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1) Best friends
Author
Series
Friends (Hale) volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
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Sixth grade is supposed to be perfect. Shannon’s got a sure spot in the in-crowd called The Group, and her best friend is their leader, Jen, the most popular girl in school. But the rules are always changing, and Shannon has to scramble to keep up. She never knows which TV shows are cool, what songs to listen to, and who she’s allowed to talk to. Who makes these rules, anyway? And does Shannon have to follow them? Shannon begins to question whether...
2) Brave
Author
Series
Berrybrook Middle School novels volume 2
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Description
"In his daydreams, Jensen is the biggest hero that ever was, saving the world and his friends on a daily basis. But his middle school reality is VERY different - math is hard, getting along with friends is hard...Even finding a partner for the class project is a big problem when you always get picked last. And the pressure's on even more once the school newspaper's dynamic duo, Jenny and Akilah, draw Jensen into the whirlwind of school news, social...
Author
Series
Squish volume 2
Pub. Date
[2011]
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Description
Starting a new school year, Squish, a meek amoeba who loves the comic book exploits of his favorite hero, "Super Amoeba," is determined to get picked for kickball and hang out with the cool kids.
4) Best Friends
Author
Series
Friends (Hale) volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
A National and New York Times Bestseller!
The creators of Real Friends Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with a true story about popularity, first crushes, and finding your own path in the graphic novel, Best Friends.
Follow your heart. Find your people.
Sixth grade is supposed to be perfect. Shannon's got a sure spot in the in-crowd called The Group, and her best friend is their leader, Jen,
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
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"Can Nate Wright get any cooler? Not according to Nate himself. He's already P.S. 38's rockin'est drummer, finest poet (check out his haiku about Brazil nuts), and deepest thinker--in his own mind. But does Nate have what it takes to hang with Marcus, leader of the school's most notorious posse? Or will he decide that being cool isn't all it's cracked up to be?"--
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Phoebe and her unicorn volume 14
Pub. Date
[2021]
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Description
"Best friends Phoebe Howell and Marigold Heavenly Nostrils march to their own beat, but life isn't all rainbows and unicorns. With so many problems in the world and drama at school, Phoebe wonders why unicorns aren't in charge instead of humans. With Marigold, each day is full of magic, from introducing Phoebe to unicorn music to crashing a goblin popularity contest, and even tracking down long-lost family members like Infernus, the Unicorn of Death...
Author
Series
Squish volume 1
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Starting a new school year, Squish, a meek amoeba who loves the comic book exploits of his favorite hero, "Super Amoeba," is determined to get picked for kickball and hang out with the cool kids.
Author
Series
Amelia rules! volume 5
Pub. Date
[2010]
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Description
Amelia McBride and her friends at Joe McCarthy Elementary School try to figure out how to be popular, or at least not to be unpopular.
9) Chiggers
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
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Description
When Abby returns to the same summer camp she always goes to, she is dismayed to find that her old friends have changed, and the only person who wants to be her friend is the strange new girl, Shasta.
Author
Series
Sunny side up volume 5
Pub. Date
2024.
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Description
Sunny is starting to understand the ins and outs of middle school... but she still feels more out than in. It's about classes or homework, really. No, it's the fact that most kids have a thing they do outside of class. Like football or track or cheerleading. Sunny isn't quarterback material, and her cheer attempts are... not the best. So what can she do? When Sunny's friend Arun says he wants to start a debate club, she's not really sure what he...
11) Ghost roast
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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Description
Fifteen-year-old Chelsea, daughter of a paranormal specialist, risks her hard-won popularity and more when she's drawn into a paranormal romance after discovering her own ability to communicate with ghosts.
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Phoebe and her unicorn volume 13
Pub. Date
[2021]
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Description
"When your best friend is a unicorn, every day is a stroll down the red carpet. Phoebe Howell's unicorn BFF, Marigold Heavenly Nostrils, is happy to provide the celebrity treatment -- teaching Phoebe fancy new spells, giving her a ride to school so she doesn't have to ride the bus, and even negotiating with the tooth fairy on her behalf. But when Phoebe starts noticing that unicorns have become a trendy fashion statement, she doesn't feel quite so...
14) Epic adventure!
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
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Description
LankyBox duo Adam and Justin and their friends Foxy, Boxy, and Rocky love hanging out and playing games together. But when Justin gets hungry and decides to order donuts, he and Adam wind up kidnapped! An evil hacker has nabbed Adam and Justin, and he wants them to teach him the secret to online superstardom. If they can't, he's going to wipe out all the content in the world that's more popular than his videos are. In other words: everything! Now...
Author
Series
Amelia rules! volume 6
Pub. Date
[2010]
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Description
Amelia Louise McBride, having survived her parents' divorce and a move from Manhattan to a small town, hopes her eleventh birthday will mark the start to a good year, and while her surprise party seems promising, things quickly go downhill.
16) Peanut
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Pub. Date
[2013]
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Description
Nervous about starting her sophomore year at a new high school, Sadie decides to make herself more interesting by claiming to be allergic to peanuts, but her lie quickly spirals out of control.
17) Chiggers
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
When Abby returns to the same summer camp she always goes to, she is dismayed to find that her old friends have changed, and the only person who wants to be her friend is the strange new girl, Shasta
18) Lucy the octopus
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Lucy is not at all popular, but when her guitar playing lands her a place in the favorite local band, Lamington Fuzz, her classmates see her in a new light.
19) Papillon: 1
Author
Series
Papillon (Manga) volume 1
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Description
"It's no fun being a high school outcast. It's even harder when your twin sister is the most popular girl in school! The ultra-glam Hana is the ultimate teen queen, but her sister, Ageha, is just a shy tomboy. Hana loves being the center of attention so much that she'll do anything to keep her sister in her shadow. But Ageha has a plan that will change her life. Because no one, not even Hana, can hold Ageha back forever..."--p. [4] of cover.
20) Friends
Author
Series
Friends (Hale) volume 1
Pub. Date
2017-
Description
An incredible series about what it's like to grow up middle-class and female in the United States. Navigating friendships, struggling with self-image, having big emotions, being painfully awkward, middle school drama, making the grade-- all issues shared from Shannon Hale's childhood notes.
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