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• School Trip

  Craft, Jerry,

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  Eighth-grader Drew Ellis recognizes that he isn't afforded the same opportunities, no matter how hard he works, that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted, and to make matters worse, Drew begins to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Golden Girl

  Faruqi, Reem,

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  When her father is accused of a crime he didn't commit, seventh grader Aafiyah, a Pakistani American girl who has a habit of "borrowing" glittery things, decides to use her bad habit to reunite her family.

• Swim Team

  Christmas, Johnnie,

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  Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Manatees--until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Falling Short

  Cisneros, Ernesto,

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  Best friends Isaac and Marco--one athletically gifted and one academically gifted--have more in common than they realize when their goals intersect, forcing them to find a way to support each other so they don't fall short.

• The Door of No Return

  Alexander, Kwame,

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  A must-read novel in verse about an Asante boy who is captured and taken from his village during the nineteenth century.

• In the Key of Us

  Lockington, Mariama,

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  While twelve-year-old Andi has suffered from anxiety attacks ever since her mother died ten months ago, Zora starting hurting herself whenever she feels out of control; they are both at Camp Harmony, an elite summer music camp, trying to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Little Monarchs

  Case, Jonathan,

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  In the twenty-second century, a sun shift has made it impossible for mammals to survive in the daylight, and ten-year-old Elvie and her caretaker, Flora, are studying the migration route of monarch butterflies along what used to be the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Know Your Secret

  Benedis-Grab, Daphne,

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  Seventh graders Owen, Gemma, Ally, and Todd, who have nothing in common and barely know each other, must work together and follow the instructions of an anonymous blackmailer. None of them want to go along with the blackmailer's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year

  Hamza, Nina,

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  A Indian American boy endures a family move from Hawaii to frigid Minnesota and, with the help of three life-changing books he reads in school, he learns to like reading, and ultimately, himself.

• Starfish

  Fipps, Lisa,

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  Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.

• When the World Was Ours

  Kessler, Liz,

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  WWII fans rejoice! Torn apart by the historical events leading up to World War II, three friends from 1936 Vienna are scattered to different countries as darkness spreads throughout Europe, impacting their families and their bonds with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Scary Stories for Young Foxes

  Heidicker, Christian McKay,

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  Do not let the cute foxes fool you. This book is a creepy collection of six connected stories that follow a group of fox kits as they fight to survive in an unforgiving wilderness.

• The Best at It

  Pancholy, Maulik, 1974-

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  Twelve-year-old Rahul Kapoor, an Indian-American boy growing up in small-town Indiana, struggles to come to terms with his identity, including that he may be gay.

• More to the Story

  Khan, Hena,

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  As features editor of her school newspaper, thirteen-year-old Jameela Mirza wants to impress her father by writing a spectacular story about the new student, but a misunderstanding and family illness complicate matters.

• So Done

  Chase, Paula,

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  When best friends Metai and Jamila are reunited after a summer apart, their friendship threatens to combust from the pressure of secrets, middle school, and looming auditions for a potentially life-changing new talented-and-gifted program.

• City of Ghosts

  Schwab, Victoria,

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  After surviving a near-fatal drowning that gives her the ability to enter the spirit world, Cassidy, the daughter of television ghost-hunters, visits Edinburgh where the encounters with the city's old ghosts reveals the dangers that come…Read moreRead more of this annotation