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The Hard Kind Of Promise

author: Willner-pardo, Gina
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 [X]

Rissa Bartholomew's Declaration Of Independence

author: Comerford, Lynda B
Having told off all of her old friends at her eleventh birthday party, Rissa starts middle school determined to make new friends while being herself, not simply being part of a "herd.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 920
subjects: identity [X], friendship [X], middle schools [X], family life

Switched At Birthday

author: Standiford, Natalie
Lavender sees herself as the miserable but tough outsider at school, while Scarlet knows she is talented and popular, but insecure on the inside--then, on their mutual thirteenth birthday, they wake up in each other's bodies and are forced to learn what it means to walk in someone else's shoes.
FIC
year:
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 510

Well, That Was Awkward

author: Vail, Rachel
There are unexpected consequences when thirteen-year-old Gracie sends texts pretending to be her bashful best friend, Sienna, and their friend Emmett starts texting back pretending to be shy A.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 55
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620

Daphne Definitely Doesn't Do Dances

author: Charles, Tami
A few months into the school year, Annabelle Louis is starting to find her place at McManus Middle School, but Annabelle's therapist, Dr.
FIC
year:
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680

Rick

author: Gino, Alex
"Eleven-year-old Rick Ramsey has generally gone along with everybody, just not making waves, even though he is increasingly uncomfortable with his father's jokes about girls, and his best friend's explicit talk about sex; but now in middle school he discovers the Rainbow Spectrum club, where kids of many genders and identities can express themselves--and maybe among them he can find new friends and discover his own identity, which may just be to opt out of sex altogether"--Publisher.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 45
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780

Truly Tyler

author: Libenson, Terri
A story about being your truest self--and trusting your truest friends.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 84
call number/section: FIC
lexile:

Remarkably Ruby

author: Libenson, Terri
Although Ruby and Mia used to be friends, they've grown apart as Ruby is not a joiner and likes to write poetry, while Mia is popular and wants to be class president, but they may have more in common than they realize.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 77
call number/section: FIC
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Picture Day

author: Sax, Sarah
Seventh-grader Viv decides to follow the example of her favorite online influencer and reinvent herself by cutting off her braid for picture day at her middle school and posting the video online.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 34
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 220

Sweet Valley Twins

author: Andelfinger, Nicole
In her struggle to protect her best friend from getting hurt, Elizabeth finds herself torn between Amy, who is determined to join the Unicorn Club's cheering squad, and her twin sister Jessica, who is one of the Unicorns who do not want Amy on the team.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 54
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 390

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