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61) Rick
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J NOVEL GINO
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J NOVEL GINO
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Eleven-year-old Rick Ramsey has generally gone along with everybody, just not making waves, even though he is increasingly uncomfortable with his father's jokes about girls, and his best friend's explicit talk about sex; but now in middle school he discovers the Rainbow Spectrum club, where kids of many genders and identities can express themselves--and maybe among them he can find new friends and discover his own identity, which may just be to opt...
62) Save me a seat
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J NOVEL WEEKS
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J NOVEL WEEKS
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J PLAYAWAY WEEKS
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J PLAYAWAY WEEKS
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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.
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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
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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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J NOVEL HADDIX
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J NOVEL HADDIX
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Follows fifth grader Max as he searches for his best friend who disappeared, leaving behind a strange note.
65) 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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J NOVEL SHANG
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J NOVEL SHANG
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Evan Pao and his family move to Haddington, Virginia in hopes of keeping his father's notoriety a secret, but a small southern town is not an easy place for a Chinese-American boy to fit in, and one kid, Brady Griggs, seems determined to make things difficult.
67) Shelter
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J NOVEL MATHESON
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J NOVEL MATHESON
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While ten-year-old Maya attends an elite private school on scholarship her classmates are unaware that she and her family are living in a homeless shelter, but on one poignant day Maya discovers having a house is not the only way to have a home.
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Wayside School volume 1
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J NOVEL SACHAR WAYSIDE 1
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J NOVEL SACHAR WAYSIDE 1
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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
69) Simon B. Rhymin'
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Simon B. Rhymin' volume 1
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J NOVEL REED SIMON 1
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J NOVEL REED SIMON 1
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Chicago fifth-grader Simon, an aspiring rapper who lacks self-confidence, uses his rhymes to help bring his community together.
70) Spy school
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Spy school volume 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.
71) Star-crossed
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When Mattie is cast as Romeo in an eighth-grade play, she is confused to find herself increasingly attracted to Gemma, a new classmate who is playing Juliet.
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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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J NOVEL WALLACE
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J NOVEL WALLACE
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"A young boy writes to an imprisoned supervillain for help after he is bullied relentlessly for being fat"--
74) Swim team
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J GN CHRISTMAS
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J GN CHRISTMAS
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"Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Manatees--until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears. Lucky for her, Etta, an elderly occupant of her apartment building and former swim team captain, is willing to help"--
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The twelve kids in the seventh grade at Fawn Creek K-12 have been together all their lives so when graceful Orchid Mason arrives, with exotic clothes and glorious hair, the other seventh graders do not know what to think.
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Terribles volume 1
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J NOVEL NICHOLS TERRIBLES 1
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J NOVEL NICHOLS TERRIBLES 1
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Told in alternating chapters, comics, poems, charts and activities, this spooktacular story introduces the monsters who have settled down on the quiet island of Creep's Cove, giving readers a peek into the lives of vampires, mummies, gelatinous balls of goo and more!
Vampires, mummies, and gelatinous balls of goo (oh my!). That's right, monsters are real and they've settled down on the quiet island of Creep's Cove. It's a pretty typical place: houses,...
77) Wonder
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J NOVEL PALACIO WONDER 1
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J NOVEL PALACIO WONDER 1
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J CD NOVEL PALACIO
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J CD NOVEL PALACIO
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J LARGE TYPE PALACIO WONDER 1
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J LARGE TYPE PALACIO WONDER 1
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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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World according to Humphrey volume 1
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J NOVEL BIRNEY ACCORDING 1
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J NOVEL BIRNEY ACCORDING 1
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J CD NOVEL BIRNEY ACCORDING 1
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J CD NOVEL BIRNEY ACCORDING 1
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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.
79) You go first
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J NOVEL KELLY
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J NOVEL KELLY
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J CD NOVEL KELLY
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J CD NOVEL KELLY
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Charlotte, twelve, and Ben, eleven, are highly-skilled competitors at online Scrabble and that connection helps both as they face family issues and the turmoil of middle school.
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J NOVEL FARUQI
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J NOVEL FARUQI
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"At a time when we are all asking questions about identity, grief, and how to stand up for what is right, this book by the author of A Thousand Questions will hit home with young readers who love Hena Khan and Varian Johnson--or anyone struggling to understand recent U.S. history and how it still affects us today. Yusuf Azeem has spent all his life in the small town of Frey, Texas--and nearly that long waiting for the chance to participate in the...