Tales From A Not-so-graceful Ice Princess
When her crush Brandon reveals that the animal shelter where he volunteers is in danger of being closed, Nikki and her friends enter an ice skating competition to help raise money, an effort that is compromised by an interfering Mackenzie.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 219
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: skating, contests, money-making projects for children, animal shelters, middle schools, popularity, school stories [X], friendship [X], money-making projects, ice skating, humorous fiction, schools, diaries, audiobooks, moneymaking projects, diary fiction
Big Nate And Friends
Collects sixth-grader Nate Wright's adventures with his best friends, Francis and Teddy, exchange student, Artur, and annoying teacher's pet, Gina.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 103
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 300
subjects: middle school students, middle schools, human behavior, big nate (fictional character), schools, friendship [X], school stories [X], humorous fiction, comic books, strips, etc, humorous stories, cartoons and comics, humorous fiction, comic books, strips, etc
The Brilliant Fall Of Gianna Z
Gianna has less than one week to complete her leaf project if she wants to compete in the upcoming cross-country sectionals, but issues like procrastination, disorganization--and her grandmother's declining health--seem destined to keep her from finishing.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 30
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: grandmothers, old age, friendship [X], trees, running, vermont, school stories [X], family life, realistic fiction, schools, families
The Year Of The Book
Follows a young Chinese American girl, as she navigates relationships with family, friends, and her fourth-grade classroom, and finds a true best friend.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 31
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590
Her Permanent Record
Now that she's a cheerleader and adored by a legion of kids playing superhero, things seem to be going Amelia's way for once.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 380
subjects: aunts, friendship [X], graphic novels, schools, voyages and travels, school stories [X], graphic novels
A Year With Butch And Spike
Upon entering the sixth grade, straight-A student Jasper falls under the spell of the dreaded, irrepressible Cootch cousins.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
The Skull Of Truth
Charlie, a sixth-grader with a compulsion to tell lies, acquires a mysterious skull that forces its owner to tell only the truth, causing some awkward moments before he understands its power.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 69
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes
The daily class discussions about the nature of man, the existence of God, abortion, organized religion, suicide and other contemporary issues serve as a backdrop for a high-school senior's attempt to answer a friend's dramatic cry for help.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 67
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 920
subjects: friendship [X], child abuse, school stories [X], coming of age, bildungsromans, schools, high schools, interpersonal relations, conduct of life, audiobooks, obesity, mystery and detective stories, mystery fiction
The Disreputable History Of Frankie Landau-banks
Frankie Landau-Banks attempts to take over a secret, all-male society at her exclusive prep school, and her antics with the group soon draw some unlikely attention and have unexpected consequences that could change her life forever.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 92
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 890
subjects: secret societies, teenage girls, high schools, schools, boarding schools, friendship [X], interpersonal relations, practical jokes, clubs, young adult fiction, school stories [X], teenagers, girls
Blubber
Jill goes along with the rest of the fifth-grade class in tormenting a classmate and then finds out what it is like when she, too, becomes a target.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 85
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: schools, friendship [X], school stories [X], fifth grade (education), teasing, bullies, conduct of life, large type books, bullying, children's stories
Wonder
Everything changes for twelve-year-old Jessica when she enters junior high school and finds herself a social outcast, ignored by all her former friends.
FIC
year: 1993
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
The Schernoff Discoveries
Harold and his best friend, both hopeless geeks and societal misfits, try to survive unusual science experiments, the attacks of the football team, and other dangers of junior high school.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 21
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1030
subjects: schools, friendship [X], humorous stories, school stories [X], humorous fiction, humorous fiction
Gold Dust
In 1975, twelve-year-old Richard befriends Napolean, a Caribbean newcomer to his Catholic school, hoping that Napolean will learn to love baseball and the Red Sox, and will win acceptance in the racially polarized Boston school.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: racism, baseball, friendship [X], schools, caribbean americans, boston (mass.), school stories [X], baseball stories
The Revealers
Tired of being bullied and picked on, three seventh-grade outcasts join forces and, using scientific methods and the power of the Internet, begin to create a new atmosphere at Parkland Middle School.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 580
Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie
The life of eighth-grader Steven Alper, already complicated by his friendship with two girls and a prodigious talent for drumming, is turned upside down when his five-year-old brother Jeffrey is diagnosed with leukemia.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 84
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 940
subjects: leukemia, brothers, self-realization, middle schools, schools, school stories [X], friendship [X], family life, drum, audiobooks, children's audiobooks