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1) Liar & spy
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Georges adjusts to moving from a house to an apartment, his father's efforts to start a new business, his mother's extra shifts as a nurse, being picked on at school, and Safer, a boy who wants his help spying on another resident of their building.
Author
Series
House of robots volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Fifth-grader Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez struggles to fit in when his inventor mother requires him to take her latest creation, a robotic 'brother,' to school with him to learn to become a student"--
3) Bluefish
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Everything changes for thirteen-year-old Travis, a new student who is trying to hide his illiteracy, when he meets a sassy classmate with her own secrets and a remarkable teacher.
4) Hard Luck
Author
Series
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?"--
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Kevin is very good at lying and doing so makes life easier, but when he finds himself in big trouble with his friends, family, and teachers, he must find a way to end his lies forever.
Author
Series
Star Wars Jedi Academy volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After surviving his first year at Jedi Academy, Roan Novachez thought his second year would be a breeze. This year, Roan will have to face alien poetry tests, menacing robots, food fights, flight simulation class, online bullies, more lightsaber duels, and worst of all ... a girl who is mad at him.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Pub
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Big Nate, a.k.a. middle schooler Nate Wright, is 11 years old, four-and-a-half feet tall, and the wunderkind creation of cartoonist Peirce. "Big Nate Out Loud" collects Peirce's Big Nate strips, originally published only in newspapers and online at comics.com.
8) Wonder
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
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 classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
Author
Series
Big Nate volume 6
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"The latest illustrated novel from Lincoln Peirce is a laugh-out-loud must-read starring the one and only cartooning genius, king of detention, and Cheez Doodle connoisseur, Nate Wright. Nate's not having the best of luck . . . in fact; he's not having ANY luck. But with a little boost thanks to Chad's lucky foot, suddenly good luck is everywhere Nate turns! Nate's in the zone! But how long will it last?" --
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Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"To sixth-grader Nate Wright, life is one big game. So when he suits up for any sport, he does it with an unmistakable swagger. From fine-tuning his trash-talking skills on the basketball court to his cocky 'tude in the soccer goal, Nate can be a bigger challenge to his teammates than their opponents."--P. [4] of cover.
11) Slacker
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When eighth-grader Cameron Boxer creates the Positive Action Group at school he intends it as a diversion to fool his parents, teachers, and sister into letting him continue to concentrate on his video-gaming--but before he knows it other kids are taking it seriously, and soon he finds himself president of the P.A.G., and involved in community service, so the boy who never cared about anything is now the center of everything, whether he likes it or...
Author
Series
Beanboy volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Wheaton, Kansas seventh-grader Tucker MacBean loves comic books, so when his favorite comic has a contest to create a sidekick, he is hopeful that he can win, thereby fixing his struggling family.
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 9
Publisher
Aladdin Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Nikki's diary is up to the month of April, and springtime is sure to bring more wacky adventures with Nikki and her friends Chloe, Zoey, and Brandon!
14) Drama
Author
Publisher
Graphix/Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Big Nate volume 8
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
After his fight with Randy Betancourt makes headlines in the school paper, Big Nate has a problem worse than detention on his hands.
16) Showing off
Author
Series
Upside-down magic volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
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.
17) Wink
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
After being diagnosed with a rare eye cancer, twelve-year-old Ross discovers how music, art, and true friends can push him through treatment and survive middle school.
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Vincent and his fellow members of the Captain Stupendous Fan Club help out when someone new becomes Earth's most famous superhero, without knowing anything about him, just as evil Professor Mayhem and his robot arrive in Copperplate City.
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 10
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Nikki tries to be a pet sitter, but realizes it's harder work than she thought.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
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.