Julia Gillian (and The Quest For Joy)
Nine-year-old Julia Gillian learns a lot about facing fear as she and her St.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 53
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: school stories, friendship, trumpets, secrecy, family life, minneapolis (minn.), fear, saint bernard dog, dogs, death, reading, middle schools [X], families, schools, best friends, trumpet, secrets [X], neighborhoods, neighborhood, family, pets, animals
The Secret Life Of Ms. Finkleman
Spurred by a special project from her social studies teacher, seventh-grader Bethesda Fielding uncovers the secret identity of her music teacher, which leads to a most unusual concert performance and a tutoring assignment.
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year: 2011
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 910
Bluefish
Thirteen-year-old Travis, living in cramped quarters with his alcoholic grandfather, longs for his old life in the country, and struggles in school to hide the fact that he cannot read, but a persistent teacher and a special girl open his eyes to a new world.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 43
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
Fuzzy
When Max (Maxine Zealster) befriends her new robot classmate Fuzzy, she helps him navigate Vanguard Middle School and together they reveal the truth behind the Robot Integration Program.
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year: 2017
copies: 44
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: robots, middle schools [X], schools, secrecy, humorous, secrets [X], school stories, science fiction, children's audiobooks, juvenile fiction / humorous stories, juvenile fiction / science & technology, juvenile fiction / general, electronic books, electronic books
Army Brats
When the Bailey family moves into an army base in Virginia there are a lot of adjustments to make; twelve-year-old Tom runs afoul of the base school bully, ten-year-old Charlotte finds herself trying too hard to make friends with the "cool" girls, and six-year-old Rosie is just being difficult as usual--but they come together to investigate a mysterious building full of weird cages, and uncover Fort Patrick's secrets.
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year: 2017
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: families of military personnel, brothers and sisters, middle schools [X], military bases, american, bullying, secrecy, children of military personnel, schools, military bases, bullies, secrets [X], siblings, school stories, virginia
The House Sitters
Rory and Felix are housesitting for the sinister science teacher Ms.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 490
subjects: housesitting, secrecy, teachers, middle schools [X], school stories, horror fiction, science teachers, schools, secrets [X], electronic books, electronic books
The Ghost And Whatshisface
Twelve-year-old Cooper Vega and his military family has moved so often that he is used to new schoolmates not knowing his name, but at the moment he has a bigger problem--his new phone is haunted by the ghost of Roderick Northrop, a boy from the sixteenth-century, who needs his help to finish a quest, which is somehow tied up in the Stratford Middle School production of Romeo and Juliet.
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year:
copies: 89
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: shakespeare, william, moving, household, schools, middle schools [X], friendship, secrets [X], cell phones, ghosts, mystery and detective stories, detective and mystery stories, secrecy, ghost stories, detective and mystery fiction
Daphne Definitely Doesn't Do Dances
A few months into the school year, Annabelle Louis is starting to find her place at McManus Middle School, but Annabelle's therapist, Dr.
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year:
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: african american girls, children of military personnel, video blogs, balls (parties), secrecy, identity (psychology), friendship, middle schools [X], african americans, secrets [X], identity, schools, linden (n.j.), social skills
Daphne Definitely Doesn't Do Sports
Annabelle Louis is a military brat, and complete nerd who has always been homeschooled, but with her mother going on assignment in Afghanistan, she is going to have to attend middle school in Linden, New Jersey; her therapist suggests she try sports to make friends, and she creates a vlog, Daphne Doesn't, in which she makes fun of all the things that she considers a waste of time (for example, sports and school)--the vlog proves to be a big hit, but when her classmates start sharing the videos, Annabelle's secret identity may be exposed.
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year:
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590
subjects: african american girls, children of military personnel, video blogs, moving, household, social skills, secrecy, middle schools [X], african americans, secrets [X], schools, linden (n.j.), humorous fiction
Daphne Definitely Doesn't Do Fashion
Daphne is a hilarious, fashion-savvy, on-the-rise teen YouTube star, but at school, where Daphne is really Annabelle Louis, eighth-grade super geek, wearing the latest trends is far off her radar.
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year:
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: african american girls, children of military personnel, video blogs, fashion, friendship, peer pressure, secrecy, middle schools [X], african americans, secrets [X], schools, linden (n.j.), social skills
Daphne Definitely Doesn't Do Drama
Annabelle Louis, military brat and computer nerd, embarks on her second assignment in making friends in middle school trying out for the school play where, despite what she feels is her total lack of ability, she ends up as understudy for the lead female part, and with more fuel for her popular vlog, Daphne Doesn't--but Annabelle begins to realize that being popular in secret will not mean anything if she can not share her secret with her friends.
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year:
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 640
subjects: african american girls, children of military personnel, video blogs, social skills, secrecy, drama, middle schools [X], friendship, african americans, secrets [X], theater, schools, linden (n.j.)
Pumpkin Spice Secrets
"Maddie finds out that she and best friend have a crush on the same boy, so decides to keep her feelings a secret, causing drama at school as everyone sorts through their emotions"--.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: best friends, friendship, middle schools [X], schools, secrets [X], dating (social customs)
Upstander
"Mary O'Malley is tired of keeping secrets. Secrets like her older brother, Jonny's, drug use .
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: bullies, secrecy, conduct of life, middle schools [X], schools, secrets [X], school stories, bullies and bullying
Naked Mole Rat Saves The World
"Told from two viewpoints, Kit has an odd, stress-induced reaction when she witnesses her best friend's public humiliation, and the secrets both girls keep may tear them apart"--OCLC.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: anxiety, secrecy, baldness, best friends, friendship, middle schools [X], schools, secrets [X]
Drama En La Secundaria
When Allie is diagnosed with diabetes, she tries to keep her condition a secret from her friends but her suspicious actions fuel rumors around Memorial Middle School that could ruin Allie's reputation permanently.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: diabetes, secrets [X], rumor, self-consciousness (sensitivity), middle schools [X], schools, cartoons and comics, graphic novels, spanish language materials