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21) Focused
Author
Formats:
On Shelf
Spanish Springs Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION GERBER 2019
1 available
J FICTION GERBER 2019
1 available
On Shelf
Northwest Reno Library - Children's Fiction - Large Print Shelf
J LP FICTION GERBER 2019
1 available
J LP FICTION GERBER 2019
1 available
Description
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...
22) Ghost
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 1
On Shelf
Northwest Reno Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION REYNOL 2016
1 available
J FICTION REYNOL 2016
1 available
Duncan/Traner Community Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION REYNOL 2016
1 available
J FICTION REYNOL 2016
1 available
In Processing - Children's Fiction
J FICTION REYNOL 2016
1 available
J FICTION REYNOL 2016
1 available
On Shelf
Spanish Springs Library - Children's Fiction - Audiobook Shelf
J CD FICTION REYNOL 2016
1 available
J CD FICTION REYNOL 2016
1 available
Description
"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...
23) Awkward
Author
Series
Berrybrook Middle School novels volume 1
Description
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.
Author
Series
Vordak the Incomprehensible volume 1
On Shelf
South Valleys Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION SEEGER 2010
1 available
J FICTION SEEGER 2010
1 available
Description
A top supervillain offers rules and advice to readers on how to develop an evil plan to rule the world.
25) Smile
Author
Series
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Duncan/Traner Community Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 TELGEM 2010
1 available
J 741.5 TELGEM 2010
1 available
Verdi Community Library and Nature Center - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 TELGEM 2010
1 available
J 741.5 TELGEM 2010
1 available
Checked Out
3 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
3 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
Description
From sixth grade through tenth, Raina copes with a variety of dental problems that affect her appearance and how she feels about herself.
Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after girl scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey with the on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of...
26) Fish in a tree
Author
Formats:
On Shelf
South Valleys Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION HUNT 2015
1 available
J FICTION HUNT 2015
1 available
Checked Out
1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
Description
"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"--
Author
Series
Mother-Daughter Book Club volume 1
On Shelf
North Valleys Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION FREDER 2007
1 available
J FICTION FREDER 2007
1 available
Description
When the mothers of four sixth-grade girls with very different personalities pressure them into forming a book club, they find, as they read and discuss "Little Women," that they have much more in common than they could have imagined.
28) Harbor me
Author
Formats:
On Shelf
Northwest Reno Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION WOODSO 2018
3 available
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
On Shelf
Northwest Reno Library - Children's Fiction - Audiobook Shelf
J CD FICTION WOODSO 2018
1 available
J CD FICTION WOODSO 2018
1 available
Sierra View Library - Children's Fiction - Audiobook Shelf
J CD FICTION WOODSO 2018
1 available
J CD FICTION WOODSO 2018
1 available
Description
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...
On Shelf
North Valleys Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION FLYING 2017
1 available
J FICTION FLYING 2017
1 available
Description
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.
30) Real friends
Author
Series
Friends (Hale) volume 1
Formats:
On Shelf
Gerlach Community Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 HALE 2017 v.1
1 available
J 741.5 HALE 2017 v.1
1 available
Description
When her best friend Adrienne starts hanging out with the most popular girl in class, Shannon questions with whether she and Adrienne will stay friends, and if she is part of the clique.
31) Save me a seat
Author
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On Shelf
Sierra View Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION WEEKS 2016
1 available
J FICTION WEEKS 2016
1 available
Description
Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems--but when their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade they are brought together by a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and the need to take control of their lives.
32) Upstaged
Author
On Shelf
Downtown Reno Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION ASHER 2021
1 available
J FICTION ASHER 2021
1 available
Description
Painfully shy seventh-grader Shira Gordon is cast in a small role in The Music Man and also as understudy for the lead, played by diva Monica Manley, who becomes the victim of a prankster.
33) Barakah Beats
Author
On Shelf
Downtown Reno Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION SIDDIQ 2021
1 available
J FICTION SIDDIQ 2021
1 available
Description
"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...
34) Say it out loud
Author
On Shelf
Spanish Springs Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION VARNES 2021
1 available
J FICTION VARNES 2021
1 available
Description
Self-conscious of her stutter, Charlotte says nothing as her best friend is bullied, but as the school year goes on she realizes some things are worth speaking up for.
35) One kid's trash
Author
Description
When his father moves them halfway across Colorado, eleven-year-old Hugo O'Donnell is surprised that his remarkable talent for garbology makes him popular for the first time in his life.
Author
On Shelf
Spanish Springs Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION HAMZA 2021
1 available
J FICTION HAMZA 2021
1 available
Description
"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...
37) Dear student
Author
Description
"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...
Author
On Shelf
Gerlach Community Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION GREEN 2021
1 available
J FICTION GREEN 2021
1 available
Description
"When twelve-year-old Violet's dad walks out, she faces the aftermath the only way she knows how: with pie and math. But family and friendship turn out to have are more variables than she thought"--
Author
Formats:
On Shelf
Northwest Reno Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION ROBERT 2019
1 available
J FICTION ROBERT 2019
1 available
On Shelf
Downtown Reno Library - Children's Fiction - Audiobook Shelf
J CD FICTION ROBERT 2019
1 available
J CD FICTION ROBERT 2019
1 available
Description
Judy Blume meets Mike Lupica in this pitch-perfect, action-packed, and funny novel about a girl coming of age at home, in school, and on the basketball court. Thirteen-year-old Nikki Doyle's dreams of becoming a basketball great feel within reach when she's selected to play on an elite-level club team. But in a league with taller, stronger, and faster girls, Nikki suddenly isn't the best point guard. In fact, she's no longer a point guard at all,...
Author
On Shelf
Sparks Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION KELLY 2022
1 available
J FICTION KELLY 2022
1 available
Description
There are twelve kids in the seventh grade at Fawn Creek Middle School. They’ve been together all their lives. And in this small factory town where everyone knows everything about everyone, that’s not necessarily a great thing. There are thirteen desks in the seventh-grade classroom. That’s because Renni Dean’s father got a promotion, and the family moved to Grand Saintlodge, the nearest big town. Renni’s desk is empty, but Renni still...