The Trouble With Rules
Now that she is in fourth grade and is not supposed to be friends with boys anymore, Nadie must hide her friendship with Nick, her neighbor and lifelong best friend, but when a new girl arrives who believes that some rules need to be broken, Nadie learns a lot from her.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: best friends, friendship [X], school stories [X], interpersonal relations, family life, schools, family, families
True (--sort Of)
For most of her eleven years, Delly has been in trouble without knowing why, until her little brother, R.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 42
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 440
subjects: human behavior, selective mutism, friendship [X], brothers and sisters, families, self-control, siblings, school stories [X], conduct of life, schools, family life, family
Blast From The Past
Allie is excited about her class field trip to an old schoolhouse until she gets the news that everyone is going to be assigned a buddy from her former school, and her buddy just happens to be her ex-best friend.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 49
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
subjects: field trips, school stories [X], rules (philosophy), friendship [X], school field trips, schools, fathers and sons, time travel, father-son relationship
Cinderella Smith
Cast off by her old friends, Cinderella agrees to help a new student deal with the stepsisters she will soon have, and meantime, a former friend tries to prevent Cinderella from dancing the lead in their tap recital.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: friendship [X], jealousy, stepsisters, tap dancing, seattle (wash.), school stories [X], family life, schools, families
Tales From A Not-so-talented Pop Star
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.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 239
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: talent shows, friendship [X], popularity, middle schools, schools, diaries, school stories [X], audiobooks, diary fiction, children's audiobooks
Princess Posey And The Perfect Present
Every school day is great for first-grader Posey, until her teacher's birthday, when her best friend's gift of an enormous bouquet puts Posey's few, home-grown roses to shame.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 30
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 410
Cold Feet
Every time Hannah gets frightened her feet turn to blocks of ice, but her friends figure out the cause of the problem, as well as a solution that gets her back on the diving board and able to speak up in class.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 370
Hound Dog True
Mattie, a shy fifth grader, wants to hide out at her new school by acting as apprentice to her Uncle Potluck, the custodian, but her plan falls apart when she summons the courage to speak about what matters most and finds a true friend.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 49
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: bashfulness, friendship [X], janitors, families, schools, shyness, school stories [X], moving, family life, family
The Popularity Papers
When Lydia's parents decide to move the family to London for six months, she and her best friend, Julie, are separated just as middle school begins.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 26
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
The Name Game!
In her diary, Daphne Davis doodles, draws, and documents a series of disasters on her first two days of fourth grade, most of which result from her new teacher accidentally calling her Daffy.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: friendship [X], school stories [X], diaries, schools, first day of school, names, personal, family life, personal names, families
Step Fourth, Mallory!
Mallory enters fourth grade with high hopes for her best year ever, but instead she starts by breaking the teacher's rules and then feels left out when her best friend likes the same boy she does.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
Mason Dixon
Mason Dixon is dreading starting the fourth grade, especially because all the fourth graders are required to sing in the school choir and Mason cannot carry a tune, so Mason devises a foolproof plan to keep himself out of the spotlight.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
Words Of (questionable) Wisdom From Lydia Goldblatt & Julie Graham-chang
Twelve-year-old best friends Julie and Lydia are reunited after six months apart, but the news that their friend Sukie's mother has died after a long illness causes them to reevaluate their goals and focus on being supportive of the friends they already have.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 45
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Eight Keys
When twelve-year-old Elise, orphaned since age three, becomes disheartened by middle school, with its bullies, changing relationships, and higher expectations, keys to long-locked rooms and messages from her late father help her cope.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 65
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590
subjects: self-realization, middle schools, school stories [X], friendship [X], family life, self-actualization (psychology), schools, orphans, families, family
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
As the day of the Valentine's Day dance approaches, Greg Heffley worries he will be left out until a twist of fate lands Greg with a date, but leaves his best friend, Rowley, on his own.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 361
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1060
subjects: diaries, best friends, middle schools, schools, valentine's day, humorous fiction, dance, school stories [X], humorous stories, friendship [X], electronic books, holidays, humorous fiction, electronic books