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1) Wonder
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his clasassmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
2) No Brainer
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1
Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
2024
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In No Brainer, book 18 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, it's up to Greg to save his crumbling school before it's shuttered for good.
Up until now, middle school hasn't exactly been a joyride for Greg Heffley. So when the town threatens to close the crumbling building, he's not too broken up about it.
But when Greg realizes this means he's going to be sent to a different school than his...
3) You go first
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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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.
Author
Series
Nothing but trouble volume 1
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two smart girls in one small town use their combined genius to liven up their world--one prank at a time"--
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 12
Publisher
Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
As Nikki plans how she's going to spend her summer, things get more complicated after she starts hanging out with a visiting student.
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 5
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Miss Know-It-All's inbox overflows with pleas for guidance, Nikki Maxwell, the school newspaper advice columnist, turns to her best friends for help.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
April is looking for an escape from the sixth-grade lunch hour, which has become a social-scene nightmare, so she signs up to be a "buddy bench monitor" for the fourth graders' recess. Joey Byrd is a boy on the fringes, who wanders the playground alone, dragging his foot through the dirt. But over time, April realizes that Joey isn't just making random circles. When you look at his designs from above, a story emerges... Joey's "bird's eye" drawings...
8) Nat enough
Author
Series
Nat enough volume 1
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Natalie has never felt that she's enough -- athletic enough, stylish enough, or talented enough. And on the first day of middle school, Natalie discovers that things are worse than she thought -- now she's not even cool enough for her best friend, Lily! As Natalie tries to get her best friend back, she learns more about her true self and natural talents. If Natalie can focus on who she is rather than who she isn't, then she might realize she's more...
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When scholarship student Nikki Maxwell, whose father is the school exterminator, decides to enter the talent show at her expensive private school, her nemesis MacKenzie threatens to reveal Nikki's status to the rest of the school.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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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.
11) Old school
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Dexter Foreman has lived at The Pines Retirement Village with his grandmother since he was 6 years old, homeschooled by the residents until he's forced to attend middle school, where he sticks out like a sore thumb.
Author
Series
The perfect score volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Told from different viewpoints, five sixth-graders, facing various challenges and under pressure to do well on statewide assessment tests, agree to a plan for acing the tests.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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"Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she's the only Indian American student, and home, with her family's traditions and holidays. But Reha's parents don't understand why she's conflicted-they only notice when Reha doesn't meet their strict expectations. Reha feels disconnected from her mother, or Amma, although their names are linked-Reha means "star" and Punam means "moon"-but they are a universe apart. Then Reha finds out that her...
Author
Series
Jackson Greene novels volume 1
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Jackson Greene has a reputation as a prankster at Maplewood Middle School, but after the last disaster he is trying to go straight--but when it looks like Keith Sinclair may steal the election for school president from Jackson's former best friend Gabriela, he assembles a team to make sure Keith does not succeed.
15) Showing off
Author
Series
Upside-down magic volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
The Dunwiddle Magic School (fifth to eighth grade) is intended for children whose magic is "upside-down" like Dory (who turns into a combination of a kitten and dragon) and Pepper (whose uncontrollable "fiercing" terrifies everyone around her)--so the Show Off, where fifth grade students are supposed to showcase their skills, does not really seem like a good idea
Author
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
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.
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 18
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Collects the diaries of middle-schooler Greg Heffley as he faces the challenges of school, deals with his annoying older brother, misses the comforts of modern life when his town voluntarily goes electronics-free, and faces other challenges.
18) Shark teeth
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
Seventh-grader Sharkita "Kita" embarks on a tumultuous journey to keep her family together while handling the consequences of her mother's alcoholism.
19) Honestly Elliott
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
"Elliot isn't sure where he fits in. Ever since his best friend moved away and his dada a stepmom announced the arrival of their new baby, he's been feeling invisible. Plus his dad doesn't seem to understand what having ADHD really feels like, or why cooking is the once activity where Elliotts's mind clicks into place."
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
When sixth-grader Mac discovers several words of his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic are blacked out he is outraged, so he, his friends, and his eccentric family set out to do something about the censorship imposed by one teacher and the school board.
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