The New Girl
Guided by her rules, nine-year-old Allie works to get past being just the new girl at school, eagerly awaits the arrival of her kitten, and faces turmoil when her grandmother visits while the family is still settling into their new home.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 92
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: bullying [X], grandmothers, rules (philosophy), moving, household, best friends, fund raising, contests, middle school students, schools, murder, high school students, man-woman relationships, horror stories, homicide, mystery and detective stories, mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories, north carolina, sisters [X], school stories [X], radio and television novels
Freak
Twelve-year-old Miriam, poetic, smart, and quirky, is considered a freak by the popular girls at her middle school, and she eventually explodes in response to their bullying, revealing an inner strength she did not know she had.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: identity (philosophical concept), bullying [X], middle schools, sisters [X], identity, identity (psychology), bullies, schools, individuality, school stories [X]