The Hundred Dresses
In winning a medal she is no longer there to receive, a tight-lipped little Polish girl teaches her classmates a lesson.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 243
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 870
subjects: polish americans, friendship [X], prejudices, drawing [X], schools [X], polish americans -, audiobooks, newbery honor, 1945, dresses-fiction, friendship-fiction, poles in the united states
Mirror Image
Thirteen-year-old Sable is reluctantly paired up with Lacey for an art project, but their mutual dislike for one another begins to soften as the two begin to get to know each other better.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 520
United Tates Of America
Eleven-year-old aspiring artist Skate experiences many changes when she enters middle school, finds her best friend drifting away from her, and loses her beloved great-uncle.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 640
subjects: schools [X], friendship [X], artists, great-uncles, death, school stories, art, painting, drawing [X]
David's Drawings
A shy African American boy arriving at a new school makes friends with his classmates by drawing a picture of a tree.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 150
subjects: first day of school, schools [X], drawing [X], friendship [X], african americans, school stories, feelings change, joining in, painting, art
No English
When Diane behaves unkindly to the new girl from Argentina, not knowing she cannot speak English, she decides to find a way they can communicate and become friends.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
The Cloud
Everyone has fun in art class except for one little girl who does not draw anything until a classmate figures out a way to make her smile.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: friendship [X], persistence, drawing [X], schools [X], school stories, art, drawings, paintings, picture books for children
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, schools [X], drawing [X], friendship [X], identity (philosophical concept), identity, school stories, school fiction, juvenile fiction, comic books, strips, etc, boys, girls, cliques
Way Past Jealous
Yaz is so jealous of her friend Debby's drawing ability and the attention it brings that she does something mean, then must find a way to set things right.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Maci Masaki Makes Her Mark
Maci's parents won't stop bugging her about getting involved in middle school.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Timid
"A semiautobiographical middle-grade graphic novel about frenemies, fitting in, and finding your voice.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 33
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 350
subjects: friendship [X], artists, moving, african americans, middle schools, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, boston (mass.), graphic novels, students, schools [X], school stories, drawing [X], school comics