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1) Bluefish
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Everything changes for thirteen-year-old Travis, a new student who is trying to hide his illiteracy, when he meets a sassy classmate with her own secrets and a remarkable teacher.
2) Dress coded
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
"An eighth grader starts a podcast to protest the unfair dress code enforcement at her middle school and sparks a rebellion"--
Author
Publisher
Turning Tide Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When his younger brother is diagnosed with leukemia, thirteen-year-old Steven tries to deal with his complicated emotions, his school life, and his desire to support his family.
4) So done
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"When best friends Metai and Jamila are reunited after a summer apart, their friendship threatens to combust from the pressure of secrets, middle school, and looming auditions for a potentially life-changing new talented-and-gifted program"--
5) Unfriended
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Truly is invited to sit at the Popular Table, she finds herself caught in a web of lies and misunderstandings, made unescapable by the hyperconnected social media world.
Author
Series
Clique novels. Original series volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Wealthy Massie is determined to exclude middle class Claire, the daughter of her father's old friend, from her seventh-grade clique at a very exclusive private school in Westchester, New York, but after Massie steals her only friend, Claire strikes back.
Author
Series
Do the math volume 1
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Tess has always loved math, and she uses mathematical concepts to help her understand things in her life, so she is dismayed to find out how much math--and life--can change in eighth grade.
Author
Series
How to rock volume 1
Publisher
Poppy
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When popular middle schooler Kacey Simon gets glasses and braces and is rejected by her crowd, she befriends a boy who is in a punk rock band and discovers some things about friendship, relationships, and herself.
Author
Series
Trash can days volume 2
Publisher
Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Four diverse junior high school students face adversity in the form of budding romantic relationships, gangs demanding proof of loyalty, feelings of insecurity, the quest for popularity in a new school, and more.
11) The good war
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When Ms. Peterson starts a video game club, the students are divided into two teams and simulate a war they know nothing about, but what starts out as friendly competition, takes an unexpected turn for the worst when one player takes the game too far.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Told from three viewpoints, thirteen-year-old scientific genius Lenny Cyrus shrinks himself and, helped by his best friend Harlan, enters the body of Zooey, the girl he has loved since third grade, hoping to physically change her mind about him on the very day her play opens.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After her mother's attempted suicide, thirteen-year-old Anna goes to live with her father and his new family, and learns to navigate the shifting loyalties of middle school friendships.
Author
Series
How to rock volume 2
Publisher
Poppy
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Kacey Simon's jealousy threatens her popularity when her new crush Zander's ex-girlfriend and former lead singer, Stevie, arrives in town.
Author
Series
Clique novels. Original series volume 13
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
As the holidays approach, Massie, Alicia, Dylan, Kristen, and Claire deal with budget woes, boy friends and each other in the continuing adventures of the Clique.
Author
Series
The Tribe (Clay Chapman) volume 1
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After practically burning down his last school, Spencer Pendleton wants to keep out of trouble at Greenfield Middle but between attacks from the school bully and being recruited by the mischievous tribe of dropouts hiding in the building, Spencer seems headed for permanent detention.
17) Lily and Dunkin
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
"Lily Jo McGrother, born Timothy McGrother, is a girl. But being a girl is not so easy when you look like a boy. Especially when you're in the eighth-grade. Norbert Dorfman, nicknamed Dunkin Dorfman, is bipolar and has just moved from the New Jersey townhe's called home for the past thirteen years. This would be hard enough, but the fact that he is also hiding from a painful secret makes it even worse. One summer morning, Lily Jo McGrother meets Dunkin...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
Rowan has too many secrets to write down in the pages of a diary. And if he did, he wouldn't want anyone he knows to read them. He understands who he is and what he likes, but it's not safe for others to find out. Now the kids at school say Rowan's too different to spend time with. He's not the "right kind" of girl, and he's not the "right kind" of boy. His mom ignores him. And at night, his dad hurts him in ways he's not ready to talk about yet....
19) Hummingbird
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
When twelve-year-old Olive, who suffers from brittle bone disease and has been homeschooled all her life, finally attends school in person she soon discovers fitting in is not that easy, but if she can find the magical wish-granting hummingbird that supposedly lives nearby, and prove herself worthy, maybe her deepest wish will be granted.
"Twelve-year-old homeschooled Olive is tired of being seen as “fragile” just because she has osteogenesis...
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