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Freak
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Marcella Fleischman Pixley |
Twelve-year-old Miriam, poetic, smart, and quirky, is considered a freak by the popular girls at her middle school, and she eventually explodes in response to their bullying, revealing an inner stren… |
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Next to Mexico
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Jennifer Nails |
Outspoken, impulsive Lylice has skipped fifth grade, but she finds that getting along at Susan B. Anthony Middle School is more difficult than she expected, until she befriends another newcomer to th… |
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Standing for Socks
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Elissa Weissman,Elissa Brent Weissman |
At the end of fifth grade, Fara decides to wear mismatched socks as a statement of individuality, but once middle school starts and she wants to be known for her ideas rather than her clothing, she f… |
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The total tragedy of a girl named Hamlet
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Erin Dionne |
Hamlet Kennedy just wants to be your average, happy, vanilla eighth grader. But with Shakespearean scholar parents who dress in Elizabethan regalia and generally go about in public as if it were the … |
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The trouble with Mark Hopper
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Elissa Brent Weissman |
Mark Hopper is the smartest student in the sixth grade, and he knows it. When another Mark Hopper moves to town (the same age, with similar looks), Mark Hopper makes trouble for Mark Hopper. The Mark… |
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Daddy's little Angel
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Shani Petroff |
"Mom always said my dad is the devil. I never knew she meant it literally!" All Angel’s father (a.k.a. the Devil) wants is to be a part of her life. And in return he has the power to give her anythin… |
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The Cruisers
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Walter Dean Myers |
Friends Zander, Kambui, LaShonda, and Bobbi, caught in the middle of a mock Civil War at DaVinci Academy, learn the true cost of freedom of speech when they use their alternative newspaper, The Cruis… |
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Your life, but cooler
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Crystal Velasquez |
As a middle school girl trying to decide whether to audition for the choir which might perform at Carnegie Hall, the reader determines the outcome of the story by taking personality quizzes intersper… |
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The return of the homework machine
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Dan Gutman |
After discarding their infamous homework machine, four friends, now in sixth grade, find themselves once again at the police station, this time giving testimony about an incident involving a powerful… |
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Julia Gillian (and the dream of the dog)
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Alison McGhee |
While trying to cope with more school work, including an assignment in her least favorite subject, reading, a sixth-grade girl faces her toughest challenge as her beloved dog--and lifelong companion-… |
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Frenemies #2
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Alexa Young |
From besties to worsties and back again . . .Team Avalon:For Avalon, staying on top of trends has never been a problem — until her fellow cheerleaders decide that her BFF Halley is definitely out thi… |
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Science Fair
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Dave Barry,Ridley Pearson |
The president of Kprshtskan is plotting to infiltrate the science fair at Hubble Middle School in Maryland in order to take over the United States government, but when Toby Harbinger, an ordinary stu… |
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New Girl (How I Survived Middle School)
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Nancy E. Krulik |
A bet between Jenny and her rival Addie about who will raise more money at the school's fund-raising carnival is thrown into a tizzy when a cool new girl arrives. Will she join Addie's group, or will… |
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The kind of friends we used to be
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Frances O'Roark Dowell |
Twelve-year-olds Kate and Marylin, friends since preschool, draw further apart as Marylin becomes involved in student government and cheerleading, while Kate wants to play guitar and write songs, and… |
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The wimpy kid movie diary
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Jeff Kinney |
It was a funny, vivid like book.It will make many people laugh it will leave people wanting more. It makes books as funny as the "Captain Underpants" series look like just words on pages. |
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The caped sixth grader
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Zoe Quinn |
As part of a school project, twelve-year-old superhero trainee Zoe gets to intern with Electra Allbright, the author of her favorite comic book series, and still manages to fit in some rescues and fo… |
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Fouling Out
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Gregory Walters |
Craig and Tom have been friends since second grade, but that was five years ago and Craig is getting sick of Tom’s out-of-bounds behavior. When Craig begins to realize that he may have more potential… |
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Tackling Dad
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Elizabeth Levy |
When Cassie tries out for the middle school football team, she faces unexpected opposition from her father, a former professional football player. |
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The hard kind of promise
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Gina Willner-Pardo |
California seventh-graders Sarah and Marjorie made a promise in kindergarten to always be friends, but Marjorie is weird and Sarah, wanting to be at least somewhat popular, makes friends with a fello… |
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Come fall
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A. C. E. Bauer |
Drawn together by a mentoring program and an unusual crow, middle school misfits Salman, Lu, and Blos form a strong friendship, despite teasing by fellow students and the maneuverings of fairies Ober… |
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