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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Yusuf is excited to start middle school in his small Texas town, but with the twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks coming up, suddenly it feels like the country's same anger and grief is all focused on his Muslim community."--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dina is used to being popular but starting a new school in eighth grade is difficult, especially where cliques rule, and although working with "queen bee" Chelsea on a video project should help, Chelsea is hiding huge family problems that could mean trouble for both girls.
3) 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"--
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
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Spurred by a special project from her social studies teacher, seventh-grader Bethesda Fielding uncovers the secret identity of her music teacher, which leads to a most unusual concert performance and a tutoring assignment.
6) You go first
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
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.
7) 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: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
"Seventh-grader Zoey Albro focuses on caring for three younger siblings and avoiding rich classmates at school until her fascination with octopuses gets her on the debate team and she begins to speak out"--WorldCat.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dumped by her best friend on the first day of seventh grade, Nina gets stuck with the other students with peanut allergies but when they decide to form a band, The EpiPens, her life changes for the better.
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
Series
Sophie Young & Grace Yang mysteries volume 1
Sophie Young and Grace Yang mysteries volume 1
Young and Yang volume 1
Sophie Young and Grace Yang mysteries volume 1
Young and Yang volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Best friends and seventh graders Sophie Young and Grace Yang have made a game out of spying on their neighbors. On one of their midnight stakeouts, they witness a terrifying, bloody scene at the home of their bizarre middle-school counselor, Dr. Charlotte Agford (aka Dr. Awkward). At least, they think they do. The truth is that Dr. Agford was only making her famous pickled beets! But when Dr. Agford begins acting even weirder than usual, Sophie and...
12) Partly cloudy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"In desperate need of clear skies as she starts a new school, Madalyn has days filled with clouds that lead to serious storms until she learns the power of community and family after disaster strikes"--WorldCat.
13) Ungifted
Author
Series
Ungifted volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.
14) Sidetracked
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Joseph Friedman is friendless and puny, with ADD to boot. He spends most of his time avoiding the class bully and hiding out in the Resource Room. But the Resource Room teacher encourages him to join the school cross country team, and he meets Heather, a new student who's tough and athletic and refuses to be pushed around by anybody.
15) The unteachables
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
"Told in alternating voices, the teacher and students in room 117 find their lives changed over the course of a school year"--WorldCat.
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.
17) Restart
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Chase does not remember falling off the roof, in fact he does not remember anything about himself, and when he gets back to middle school he begins to learn who he was through the reactions of the other kids--trouble is, he really is not sure he likes the Chase that is being revealed, but can he take the opportunity amnesia has provided and restart his life?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pink Locker Society volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Jemma, her best friends Kate and Piper, and new student Bet are invited to join a secret society at school meant to help other girls with their problems, but membership brings many complications.
19) Brave like that
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Cyrus knows he is not cut out to be a football hero or fireman like his adopted father, but it takes a skittish stray dog to teach him that he, too, can be brave"--Title verso page.
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