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A Valentine's Day dance at Greg's middle school has turned his world upside down until an unexpected twist gives Greg a partner for the dance and leaves his best friend Rowley the odd man out.

2) Big Nate goes for broke

Author

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway, Talking Book

Series

Big Nate (Chapter books) volume 4

Language

English

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Big Nate Wright's president of P.S. 38, the after-school cartooning club. As he doodles his observations in his cartoon notebook, he decides it's time to go from zeroes to heroes. Will Nate crack under the pressure of the "Ultimate Snowdown"? Or lead P.S. 38 to its biggest victory ever?

3) The problem with here is that it's where I'm from: by Jamie Kelly

Author

Benton, Jim

Series

Dear dumb diary. Original series volume 6

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

Tween Advisory Club: Favorite Books

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.

4) Tales from a not-so-perfect pet sitter

Author

Russell, Rachel Renée

Series

Dork diaries volume 10

Language

English

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway

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Back to School, More Titles - Tween
Disability Pride Month - Tweens

Nikki has to hide seven dogs from her parents and all her middle school.

5) I funny: a middle school story

Author

Patterson, James

Series

I funny volume 1

Language

English

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway

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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.

6) Never underestimate your dumbness: by Jamie Kelly

Author

Benton, Jim

Series

Dear dumb diary. Original series volume 7

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

DeSTEMber - Tweens
Earth Day - Tweens

Jamie Kelly writes in her diary about Isabella who has done the dumbest thing ever.

7) Fuzzy mud

Author

Sachar, Louis

Language

English

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Book, eBook, Kindle, Playaway

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Two middle-grade kids take a shortcut home from school and discover what looks like fuzzy mud but is actually a substance with the potential to wreak havoc on the entire world.

8) Big Nate: Goes Bananas!

Author

Big Nate (Andrews McMeel Pub.)

Series

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English

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR!The school year is winding down, and Nate can't wait for summer vacation: baseball, beach trips, and…overripe bananas? Yuck! Turns out Nate has a problem with fruit that's past its prime. And that's not all that's bugging him. Kim Cressly is making Chester jealous at Nate's expense, Artur is challenging him in the Hunny Bursts mascot contest, and his replacement social studies teacher is none other than Coach...

9) Big Nate: The Gerbil Ate My Homework

Author

Back to School, More Titles - Tween

Series

Big Nate

Language

English

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Now an animated series with Paramount+ and Nickelodeon!
Middle school is back in session and so is the New York Times bestselling series that's been brightening the funny papers for almost 30 years! Ready or not, some major laughs are due in Big Nate: The Gerbil Ate My Homework.

You've got to know where you stand to survive sixth grade, and Nate Wright's found the perfect spot: right next to Sherman, the class...

10) Big Nate Stays Classy

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Series

Big Nate Comics

Language

English

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A deluxe edition of the bestselling middle-grade series featuring over 400 pages of mischief, hilarity, and good times with Big Nate and friends. Includes all of the comics from Big Nate: From the Top and Big Nate Out Loud.
Big Nate is in a class by himself. Middle-grade kids everywhere can relate to Nate as he survives the terrors of sixth grade, facing off against overzealous teachers, under-cooked cafeteria food, and grade-grubbing...

11) Big Nate Makes the Grade

Author

Big Nate (Andrews McMeel Pub.)

Series

Language

English

Formats

eBook, eComic, Graphic Novels & Manga

Description

Back to School - Tween
Día Booklist (Grades 3-5)
Hispanic Heritage Month - Tweens
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)

Nate Wright is known to his pals and teachers for many things, his penchant for mischief and his school record for detentions being the foremost. But beating out brainiac Gina's grades is not one of those things! In Big Nate Makes the Grade, the school life goings-on of Nate, his pals, and his long-suffering teachers are recounted in hilarious detail. Now in full-color!

12) Falling short

Author

Cisneros, Ernesto

Language

English

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Book, eBook, Kindle, Playaway

Best friends Isaac and Marco face various challenges in sixth grade, such as Isaac getting better grades, Marco winning a spot on the basketball team, and both seeing their efforts make a change in their respective family lives. They hope their friendship and support for one another will be enough to help them from falling short.

13) Ali Cross

Author

Patterson, James

Series

Ali Cross volume 1

Language

English

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Description

Back to School, More Titles - Tween
Pride Month - Tweens

Alex Cross' son, Ali, is eager to follow in his father's footsteps as a detective, but when his best friend goes missing, what price will he have to pay to solve the mystery?

14) Making Friends (Making Friends #1)

Author

Gudsnuk, Kristen

Series

Making friends (Kristen Gudsnuk) volume 3

Language

English

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Back to School - Tween
Hispanic Heritage Month - Tweens

Danielle needs a perfect friend, but sometimes making (or creating) one is a lot easier than keeping one! Sometimes making a friend is a lot easier than keeping one! Sixth grade was SO much easier for Dany. All her friends were in the same room and she knew exactly what to expect out of life. Now that she's in seventh grade, she's in a new middle school, her friends are in different classes and forming new cliques, and she is totally, completely...

15) Surprisingly Sarah

Author

Libenson, Terri

Series

Emmie & friends volume 6
Emmie and friends volume 6

Language

English

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Back to School - Tween
Black History Month - Tweens

Two choices, two storylines—one surprise ending! Will Sarah be brave enough to ask out her crush or will she lose her nerve? Both stories play out in this funny and heartfelt seventh book in the New York Times bestselling Emmie & Friends series.

Secrets. Surprises. MIDDLE SCHOOL.

Sarah and Leo have been BFFs since they were little. They share everything... until Sarah starts crushing on Leo's

...

16) School Trip: A Graphic Novel

Author

Craft, Jerry

Series

New kid (Jerry Craft) volume 3

Language

English

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New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft is back with the newest adventures of Jordan, Drew, Liam, and all the characters that fans first met in New Kid, winner of the Newbery Award and the Coretta Scott King Author Award! In this full-color contemporary graphic novel, the gang from Riverdale Academy Day is heading to Paris, for an international education like you've never seen before...

Jordan, Drew, Liam, Maury, and

...

17) You can bet on that

Author

Benton, Jim

Series

Dear dumb diary. Year two volume 5
Dear dumb diary year two volume 5

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

Little Maverick Graphic Novels 2022 (Gr. K-5)
Tween Advisory Club: Favorite Books

"Jamie, Isabella, and Angeline have known each other for a long time. They've even become friends, whether Jamie likes it or not. But when the trio starts a friendly competition, all bets are off. The loser will be treated to a game of Dare or Worse Dare...with Isabella. (And Jamie's pretty sure that's like having a banana-peeling contest with a starving monkey. The monkey always wins.) What could go wrong? Probably everything. And it's probably all...

18) Clash

Author

Miller, Kayla

Series

Click volume 4

Language

English

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Lone Star List 2022 (Gr. 6-8)

Kayla Miller, the New York Times best-selling author-illustrator of Click, Camp, and Act, returns with the next chapter of Olive's story, tackling new friendships, middle school conflicts, and the importance of empathy.

Olive, meet Natasha.

There's a new kid in town! From the moment Natasha sets foot in class, it's clear she's one of the coolest kids in sixth grade. Everyone wants to be her...

19) Millionaires for the month

Author

McAnulty, Stacy

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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"After seventh graders Benji and Felix "borrow" $20 from a lost wallet, the billionaire owner challenges them to spend over $5 million dollars in thirty days in order to learn life lessons about money"--

20) My Hero Academia, Volume 17: Lemillion

Author

Horikoshi, Kōhei

Series

My hero academia. Main series volume 17

Language

English

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