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Series
Middle school novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
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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.
Author
Series
Three rancheros volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
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Hoping that if she wins a local beauty pageant her father will come home, Raymie practices twirling a baton and performing good deeds as she is drawn into an unlikely friendship with a drama queen and a saboteur.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Twelve-year-old Sarah writes letters to her hero, To Kill a Mockingbird's Atticus Finch, for help understanding her mentally ill mother, her first real crush, and life in her small Texas town, all in the course of one momentous summer.
6) Tilt
Author
Series
Trigangle volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Three teens, connected by their parents' bad choices, tell in their own voices of their lives and loves as Shane finds his first boyfriend, Mikayla discovers that love can be pushed too far, and Harley loses herself in her quest for new experiences.
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Series
Theodore Boone volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
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When his best friend, April, disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, thirteen year old Theo uses his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the truth and save her. Book #2
9) Crank
Author
Series
Crank trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
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Kristina Georgia Snow is the perfect daughter, gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. But on a trip to visit her absentee father, Kristina disappears and Bree takes her place. Bree is the exact opposite of Kristina. Through a boy, Bree meets the monster: crank. And what begins as a wild ecstatic ride turns into a struggle through hell for her mind, her soul - her life.
Author
Pub. Date
c2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Description
For Georgia, this summer is shaping up to be a big disappointment. Mama is busy studying for her biology degree. Daddy is working nights, and often the man who comes home isn't Daddy: he's a man who looks like Daddy but walks a little wobbly, who sounds like Daddy but sings a little too loud. Georgia calls him the Shadow Man. So now, instead of riding horses with her friends at camp, Georgia is sent off to the country to stay with her mysterious great-aunt...
12) Doll bones
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
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Zach, Alice, and Poppy, friends from a Pennsylvania middle school who have long enjoyed acting out imaginary adventures with dolls and action figures, embark on a real-life quest to Ohio to bury a doll made from the ashes of a dead girl.
13) Trading places
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
When fifth-grade twins Amy and Todd tackle a school project, they also have to cope with issues of friendship at school and problems at home, including their father's unemployment.
14) Harbor Me
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
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Description
"When six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world"--
Six kids discover the power of sharing their secrets and their stories ... It all starts when six kids are sent to a room for a weekly chat - by themselves, with no adults to listen in. At first they fear this new unfamiliar and wonder...
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When Nellie and her sisters move in with Samantha and her family in New York City and are on the verge of being adopted by them, Samantha's uncle nearly ruins all of their plans including the friendship the two girls have for each other.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
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Description
While spending the summer in the Hamptons, sixteen-year-old Mia is disappointed that her cousin Corinne has grown so distant, but when she meets the irresistible and adventurous boy next door, everything changes for the better.
19) Okay for now
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
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Description
As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, an abusive father, and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him until he finds an ally in Lil Spicer--a fiery young lady. Together, they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon's birds, and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage.
20) Stupid fast
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 10
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Just before his sixteenth birthday, Felton Reinstein has a sudden growth spurt that turns him from a small, jumpy, picked-on boy with the nickname of "Squirrel Nut" to a powerful athlete, leading to new friends, his first love, and the courage to confront his family's past and current problems.