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Origami Yoda books volume 6
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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In this final book in the series, the seventh graders of McQuarrie Middle School and their Star Wars-inspired Origami finger puppets go on a field trip to Washington, D.C., on what proves to be a very long trip full of shifting alliances, betrayals, carsickness, and sugar rushes.
Author
Series
Qwikpick papers volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
While searching for the Rat with the Human Face, friendships fray as club members Dave and Lyle compete for Marilla.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Readers on the cusp of adolescence will find much to love in this middle grade novel from the author of the beloved MR. TERUPT series that follows three kids who come to realize that letting go of childhood means boldly taking risks to face the future while learning from the past.
7) Real
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Sometimes Charity cannot control her body and because she has low-functioning autism, Charity cannot communicate her thoughts to anyone else, even though she feels all of the frustrations, fears, and doubts of a typical thirteen-year-old.
8) The brave
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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The Brave is about a boy with an OCD issue and his move to a reservation to live with his biological mother.
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Crowds and attention always make Ellie nervous, and lately they've been making it harder and harder for her to breathe. The horror of her bat mitzvah has her indulging in party-sabotage--which goes well until a fight with her best friend leaves her alone on the path of destruction.
10) Nikhil out loud
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Publisher Annotation: From the acclaimed actor and Stonewall Honor-winning author of The Best at It, Maulik Pancholy, comes a new middle grade novel about a gay Indian American boy who learns the power of using his voice. For fans of Merci Suárez Changes Gears and Better Nate Than Ever.
11) Snitchers
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Years ago Nia lost her father to the violence plaguing her small Indiana city. When the five-year-old boy she babysits for is killed in a drive-by shooting, she and her friends decide enough is enough and set out to find the murderer--never anticipating how close to home that investigation will lead.
13) Lies I told
Author
Series
Lies I told volume 1
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Since Grace was adopted by the Fontaines, she's been carefully taught the art of the scam and has an uncanny ability to create a personality to help her "parents," but their latest job has her questioning everything she's been taught and the family she's grown to love.
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Language
English
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"Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her best and most fearless friend Daisy is eager to investigate. So together they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett's son Davis. Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective,...
15) Scouts
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Stranger Things meets The Goonies in this suspenseful yet heartwarming adventure story about a group of friends who set out to find a crashed meteor...but find mystery and danger instead as their close relationships begin to fracture.
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Nowhere, Arizona, the least livable town in the United States. For Gus, a bright 13-year-old with dreams of getting out and going to college, life there is made even worse by Bo Taylor, Nowhere's biggest, baddest bully. When Bo tries to force Gus to eat a dangerously spiny cactus, Rossi Scott, one of the best racers in Nowhere, comes to his rescue--but in return she has to give Bo her prized dirt bike"--
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: In Turning Red, Mei Lee is a confident, dorky thirteen-year-old torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. And as if changes to her interests, relationships, and body weren't enough, whenever she gets too excited (which for a teenager is practically ALWAYS), she “poofs” into a giant red panda! This graphic novel retells the whole exciting story of Disney/Pixar Turning Red with full-color...
18) Best enemies
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Series
Canterwood Crest. Main series volume 5
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"If any two girls know about being the best, it's Heather Fox and Jasmine King. Just ask them; they'll be happy to tell you. But every girl knows that there can only be one 'best.' Can Sasha keep the girls from turning the arena into a war zone and still snag a spot on the coveted Youth Equestrian National Team?"--Back cover.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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After losing his mom in a fatal car crash, Kaede Hirano--now living with a grandfather who is more stranger than family--developed anger issues and spent his last year of middle school acting out. Best-friendless and critically in danger repeating the seventh grade, Kaede is given a summer assignment: write an essay about what home means to him, which will be even tougher now that he's on his way to Japan to reconnect with his estranged father and...
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