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Spanish Springs Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION HAMZA 2021
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J FICTION HAMZA 2021
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"This hilarious and poignant tween debut about dealing with bullies, making friends, and the power of good books is a great next read for fans of Merci Suárez Changes Gears and John David Anderson. Ahmed Aziz is having an epic year—epically bad. After his dad gets sick, the family moves from Hawaii to Minnesota for his dad’s treatment. Even though his dad grew up there, Ahmed can’t imagine a worse place to live. He’s one of the only brown...
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Northwest Reno Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 JAMIES 2017
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J 741.5 JAMIES 2017
1 available
Gerlach Community Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 JAMIES 2017
1 available
J 741.5 JAMIES 2017
1 available
Sparks Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 JAMIES 2017
1 available
J 741.5 JAMIES 2017
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Homeschooled by Renaissance Fair enthusiasts, eleven-year-old Imogene has a hard time fitting in when her wish to enroll in public school is granted.
3) Awkward
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Berrybrook Middle School novels volume 1
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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.
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Downtown Reno Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION SIDDIQ 2021
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J FICTION SIDDIQ 2021
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"It's Nimra Sharif's first time going to public school. Nimra's nervous, but as long as she has her best friend, Jenna, by her side, she figures she can take on just about anything. Unfortunately, middle school is hard. The teachers are mean, the schedule is confusing, and Jenna starts giving hijab-wearing Nimra the cold shoulder aorund the other kids. Desperate to fit in and save her friendship with Jenna, Nimra accepts an unlikely invitation to...
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Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
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Northwest Reno Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION ALEXAN 2014
4 available
J FICTION ALEXAN 2014
4 available
Gerlach Community Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION ALEXAN 2014
1 available
J FICTION ALEXAN 2014
1 available
Incline Village Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION ALEXAN 2014
1 available
J FICTION ALEXAN 2014
1 available
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Duncan/Traner Community Library - Children's Fiction - Large Print Shelf
J LP FICTION ALEXAN 2014
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J LP FICTION ALEXAN 2014
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Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
6) Dear student
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"When Autumn becomes the secret voice of the advice column in her middle school newspaper she is faced with a dilemma--can she give fair advice to everyone, including her friends, while keeping her identity a secret? Starting Middle School is rough for Autumn after her one and only BFF moves to California. Uncertain and anxious, she struggles to connect with her new classmates. The two potential friends she meets could not be more different: bold...
7) Dress coded
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South Valleys Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION FIREST 2020
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J FICTION FIREST 2020
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"An eighth grader starts a podcast to protest the unfair dress code enforcement at her middle school and sparks a rebellion"--
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South Valleys Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION CARTAY 2019
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J FICTION CARTAY 2019
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Sparks Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION CARTAY 2019
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J FICTION CARTAY 2019
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Sixth-grader Emilia Torres struggles with ADHD, her controlling abuela, her mother's work commitments, her father's distance after returning from deployment, evolving friendships, and a conflict over school redistricting.
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Northwest Reno Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION LUCIDO 2019
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J FICTION LUCIDO 2019
1 available
Incline Village Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION LUCIDO 2019
1 available
J FICTION LUCIDO 2019
1 available
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Sixth-grader Emmy tries to find her place in a new school and to figure out how she can create her own kind of music using a computer.
10) Fish in a tree
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South Valleys Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION HUNT 2015
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J FICTION HUNT 2015
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1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
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"Ally's greatest fear is that everyone will find out she is as dumb as they think she is because she still doesn't know how to read"--
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North Valleys Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION FLYING 2017
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J FICTION FLYING 2017
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From basketball dreams and family fiascos to first crushes and new neighborhoods, this anthology, written by award-winning children's authors, celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us.
12) Focused
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Spanish Springs Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION GERBER 2019
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J FICTION GERBER 2019
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Northwest Reno Library - Children's Fiction - Large Print Shelf
J LP FICTION GERBER 2019
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J LP FICTION GERBER 2019
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Twelve-year-old Clea wants to do her homework, follow instructions, pay attention in school, and play chess on the school team, but somehow she cannot focus on whatever is in front of her, and the other kids at school are starting to notice and make fun of her; when her worried parents take her to be tested she finds out that she has ADHD (only without the hyperactivity)--and with help from the psychiatrist who seems to really understand her she is...
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Northwest Reno Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION WILLIA 2019
1 available
J FICTION WILLIA 2019
1 available
Sierra View Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION WILLIA 2019
1 available
J FICTION WILLIA 2019
1 available
Sparks Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION WILLIA 2019
3 available
J FICTION WILLIA 2019
3 available
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Thirteen-year-old Genesis tries again and again to lighten her black skin, thinking it is the root of her family's troubles, before discovering reasons to love herself as is.
14) Ghost
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Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 1
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Northwest Reno Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION REYNOL 2016
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J FICTION REYNOL 2016
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Duncan/Traner Community Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION REYNOL 2016
1 available
J FICTION REYNOL 2016
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In Processing - Children's Fiction
J FICTION REYNOL 2016
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J FICTION REYNOL 2016
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Spanish Springs Library - Children's Fiction - Audiobook Shelf
J CD FICTION REYNOL 2016
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J CD FICTION REYNOL 2016
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"Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying novel of a brand-new series from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award-winning author Jason Reynolds. Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team-a team that...
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Northwest Reno Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION RAMEE 2019
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J FICTION RAMEE 2019
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Duncan/Traner Community Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION RAMEE 2019
1 available
J FICTION RAMEE 2019
1 available
Sparks Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION RAMEE 2019
1 available
J FICTION RAMEE 2019
1 available
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After attending a powerful protest, Shayla starts wearing an armband to school to support the Black Lives Matter movement, but when the school gives her an ultimatum, she is forced to choose between her education and her identity.
16) Goodbye stranger
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Northwest Reno Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION STEAD 2015
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J FICTION STEAD 2015
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South Valleys Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION STEAD 2015
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J FICTION STEAD 2015
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Bridge is an accident survivor who's wondering why she's still alive. Emily has new curves and an almost-boyfriend who wants a certain kind of picture. Tabitha sees through everybody's games -- or so she tells the world. The three girls are best friends with one rule: No fighting. Can it get them through seventh grade?... This year everything is different for Sherm Russo as he gets to know Bridge Barsamian. What does it mean to fall for a girl --...
17) Harbor me
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Northwest Reno Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION WOODSO 2018
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J FICTION WOODSO 2018
3 available
Incline Village Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION WOODSO 2018
1 available
J FICTION WOODSO 2018
1 available
South Valleys Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION WOODSO 2018
1 available
J FICTION WOODSO 2018
1 available
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Northwest Reno Library - Children's Fiction - Audiobook Shelf
J CD FICTION WOODSO 2018
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J CD FICTION WOODSO 2018
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Sierra View Library - Children's Fiction - Audiobook Shelf
J CD FICTION WOODSO 2018
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J CD FICTION WOODSO 2018
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It all starts when six kids have to meet for a weekly chat--by themselves, with no adults to listen inches There, in the room they soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe to talk about what's bothering them--everything from Esteban's father's deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six are together, they...
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Vordak the Incomprehensible volume 1
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South Valleys Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION SEEGER 2010
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J FICTION SEEGER 2010
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A top supervillain offers rules and advice to readers on how to develop an evil plan to rule the world.
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Life of a cactus volume 1
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New friends and a mystery help Aven, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.
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North Valleys Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION DASSOR 2022
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J FICTION DASSOR 2022
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What if you could write your dreams into reality with the stroke of a pen? Sixth grade is off to a difficult start for Josephine Rose Silver. Her best friend, Violet, returns from camp with a new best friend; her parents refuse to grant her more independence; and her homeroom teacher, Ms. Kline, is full of secrets. When Ms. Kline unveils a collection of old Gothamite magazines and tells her students to build their writing skills by crafting short...