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461) Nikki on the line
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Nikki, thirteen, dreams of being a great basketball player but struggles on her new, elite team while also juggling school stress, her non-traditional family, and revelations about her biological father.
462) Brave like that
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Cyrus knows he is not cut out to be a football hero or fireman like his adopted father, but it takes a skittish stray dog to teach him that he, too, can be brave.
464) Deephaven
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When Guinevere "Nev" Tallow receives an acceptance letter to the exclusive Deephaven Academy, they know it's the fresh start that they've been looking for. But things are strange from the moment they arrive--the house itself seems to breathe, students whisper secrets in dark corridors, and the entire east wing of the academy is locked away for reasons no one wants to explain. And Nev knows something ragged stalks the shadowy corridors, something...
465) My life as a gamer
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Derek Fallon gets the chance of a lifetime when he is asked to test software for new video games, but he soon discovers that his dream job isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Author
Series
Clique novels. Original series volume 12
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Now that the Pretty Committee is no longer boycotting boys, the eighth-grade friends cannot decide who has a crush on whom, putting the Clique in jeopardy again.
467) Touchdown triumph
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Because his father is in the Army, Oliver Jeffries has never lived in any one place for long, but he was hoping that Colorado would be different because he is the starting wide receiver on the Jackson Middle School's football team--so when he gets word that his family is moving again he is bitterly disappointed, but he has one more game and he is determined to make it a good one.
468) Take Your Best Shot
Author
Series
4 for 4 series volume 4
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Jackson confronts many challenges in his first year of middle school as his mother plans to get married, the best player on his basketball team leaves, he needs to ask a girl to go to a school dance with him, and his best friend's father is injured in Afghanistan.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she's the only Indian American student, and home, with her family's traditions and holidays. But Reha's parents don't understand why she's conflicted--they only notice when Reha doesn't meet their strict expectations. Reha feels disconnected from her mother, or Amma, although their names are linked--Reha means "star" and Punam means "moon"--but they are a universe apart. Then Reha finds out that her...
470) School of laughs
Author
Series
I funny volume 5
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When a new principal threatens to close the school library, Jamie Grimm tries to save the day by teaching a comedy class for his fellow students.
471) After ever after
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Although Jeff and Tad, encouraged by a new friend, Lindsey, make a deal to help one another overcome aftereffects of their cancer treatments in preparation for eighth-grade graduation, Jeff still craves advice from his older brother Stephen, who is studying drums in Africa.
472) Full-court press
Author
Series
Hoops (Donne) volume 2
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Elle begins to volunteer two days a week working with children with special needs, she has trouble juggling her new passion, basketball obligations, and schoolwork.
Author
Series
Clique novels. Original series volume 11
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Massie, hurt that friends have caught the eyes of boys she was interested in, hires actresses to pretend to be her new friends while Claire, who feels somehow responsible, makes a dramatic move to set things right.
474) Eight keys
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Elise, orphaned since age three, becomes disheartened by middle school, with its bullies, changing relationships, and higher expectations, keys to long-locked rooms and messages from her late father help hercope.
475) Big Nate: Aloha!
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Aloha can mean hello or goodbye--which makes it the perfect word for sixth grader Nate Wright. Why? Because Nate doesn't know whether he's coming or going. Will his romance with Daisy sizzle or fizzle? Will his hair survive Teddy's cut-rate barber skills? And when Nate spots a crime in progress at Klassic Komix, can he find his inner superhero?"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Maverick Falconer is just starting middle school and he wishes he were a hero like his father because maybe then he could deal with his mother's drinking and series of abusive boyfriends, not to mention the kids who bully him in middle school (pretty much the same ones who bullied him in elementary school)--but as the year passes he begins to realize that other kids have problems too, and maybe if they can all survive sixth-grade things will get better....
477) Oh my gods
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When Karen leaves New Jersey to spend time with her enigmatic father on Mount Olympus, she is shocked to learn that her junior high classmates are gods and goddesses, and that one of them is turning people to stone.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mother takes him and his younger brother, who has Down syndrome, to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they do not remember or have never met, and while there Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago and is somewhere on the island.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Lotus Blossom, normally a peace-loving free spirit, must summon the courage to fight against a racist dress code and stand up for herself.
A talented violinist, Lotus Bloom just switched from her inner-city school to a fancy arts academy. Boys think it is hilarious to throw wads of paper into Lotus's hair. It starts as a prank, but escalates after she reports it to the administration-- and finds herself facing suspension. Now Lotus...
480) Masters of mischief
Author
Series
Misadventures of Max Crumbly volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Max and Erin continue the fight to protect South Ridge Middle School from Ralph and his henchmen, but Max's greatest challenge may be keeping his crush on Erin a secret.
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