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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Devastated when her parents are killed in a car accident, sixteen-year old Jackie moves from New York City to Colorado to live with her mother's best friend, who has twelve children, including two boys who start to show an interest in Jackie that goes beyond brotherly.
2) I'm New Here
Author
Series
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 Wonderbook (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Maria is from Guatemala, Jin is from Korea, and Fatima is from Somalia. All three are new to their American elementary school, and each has trouble speaking, writing, and sharing ideas in English. Through self-determination and with encouragement from their peers and teachers, the students learn to feel confident and comfortable in their new school without losing a sense of their home country, language, and identity. Young readers from all backgrounds...
3) Dinosaur Boy
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
A laugh-out-loud, quirky new middle grade series that looks at bullying in an entirely new and inventive way.
Sawyer's grandfather was part Stegosaurus, so it wasn't a complete surprise when puberty included growing spikes and a tail. But when the kids who bully him at school go missing it's up to Sawyer and his friends, Elliott and Sylvie, to solve the mystery!
Despite the Principal's Zero Tolerance
...Author
Publisher
Distributed in the United States by Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged).
Language
English
Description
Lost and alone, a young boy enters the forest not knowing the path that lies before him. He meets a figure called Emptiness who guides him on his way. Together they find keepsakes deep in the forest that trigger memories, both good and bad. As he moves closer to the sun-filled meadow on the other side of the forest, the boy learns that to be truly happy, he must embrace his past.
5) Toby tootles
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
When Toby accidently toots at his birthday party, he is teased by friends and family, but he learns how to get over his embarrassment when his grandmother gives him a lesson on how to handle life's hiccups and other unexpected eruptions.
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"A sensitive portrayal of loss and grief, told through a grandchild's inheritance of a stopwatch that belonged to Grampa. In this touching debut picture book about the loss of a beloved grandfather, author Loretta Garbutt explores the stages of grief with a delicate hand. The story opens with our narrator inheriting a stopwatch. For the grandchild, the object carries many cherished memories. "Grampa used to time everything. He timed me when I ran...
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Lab
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
280 pages.
Language
English
Description
Working on the Transcontinental Railroad promises a fortune—for those who survive.
Growing up in 1860s China, Tam Ling Fan has lived a life of comfort. Her father is wealthy enough to provide for his family but unconventional enough to spare Ling Fan from the debilitating foot-binding required of most well-off girls. But Ling Fan’s life is upended when her brother dies of influenza and their father is imprisoned under false accusations. Hoping...
8) Love birds
Author
Publisher
Cameron Kids
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A shy and quiet boy wanders his new home town, listening to the birds, until he meets a fellow bird lover and friend.
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2023, c2020
Physical Desc
327 pages 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In Gold Coast, Long Island, everything from the expensive downtown shops to the manicured beaches, to the pressed uniforms of Jill Newman and her friends, looks perfect. But as Jill found out three years ago, nothing is as it seems... Freshman year Jill’s best friend, the brilliant, dazzling Shaila Arnold, was killed by her boyfriend. After that dark night on the beach, Graham confessed, the case was closed, and Jill tried to move on... Now, it’s...
10) The hate u give
Author
Series
The Hate U Give volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters...
11) The Dirt Diary
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
The first book in Anna Staniszewski's award-winning YA best selling book series: The Dirt Diaries!
A hilarious tale about the weight of responsibility that comes from a secret-filled diary...
Rachel can't believe she has to give up her Saturdays to scrubbing other people's toilets. So. Gross. But she kinda, sorta stole $287.22 from her college fund that she's got to pay back ASAP or her mom will ground her for life.
...Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books, an imprint Lerner Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
271 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Abby has a lot to worry about: Climate change. The news. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. And now moving to Florida for her mom's new job at an aerospace company. On the Space Coast, Abby meets two boys, Adam and Bix, who tell her they're "a long way from home" and need her help. Abby discovers they're from the future, from a time when all the problems of the 21st century have been solved. Thrilled, Abby strikes a deal with them: She'll...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
Uniform ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 18
Physical Desc
vi, 325 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Polly's friendship with the wealthy Shaws of Boston helps them to build a new life and teaches her the truth about the relationship between happiness and riches.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) color illustrations 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Two baby penguins argue over who gets to play with a toy first, but when their sled runs away without them they learn the advantage of taking turns--or doing things together.
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
249 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After a year on Mars, a young boy and his family migrate to the planet Choom, but the inhabitants of Choom, the Zhuri, who look like giant mosquitoes, don't really like humans and it up to the boy and his family to change their minds if they hope to survive.
16) Saving Winslow
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
165 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
When his father brings home an ailing, newborn donkey, Louie names the animal Winslow and takes care of him, but everyone, including Louie's quirky friend Nora, thinks Winslow is not going to survive.
17) Dear Mothman
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
313 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After the death of his best friend and the only other trans boy at school, Noah starts writing letters expressing his feelings to the humanoid creature Mothman and risks everything when he treks into the woods to prove Mothman's existence.
Author
Publisher
Shanghai Book Traders
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A long time ago, a young man named Ding Xian is finally qualified for the imperial examination held in the capital city. Ding Xian travels day and night. While he is passing through Wuyi Mountain, he is so tired that he cannot walk any longer. A kind monk happens to pass by and sees the weak Ding Xian. After he takes Ding Xian back to the temple in the mountain, the monk makes him a beverage with some leaves and hot water. This magical drink rejuvenates...
19) The best of Iggy
Author
Series
Iggy volume 1
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Ivy + Bean comes a hilarious new middle grade series featuring a high-energy, lovable troublemaker. Meet Iggy Frangi. He's not a bad kid, he's really not. Okay, so he's done a few (a few is anything up to 100) bad things. And okay, he's not very sorry about most of them. People make a big deal about nothing. What's a little pancake here and there? Is that something to get mad about? Iggy doesn't think...
20) Always, Abigail
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 to 7
From the award-winning author of This Journal Belongs to Ratchet, a hilarious and heartwarming story about cheerleading, popularity, and middle school survival told exclusively through lists and letters.
Always Abigail is the perfect growing up book for girls, and with its illustrated format, this book is perfectly suited for reluctant readers kids aged 9-12 who love graphic
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