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• Old School

  Korman, Gordon,

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  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.

• Monday

  Amores, Eva,

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  A supremely unlucky kid's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad first day at a new school. Only a bold or foolish narrator would start a book by calling out the upcoming story beats like Babe Ruth predicting a home run. But Justin Chase does just…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Happiness According to Humphrey

  Birney, Betty G.,

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  Humphrey helps the students of Room 26 find a missing dog.

• Crushed

  Conklin, Melanie,

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  Twelve-year-old Sophie attempts to get her best friend back by infiltrating a group of bullies and agreeing to a series of dangerous social media dares.

• No More School, April Fools!

  Gutman, Dan,

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  The My Weird School kids engage in an epic week-long prank war--the likes of which Ella Mentry School has never seen--against their teachers to win a super sweet prize.

• Keeping Pace

  Morrison, Laurie,

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  Determined to regain her sense of accomplishment after losing her top-class ranking to Jonah, Grace decides to compete against him in a Labor Day half-marathon, but as they train together, she learns valuable lessons about what truly matters.

• Henry, Like Always

  Bailey, Jenn, 1965-

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  Henry, a first grader on the autism spectrum, attempts to navigate friendships, and sudden changes in classroom routines--like a parade on Friday instead of share time.

• Figure It Out, Henri Weldon

  Davis, Tanita S.,

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  Henri has attended a special school for her learning disability, dyscalculia, but when she is mainstreamed, she finds herself struggling to balance other parts of her life, and not just in math class--a family feud, drama on the soccer team, and a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Being Baxters

  Kingsbury, Karen,

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  Each of the Baxter children experiences trouble at school, and when Principal Bond announces a new Character Awards initiative competition breaks out between the siblings until they remember what being a Baxter really means.

• The Labors of Hercules Beal

  Schmidt, Gary D.

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  Seventh-grader Hercules Beal has to figure out how to fulfill his teacher's assignment of performing the Twelve Labors of Hercules in real life, and discovers important things about friendship, community, and himself along the way.

• Just Right Jillian

  Collier, Nicole D.,

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  It's hatching season and Jemison Elementary is buzzing about the arrival of the baby chicks. Fifth-grader Jillian must learn to speak and break free of her shell to enter her school's competition and keep her promise to her grandmother.

• Attack of the Black Rectangles

  King, A. S. (Amy Sarig), 1970-

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Epic Hero Flop

  Mian, Zanib,

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  When Omar takes the blame for a few small things to keep his friends out of trouble, he feels great--until something big happens and everyone thinks Omar did it.

• It's a Zoo in Here!

  Patterson, James, 1947-

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  Rafe Khatchadorian is horrified that because of a missed science assignment he has to go to summer school; but instead of three weeks in a school room he finds himself a volunteer at Bushytail animal refuge, which is really hard, smelly work--and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year

  Hamza, Nina,

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  A Indian American boy endures a family move from Hawaii to frigid Minnesota and, with the help of three life-changing books he reads in school, he learns to like reading, and ultimately, himself.

• Linked

  Korman, Gordon

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  Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika. Nobody can believe it. How could such a symbol of hate end up in the middle of their school? Who would do…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Merci Suárez Can't Dance

  Medina, Meg,

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  Merci embarking on a seventh grade year shaped by high teacher expectations, a crush on a school-store co-worker and a bossy classmate's plan for the annual Heart Ball.

• The Insiders

  Oshiro, Mark,

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  Twelve-year-old Héctor Muñoz, fleeing from bullies, discovers a magical closet that not only provides him sanctuary, but also unites him with two other kids facing similar problems at their own schools, helping them find friendship and strength in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dress Coded

  Firestone, Carrie,

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  An eighth grader starts a podcast to protest the unfair dress code enforcement at her middle school and sparks a rebellion.

• Brain Trouble

  Griffith, Theanne,

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  When Violet and Pablo visit a science fair all about the brain at their school, they're transported to the Maker Maze for a new adventure! In the magical makerspace, they will find: a giant human brain, a challenge with holograms of themselves,…Read moreRead more of this annotation