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Bad girls (Bad Girls Ser.)
By Cynthia Voigt. 1996
Mikey and Margalo are the new girls in fifth grade. Sitting next to each other, they soon discover that they…
are kindred spirits who like getting into mischief. Mikey likes to fight while Margalo likes to play tricks. Together they cause more trouble than the rest of the kids in Mrs. Chemsky's class. For grades 4-7You're dead, David Borelli
By Susan Brown. 1995
After his mother dies, David Borelli lives with his often-absent father and attends a private school. Then Mr. Borelli is…
accused of stealing money and flees. David is thrust into a foster home and a public school where he is tormented. For grades 5-8Lila greer, teacher of the year (The Questioneers Chapter Books)
By Andrea Beaty. 2023
Lila Greer is full of worries. Even the smallest things—from cabbages to cardboard—fill her with dread and What Ifs. So…
when her family makes a big change—moving to a new town—the worry and What Ifs only grow. What if things go wrong? What if no one likes her? At first, Lila feels right to be worried. In her new home, everything is strange. The new kids, the new smells. Lila feels alone and invisible. But there's one person who sees her: Lila's teacher, Ms. Kern. Through some creativity, blackboard erasers, and—most of all—kindness, Ms. Kern finds a way to make Lila feel welcome and open to new experiences, a lesson that will resonate with Lila long after second gradeHow do you spell geek?
By Julie Peters. 1996
Eighth graders Ann and Kimberly are busy practicing for the national spelling bee when Ann is asked to help home-schooled…
Lurlene through her first days in class. Everyone, Kimberly included, makes fun of Lurlene's geeky ways, and Ann is mortified to be associated with her. So why does Ann suggest Lurlene join them in the spelling bee? For grades 4-7Family secrets (Christy Ser. #No. 8)
By Catherine Marshall. 1996
In this sequel to The Princess Club (BR 10902), Dr. MacNeill sells a parcel of land to new settlers, the…
Washington family. Years before, a Cutter Gap woman had helped Mr. Washington's grandfather, an escaped slave, when he passed through. But his descendants aren't being treated so well--most of the mountain people want them gone. For grades 5-8The proposal (Christy Ser.)
By C Archer. 1996
When David Grantland, the handsome minister, asks for her hand in marriage, Christy is delighted, but hesitant to commit. Then…
she is blinded in a riding accident, and all of her dreams for the future seem to be in jeopardy. Eventually, Christy recovers her sight and begins to see things in a new light. Sequel to Midnight Rescue (BR 10899). For grades 5-8Midnight rescue
By C Archer. 1995
Ruby Mae, one of Christy's students, disappears in a storm. In her search for the girl, Christy happens upon a…
gang of moonshiners desperate to prevent anyone from exposing their illicit enterprise. Christy uses courage and cunning to evade the outlaws and recover Ruby Mae. Sequel to The Angry Intruder (BR 10898). For grades 5-8Molly learns a lesson: a school story (The American Girls CollectionThe American Girls Collection #Bk. 3)
By Valerie Tripp, Jeanne Thieme, C. F. Payne. 1989
During World War II, Molly's third-grade class participates in the Lend-a-Hand Contest to help the war effort. The boys decide…
to collect tinfoil, and the girls decide to knit socks, but none of them can knit very well. At the last minute, Molly comes up with a new idea. Sequel to Meet Molly (DB 43831). For grades 2-4The Princess Club (Christy Fiction Ser. #No. 7)
By C Archer. 1996
In this sequel to Christy's Choice (BR 10901), three of Christy's students, Ruby Mae, Bessie, and Clara, find some nuggets…
of gold in the stream. Forming the Princess Club, the girls begin acting differently because of their newfound wealth. For grades 5-8Lost in cyberspace
By Richard Peck, B. Steadman. 1995
Sixth-grade New Yorker Josh Lewis has problems. His parents are separated, his mother is trying to find an acceptable au…
pair, and his friend Aaron is trying to convince him one can use a computer to travel through time. Then Aaron accidentally brings a young woman from 1923 into the 1990s, solving one problem but creating others. For grades 4-7The angry intruder (Christy Fiction Ser. #No. 3)
By C Archer. 1995
In this sequel to Silent Superstitions (BR 10897), teacher Christy Huddleston is plagued by malicious pranks and suspects one of…
her students. Meanwhile, Christy is in trouble with her mentor, Miss Alice, over soliciting donations for the mission school. For grades 5-8The bridge to Cutter Gap (Christy Ser.)
By C Archer. 1995
Christy Huddleston, nineteen, travels to her first teaching job at remote Cutter Gap in the Smokey Mountains. Her trip ends…
with a fall from the rickety, icy bridge leading to the village. After recovering from her bruises, Christy nervously begins her new job. For grades 5-8The war of Jenkins' ear
By Michael Morpurgo. 1995
Autumn 1952. Toby Jenkins is not looking forward to another year at Redlands Preparatory School in Sussex, England. But beginning…
with dinner the first night, Toby and his schoolmates know things will be different because of the new boy, Simon Christopher, who before long claims to be Jesus. For grades 6-9In trouble with teacher
By Patricia Demuth. 1995
Third-grader Montgomery is having a horrible day. He knows he is going to flunk his spelling test and his new…
teacher will get mad at him. He wishes Mrs. Wix was like his nice second grade teacher, Miss Pink, who loved his great stories and didn't care that Montgomery had problems with spelling and reading. For grades 2-4The pizza puzzle
By Susan Pfeffer. 1996
The day after Taryn learns her father may be having an affair, she gets in trouble for not concentrating in…
class. Fuming at her teacher's insensitivity, Taryn describes to her friends a prank she'd like to pull on the teacher to get even. The next day Taryn is shocked to learn that someone has actually carried out her plan--and she is being blamed! For grades 5-8Les jambes en spaghettis
By Clarisse Bérubé. 2023
Pour Léonie, l'amour, c'est non merci. Être amoureux rend stupide. La preuve, c'est qu'une de ses deux meilleures copines sort…
avec le gars le plus con de la planète et l'autre, avec le plus insignifiant. Léo préfère se concentrer sur l'école, ses amies et son but ultime: devenir journaliste et voyager à travers le monde. Justement, elle vient d'être recrutée comme rédactrice au sein du journal étudiant!Hold fast to dreams
By Andrea Pinkney. 1995
Dee Willis, twelve, is not happy about moving from Baltimore to Wexford, Connecticut. Just as her friend Lorelle warned her,…
Dee is the only black student in her class. Her sister, Lindsay, fits in at her prep school by acting white and joining the lacrosse team. But Dee misses her double-dutch squad and isn't good at playing lacrosse. Will her hobby of photography and her one friend be enough to make school bearable? For grades 5-8Nick of time: a novel
By Anne Lindbergh. 1994
Jericho, thirteen, lives at Mending Wall, a nontraditional school his father founded. He is in love with his best friend…
and fellow student, Alison, but she calls herself a hands-off experiment. Then Nick enters their lives by stepping through the school's kitchen wall. Nick lives in the museum of the school in the year 2094. Jericho, Alison, and another student, Bunny, begin visiting the future by passing through the wall. For grades 5-8Curtis Piperfield's biggest fan
By Lisa Fiedler. 1995
At fourteen C.C. spends her days in St. Bernadette's Catholic School for Girls thinking about her crush on her neighbor…
Curtis. It doesn't matter that he's skinny and only in the eighth grade. He's planning to be a rock star, and C.C. is already his biggest fan. Meanwhile C.C.'s best friend, Cluck, has been in love with her his whole life even though all of C.C.'s friends are crazy about him. Some strong language. For grades 6-9A very personal computer (Joanna Cotler Bks.)
By Justine Rendal. 1995
Eighth-grader Pollard Gunning is having a bad year. An accident took away his dog and his mother, his grades have…
gone downhill, and he has no social life. Then a personal computer at school tells Pollard it knows all about him and begins to give him advice. For grades 5-8