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1) Jawbreaker
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Twelve-year-old Max, who has an extreme overbite, must navigate sibling rivalry and middle school bullies.
2) Cut loose!
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Chance to fly volume 2
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2024 FPPL Disability Pride Children's Selections
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
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Thirteen-year-old Nat jumps at the chance to participate in the middle school regional theater competition where the winner gets to perform on Broadway, but when stressful rehearsals negatively impact her friendships, she starts to wonder if it is worth doing theater at all.
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"For the past few years, twelve-year-old Jonas and his friends have competed to see how many bags of candy they can grab from unsuspecting trick-or-treaters. No one's supposed to get hurt, just lose their treats. So Jonas is taken by surprise when one of his smaller targets fights back against his snatching attempt. He's even more surprised when he starts to receive anonymous notes from someone who knows what happened that night. Jonas already has...
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2024 ALA Youth Media Awards (SCPL-YS)
2024 Youth Media Award Winners
GPLD 2023 Winter Favorites: Chapter Books/Graphic Novels
2024 Youth Media Award Winners
GPLD 2023 Winter Favorites: Chapter Books/Graphic Novels
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Helping her popular next-door neighbor Gayil set up what she thinks are harmless pranks, 12-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl Shaindy must figure out how to stop them before she becomes the next target when the pranks escalate and turn malicious.
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When thirteen-year-old Erin discovers she is the daughter of the love god Cupid, she uses her newfound ability to sabotage her rival Trevor by making him fall in love with her, but she soon realizes love has a funny way of complicating things.
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Herget Middle School Visit October 2023
Middle School Books (teens)
Mock Newbery 2023 - Anderson's
OBD Staff Picks January
Middle School Books (teens)
Mock Newbery 2023 - Anderson's
OBD Staff Picks January
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"Herc Beal knows who he's named after--a mythical hero--but he's no superhero. He's the smallest kid in his class. So when his homeroom teacher at his new middle school gives him the assignment of duplicating the mythical Hercules's amazing feats in real life, he's skeptical. After all, there are no Nemean Lions on Cape Cod, and not a single Hydra in sight. Missing his parents terribly and wishing his older brother wasn't working all the time, Herc...
8) Evil genius
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Smartest kid in the universe volume 3
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English
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Twelve-year-old Jake McQuade is the smartest kid in the universe, but if he wants to keep his title he will have to figure out a way to defeat the villain who steals his ingestible knowledge capsules.
9) Duel
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Graphic Novel Recommendations (SCPL-YS)
Nov/ Dec Buzzworthy Books Kids
Score! Middle Grade Sports Books (SCPL-YS)
Nov/ Dec Buzzworthy Books Kids
Score! Middle Grade Sports Books (SCPL-YS)
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Sixth grader Lucy is brand-new to middle school, and when her older sister GiGi--the undisputed queen bee of eighth grade--humiliates her in the cafeteria, Lucy snaps and challenges her to a fencing duel.
10) Four eyes
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Four eyes (Rex Ogle) volume 1
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"When Rex finds out he needs glasses, he's beyond miserable. Dealing with the bullies at school, his family being broke, and an embarrassing lack of friends, he has way too much on his plate already"--
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Ellie Engle volume 1
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As twelve-year-old Ellie Engle navigates seventh grade and her changing relationship with her best friend, a freak accident occurs and gives Ellie the ability to bring things back to life through touch.
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Middle school and other disasters volume 1
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It's goodbye, Brewster Elementary and hello, Broomsfield Academy when Heidi Heckelbeck starts middle school at the only school in the country that has secret classes for witches in training! Heidi is excited but nervous about living on her own and making new friends (and new crushes)! Her first day takes a turn for the worse when Heidi discovers her roommate is none other than her old rival, Melanie Maplethorpe! Melanie is also less than thrilled,...
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Books We Think Barbie Would Love (SCPL-YS)
NEW Junior Graphic Novels December 2022
Sweet Valley Twins Graphic Novels
NEW Junior Graphic Novels December 2022
Sweet Valley Twins Graphic Novels
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Elizabeth and Jessica are starting middle school together, but the twin sisters soon realize they have different interests and it is good to become their own person.
16) The bully book
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What is The Bully Book? Part mystery, part tragedy, part comedy. When the author was eleven, he was bullied. This book is loosely based on incidents that happened to him in sixth grade. Eric Haskins, the new sixth-grade bully target, is searching for answers. And unlike many of us who experienced something awful growing up, he finds them. Though they may not be what he expected.
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2024 FPPL Disability Pride Children's Selections
2024 FPPL LGBTQIA Pride Month Children's Selections
Disability Pride Month (SCPL-YS)
Rainbow Reads for Pride Month (SCPL-YS)
2024 FPPL LGBTQIA Pride Month Children's Selections
Disability Pride Month (SCPL-YS)
Rainbow Reads for Pride Month (SCPL-YS)
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Twelve-year-old Al, short for Alison, navigates an overprotective mother, growing apart from her best friend, and her first girl crush, all while her recent Crohn's diagnosis puts a knot in her stomach.
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Middle school and other disasters volume 2
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English
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"Heidi is settling in at Broomsfield Academy. She and Melanie are trying to get along and Heidi is getting used to her classes, all her new friends, and her very first crush, Hunter! The problem is: Hunter is really popular. How will Heidi get him to notice her? Her friends tell her to just be herself, but that sounds so boring! After all, Heidi is a witch-in-training. What good is having magic if you can't use it? She knows she can find the perfect...
20) Freestyle
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2023 Summer Book Picks with Miss Rachel
Great Reads: 4th thru 6th grade
LSS - Staff Picks
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Great Reads: 4th thru 6th grade
LSS - Staff Picks
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"While preparing for the last major dance competition before they graduate from eighth grade and go to separate high schools in NYC, Cory must balance the expectations of his parents, school, crew and his new friend as pressure mounts from all sides"--
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