As Simple As It Seems
Eleven-year-old Verbena Polter gets through a difficult summer of turbulent emotions and the revelation of a disturbing family secret with an odd new friend who believes she is the ghost of a girl who drowned many years before.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 57
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 910
subjects: puberty [X], friendship [X], family life, ghost stories, identity (psychology), catskill mountains region (n.y.), ghosts, identity, adoption, identity (philosophical concept), family, families, ghost stories
Mercy On These Teenage Chimps
At age thirteen, best friends Ronnie and Joey suddenly feel like chimps--long armed, big eared, and gangly--and when the coach humiliates Joey in front of a girl, he climbs up a tree and refuses to come down.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
Diary Of A Minecraft Zombie
"Minecraft has gone through another major update. Normally, a few things might disappear .
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 435
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: zombies, minecraft (game), friendship [X], video game characters, video games, diary fiction, diary fiction, humorous fiction, bullies, vacations, family reunions, schools, school stories, birthdays, middle schools, puberty [X], volcanoes, diaries, summer, zombie fiction, camps, humorous stories, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction, children's stories, fiction, juvenile works
Spurt
Eighth-grader Jack, a former reality television star and distressed at not reaching puberty, decides to "fake it until he makes it.
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year:
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: school stories, junior high schools, reality television programs, friendship [X], puberty [X], humorous fiction
The Moon Within
"Eleven-year-old (nearly twelve) Celi Rivera, who is a mix of Black-Puerto Rican-Indigenous Mexican is secretive about her approaching period, and the changes that are happening to her body.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 960
subjects: mother-daughter relationship, racially mixed people, families, family life, puberty [X], transgender people, life change events, friendship [X], novels in verse, racially mixed children, racially mixed families, menstrual cycle, mothers and daughters, transgender children, best friends
Taking Up Space
Twelve-year-old Sarah is used to being the star on her basketball team, playing with her best friends, but suddenly she finds that her body is changing and she does not understand why she cannot keep up on the court, plus she does not understand why her mother has gotten so weird about food, binging on candy while forgetting about dinner, and she really does not understand why she told Benny, her crush, about her mother--but when Benny offers to teach her how to cook and suggests she partners with him in a cooking competition she starts to find a way to stand up for herself and change her life for the better.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 31
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: basketball stories, best friends, eating disorders, food habits, interpersonal relations, mothers and daughters, puberty [X], basketball, friendship [X], eating customs, mother-daughter relationship, sports fiction
Grow Up, Tahlia Wilkins!
"Twelve-year-old Tahlia Wilkins has to deal with getting her first period just before the biggest pool party of the year"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: puberty [X], menstruation, friendship [X], family life, popularity, best friends, families
The World Divided By Piper
"Eleven-year-old Piper has big plans. First, she'll win the Academic Decathlon with her best friend, Tallulah.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: