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Author
Series
Cupcake diaries volume 3
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Mia asks the girls in the Cupcake Club to be junior bridesmaids in her mother's wedding, but when the dresses cost far more than she expects, she has to get busy making some money.
Author
Series
Cupcake diaries volume 4
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Alexis Becker loves to organize and plan and set goals, which is why she is in charge of the business end of the Cupcake Club. But when she suddenly develops a major crush on Matt Taylor - who happens to be Emma's brother - things get a little disorganized.
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 10
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
Nikki has to hide seven dogs from her parents and all her middle school.
Author
Series
Cupcake diaries volume 18
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When fashionista Mia hears someone is starting a fashion club at school, how can she resist? After all, working in fashion someday is her dream. But can she manage being in two clubs at the same time, or is she spreading herself too thin? And will her Cupcake Club friends still be as sweet to her, or will Mia have to choose between cupcakes and fashion plates?
Author
Series
Cupcake diaries volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
When Katie's best friend Callie leaves her for a clique called the Popular Girls Club on the first day of middle school, Katie decides to find a group that she can join.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
From the renowned author/illustrator of the Popularity Papers series, Amy Ignatow, comes the first installment in a new series about a diverse crew of middle school kids who develop very limited superhero powers after a strange accident and manage to become unlikely friends on the adventure of a lifetime.
10) Poop fountain!
Author
Series
Qwikpick papers volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
Three friends spend Christmas day breaking into the town of Crickenburg's antiquated sewage treatment plant in order to witness with their own eyes the soon-to-be-replaced "poop fountain."
11) Both can be true
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
Debut author Jules Machias explores identity, gender fluidity, and the power of friendship and acceptance in this dual-narrative Own Voices story about two kids who join forces to save a dog . . . but wind up saving each other.
12) Almost flying
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
In this unabashedly queer middle grade debut, a week-long amusement park road trip becomes a true roller coaster of emotion when Dalia realizes she has more-than-friend feelings for her new bestie.
Author
Series
Cupcake diaries volume 20
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Hired with the Cupcake Club to serve a huge order at a neighbor's outdoor party, Alex, knowing that her crush will be in attendance, struggles to find just the right outfit when she discovers that she has reached an in-between size.
15) Just Jake
Author
Series
Just Jake volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Jake and his family have moved to a new state and now Jake must start at the bottom of the social ladder, but he is determined to make friends and get back on top with his box of "kid cards."
Follows the experiences of young Jake, a boy who endures the drama and frustrations of being the new kid in school.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Publisher Annotation: In this empowering deconstruction of the so-called American Dream, a twelve-year-old Japanese American girl grapples with, and ultimately rises above, the racism and trials of middle school she experiences while chasing her dreams.
18) Pity party
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A grab bag of deliciously dark short fiction set in middle school that explores anxieties and twists them into funny, resonant, and reassuring psychological thrills"--
19) Mascot
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Six eighth graders outside Washington, DC, navigate through conflict and division focused on their school district's Native American mascot"--Provided by publisher.
20) George
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
"When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really, really, REALLY wantsto play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even tryout for the part . . . because she's a boy. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, George comes up with a plan....
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