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5th Grade Rocks
Back to School, More Titles - Tween
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
Back to School, More Titles - Tween
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
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During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in.
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Mr. Terupt volume 3
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"The kids from Mr. Terupt's fifth- and sixth-grade classes are entering their first year of junior high school. There's a lot to be excited about, but there are new challenges, too. Everyone is missing Mr. Terupt. When a fight threatens to break up the group forever, they think their favorite teacher is the only one who can help them. But the kids soon find out that it's Mr. Terupt who needs saving"--
3) Okay for now
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2011.
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English
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As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, an abusive father, and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him until he finds an ally in Lil Spicer, a fiery young lady. Together, they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon's birds, and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage.
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Vordak the Incomprehensible volume 2
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When one of his experiments makes supervillain Vordak the Incomprehensible younger, he comes out of retirement to launch his latest attempt to defeat Commander Virtue and rule the world, starting with Farding Junior High School.
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English
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Matt Stevens, an average middle schooler with a glib tongue and a knack for solving crimes, uncovers a mystery while working with "the organization," a mafia-like syndicate run by seventh-grader Vincent "Mr. Biggs" Biggio, specializing in forged hall passes, test-copying rings, black market candy selling, and taking out hits with water guns.
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Kate Walden directs volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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A budding middle school movie director juggles her second feature film and her very first crush.
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Series
Kate Walden directs volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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"Budding film director Kate Walden navigates middle school girl politics and chores on her mother's chicken farm while trying to become the next Spielberg"--
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Back to School, More Titles - Tween
DeSTEMber - Tweens
Hispanic Heritage Month - Tweens
Pride Month - Tweens
DeSTEMber - Tweens
Hispanic Heritage Month - Tweens
Pride Month - Tweens
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Seventh-grader Martin McLean has trouble expressing himself except at Mathletes competitions and, now, as a female impersonator but his first-ever drag show falls on the same night as an important Mathletes tournament.
13) The big game
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[2018]
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English
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Danny Owens is dedicating his seventh-grade football season to his recently-deceased father, an NFL legend, but the pressure to succeed is magnified by his inability to read.
16) Emory's gift
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Pub. Date
2011.
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English
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In 1974, when thirteen-year-old Charlie Hall's mother dies and his father retreats into silent grief, Charlie finds himself drifting, nearly friendless, through a northern Idaho junior high school but when a grizzly bear saves his life, Charlie forms an unusual friendship that changes his life.
17) Alienated
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Pub. Date
2009.
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English
Description
Santa Rosa, California, junior high school students Gene and Vince try to become famous and popular by publishing a free tabloid about real aliens, but a clash over whether to print a certain story not only damages their friendship, it lands them in the middle of an intergalactic conflict, as well.
18) The quick fix
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Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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When the star of the basketball team is blackmailed, it is up to Matt Stevens, the lone voice for justice in corrupt Franklin Middle School, to uncover who is behind the scheme--Vinny "Mr. Biggs" Biggio, his deputy Kevin Carling, or perhaps the scheming Thompson twins.
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Rotten Richie tales volume 3
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When Patricia starts junior high, her awful older brother Richie makes her life miserable but after he teaches her to dance she sees that he is not so rotten after all.
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