Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
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.
2) Jacky Ha-Ha
Author
Series
Jacky Ha-Ha volume 1
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Jacky "Ha-Ha" Hart is a class clown with a penchant for pranking--and when she's required to act in the school play to appease her frustrated teachers, she must conquer her stutter"--
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 3
Language
English
Description
Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly sidesteps his father's attempts to change his wimpy ways until his father threatens to send him to military school.
Author
Series
Adventures of Beanboy volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Formats
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.
9) Ungifted
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.
10) Just Jake
Author
Series
Just Jake volume 1
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jake and his family have moved to a new state and now Jake must start at the bottom of the social ladder, but he is determined to make friends and get back on top with his box of "kid cards."
11) Robots go wild
Author
Series
House of robots volume 2
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"Fifth grader Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez has to find a solution when his robot 'brother' has repeated malfunctions at school and a newer model robot steps in as competition--and his mother's job is in jeopardy as a result"--
13) Hide and seek
Author
Series
Upside-down magic volume 7
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
When a flood forces Nory and her best friends to evacuate Dunwiddle and relocate to prestigious Sage Academy, the upside-down magic students have a hard time fitting in.
14) Barakah Beats
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"It's Nimra Sharif's first time going to public school. Nimra's nervous, but as long as she has her best friend, Jenna, by her side, she figures she can take on just about anything. Unfortunately, middle school is hard. The teachers are mean, the schedule is confusing, and Jenna starts giving hijab-wearing Nimra the cold shoulder around the other kids. Desperate to fit in and save her friendship with Jenna, Nimra accepts an unlikely invitation to...
15) The unteachables
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told in alternating voices, the teacher and students in room 117 find their lives changed over the course of a school year.
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"In the mystical realm of Bríandalör, every day the brave and the bold delve into hidden temples or forgotten dungeons, battling vile monsters and evil wizards to loot their treasure hoards for sweet, sweet magic items. But in their free time, our heroes--Thromdurr the mighty barbarian, Devis the shifty thief, Vela the noble paladin, Sorrowshade the Gloom Elf assassin, and Albiorix the (good!) wizard--need to relax and unwind. That's why they meet...
17) Liar & spy
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
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
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Rafe Khatchadorian's new year at middle school is starting to look depressingly like the old one, except that art class is going well--and when he joins the flag-football team and demonstrates some talent as a running-back, he discovers a way of dealing with his bullying nemesis and teammate, Miller the Killer.
19) Sincerely Sicily
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixth-grader Sicily Jordan learns to use her voice and to find joy in who she is--a Black Panamanian fashionista who rocks her braids with pride--while confronting prejudice both in the classroom and at home.
20) The best at it
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Rahul Kapoor, an Indian-American boy growing up in small-town Indiana, struggles to come to terms with his identity, including that he may be gay.