Confetti Girl
After the death of her mother, Texas sixth-grader Lina's grades and mood drop as she watches her father lose himself more and more in books, while her best friend uses Lina as an excuse to secretly meet her boyfriend.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 35
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: single-parent families, fathers and daughters, best friends, friendship, middle schools [X], texas [X], grief, father-daughter relationship, schools, father-child relationship, school stories, father and child
Courage For Beginners
"Twelve-year-old Mysti Murphy of Texas wishes she were a character in a book.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: agoraphobia, family problems, middle schools [X], school stories, realistic fiction, texas [X], dysfunctional families, schools
Revenge Of The Teacher's Pets
The Brewster triplets, Dawn, Darby, and Delaney, are looking forward to a smooth transition to seventh grade, but from the beginning things go wrong: they are split into separate classes, they end up on the cheer squad (which only Delaney likes), Darby is failing, and Dawn keeps getting into trouble--and somehow they must solve all these problems, help plan their older sister's wedding, and stay together despite the changes that come with growing up.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: triplets, sisters, cheerleading, middle schools [X], families, schools, family life, school stories, texas [X], humorous fiction
The Size Of The Truth
Eleven-year-old Sam Abernathy, extremely overprotected and a reluctant celebrity since he was trapped in a well at age four, dreams of becoming a chef and starts by entering a local cook-off.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1000
subjects: school stories, celebrities, families, family life, middle schools [X], schools, cooking, contests, texas [X]
Yusuf Azeem Is Not A Hero
"Yusuf is excited to start middle school in his small Texas town, but with the twentieth anniversary of the September eleventh attacks coming up, suddenly it feels like the country's same anger and grief is all focused on his Muslim community"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 33
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: middle schools [X], schools, discrimination, muslims, september 11 terrorist attacks, 2001, families, family life, school stories, texas [X], school fiction, social problem fiction