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During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in.
2) Restart
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Bullying Awareness Month (kids)
Middle Grade Friendship Reads (SCPL-YS)
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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?
3) Ungifted
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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.
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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.
5) You go first
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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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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1
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2023-2024 4th/5th Grade Battle of Books
If You Liked... Diary of a Wimpy Kid
NYT - Children’s & Young Adult Series
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If You Liked... Diary of a Wimpy Kid
NYT - Children’s & Young Adult Series
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It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary.
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Back to School 2022
Cookies & Comics | New Beginnings
Graphic Novel Recommendations (SCPL-YS)
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Cookies & Comics | New Beginnings
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Eleven-year-old Imogene (Impy) has grown up with two parents working at the Renaissance Faire, and she's eager to begin her own training as a squire. First, though, she'll need to prove her bravery. Luckily Impy has just the quest in mind-she'll go to public school after a life of being homeschooled! But it's not easy to act like a noble knight-in-training in middle school. Impy falls in with a group of girls who seem really nice-until they don't....
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Bullying Awareness Month (kids)
Explore, Discover, S'more! for Kids
OBD Read Beyond The Beaten Path - YOUTH
Explore, Discover, S'more! for Kids
OBD Read Beyond The Beaten Path - YOUTH
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"When Rafe Khatchadorian is sent to Camp Wannamorra, he teams up with his bunk mates to fend off the more "popular" kids' plans to ruin their summer"--Provided by publisher.
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Disability Pride 2022
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Disability Pride 2022
Disability Pride Month
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"Aven Green loves to tell people that she lost her arms in an alligator wrestling match, or a wildfire in Tanzania, but the truth is she was born without them. And when her parents take a job running Stagecoach Pass, a rundown western theme park in Arizona, Aven moves with them across the country. Her new life takes an unexpected turn when she bonds with Connor, a classmate who also feels isolated because of his own disability, and they discover a...
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2022 Anderson's Bookshop Mock Newbery
2023-2024 Crete Public Library's 5th-6th Battle List
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2023-2024 Crete Public Library's 5th-6th Battle List
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Mallory Moss knows the rules of middle school: Wear the right clothes, say the right things, know your place. But when Jennifer Chan moves in across the street, the rules no longer seem to apply. Jennifer doesn't care about the laws of middle school, or the laws of the universe for that matter. She believes in aliens - and she thinks she can find them. Then Jennifer goes missing. The adults say she ran away, but Mallory isn't so sure. Using clues...
12) Grenade
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"It's 1945, and the world is in the grip of war. Hideki lives on the island of Okinawa, near Japan. When WWII crashes onto his shores, Hideki is drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps to fight for the Japanese army. He is handed a grenade and a set of instructions: Don't come back until you've killed an American soldier. Ray, a young American Marine, has just landed on Okinawa. He doesn't know what to expect -- or if he'll make it out alive....
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Middle school (James Patterson) volume 2
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After surviving sixth grade, Rafe expects seventh grade to be a fun zone because he has been accepted to art school in the big city, but when he discovers it is more competitive than he expected, he sets out to turn his boring life into the inspiration for a work of art.
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Cozy Winter Reads (WPL-ADULT)
Explore the Classics - YOUTH
Green Hills All Staff Favorites
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Explore the Classics - YOUTH
Green Hills All Staff Favorites
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"The adventures of high-spirited Anne, which have inspired multiple TV and movie adaptations, is now available in an unabridged hardcover edition that's a perfect gift for today's young readers. When Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert ask the orphanage for a boy to help on the farm, they are surprised to receive Anne--a talkative, dreamy, red-haired, freckle-faced girl. Despite Anne's imaginative antics, her presence fills the small town of Avonlea with...
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AMPL National Hispanic Heritage
2024 Caudill List Read-a-Likes (SCPL-YS)
Back to School (kids)
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2024 Caudill List Read-a-Likes (SCPL-YS)
Back to School (kids)
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"There are no shortcuts to surviving your first day at a new school--you can't fix it with duct tape like you would your Chuck Taylors. On Day One, twelve-year-old Malú (María Luisa, if you want to annoy her) inadvertently upsets Posada Middle School's queen bee, violates the school's dress code with her punk rock look, and disappoints her college-professor mom in the process. Her dad, who now lives a thousand miles away, says things will get better...
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Claire's life is a joke . . . but she's not laughing. While her friends seem to be leaping forward, she's dancing in the same place. The mean girls at school are living up to their mean name, and there's a boy, Ryder, who's just as bad, if not worse. And at home, nobody's really listening to her -- if anything, they seem to be more in on the joke than she is.
Then into all of this (not-very-funny-to-Claire) comedy comes something intense and tragic...
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"While on a mission to win the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic regional competition, New York middle schooler Jamie Grimm copes with rival comics and bullies, a buddy in trouble, and a sudden family emergency, all with a sense of humor and a loyal group of friends." --
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2023 Caudill List Read-a-Likes (SCPL-YS)
AANHPI Authors: Youth Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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AANHPI Authors: Youth Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
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A tale based on true events follows the coming-of-age of a girl who is motivated by an act of racism at school to learn about her ancestral heritage and her grandparents' experiences as lost children during the Korean War.
20) Wink
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2021 Summer Top Picks for Middle Schoolers
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2023 March Book Madness at Blackhawk
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2023 Caudill Award Nominees
2023 March Book Madness at Blackhawk
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"Ross Maloy just wants to be a normal seventh grader. He doesn't want to lose his hair, or wear a weird hat, or deal with the disappearing friends who don't know what to say to "the cancer kid." But with his recent diagnosis of a rare eye cancer, blending in is off the table. Based on Rob Harrell's real life experience, and packed with comic panels and spot art, this incredibly personal and poignant novel is an unforgettable, heartbreaking, hilarious,...
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