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1) Frindle
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J NOVEL CLEMENTS
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J NOVEL CLEMENTS
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When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.
2) Matilda
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J NOVEL DAHL
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J NOVEL DAHL
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Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different, but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull, she suddenly discovers...
3) Wonder
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J NOVEL PALACIO WONDER 1
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J NOVEL PALACIO WONDER 1
2 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J CD NOVEL PALACIO
1 available
J CD NOVEL PALACIO
1 available
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J LARGE TYPE PALACIO WONDER 1
1 available
J LARGE TYPE PALACIO WONDER 1
1 available
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August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid -- but his classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. Wonder begins from Auggie's point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of...
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Junie B. Jones series volume 19
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Junie, an outspoken, sometimes exasperating, first grader is thrilled when she is told she can help out in the school cafeteria.
5) Ghost
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Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 1
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J NOVEL REYNOLDS TRACK 1
1 available
J NOVEL REYNOLDS TRACK 1
1 available
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J CD NOVEL REYNOLDS TRACK 1
1 available
J CD NOVEL REYNOLDS TRACK 1
1 available
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"Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential"--
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J NOVEL HUNT
3 available
J NOVEL HUNT
3 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J CD NOVEL HUNT
1 available
J CD NOVEL HUNT
1 available
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Ally has been smart enough to fool a lot of smart people. Every time she lands in a new school, she is able to hide her inability to read by creating clever yet disruptive distractions. She is afraid to ask for help; after all, how can you cure dumb? However, her newest teacher Mr. Daniels sees the bright, creative kid underneath the trouble maker. With his help, Ally learns not to be so hard on herself and that dyslexia is nothing to be ashamed of....
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Origami Yoda books volume 1
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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.
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World according to Humphrey volume 1
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J NOVEL BIRNEY ACCORDING 1
1 available
J NOVEL BIRNEY ACCORDING 1
1 available
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J CD NOVEL BIRNEY ACCORDING 1
1 available
J CD NOVEL BIRNEY ACCORDING 1
1 available
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Humphrey, a pet hamster at Longfellow School, learns that he has an important role to play in helping his classmates and teacher.
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Wayside School volume 1
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J NOVEL SACHAR WAYSIDE 1
2 available
J NOVEL SACHAR WAYSIDE 1
2 available
eBook
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Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.
"You'll meet Bebe, the fastest draw in art class; John, who only reads upside down; Myron, the best class president ever; and Sammy, the new kid - he's a real rat. Come on! Hurry up! If you're late for class, Mrs. Gorf will turn you into an app- Oops. Sorry about that."--Page 4 of cover
10) Save me a seat
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J PLAYAWAY WEEKS
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J PLAYAWAY WEEKS
1 available
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Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems-- but when their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade they are brought together by a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and the need to take control of their lives.
11) Schooled
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Homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has never watched television, tasted a pizza, or even heard of a wedgie. But when his grandmother lands in the hospital, Cap is forced to move in with a guidance counselor and attend the local middle school. While Cap knows a lot about tie-dyeing and Zen Buddhism, no education could prepare him for the politics of public school.
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Mr. Terupt volume 1
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J NOVEL BUYEA MR. TERUPT 1
1 available
J NOVEL BUYEA MR. TERUPT 1
1 available
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Seven fifth-graders at Snow Hill School in Connecticut relate how their lives are changed for the better by "rookie teacher" Mr. Terupt.
13) Ralph S. Mouse
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Ralph the mouse volume 3
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Presents the further adventures of a motorcycle-riding mouse who goes to school and becomes the instigator of an investigation of rodents and the peacemaker for two lonely boys.
14) Spy school
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Spy school volume 1
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J NOVEL GIBBS SPY 1
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J NOVEL GIBBS SPY 1
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Twelve-year-old Ben Ripley leaves his public middle school to attend the CIA's highly secretive Espionage Academy, which everyone is told is an elite science school.
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J NOVEL GUTMAN HOMEWORK 1
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J NOVEL GUTMAN HOMEWORK 1
1 available
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Four fifth-grade students--a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker--as well as their teacher and mothers, each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments.
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School for Good and Evil volume 1
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J NOVEL CHAINANI SCHOOL 1
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J NOVEL CHAINANI SCHOOL 1
1 available
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"Two best friends have been chosen to be students at the fabled School for Good and Evil, where odinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy-tale heroes and villains. One will train for Good; one will become Evil's new hope. Each thinks they know where they belong, but when they are swept into the Endless Woods, they're switched into the opposite schools. Together they'll discover who they really are and what they are capable of, because the only...
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Amber Brown volume 1
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EARLY CHAPTER DANZIGER AMBER 1
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EARLY CHAPTER DANZIGER AMBER 1
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The year she is in the third grade is a sad time for Amber because her best friend Justin is getting ready to move to a distant state.
18) Goodbye stranger
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TEEN NOVEL STEAD
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TEEN NOVEL STEAD
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TEEN PLAYAWAY STEAD
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TEEN PLAYAWAY STEAD
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As Bridge makes her way through seventh grade on Manhattan's Upper West Side with her best friends, curvacious Em, crusader Tab, and a curious new friend--or more than friend--Sherm, she finds the answer she has been seeking since she barely survived an accident at age eight: "What is my purpose?"
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J NOVEL HANNIGAN
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J NOVEL HANNIGAN
1 available
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In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school.
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J NOVEL PEREZ
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J NOVEL PEREZ
2 available
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J NOVEL PEREZ
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J NOVEL PEREZ
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J LARGE TYPE PEREZ
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J LARGE TYPE PEREZ
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"There are no shortcuts to surviving your first day at a new school--you can't fix it with duct tape like you would your Chuck Taylors. On Day One, twelve-year-old Malú (María Luisa, if you want to annoy her) inadvertently upsets Posada Middle School's queen bee, violates the school's dress code with her punk rock look, and disappoints her college-professor mom in the process. Her dad, who now lives a thousand miles away, says things will get better...