Big Nate Flips Out
"In this latest misadventure, Nate, the all-time record-holder for detentions, gets to see how the other half lives as he follows his best friend Francis's example and becomes a total neat freak; has Nate totally flipped out?"--.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 150
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 420
subjects: middle school students, middle schools [X], human behavior, schools, humorous stories, humorous fiction, school stories, friendship [X], orderliness, behavior, graphic novels, humorous fiction, big nate, school fiction [X], conduct of life
Mia's Boiling Point
Mia struggles to be nice to the new girl, Olivia Allen, after she makes pains to be nice and loans her some money only to discover that Olivia spends it to buy the exact same shoes for which Mia has been saving.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: loans, middle schools [X], school stories, schools, clubs, loyalty, bullying in schools, friendship [X], reconciliation, middle school students, bullies and bullying, bullies, school fiction [X]
Big Nate In The Zone
Nate's not having the best of luck . . . in fact; he's not having ANY luck.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 131
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 470
subjects: big nate (fictitious character), schools, luck, middle schools [X], conduct of life, human behavior, middle school students, behavior, humorous stories, cartoons and comics, school stories, humorous fiction, comic books, strips, etc, humorous fiction, fortune, big nate, friendship [X], school fiction [X]
Big Nate Lives It Up
With his school's centennial approaching, Nate is asked to befriend the new kid--Breckenridge--who somehow seems familiar to Nate.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 128
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 520
subjects: behavior, schools, humorous stories, cartoons and comics, human behavior, conduct of life, friendship [X], middle schools [X], school stories, humorous fiction, humorous fiction, big nate, school fiction [X]
Big Nate Blasts Off
Both Nate Wright and school bully Randy Betancourt have crushes on the new girl Ruby, and altercations between the two boys result in peer counseling sessions that eventually lead to an unlikely friendship and their becoming teammates on the school's ultimate frisbee Mud Bowl team.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 140
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 460
subjects: humorous stories, schools, middle schools [X], behavior, human behavior, friendship [X], school stories, graphic novels, humorous fiction, big nate, school fiction [X], conduct of life
Confessions From The Principal's Kid
"Allie West finds it challenging to make new friends and stay true to old ones as she navigates fifth grade at a school run by her mother"--OCLC.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: middle schools [X], schools, friendship [X], school principals, families, family life, school fiction [X]
Rick
"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
subjects: identity (psychology), sexual minorities, asexual people, middle schools [X], friendship [X], clubs, identity, schools, school stories, large type books, school fiction [X], coming of age, bildungsromans
The Places We Sleep
Twelve-year-old Abbey's world is turned upside-down by both personal and national events of September 11, 2001, as well as their aftermath, but finds greater strength through art, friendship, and family.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: september 11 terrorist attacks, 2001, friendship [X], family life, military personnel, middle schools [X], school stories, tennessee, novels in verse, school fiction [X]
My Life In The Fish Tank
"When twelve-year-old Zinnia Manning's older brother Gabriel is diagnosed with bipolar disorder, it turns her family's world upside-down, especially since they are keeping the information private"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 29
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: manic-depressive illness, mentally ill, brothers and sisters, families, friendship [X], middle schools [X], schools, family life, siblings, school stories, school fiction [X]
Red, White, And Whole
"Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she's the only Indian American student, and home, with her family's traditions and holidays.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 82
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: east indian americans, families, friendship [X], middle schools [X], schools, family life, school stories, school fiction [X], novels in verse, large print books
Spin With Me
Told in two voices, seventh-graders Essie, in North Carolina for just one semester, and Ollie, a non-binary, 'gender weird' classmate, develop a gentle romance while Essie ponders her label.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: gender-nonconforming people, friendship [X], identity (psychology), middle schools [X], school stories, romance fiction, school fiction [X]
The Magical Reality Of Nadia
"Inspired by the author's . . . experiences, this . . . novel follows sixth grade Egyptian immigrant Nadia as she navigates the ups and downs of friendships, racism, and some magic, too! Nadia loves fun facts.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: egyptian americans, immigrant youth, bullying, prejudices, contests, amulets, egyptian, friendship [X], middle schools [X], magic, immigrants, bullies, schools, magic realist fiction, school fiction [X]
Don't Judge Me
"Hazel doesn't like to make waves. Middle school is hard enough without causing more trouble, right? She's happy just eating lunch in the library with her BFF, writing secret haikus, and taking care of an adorable rescue tortoise.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: best friends, friendship [X], sexism, peer pressure, bullying, middle schools [X], schools, bullies, school stories, school fiction [X]
Truly Tyler
A story about being your truest self--and trusting your truest friends.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 84
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: middle schools [X], schools, drawing, friendship [X], identity (philosophical concept), identity, school stories, school fiction [X], juvenile fiction, comic books, strips, etc, boys, girls, cliques
Deadman's Castle
Twelve-year-old Igor yearns for a normal life, but since he was five and his father witnessed a crime, his family has been on the run from the sinister figure he calls The Lizard Man.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: witnesses, families, friendship [X], middle schools [X], schools, witness protection programs, family life, school stories, school fiction [X]