction title My School"--
Author
Series
My weirder-est school volume 10
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A.J.'s class is going head-to-head against Dirk School in a charity softball game. The losing team must clean the winning school's toilet with a toothbrush! Mr. Ott, retired baseball pro, intends to lead Ella Mentry School to victory, but will his weird tactics actually make the team lose?
Author
Series
Henry Heckelbeck volume 6
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On a class field trip, Henry hopes to dig up a dinosaur bone with his lucky shovel.
26) Solitaire
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tori Spring feels completely disconnected from her life -- until she meets the relentlessly cheerful Michael Holden, and a series of schoolwide pranks starts to draw her out of her shell"--
Author
Series
Twig and Turtle volume 1
Publisher
Pixel + Ink
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Family, friendship, new school challenges, and a rather large dog problem combine as sisters adjust to their new tiny house life in this charming chapter book series starter from award-winning author Jennifer Richard Jacobson. Perfect for fans of Ivy and Bean and Judy Moody. In a tiny house, 3 shirts + 3 pants = 9 different outfits. Eight- and six-year-old sisters Twig and Turtle are excited and curious about their new small town in Colorado. And...
Author
Publisher
Green Bean Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Avery Green loves science. He loves football. He is crazy about Star Wars. But Hebrew school? No, thank you. Avery would rather have his arms sliced off with a lightsaber than sit through one more day of Hebrew School. He's only asked about a million times why he has to go, but no one in his family has managed to convince him.
Author
Series
Growing with Buddy volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
After his best friend moves away, Buddy feels like he has nothing in common with anyone until a new student arrives who might be a buddy in the making.
Author
Series
Wednesday Wilson volume 3
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When they get an unexpected day off from school, Wednesday Wilson and her best friend Charlie plan to work on a new business idea. But the day takes a sudden turn when they're forced to spend it with Ruby Beautiful -- their former best friend and now frenemie. After Charlie is teased about his freckles at the park, Wednesday gets her next great business idea: Freckacular! A freckle business is sure to take off since Ruby's cool older brother, Raj,...
Author
Series
Astrid the astronaut volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young girl is determined to be the first astronaut with hearing aids in space! Astrid can't wait for the school year to start so she can put her Astronomically Grand Plan into action! She and her best friend, Hallie, are going to be in their first year of Shooting Stars, a club dedicated to all things space. Astrid's big sister has told her all about it, and this year, there is a big, wonderful prize: a trip to a real-life space camp! But Astrid's...
32) Whiz kid
Author
Series
Miles Lewis volume 2
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When Miles teams up with his friends to enter a citywide science competition, his cousin Cam, who made it to regionals the year before, offers to help, but while everyone else is rocking the project, Miles feels like the weak link.
Author
Series
Astrid the astronaut volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Astrid and her fellow Shooting Stars build a rocket, Astrid is hoping to impress guest helper, Leah, to score a tour of Space-E headquarters, but when she and her classmates discover Leah does not know much about rockets, Astrid is unsure if she should speak up.
Author
Publisher
Walker Books US, a division of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Sam and Asha. Asha and Sam. Their friendship is so long established, they take it for granted. Just as Asha takes for granted that Donnybrooke, the mansion that sits on the highest hill in Coreville, is the best house in town. But when Sam is accepted into snobbish Castleton Academy as an autistic 'Miracle Boy,' he leaves Asha, who is also autistic, to navigate middle school alone. He also leaves her wondering if she can take anything for granted...
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Merci Suárez sabía que el sexto grado sería diferente, pero no tenía idea alguna lo diferente que resultaría. En primer lugar, Merci nunca se ha parecido a los otros niños de su escuela privada en la Florida, porque tanto ella como Roli, su hermano mayor, son estudiantes becados. Ellos no tienen ni una casa grande ni un yate elegante, y tienen que desempeñar servicios comunitarios adicionales para compensar por su matricula gratis. Así que...
Author
Series
My weirder-est school volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Principal Klutz has invited a special guest to Ella Mentry School. Her name is Miss Aker, and she's going to show A.J. and his friends how to create cool things out of materials like balloons, straws, and even Popsicle sticks! But what happens when they make a robot so smart, it plans to rule the world? Can anyone stop it?!
38) Hummingbird
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Twelve-year-old Olive suffers from brittle bone disease and has been homeschooled all her life. When she is finally allowed to attend school in person, she soon discovers fitting in is not that easy. Olive hopes to find the magical wish-granting hummingbird that supposedly lives nearby. If she can prove herself worthy, maybe her deepest wish will be granted. - adapted from run-on sentence provided.
Author
Series
Henry Heckelbeck volume 13
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A sprained leg threatens to take away Henry's role as the lead character in his school play.
40) It ends in fire
Author
Series
Publisher
Jimmy Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
As a child, Alka witnessed her parents' brutal murder at the hands of Wizards, Taken in by an underground rebel group, Alka is deep undercover at the most prestigious school of magic in the Republic: Blackwater Academy, a place where status is everything, where decadent galas end in blood-splattered duels, where every student has their own agenda. To survive, Alka will have to lie, cheat, kill, and use every trick in her spy's toolkit. And she will...
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