Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 398
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 950
subjects: middle schools [X], friendship [X], schools, school stories, humorous fiction, diaries, humorous stories, electronic books, diary fiction, humorous fiction, electronic books, heffley, greg
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 [X], trumpets, secrecy, family life, minneapolis (minn.), fear, saint bernard dog, dogs, death, reading, middle schools [X], families, schools, best friends, trumpet, secrets, neighborhoods, neighborhood, family, pets, animals
The Kind Of Friends We Used To Be
Twelve-year-olds Kate and Marylin, friends since preschool, draw further apart as Marylin becomes involved in student government and cheerleading, while Kate wants to play guitar and write songs, and both develop unlikely friendships with other girls and boys.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 60
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 950
subjects: best friends, friendship [X], middle schools [X], schools, girls-fiction, friends-fiction, school stories
It's Only Temporary
When Skye's older brother comes home after a devastating accident, she moves from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to California to live with her grandmother and attend middle school, where she somewhat reluctantly makes new friends, learns to stand up for herself and those she cares about, and begins to craft a new relationship with her changed brother.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
subjects: friendship [X], bullies, brain, grandmothers, middle schools [X], sierra madre (calif.), albuquerque (n.m.)
Tales From A Not-so-popular Party Girl
Nikki's diary describes a frightful Halloween, on which she helps with her sister's ballet class party at the same time she is Brandon's date for their middle school Halloween dance, where she has promised to spend the evening with her two best friends.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 241
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
subjects: parties, halloween, friendship [X], popularity, middle schools [X], school stories, diaries, schools, audiobooks
The Hard Kind Of Promise
California seventh-graders Sarah and Marjorie made a promise in kindergarten to always be friends, but Marjorie is weird and Sarah, wanting to be at least somewhat popular, makes friends with a fellow choir member.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: best friends, friendship [X], popularity, individuality, middle schools [X], california, identity
How To Survive Middle School
When eleven-year-old David Greenberg's best friend makes the start of middle school even worse than he feared it could be, David becomes friends with Penny, who shares his love of television shows and posts one of their skits on YouTube, making them wildly popular--online, at least.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 63
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
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 [X], schools, diaries, school stories, audiobooks, diary fiction, children's audiobooks
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 [X], school stories, 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 [X], schools, valentine's day, humorous fiction, dance, school stories, humorous stories, friendship [X], electronic books, holidays, humorous fiction, electronic books
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 [X], popularity, school stories, 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 [X], human behavior, big nate (fictional character), schools, friendship [X], school stories, humorous fiction, comic books, strips, etc, humorous stories, cartoons and comics, humorous fiction, comic books, strips, etc
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 [X], schools, school stories, friendship [X], family life, drum, audiobooks, children's audiobooks
Best Friends For Never
A bet about wardrobes between the wealthy Massie and middle-class Claire results in a testing of old friendships, a forging of new ones, and a change for the student body at Octavian Country Day School.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 32
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
subjects: friendship [X], cliques (sociology), clothing and dress, middle schools [X], schools, westchester county (n.y.), school stories, westchester county (n.y.)
Revenge Of The Wannabes
Friendships are tested when Alicia, a seventh grader at Octavian Country Day School, decides to break away from the exclusive clique led by her best friend to start her own group.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 33
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: interpersonal relations, cliques (sociology), friendship [X], middle schools [X], westchester county (n.y.), schools, school stories, westchester county (n.y.)