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Josh Baxter levels up Cover
ISBN: 9780545772945
Title: Josh Baxter levels up by Gavin Brown - When Josh Baxter's mother takes away the video games that have become his refuge because of his poor grades, Josh realizes he has to come up with a new strategy for success
Author: Brown, Gavin, 1983- author.
Ramona Quimby
ISBN: 0688004776
Title: Ramona Quimby, age 8 by Beverly Cleary - Ramona at 7 1/2 sometimes feels discriminated against by being the youngest in the family
Author: Cleary, Beverly.
Lunch money
ISBN: 0689866836
Title: Lunch money by Andrew Clements - Twelve-year-old Greg, who has always been good at moneymaking projects, is surprised to find himself teaming up with his lifelong rival, Maura, to create a series of comic books to sell at school
Author: Clements, Andrew, 1949-
The Mighty Odds
ISBN: 9781419712715
Title: The Mighty Odds by Amy Ignatow - A bus crash gives four very different middle schoolers odd super powers, and although they wouldn't normally be caught dead together, they must pool their powers to find out what happened to them
Author: Ignatow, Amy, author, illustrator.
Shine
ISBN: 9781524717667
Title: Shine! by J.J. & Chris Grabenstein - When seventh-grader Piper's father is hired by Chumley Prep, a school where every student seems to be the best at everything, she gets the chance to compete for the prestigious Excelsior Award
Author: Grabenstein, J. J., author.
TBH, this is SO Awkward
ISBN: 9780062689900
Title: TBH, this is SO Awkward : a novel in text by Lisa Greenwald - Told entirely in text messages, emails, and notes, best friends Prianka, Gabby, and Cecily find their friendship tested by busily planning a spring fair, bullying, and boys
Author: Greenwald, Lisa, author.
Ungifted by Gordon Korman
ISBN: 9780061742668
Title: Ungifted by Gordon Korman - Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school
Author: Korman, Gordon.
The unteachables Cover Page
ISBN: 9780062563880
Title: The unteachables by Gordon Korman - Told in alternating voices, the teacher and students in room 117 find their lives changed over the course of a school year
Author: Korman, Gordon, author.
Merci Suárez
ISBN: 9780763690496
Title: Merci Suárez changes gears by Meg Medina - Merci Suárez begins the sixth grade and knows things will change, but she did not count on her grandfather acting strangely, not fitting in at her private school, and dealing with Edna Santos' jealousy
Author: Medina, Meg, author.
Do not open! by Mark Parisi
ISBN: 9780062427762
Title: Do not open! by Mark Parisi - When middle schooler Marty Pants discovers an alien plot to take over the world, it is up to him to investigate and save the world
Author: Parisi, Mark, author.
Middle school Cover
ISBN: 9780316101875
Title: Middle school. The worst years of my life by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts - When Rafe Khatchadorian enters middle school, he teams up with his best friend to create a game to make school more fun by trying to break every rule
Author: Patterson, James, 1947-
Locker hero Cover
ISBN: 9781481460019
Title: Locker hero by Rachel Renée Russell - Questioning his resolve to attend public school, Max aspires to become like his favorite comic book heroes and finds an unexpected opportunity to be the hero his middle school needs
Author: Russell, Rachel Renée, author.
Penny draws a best friend Cover Page
ISBN: 9780593616772
Title: Penny draws a best friend by Sara Shepard - Fifth grader Penny, who doodles to cope with anxiety, worries that her best friend is drifting away
Author: Shepard, Sara, 1977- author.
Ahmed Aziz's epic year Cover
ISBN: 9780063024892
Title: Ahmed Aziz's epic year by Nina Hamza - A Indian American boy endures a family move from Hawaii to frigid Minnesota and, with the help of three life-changing books he reads in school, he learns to like reading, and ultimately, himself
Author: Hamza, Nina, author.