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Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
The New York Times bestselling novel that inspired the hit film! This is the funniest book you’ll ever read about death. It is a universally acknowledged truth that high school sucks. But on the...
2) Crank
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Crank trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Kristina Snow is the perfect daughter, but she meets a boy who introduces her to drugs and becomes a very different person, struggling to control her life and her mind.
Kristina Georgia Snow is the perfect daughter, gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. But on a trip to visit her absentee father, Kristina disappears and Bree takes her place. Bree is the exact opposite of Kristina. Through a boy, Bree meets the monster: crank. And what...
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 2
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IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
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There are a lot of things that puzzle Greg Heffley, including his irritating siblings, concerned parents, and daily challenges as a junior high student. Greg's journal offers up his often funny observations on family life during summer vacation, and the looming dread of a return to school.
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
"Being a kid can really stink. And no one knows this better than Greg Heffley. It's a new school year, and Greg finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings...
5) Hard luck
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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"Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?"--
6) Cabin fever
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Middle-schooler Greg Heffley is the prime suspect when it is discovered that school property has been damaged, but when a surprise blizzard hits and school is closed, Greg is stuck indoors with his family, unable to prove his innocence.
7) No brainer
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 18
Pub. Date
2023.
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IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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"In No Brainer, book 18 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, it’s up to Greg to save his crumbling school before it’s shuttered for good. Up until now, middle school hasn’t exactly been a joyride for Greg Heffley. So when the town threatens to close the crumbling building, he’s not too broken up about it. But when Greg realizes this means he’s going to be sent to a different school than...
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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"In the seventh book of the Wimpy Kid series, Greg's world is turned upside down when his middle school has a Valentine's Day dance. Greg scrambles to find a date, but is worried that he will be left without one. An unexpected twist gives Greg a date and leaves his best friend Rowley without one, but Greg soon learns that a lot can happen in one night and it's hard to predict who will be lucky in love"--Container.
9) Wonder
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade...
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Dork diaries volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Nikki has to hide seven ADORKABLE puppies from two parents, one nosy little sister, an entire middle school, and ... one mean girl out for revenge, Mackenzie Hollister. If anyone can do it, it's Nikki... but not without some hilarious challenges along the way!
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Dork diaries volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Assigned to attend her archnemesis Mackenzie Hollister's new school for the student exchange week program, Nikki is surprised to learn that there are students at the school even meaner than Mackenzie.
12) Before I fall
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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After she dies in a car crash, teenage Samantha relives the day of her death over and over again until, on the seventh day, she finally discovers a way to save herself.
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Dork diaries volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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When Miss Know-It-All's inbox overflows with pleas for guidance, Nikki Maxwell, the school newspaper advice columnist, turns to her best friends for help.
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Dork diaries volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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As Nikki plans how she's going to spend her summer, things get more complicated after she starts hanging out with a visiting student.
15) Eclipse
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Twilight saga volume 3
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 22
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English
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Bella must choose between her friendship with Jacob and her relationship with Edward, both vampires, but when Seattle is ravaged by a mysterious string of killings, the three of them need to decide whether their personal lives are more important than the well-being of an entire city.
16) The last straw
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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The highly anticipated third book in the critically acclaimed and bestselling series takes the art of being wimpy to a whole new level. Lets face it: Greg Heffley will never change his wimpy ways. Somebody just needs to explain that to Gregs father. You see, Frank Heffley actually thinks he can get his son to toughen up, and he enlists Greg in organized sports and other “manly” endeavors. Of course, Greg is able to easily sidestep his fathers...
17) Solitaire
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"The amazing novel that introduced Nick and Charlie from HEARTSTOPPER -- and the unforgettable Tori Spring. Tori Spring isn't sure how to be happy again. Then she meets Michael Holden, and they try to unmask the mysterious Solitaire (and survive high school) in Alice Oseman's stunning, unflinchinghonest debut novel, which first introduced her fan-favorite Heartstopper characters Nick and Charlie."--
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Harry Potter (Illustrated series) volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.
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IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Life in Middle School
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Life in Middle School
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When Rafe Khatchadorian enters middle school, he teams up with his best friend, "Leo the Silent," to create a game to make school more fun by trying to break every rule in the school's code of conduct.
20) Out of darkness
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IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 15
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Loosely based on a school explosion that took place in New London, Texas in 1937, this is the story of two teenagers: Naomi, who is Mexican, and Wash, who is black, and their dealings with race, segregation, love, and the forces that destroy people.
A dangerous forbidden romance rocks a Texan oil town in 1937, when segregation was a matter of life and death. A Top Ten Most Challenged Book of the Year "This is East Texas, and there's lines. Lines...
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