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1) Dear friends
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Eleni is the kind of person who's always had a BFF--an automatic, guaranteed by-her-side person--at home, at school, and at camp. And since before she was even born, her very best friend has been Sylvie Bank. But when Sylvie's end-of-summer birthday party becomes the end of their friendship, Eleni can't picture starting middle school without her BFF by her side"--
2) 11 before 12
Author
Series
Friendship list volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Maggie Mayfield is an A-plus student with big plans for herself, but at this moment she is also facing a lot of problems--like starting middle school and figuring out how to help her father who is out of work and in a wheelchair.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old San Lee moves to a new town and school for the umpteenth time, he is looking for a way to stand out when his knowledge of Zen Buddhism, gained in his previous school, provides the answer--and the need to quickly become a convincing Zen master.
Author
Series
Tig Ripley volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Looking to propel her into the spotlight at her middle school, thirteen-year-old Tig Ripley starts an all-girl rock band with her cousin and two school friends.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Natty copes with her parents splitting up, moving in with her grandparents, and starting a new school by maintaining and spreading a positive attitude, but she soon realizes it is more important to feel her feelings than it is to be eternally peppy.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"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...
11) Just my luck
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Fourth grade is not going at all how Benny Barrows hoped. He hasn't found a new best friend. He's still not a great bike rider, even though his brother George, who's autistic, can do tricks. And worst of all, he worries his dad's recent accident might be all his fault. Benny tries to take his mom's advice and focus on helping others, and to take things one step at a time. But when his dad ends up in the hospital again, Benny doesn't know how he and...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Rafe Khatchadorian's new year at middle school is starting to look depressingly like the old one, except that art class is going well--and when he joins the flag-football team and demonstrates some talent as a running-back, he discovers a way of dealing with his bullying nemesis and teammate, Miller the Killer.
Author
Language
English
Description
After trying and failing to break her years-long curse of bad first days of school, eighth grader Vivian Lantz wishes for a do-over--and gets stuck reliving this year's horrible first day over and over again.
"Vivian Lantz is cursed. Every year, terrible things happen on her first day of school--and her first day of eighth grade makes the rest of them look like child's play. Her family's house floods in a rainstorm. She ruins her perfect outfit before...
14) So done
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
"When best friends Metai and Jamila are reunited after a summer apart, their friendship threatens to combust from the pressure of secrets, middle school, and looming auditions for a potentially life-changing new talented-and-gifted program"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Upon moving from Boston to the suburbs, eleven-year-old tomboy Alice meets Zen, a very strange neighbor who is determined to help her become popular when they both begin middle school, although he himself is a loner.
Author
Series
TBH volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Formats
Description
TBH, Cece has no time for her boy-crazy friends. She wants to make a bigger impact in middle school than just choosing the perfect kissy cat-face emoji. But that's hard when Gabby and Prianka talk about their crushes 24/7. (To be honest, it's way too much information!) Between nailing down summer plans, getting busted for iMessaging in class, and organizing the spring fair, things are getting rocky for the BFFs. But when Prianka gets an SOS text from...
17) The best at it
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
HL 620L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Rahul Kapoor, an Indian-American boy growing up in small-town Indiana, struggles to come to terms with his identity, including that he may be gay.
18) Jiu-Jitsu girl
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Twelve-year-old Angie's plan for befriending the popular sixth grade girls at her new school seems derailed when her mom forces her to take "gross" Jiu-Jitsu lessons"--WorldCat.
19) Forsooth
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When thirteen-year-old theater kid Calvin sets out to make a movie with his friends, drama ensues, forcing him to sort through his first crushes, face family tensions, and learn how to be true to himself"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Formats
Description
After the death of her mother in an automobile accident, seventh-grader Serena, who has gotten the lead in her middle school play, is left to handle the day-to-day challenges of caring for herself and her younger brother when their father cannot pull himself out of his depression.
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