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1) Damaged
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Damaged finds Mary DiNunzio, partner at the all-female law firm of Rosato & DiNunzio, embroiled in one of her most heartbreaking cases yet. Suing the Philadelphia school district to get help for a middle school boy with emotional issues, Mary ends up becoming the guardian ad litem of her minor client. As she goes up against Nick Machiavelli, her opposing counsel and the dark prince of South Philly lawyers who will use any means necessary to defeat...
3) Schooled
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
Homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has never watched television, tasted a pizza, or even heard of a wedgie, but when his grandmother lands in the hospital, Cap is forced to move in with a guidance counselor and attend the local middle school. While Cap knows a lot about tie-dyeing and Zen Buddhism, no education could prepare him for the politics of public school.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Hoping to become a stand-up comedian despite being a wheelchair-bound middle school student, Jamie Grimm endures bullying from his mean-spirited cousin and hopes he will be fairly judged when he enters a local comedy contest.
Author
Series
Percy Jackson and the Olympians volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
After a summer spent trying to prevent a catastrophic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson is finding seventh grade unnervingly quiet. His biggest problem is dealing with his new friend, Tyson, a six-foot-three, mentally challenged homeless kid who follows Percy everywhere. But things don't stay quiet for long. Percy soon discovers that there is trouble at Camp Half-Blood: the magical borders that protect Half-Blood Hill have been poisoned, and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Superspy middle schoolers Ben and Erica must embark on mission to rescue Erica's grandfather, who was abducted from a remote Alaskan training facility.
Author
Series
Last kids on Earth volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
"After a monster apocalypse hits town, average thirteen-year-old Jack Sullivan builds a team of friends to help slay the eerily intelligent monster known as Blarg"--
10) Drama
Author
Publisher
Graphix/Scholastic
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 320L
Language
English
Description
From Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning author of Smile and Sisters!
Callie loves theater. And while she would totally try out for her middle school's production of Moon Over Mississippi, she's a terrible singer. Instead she's the set designer for the stage crew, and this year she's determined to create a set worthy of Broadway on a middle-school budget. But how can she, when she doesn't know much about...
Author
Series
How I survived middle school volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
When school is closed because of a huge snowstorm, Jenny is stuck hanging out with her former friend Addie all day. Will Addie ruin the school ski trip for Jenny, too?
14) Eighth grade
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school (the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year) before she begins high school.
15) Water sapphire
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Amanda Littlefield has always wanted to be on the student council and, when a spot opens up, she discovers that she hos to run against two popular sixth grade kids. A two-inch-tall Viking pops out of a book to help.
16) Firegirl
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
A middle school boy's life is changed when Jessica, a girl disfigured by burns, starts attending his Catholic school while receiving treatment at a local hospital.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Will loves playing center midfield on his middle school soccer team. This year, though, Will hasn't felt like himself: his stomach has been bothering him, and he has no energy at all. When his new doctor diagnoses him with Crohn's disease, Will hopes that means he'll start feeling better soon and he can get back to playing with his team before the season ends. But Will's new medicines come with all kinds of side effects, and his body needs to heal...
Author
Series
Diary of a 6th grade ninja volume 3
Publisher
Emerson Publishing House
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Someone steals the book bag of 6th-grader Chase Cooper and things get worse from there. Now Chase is number one on the Buchanan School's most wanted list and he discovers the Red Ninja Clan. Ninjas never quit - and neither do their enemies.
Author
Series
Dear dumb diary volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Description
Jamie Kelly shares with her diary her excitement about the fact that students from Wodehouse Middle School will be going to Mackerel Middle School temporarily.
20) Love stone
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Jenna Scott may only be a sixth grader, but she's not going to let that stop her from trying out for the Adams Middle School Cheerleading Team!