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Series
Dork diaries volume 6
Language
English
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Middle-school drama queen Nikki Maxwell worries about asking a boy to her school's "sweetheart dance."
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 2
Language
English
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Nikki's diary describes a frightful Halloween, on which she helps with her sister's ballet class party at the same time she is Brandon's date for their middle school Halloween dance, where she has promised to spend the evening with her two best friends.
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Series
Dork diaries volume 8
Language
English
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Nikki keeps running into characters who seem very familiar.
Author
Series
Origami Yoda books volume 1
Language
English
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If You Like Captain Underpants, Read These!
If You Like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Read These!
If You Like Dog Man, Read These!
If You Like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Read These!
If You Like Dog Man, Read These!
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Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight, as they try to figure out whether or not the puppet can really predict the future. Includes instructions for making Origami Yoda.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Raymond and his pup Rosie are abandoned by his family, he uses his wilderness skills to survive in the woods, but as winter comes, he realizes his wits are not enough, and that perhaps it is time he starts trusting others with his secret.
Author
Series
Cupcake diaries volume 2
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When the popular girls club takes interest in Mia, she has to decide between being popular and her new cupcake club friends.
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 4
Language
English
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When her crush Brandon reveals that the animal shelter where he volunteers is in danger of being closed, Nikki and her friends enter an ice skating competition to help raise money, an effort that is compromised by an interfering Mackenzie.
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 3
Language
English
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Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly sidesteps his father's attempts to change his wimpy ways until his father threatens to send him to military school.
Author
Series
Dear dumb diary. Original series volume 3
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
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Author
Series
Big Nate (Chapter books) volume 5
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
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Description
In this latest misadventure, Nate, the all-time record-holder for detentions, gets to see how the other half lives as he follows his best friend Francis's example and becomes a total neat freak; has Nate totally flipped out?
Author
Series
Friendship matchmaker volume 1
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Lara Zany is her middle school's official Friendship Matchmaker, but a new student, Emily Wong, has her own ideas on the subject and they vie to match two "hopeless cases" with their perfect best friend.
12) Hard luck
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?"--
Author
Series
Dear dumb diary. Original series volume 5
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
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Description
Jamie Kelly writes in her diary about her social studies teacher, Mr. VanDoy, the budding relationship between her Aunt Carol and Assistant Principal Devon, and the real story behind Isabella's detention.
Author
Series
Origami Yoda books volume 5
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Description
One month before the state standards test are to take place, the Origami Rebel Alliance has found powerful allies in unexpected places in their fight against the FunTime test preparation program, but Principal Rabbski has not yet declared her allegiance.
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 11
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
Nikki and her friends team up for another adventure.
17) The fourth stall
Author
Series
Fourth stall volume 1
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Sixth-graders Mac and Vince operate a business charging schoolmates for protection from bullies and for help to negotiate conflicts peacefully, with amazing challenges and results.
18) Eight keys
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
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 her cope.
19) 33 minutes
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
An epic lunch period leads to a fateful showdown as small, skinny seventh-grader Sam's former best friend--now a popular athlete--promises to beat him up at recess in exactly thirty-three minutes.
Author
Series
Origami Yoda books volume 4
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
"Dark times have fallen on McQuarrie Middle School. Dwight is back--and not a moment too soon--as Kellen, Sara, and the gang face a new Menace: the FunTime Educational Program. FunTime is supposed to raise students' standardized test scores. Instead, it's driving everyone crazy. The students turn to Origami Yoda for help"--
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