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1) Slugfest
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Forced to take Physical Education Equivalency, aka "Slugfest," in summer school so he can maintain his star spot on the JV football team, Yash recruits his fellow PE rejects to train with him and pass this course, an endeavor that turns into a summer he'll never forget"--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
After trying and failing to break her years-long curse of bad first days of school, eighth grader Vivian Lantz wishes for a do-over--and gets stuck reliving this year's horrible first day over and over again.
Author
Series
Holly-Mei books volume 1
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Moving to Hong Kong for her mother's job, Holly-Mei Jones couldn't be happier until she makes a frenemy at school and must use all of her determination, stubbornness, and sparkle to turn her life in this new city into the ultimate adventure.
Author
Series
Holly-Mei books volume 2
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Desperate to keep her friend group together, Holly-Mei convinces them to compete as a team in an inter-school tournament across Hong Kong, but when she becomes obsessed with winning, she pushes them away.
7) Not so shy
Author
Publisher
Kar-Ben Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Shai hates having to move to America and is determined to find a way get back home to Israel--until she starts opening up to new experiences and friendships.
10) Green
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Middle-grade superstar author Alex Gino returns to the world they began with MELISSA and RICK with GREEN, the story of a non-binary middle-schooler named Green who comes into their own in no small part by fighting for gender-free casting in their school's production of THE WIZARD OF OZ" --
Author
Series
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Lila, a worrier, moves to a new town, the what ifs only grow, and she feels alone and invisible until her teacher finds a creative and kind way to make Lila feel welcome and open to new experiences, a lesson that will stay with her long after second grade.
12) Shark teeth
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Sharkita "Kita" embarks on a tumultuous journey to keep her family together while handling the consequences of her mother's alcoholism.
Author
Series
Misfits volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
An elite group of underdogs trained to fight crime must save their unique school from shutting down.
14) The changing man
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
As a scholarship student at the prestigious Nithercott School, seventeen-year-old Ife feels like an outcast, but when a missing classmate reappears and acts strange, Ife teams up with two other students to investigate the school's decades-old legend of the Changing Man.
Author
Series
Middle school and other disasters volume 2
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Heidi is settling in at Broomsfield Academy. She and Melanie are trying to get along and Heidi is getting used to her classes, all her new friends, and her very first crush, Hunter! The problem is: Hunter is really popular. How will Heidi get him to notice her? Her friends tell her to just be herself, but that sounds so boring! After all, Heidi is a witch-in-training. What good is having magic if you can't use it? She knows she can find the perfect...
Author
Series
Liars Society volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Weatherby is a fish out of water. When she lands a scholarship to the prestigious Boston School, she's excited to be in the same world as her dad, whom she's never met, and make real friends. But Weatherby has a secret she'll risk everything to protect, one that could destroy her new life. Every member of Jack's wealthy and privileged family has made their mark at the Boston School. Everyone, that is, except for Jack, who is entirely mediocre. He's...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
As one of only two Asian Americans in his school and often left out, Gary jumps at the chance of breaking into the school's popular clique by befriending the most beautiful girl in school, but as he comes closer to achieving his goal, Gary also risks losing the only person who sees the real him.
Gary Võ is one of the few Vietnamese kids in his school. He's also shy, so being ignored and excluded by his classmates comes with the territory. Then the...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Following a difficult freshman year, Scott Hudson is hoping that sophomore year will be easier, but after a disaster of a first week he finds himself faced with new challenges--including a particularly demanding English teacher, a school board member whose budget cutting is covering up a crime, and the discovery that his friendship with Lee, the Goth girl he met last year, is turning into something else entirely.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Gracie feels like a minor character in her own life story-until a mysterious journal turns her fictional stories into reality. It's 1987, and sixteen-year-old Gracie Byrne wishes her life were totally different. Shy and awkward, she has trouble fitting in at her new school, she's still reeling from her parents' divorce, and her grandmother Katherine's Alzheimer's is getting worse. So when Gracie finds a blank journal in Katherine's vanity drawer,...
20) Bright
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Marianne Blume, a self-described 'ditz,' tries out for her school's Quiz Quest team in a bid to prove she is smart.
After years of trying and trying and feeling like she's always failing, Marianne Blume has mastered the art of turning off her brain whenever questions or lectures arise. She gets by in school on a combination of luck, deflection, and charisma-- until she lands in the classroom of Mr. Garcia. To avoid flunking the class, Marianne joins...
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