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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
2) Truly Tyler
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Ever since Tyler started getting into art and hanging out with Emmie, his friends and teammates have been giving him a hard time. He wonders why can't he nerd out on drawing and play ball. Emmie is psyched that she gets to work on a comics project with her crush, Tyler. But she gets the feeling that his friends don't think she's cool enough. Maybe it's time for a total reinvention"--
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Sunny side up volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Sunny's life becomes confusing when she starts middle school, with her best friend Deb's interests changing to fashion, boys, makeup, and being cool, while Sunny would rather play Dungeons & Dragons with friends.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"No matter what anyone tells you, I'm real." That's what the note says that Max finds under his keyboard. He knows that his best friend, Josie, wrote it. He'd know her handwriting anywhere. But why she wrote it -- and what it means -- remains a mystery. Ever since they met in kindergarten, Max and Josie have been inseparable. Until the summer after fifth grade, when Josie disappears, leaving only a note, and whispering something about "whatnot rules."...
6) Just Jaime
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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At the end of seventh grade Jaime and Maya's friendship is tested when their priorities are divided.
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Series
Spy school volume 6
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old spy in training Ben Ripley is sent to Mexico to try to thwart the evil organization, SPYDER--the CIA's main enemy.
8) Invisible
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Can five overlooked kids make one big difference? There's George: the brain Sara: the loner Dayara: the tough kid Nico: the rich kid And Miguel: the athlete And they're stuck together when they're forced to complete their school's community service hours. Although they're sure they have nothing in common with one another, some people see them as all the same... just five Spanish-speaking kids. Then they meet someone who truly needs their help, and...
9) Roller girl
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel adventure about a girl who discovers roller derby right as she and her best friend are growing apart.
11) Real friends
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Series
Publisher
First Second
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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When her best friend Adrienne starts hanging out with the most popular girl in class, Shannon questions with whether she and Adrienne will stay friends, and if she is part of the clique.
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 8
Publisher
Amulet Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
After being dumped by his best friend and having a hard time finding new friends in middle school, Greg decides to change his luck and turn all his decisions over to chance.
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Series
Blackthorn key volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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In 1666, after four months away, friends Christopher Rowe, Tom, and Sally return to London triumphantly but, guided by coded riddles, face a conspiracy that threatens Christopher, as well as the king himself.
15) Best friends
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Series
Publisher
First Second
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When she becomes part of the in-crowd, Shannon begins to question whether she wants to remain there, in a story about popularity, first boyfriends, and finding a path in life.
16) Stargazing
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Publisher
First Second
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Growing up in the same Chinese-American suburb, perfectionist Christine and artistic, confident, impulsive Moon become unlikely best friends, whose friendship is tested by jealousy, social expectations, and illness.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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"Mary Lennox is a loner living in Silicon Valley. With her parents always working, video game and tech become her main source of entertainment and 'friends.' When her parents pass away in a tragic accident, she moves to New York City to live with her uncle who she barely knows, and to her surprise, keeps a gadget free home. Looking for comfort in this strange, new reality, Mary discovers an abandoned rooftop garden and an even bigger secret...her...
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Series
Blackthorn key volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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When Christopher Rowe's code-breaking uncovers the true target of an assassination attempt, he and his friends are odered to Paris to investigate a centuries-old curse on the French throne.
Author
Series
Blackthorn key volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In 1665 London, fourteen-year-old Christopher Rowe, apprentice to an apothecary, and his best friend, Tom, try to uncover the truth behind a mysterious cult, following a trail of puzzles, codes, pranks, and danger toward an unearthly secret with the power to tear the world apart.
20) Guts
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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A true story from Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Timesbestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning author of Smile, Sisters, Drama, and Ghosts!
Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes...
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