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Author
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tuva is starting seventh grade, and her checklist of goals includes: writing out a diary, getting a trendy look, building the best fort in the woods with her BFFs, and much more. But when she starts school, nothing is how she hoped it would be. Seventh grade has split her friends into rival factions: TEAM LINNEA and the girls who fall in love and TEAM BAO and the girls who NEVER fall in love. Linnea has a BOYFRIEND, Bao hates everything related to...
2) Smile
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Raina Telgemeier's #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning graphic memoir based on her childhood!Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of all that, there's...
Author
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In this young readers edition of her New York Times bestseller Professional Troublemaker, Luvvie Ajayi Jones uses her honesty and humor to inspire teens to be their bravest, boldest, truest selves, in order to create a world they would be proud to live in"--
"The world can feel like a dumpster fire, with endless things to be afraid of. It can make you feel powerless to ask for what you need, use your voice, and show up truly as your whole self....
Author
Series
Friendship list volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
"[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...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
This self-help guide for young readers delivers real talk about eating disorders and body image; tools and information for recovery; and suggestions for dealing with the media messages that contribute so much to disordered eating, written in a easy-to-understand, conversational way.
6) Diabetes
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"As diabetes rates among teenagers continue to rise, parents, doctors, and counselors search for reliable resources to better understand the issues teenagers with diabetes face every day. This essential guide explains the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes and provides diabetic teenagers with tips to help manage their condition. It's also a useful guide for teens who don't have diabetes but who want to understand what their friends or...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Rob, a painfully shy wallflower, receives a series of mysterious text messages challenging him to leave his comfort zone as he tries to impress new student Destry Camberwick.
8) 12 before 13
Author
Series
Friendship list volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the success of their first birthday bucket list, Ari and Kaylan set goals for the new school year but both face challenges that may threaten their friendship.
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"For young people, leading a healthy lifestyle requires education and empowerment. In Understanding Mental Health, readers will explore the history and social aspects of mental illness, teen mental health issues, and ways to help themselves and others. Sidebars challenge and expand readers' thinking while relating topics to 21st Century skills and themes--from creativity and innovation to financial literacy. Book also includes a table of contents,...
10) 13 and 3/4
Author
Series
Friendship list volume 4
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Ari and Kaylan aren't sure how they're going to survive their first summer apart. No pool. No sleepovers. No emergency late night chats on the porch. So as Ari returns to Camp Silver and Kaylan heads off to comedy camp, they come up with a new list of 13 and 3/4 ways to keep their friendship strong as they tackle everything from bias to batik and moping to matchmaking"--
11) Nikhil out loud
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the acclaimed actor and Stonewall Honor-winning author of The Best at It, Maulik Pancholy, comes a new middle grade novel about a gay Indian American boy who learns the power of using his voice. Thirteen-year-old Nikhil Shah is the beloved voice actor for Raj Reddy on the hit animated series Raj Reddy in Outer Space. But being a star on TV doesn't mean you have everything figured out behind the scenes. . . . When his mom temporarily moves them...
Author
Publisher
Imprint, a part of Macmillan Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"In journal entries alternating between two timelines--before and after a tragic accident--Jennie Englund's heartfelt coming-of-age story, Taylor Before and After follows the year that changes one girl's life forever."--Amazon.
Series
Publisher
Tokyopop Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Interscholastic Auradon Fashion Contest is the biggest fashion event of the year and students across the United States of Auradon are buzzing with anticipation. No one is more excited than Evie, the Villain Kids' (VKs) resident fashionista and designer extraordinaire! The other VKs roll up their sleeves to help their friend, but with another Auradon student competing for the top prize alongside her, will Evie be able to reach the top spot? And...
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"An anonymous correspondence between two seventh graders becomes an unlikely friendship after they start leaving notes in a school library book. Bookish Jane MacDonald is seeking a new friend after her best friend Sienna moves away; reputed troublemaker Tyson Flamand stumbles upon the first note while waiting for a detention. Both end up in a race to improve Tyson's grades--and their teachers' understanding of him--so that he can help complete the...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Book
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Beatrice Miller copes with the ups and downs of friendships, puberty, and identity, guided by the wisdom and love of her beloved Mamaw and mom, the summer before seventh grade.--
Author
Publisher
Anaya
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Mason Buttle es el chico más grande y sudoroso de su clase, y todos saben que apenas es capaz de leer y escribir. Estos problemas, sin embargo, no son nada comparados con la aflicción que siente por la muerte de su mejor amigo. Mason, que es el niño más honesto del mundo, no entiende por qué el teniente Baird no se cree la historia que le ha contado sobre lo que ocurrió ese día. Menos mal que su nuevo amigo, el diminuto Calvin Chumsky, un divertido...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Confidence is your fuel. It turns your thoughts into action; your dreams into reality. The best way to understand confidence and learn how to harness its secret powers is to see it in action for yourself. So take a look at these thirty stories of real girls. From Bali to Brazil, South Africa to Seattle, Australia to Afghanistan, these girls are pursuing their passions, struggling and stumbling, but along the way figuring out how to build their own...
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