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Project Z volume 1
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"Undead and on the run! Arnold Z. Ombee has escaped a secret government lab that's developing zombies. Fortunately, he's found by the Kinders, a warmhearted human couple who are determined to help keep his zombie status under wraps. The Kinders decide Arnold will become part of their family. They help him disguise his zombie appearance and teach him how to act like a real human boy. After a lot of practice, he's ready for the ultimate test: Fifth...
2) Spy school
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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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If your house were on fire, what one thing would you save? Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park explores different answers to this provocative question in linked poems that capture the diverse voices of a middle school class. Illustrated with black-and-white art.
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GHPLD 4th Grade Reads
OBD Back To School - Youth
OBD Funny Books - YOUTH
Sixth Grade Realistic Fiction
OBD Back To School - Youth
OBD Funny Books - YOUTH
Sixth Grade Realistic Fiction
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Told in alternating voices, the teacher and students in room 117 find their lives changed over the course of a school year.
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In this cute and queer contemporary middle grade comedy about friendship, first crushes, and first kisses, twelve-year-old Noah Frye comes up with a foolproof plan to teach herself how to have a crush on a boy to fit in better with her friends--only to discover she's been looking in the wrong place, and her crush was right beside her all along... Noah Frye just had the Best Summer Ever. Not only did she have an epic time at science camp, but her new...
7) Locker hero
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Questioning his resolve to attend public school after being homeschooled when he is targeted by a bully, Max aspires to become like his favorite comic book heroes and finds an unexpected opportunity to be the hero his middle school needs.
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (WPLD)
Books Written in Verse (WPLD)
Crushes and Dating Grades 4-8 (SCPL-YS)
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Books Written in Verse (WPLD)
Crushes and Dating Grades 4-8 (SCPL-YS)
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New to Cincinnati, where her father is now coach of the University basketball team, eighth-grader Aurora (called Rory) finds herself isolated by the heated team rivalries--especially when it turns out her new friend Abby's father has a mysterious feud with Rory's father that threatens her new friendship.
10) Sparkle
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"Sparkle Moore is destined to be a star. Her mother is determined to turn her and her younger sister, Nova, into social media influencers and budding superstars. And after her dad has lost work as a sitcom actor, Sparkle wants to do whatever she can to help her family financially, too. But at the onset of middle school, Sparkle begins losing her hair--first her lashes, then her eyebrows, and then small circular bald spots appear in various sections...
11) Amina's song
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Arab American Heritage Month (WPLD)
Muslim American Heritage Month (kids)
Muslim Faith & Culture - picture books and more for kids
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Muslim American Heritage Month (kids)
Muslim Faith & Culture - picture books and more for kids
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Feeling pulled between two cultures after a month with family in Pakistan, Amina shares her experiences with Wisconsin classmates through a class assignment and a songwriting project with new student Nico.-- Provided by Publisher.
14) 11 before 12
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Kaylan and Arianna are new to middle school, and when they decide to make a list of eleven things that they want to accomplish before they turn twelve, including getting detention and helping humanity, they start to lose sight of their friendship.
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Fifth Grade
OBD Books for Fourth and Fifth Grade - YOUTH
Reads You May Have Missed - Middle School
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OBD Books for Fourth and Fifth Grade - YOUTH
Reads You May Have Missed - Middle School
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"A collection of ten short stories that all take place in the same day about kids walking home from school"-- Provided by publisher.
17) Notorious
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Told in different voices, on Centerlight Island, halfway between the United States and Canada, middle-schoolers Keenan and ZeeBee team up to seek gold rumored to be hidden there a famous gangster.
18) Slacker
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When eighth-grader Cameron Boxer creates the Positive Action Group at school he intends it as a diversion to fool his parents, teachers, and sister into letting him continue to concentrate on his video-gaming--but before he knows it other kids are taking it seriously, and soon he finds himself president of the P.A.G., and involved in community service, so the boy who never cared about anything is now the center of everything, whether he likes it or...
19) Shark teeth
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2025 ALA Youth Media Awards (SCPL-YS)
Diversity Awareness - Kids
Great Reads: 4th thru 6th grade
OBD ALA 2025 Award List Books - YOUTH
Diversity Awareness - Kids
Great Reads: 4th thru 6th grade
OBD ALA 2025 Award List Books - YOUTH
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Seventh-grader Sharkita "Kita" embarks on a tumultuous journey to keep her family together while handling the consequences of her mother's alcoholism.
20) 13 and counting
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"[This is] the third book in this laugh-out-loud series about two BFFs who master middle school with a list of thirteen goals they MUST achieve before their first summer apart. With winter break almost over and seventh grade spinning beyond their control, best friends Kaylan and Ari write a new list of 13 resolutions to make the New Year, middle school, and their friendship even more amazing before they go to separate camps next summer. But what happens...









