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The Agony of Alice
By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. 1985
Life, Alice McKinley feels, is just one big embarrassment. Here she is, about to be a teenager and she doesn't…
know how. It's worse for her than for anyone else, she believes, because she has no role model. Her mother has been dead for years. Help and advice can only come from her father, manager of a music store, and her nineteen-year-old brother, who is a slob. What do they know about being a teen age girl? What she needs, Alice decides, is a gorgeous woman who does everything right, as a roadmap, so to speak. If only she finds herself, when school begins, in the classroom of the beautiful sixth-grade teacher, Miss Cole, her troubles will be over. Unfortunately, she draws the homely, pear-shaped Mrs. Plotkin. One of Mrs. Plotkin's first assignments is for each member of the class to keep a journal of their thoughts and feelings. Alice calls hers "The Agony of Alice," and in it she records all the embarrassing things that happen to her. Through the school year, Alice has lots to record. She also comes to know the lovely Miss Cole, as well as Mrs. Plotkin. And she meets an aunt and a female cousin whom she has not really known before. Out of all this, to her amazement, comes a role model -- one that she would never have accepted before she made a few very important discoveries on her own, things no roadmap could have shown her. Alice moves on, ready to be a wise teenager.Phineas L. MacGuire ... Gets Slimed!
By Frances O'Roark Dowell. 2007
Phineas L. MacGuire (a.k.a. Mac) has three goals for fourth grade: 1. To be the best fourth-grade scientist ever. 2.…
To be the best fourth-grade scientist ever. 3. To be the best fourth-grade scientist ever. It's a tall order, but he's confident that he can achieve it, especially since his friend and rival scientist, Aretha, has asked him to help her earn a scout badge by creating the mold that produces penicillin. After all, who knows more about mold than Mac? And how many fourth graders can say that they've reproduced penicillin? None, as far as Mac knows. But then he has to manage Ben's campaign for class president and deal with his new babysitter, Sarah Fortemeyer, "the Teenage Girl Space Alien from the Planet Pink" who accidentally got rid of his dried worm collection and now he has to find it. How is he supposed to find time to focus on mold? The second book about Phineas L. MacGuire and his scientific experiments, "Phineas L. MacGuire ... Gets Slimed!", is as much fun as the first, and includes slimy new experiments that you can do at home!When I'm With You: The Jane Austen Academy (The Jane Austen Academy #3)
By Cecilia Gray. 2012
Kat is destined to be a star and her big break has arrived at last! As the assistant to a…
celebrity classmate on the set of a feature film, she's going to show everyone she has what it takes. That is, until she discovers pursuing her dreams may mean forfeiting her heart. Unless she can find a way to have both...I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President
By Josh Lieb. 2009
When a provocation from his dad irks twelve-yearold evil genius Oliver Watson, he'll have to put his plans for world…
domination on hold in order to beat the pants off the competition and win the middle school election!Smart Dog
By Vivian Vande Velde. 1998
Fifth grader Amy Prochenko is wildly unpopular. Then one day Amy meets Sherlock, a dog on the run from a…
university lab. Sherlock is not like other dogs: He can talk, he's smarter than most of Amy's classmates--and he needs Amy's help. Suddenly Amy's life is full of danger and excitement, and she finds she is becoming, of all things, popular. Best of all, she discovers in Sherlock the sort of friend she's always longed for--and one she must protect no matter what the cost.Who's the Fairest? (The Princess School)
By Sarah Hines Stephens, Jane Mason. 2004
The Maiden Games are approaching and Snow White is cold with fear as her stepmother, Malodora, is one of the…
judges, and that is sure to make Snow quake. She's sure something bad will happen and if she doesn't join, it will be unfair to her school.Wahoo
By B. P. Kasik. 2017
Cara liked a lot of what she’d seen during orientation.She’d probably never be interested in the party scene here—even on…
a normal non-Midsummers eve—but there was a lot to love.She’d enjoyed the libraries, the secret lore, the architecture, the cleanliness, and the people.She hadn’t ventured outside the bubble of the University, but she looked forward to exploring the historical sights around town in the surrounding counties. She’d always wanted to see Monticello and Montpelier. She heard there were some great nature trails through the mountains. A far cry from the pancake-flat Northern Virginia suburb where she’d been born and raised.It was all fresh, different, and ready for her to put her mark on it. She could finally get some control of her life here. Make her own decisions.But everything is up in the air for Cara. Her family is smothering her, her boyfriend won’t say he’s her boyfriend, she has way too many choices, and her first visit to college is turning into chaos. The police are raiding her party, her roommate and RA are making her crazy, she can’t stand how structured and rigid everything is, and—most painful of all—her eating disorder is coming back to haunt her. Cara is forced to confront hard truths and learn to trust people as she goes through the longest two days of her life.Project (Un)Popular Book #1
By Kristen Tracy. 2016
Popularity: who has it, who wants it, and who won't get it is the topic of this story about two…
middle school friends who want to make the lives of their classmates more equitable, to disastrous results. Middle school isn't a popularity contest. It's a war. Perry and her best friend, Venice, are excited to be yearbook photographers and tell the story of their school through their art. But that's before they find out the truth: the spontaneous moments they're supposed to capture are all faked.Yearbooks should include everybody--even the dorks. But Perry feels totally stuck. Until she starts taking flattering shots of popular people, none of her candids will ever be chosen. Fighting back isn't going to win her any friends--she might even lose some. It's time to decide what's more important: fitting in . . . or standing out. From the Hardcover edition.Scored
By Lauren Mclaughlin. 2011
Set in the future when teenagers are monitored via camera and their recorded actions and confessions plugged into a computer…
program that determines their ability to succeed. All kids given a "score" that determines their future potential. This score has the ability to get kids into colleges, grant scholarships, or destroy all hope for the above. Scored's reluctant heroine is Imani, a girl whose high score is brought down when her best friend's score plummets. Where do you draw the line between doing what feels morally right and what can mean your future? Friendship, romance, loyalty, family, human connection and human value: all are questioned in this fresh and compelling dystopian novel set in the scarily forseeable future.From the Hardcover edition.Tales from Lovecraft Middle School #2: The Slither Sisters
By Charles Gilman. 2013
"Two-headed monsters, giant tentacles, angry demons - Lovecraft Middle School is great creepy fun!" -Ransom Riggs, author of Miss Peregrine's…
Home for Peculiar Children This second novel in the Tales from Lovecraft Middle School series begins right where Professor Gargoyle ended. Seventh-grader Robert Arthur has discovered that two of his classmates are actually sinister snake-women in disguise. Even worse, his new middle school is full of "gates" to a terrifying alternate dimension - a haunted mansion full of strange spirits and monstrous beasts. For Robert to protect his teachers and classmates, he'll need to return to this haunted dimension with his best friends Glenn and Karina. Can they uncover the secrets of Lovecraft Middle School before it's too late? The Slither Sisters features more bizarre beasts, more strange mysteries, and more adventure. It's perfect for readers ages 10 and up. Best of all, the cover features a state-of-the-art "morphing" photo portrait - so you can personally witness the sisters transforming into their slithering alter egos. You won't believe your eyes!Piper Green and the Fairy Tree: Too Much Good Luck
By Ellen Potter, Qin Leng. 2015
Book two of Ellen Potter's charming new illustrated early chapter book series set on an island off the coast of…
Maine, where kids, lobster boats, and a hint of magic are part of everyday life. As far as Piper Green is concerned, the day started out lucky: * Lucky thing #1: Her mom is painting Piper's bedroom her favorite color. * Lucky thing #2: Piper found a perfect strawberry at breakfast. * Lucky thing #3: Piper lost a tooth. And as everyone knows, tooth + tooth fairy = ka-ching! There's just one problem. According to her friend Jacob, too much good luck can sometimes equal bad luck. And when Piper gets to school that day, Bad Luck is waiting for her. Will the Fairy Tree in Piper's front yard be enough to break her unlucky streak?Evette's Invitation
By Joseph Cowman, Mike Huber. 2014
It's snacktime in Mr. Walter's classroom, and Evette has something to say. "Only kids with a baby sister can come…
to my birthday." Not everyone has a little sister-but everyone would like to be invited. Evette and her classmates begin a conversation filled with imagination and discovery. After lots of discussion, Evette knows just what to do to make her party the most fun.Evette's Invitation captures the rich, spontaneous, and oftentimes quirky conversations that young children bring to the table.The book contains a page of information to help adults connect the story to children's experiences.Mama's Gloves
By Joseph Cowman, Mike Huber. 2014
There are so many fun things to do in Mr. Walter's classroom, but Esteban still misses his mama while she's…
at work. One day, after giving Esteban two kisses and a hug (mwah-mwah-mmmm), Mama heads out the door-and forgets to take her gloves with her. As Esteban keeps the gloves safe, they help him remember something important: it can be hard to be apart from his mama, but she always comes back . . . with two kisses and a hug!The book contains a page of information to help adults connect the story to children's experiences.Birdie's First Day of School
By Sujean Rim. 2015
Everyone's favorite fashionista is getting ready for her BIG first day of school!Includes Read-Aloud/Read-to-Me functionality, where available.Book Description:Tomorrow is Birdie's…
first day of school and she is just SO nervous. What will her teacher be like? What should she bring? What should she WEAR? When Birdie walks into her brand-new classroom... oh my! A whole new world opens up as she discovers all the fun and adventure that school has to offer. Sujean Rim has crafted another gorgeously illustrated Birdie adventure, featuring a brand-new "big girl" moment as Birdie conquers her back-to-school jitters and discovers that learning new things is always in fashion!Pretty Little Devils
By Nancy Holder. 2006
Hazel Stone wants nothing more than to be a part of the hottest clique in school, the Pretty Little Devils,…
but she's stuck at a lunch table full of high school C-listers. Hazel has resigned herself to life as a nobody--when suddenly everything changes. The PLDs invite Hazel to one of the group's famous parties, held at the site of one of their babysitting jobs. Before Hazel knows it, she's in with the in crowd--and she couldn't be more thrilled! But nothing turns out the way she expects. Especially when one her classmates becomes jealous of her newfound status--deadly jealous. Author Nancy Holder weaves a wicked tale about the price of popularity, and having the kind of friends some girls would just die for.Storky: How I Lost My Nickname and Won the Girl
By D. L. Garfinkle. 2005
The journal of Michael "Storky" Pomerantz tells the tumultuous tale of life as a high-schooler--complete with the fact that the…
love of his life is dating a high school football player. As he chronicles the highs--and, of course, the most embarrassing lows--of his freshman year in high school, Storky paints an amusing and oftentimes hilarious portrait of an average teenager. But Michael is a not-so-ordinary kid, with a wit and charm that is atypical of average teens, and you will soon be cheering for him to lose his nickname and win the girl.Mind Games
By Jeanne Marie Grunwell. 2003
Six Clearview Middle School seventh-graders are $500 richer after buying a Maryland State Lottery ticket this week in order to…
test a scientific hypothesis.Benjamin Lloyd, 12, whose father purchased the winning ticket, declined to discuss details of the students' experiment, citing concerns of competition in the March 13 state science fair. . . . Mr. Ennis was as tight-lipped as his students regarding the nature of their experiment. "They plan to go public at the science fair. And that's about all I can say. But," he said, grinning, "I do predict a win."Thus reads an article in the Waverly Times, which is Exhibit Ain the Mad Science Club's report to prove the existence of ESP. As told through the individual voices of a diverse cast of characters, Mind Games crackles with personality. Discoveries from the paranormal to the personal abound in this insightful exploration of friendship, science, ESP-and the lottery.The Sixth Man (The Triple Threat, #2)
By John Feinstein. 2015
New York Times bestselling author John Feinstein delivers a hard-hitting account of prejudice and perseverance on the basketball court. It's…
basketball season. And for once, triple threat Alex Myers is not the one in the spotlight. There's a new new guy in town, and Max Bellotti promises to turn the Lions' losing streak around and lead the team to a conference title. Alex is psyched, but some of the older guys on the team resent being benched in favor of an upstart freshman. Team morale is rocky at best. And when Max comes out as gay, not everyone takes the news in stride. Snide comments and cold shoulders escalate into heated protests and an out-and-out war with the school board. While controversy swirls around them, the Lions have to decide: Will personal issues sink their season, or can they find a way to stand together as a team? John Feinstein has been praised as "the best writer of sports books in America today" (The Boston Globe). This second installment in his Triple Threat series delivers action and intensity, and a look beyond the headlines of a hot-button topic in sports today.A Fine Start: Meg's Prairie Diary, Book 3 (My America)
By Kate Mcmullan. 2003
Nine-year-old Meg has finally been reunited with her family in Kansas Territory and life finally seems to be settling down…
after the pro-slavery ruffians finally were forced to leave. Her third diary is another triumph.Edward Almost Goes to School
By Rosemary Wells. 1995
Edward's classmates are all excited, but Edward isn't quite ready for schoolEdward Bear is starting school. He's all dressed. He's…
had his breakfast. And he has his Bunny. At school everyone else is happy and busy. The teacher is all smiles. Everyone is ready for school . . . except Edward. He is just not quite ready yet. As we know, not everyone is ready for things at the same time. It's just fine to be Almost Ready. The Edward Almost Ready series is recommended for children ages two through six.