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• Written in the Stars

  Heart, Lee,

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  Quinn has recently lost her dad and attends summer camp, where she unhappily finds a frenemy but also meets a boy from London who is super cute... This summer is bound to be interesting...

• Not If You Break Up With Me First

  Miller, G. F., 1977-

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  Unwritten rules in 8th grade make it seem as if boys and girls can't be "just friends." But longtime "just friends" Andrew and Eve are sweating the intense peer pressure to be a couple instead of what they really are; just best friends. So what…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Well, That Was Awkward

  Vail, Rachel,

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  Remember when you discovered you liked someone? Like *really* liked them!? Then only to discover that the person you've got a crush on... has a crush on your best friend... Yah. That's awkward. And this book will tell you all about when Gracie…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Goodbye Stranger

  Stead, Rebecca,

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  Seventh grade has begun for BFFs Bridge, Emily and Tab, who have a long-time pact that declares that there will be no fighting between them... But "the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry," as the old saying says, and middle school is the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Drama

  Telgemeier, Raina

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  Raina Telgemier bascially wrote the book on tween graphic novels. Seriously. In this one, Callie, who loves theater but can't act or sing, throws herself into being the set designer for her middle school's upcoming musical. It's theatre, but…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Meet Me at Sunset

  Heart, Lee,

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• Me & Miranda Mullaly

  a Novel

  Gerhardt, Jake, 1970-

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  The joker, the athlete and the academic, all friends, all falling for the same girl... What could go wrong?

• A Song for Bijou

  Farrar, Josh

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  Alex goes to an all-boys school and has never been interested in dating. But then, Alex's path crosses with Bijou, a girl who recently moved to Brooklyn from Haiti due to the devastation after the earthquakes. Together, Alex and Bijou navigate…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Redwood and Ponytail

  Holt, K. A.

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  Seventh-graders Kate and Tam meet and cue the fireworks! Not really. But as the girls who are opposites on the outside get to know each other beyond the stereotypes of cheerleader and jock, they easily fall for one another. But what's not easy is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Crashing in Love

  Jacobson, Jennifer, 1958-

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  Remember that old movie "While You Were Sleeping," with Sandra Bullock? Cue that storyline minus the engagement and grown up bits, but with a tween girl on a bike and a tween boy left in a coma after a hit & run. As her crush lays in the hospital,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sweet and Sour

  Florence, Debbi Michiko,

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  Mai and Zach have been friends since birth. Until Zach humiliates Mai one summer and Mai can't face him anymore, much less forgive him. Then Zach's family conveniently moves to Japan and Mai is relieved.. until they move back 2 years later and Mai…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Drum Roll, Please

  Bigelow, Lisa Jenn,

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  Melly joined band because her friend talked her into it. And then she found and fell in love with playing the drums! Now, she and her bestie are headed to summer band camp for two weeks. But camp brings changes to Melly's life that she never…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Crush

  the Theory, Practice, and Destructive Properties of Love

  Paulsen, Gary

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  Kevin, main character in Paulsen's other books "Liar, Liar" and "Flat Broke," is back... and this time, he's fallen for Tina. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World. But Tina appears to be into another guy. So Kevin schemes and ultimately decides…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Playing for Keeps

  Heart, Lee,

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• Keep It Together, Keiko Carter

  Florence, Debbi Michiko,

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  Keiko is starting seventh grade and her long-time BFFs, Audrey and Jenna, have decided that they all 3 need to have boyfriends this year. But when one friend starts a relationship with a boy that her other friend has already had her eye one, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Love Report. Volume 1

  Béka,

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  A great first in a new series of Juvenile Graphic Novels. Grace and Lola are besties who talk about everything. Yet, they have a completely different take on love and each decide that they want to figure it out. So, they begin a "Love Report,"…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stargirl

  Spinelli, Jerry

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  There's a reason that this book is so loved and was even turned into a movie by the Disney Channel recently. Author Spinelli knows how to create charming characters and heartfelt stories. Main characters Leo and Stargirl meet when Stargirl enrolls…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stu Truly

  Richards, Dan, 1966-

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  Stu only has eyes for new girl, Becca. A crush story of mishaps, embarrassing situations and how one small lie can quickly become a runaway train. New crushes, old friends and excruciating school dances... what could be more middle school than…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Crush

  Chmakova, Svetlana, 1979-

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  The 3rd volume in the "Berrybrook Middle School" series centers on character Jorge. Jorge is a fairly popular jock and also a big kiddo who seems to be keeping his balance really well in middle school... until he falls hard for Jazmine and his whole…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Girl Stuff

  Harrison, Lisi,

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  Best friends Fonda, Drew and Ruthie are in 7th grade now and it's destined to be THEIR year! And then, as things tend to go in middle school, each of the trio began to deal with their own middle school brands of angst. Fonda is shifting away from…Read moreRead more of this annotation