Eliza Bing Is (not) A Big, Fat Quitter
After learning she cannot take a cake decorating class with her best friend, partly because her parents consider her a quitter, eleven-year-old Eliza tries to prove herself by sticking with a taekwondo class all summer.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: tae kwon do, martial arts, determination (personality trait), family life, attention deficit disorder, best friends, families [X], friendship, middle schools [X], theater, schools
The Last Straw
"Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly sidesteps his father's attempts to change Greg's wimpy ways until his father threatens to send him to military school.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 75
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 970
subjects: diaries, family life, school stories, middle schools [X], schools, large type books, humorous fiction, heffley, greg, diary fiction, families [X], humorous stories, humorous fiction
The Third Wheel
A Valentine's Day dance at Greg's middle school has turned his world upside down until an unexpected twist gives Greg a partner for the dance and leaves his best friend Rowley the odd man out.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 99
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1060
subjects: best friends, family life, valentine's day, school stories, middle schools [X], heffley, greg, dance parties, friendship, families [X], large type books, schools, juvenile fiction / family / siblings, juvenile fiction / humorous stories, diary fiction, humorous fiction
My Life As A Joke
"Derek Fallon discovers all the angst that comes with being twelve--he just wants to feel grown up, but life gets in the way with a series of mishaps that make him look like a baby"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 72
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
subjects: maturation (psychology), friendship, middle schools [X], families [X], children's art, los angeles (calif.), schools, family life, school stories, children
The Meaning Of Maggie
Eleven-year-old Maggie Mayfield is an A-plus student with big plans for herself, but at this moment she is also facing a lot of problems--like starting middle school and figuring out how to help her father who is out of work and in a wheelchair.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 35
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: fathers and daughters, families [X], multiple sclerosis, middle schools [X], family life, father-daughter relationship, school stories
Cheesie Mack Is Not Exactly Famous
"Cheesie and Georgie unearth an artifact from Colonial times and become middle school celebrities"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: antiquities, celebrities, friendship, family life, middle schools [X], massachusetts, best friends, school stories, schools, families [X]
Katfish
Principal Smelt has created the Fun-ger Games for Softrock Middle School's students, and Rob Burnside, his life in ruins, hopes that Katfish, a cross between Katniss and the Little Mermaid created in Rob's closet, will help with game tips, advice about girls, and how to get people to stop hating him.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: humorous stories, monsters, family life, interpersonal relations, schools, middle schools [X], school stories, humorous fiction, families [X]
The Rookie Bookie
"When seventh-grader Mitch Sloan moves to Jonasburg, Indiana, he uses his exceptional skills in math, money, and sports statistics to make friends--but gets in over his head when he starts a football betting ring"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 29
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: families [X], football stories, gambling, middle schools [X], moving, household, indiana, schools
My Life As A Gamer
Derek Fallon gets the chance of a lifetime when he is asked to test software for new video games, but he soon discovers that his dream job isn't all it's cracked up to be.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 72
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
subjects: schools, families [X], video games, tutors and tutoring, middle schools [X], los angeles (calif.), family life
From The Notebooks Of A Middle School Princess
Twelve-year-old Olivia is a half orphan who's never met her father.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 31
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 890
subjects: princesses, families [X], middle schools [X], schools, diaries, family life, diary fiction, thermopolis, mia, family, fantasy fiction
Touchdown Triumph
Because his father is in the Army, Oliver Jeffries has never lived in any one place for long, but he was hoping that Colorado would be different because he is the starting wide receiver on the Jackson Middle School's football team; so when he gets word that his family is moving again he is bitterly disappointed, but he has one more game and he is determined to make it a good one.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: football, moving, colorado, family life, schools, middle schools [X], children of military personnel, moving, household, football stories, families [X]
Saving The Team
After moving to California, seventh-grader Devin is afraid she will not make the soccer team but finds, instead, that the team is so bad that she is compelled to take the lead and turn it into something the players and coach can all be proud of.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: soccer stories, leadership, friendship, moving, household, families [X], california, middle schools [X], middle school students, teamwork (sports), didactic fiction
Josh Baxter Levels Up
Because his family has moved again Josh Baxter is starting at a new school for the third time in two years, and this time he has really started off on the wrong foot--but when his mother takes away the video games that have become his refuge because of his poor grades, Josh realizes he has to come up with a new strategy for success.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 31
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
Royal Wedding Disaster
Olivia Grace Clarisse Mignonette Harrison still finds it hard to believe that she's a real live Princess of Genovia.
FIC
year:
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
Greg Heffley is suspected of damaging school property but he is stuck in a cabin with his family because of a blizzard and will have to face punishment when he gets out.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 336
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1060
subjects: blizzards, families [X], family life, diaries, humorous stories, humorous fiction, diary fiction, humorous fiction, juvenile fiction / humorous stories, juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship, large type books, christmas, schools, middle schools [X], behavior, children's audiobooks, punishment, family, electronic books, electronic books