The Lost Language
Best friends and sixth-graders Bumble and Lizard go on a quest to save the severely endangered language, Guern?siais, partly to impress Bumble's linguist mother.
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year: 2022
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: best friends [X], friendship, middle schools [X], schools, language and languages, families, family life, school stories, school fiction
Operation Do-over
When he is magically transported back to the seventh grade before he and his best friend had a falling out, science nerd Mason gets a chance to stop the chain of events that made his previous life implode.
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copies: 45
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: friendship, time travel, middle schools [X], school stories, time-travel fiction, school fiction, best friends [X], schools
The Way I Say It
"Rory Mitchell has always had an issue saying his Rs correctly (which is a real problem given his name); now in sixth grade his former best friend, Brent, suddenly sides with bullies against Rory; but then Brent is hit by a car and suffers a serious brain injury, which requires Rory to reevaluate everything"--Provided by the publisher.
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copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 640
Air
Twelve-and-a-half year old Emelyn Ethrige lives with her widowed father in South Carolina, dreams of wheelchair motocross, and makes custom chair bags trying to earn enough money to buy a serious set of wheels; she has been in a wheelchair all her life, and is just fine getting around without help, but it seems that since her mother was killed in an accident everyone (father, grandparents, teachers, and classmates) has started treating her differently: urging caution and trying to "help" and for an independently-minded girl who loves speed and big air tricks it is frustrating--so Emelyn and her best friends come up with a plan to change their minds.
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year: 2023
copies: 33
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: best friends [X], children with disabilities, fathers and daughters, middle schools [X], self-reliance, spine, wheelchair sports, motocross, people with disabilities, schools, wheelchairs, south carolina, movement disorders, father-daughter relationship, school stories, friendship, school fiction
Newton's Flaw
Izzy is dealing with public speaking, ice hockey tryouts, and a science fair when a mysterious illness appears.
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copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: best friends [X], friendship, middle schools [X], schools, problem solving, diseases, school fiction
The Tryout
As one of the only Asian Americans in her school, Christina confronts both well-meaning ignorance and cruel racism, but in middle school fitting in is important, which is why she and her best friend Megan are both excited and nervous to try out for the popular cheerleading squad.
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year: 2022
copies: 93
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 360
subjects: best friends [X], friendship, racism, cheerleading, middle schools [X], schools, thai americans, iranian americans, cartoons and comics, school stories, school comics, graphic novels
Join The Club, Maggie Diaz
Maggie Diaz of Miami is excited to start seventh-grade with her best friends, Zoey and Julian, and finally getting a cellphone of her own; but after school her friends are wrapped up in their various clubs, her mother is attending college, and her older sister Caro has her sports and tutoring, so Maggie decides that she will find a club to join as well--but trying out ALL the different clubs while still juggling school work is exhausting and confusing--and soon it seems like everybody is mad at her, and the cellphone of her dreams is getting further and further away.
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year: 2022
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: hispanic american girls, children, middle schools [X], best friends [X], families, humorous stories, clubs, cell phones, schools, friendship, family life, cuban americans, cellular telephones, school stories, juvenile fiction / humorous stories, juvenile fiction / people & places / united states / hispanic & latino, miami (fla.), humorous fiction
Dear Friends
"Eleni is the kind of person who's always had a BFF--an automatic, guaranteed by-her-side person--at home, at school, and at camp.
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year: 2023
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
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The Final Cut
When seventh-grader Alex is stuck taking Film, he has to learn to work with two very different students to make the movie they want to make, even as someone tries to stop them.
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year: 2022
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: motion pictures, middle schools [X], schools, best friends [X], friendship, detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories, school stories, mystery fiction, detective and mystery fiction, school fiction
Surprisingly Sarah
"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.
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year: 2023
copies: 59
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: girls, friendship, interpersonal relations, middle schools [X], schools, school stories, school fiction, illustrated works, best friends [X], dance parties, realistic fiction
Pack Your Bags, Maggie Diaz
"Spring semester is here and Maggie is killing it! Her grades are up, she's loving outdoor track and field, and being a seventh grader means the awesome spring break trip to St.
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year: 2023
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: hispanic american girls, dance parties, vacations, middle schools [X], best friends [X], families, humorous stories, cuban americans, schools, friendship, family life, school stories, miami (fla.), humorous fiction
Sin Pareja
As the day of the Valentine's Day dance approaches, Greg Heffley worries he will be left out until a twist of fate lands Greg with a date, but leaves his best friend, Rowley, on his own.
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copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: heffley, greg, best friends [X], middle schools [X], schools, valentine's day, dance, spanish language materials, diary fiction, humorous fiction
You Owe Me One, Universe
Thirteen-year-old Brian and his best friend Ezra navigate the challenges and complexities of middle school, as Brian struggles to cope with his emotions and Ezra attempts to balance his loyalty to his best friend with a newfound friendship.
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year: 2023
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: friendship, best friends [X], middle schools [X], schools, mental health, dysfunctional families, family problems, school stories, family life, school fiction
Ben Yokoyama And The Cookie War
Fourth-grader Ben and his best friend Janet are pushed to the breaking point when a student council election gets out of hand.
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year: 2024
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: middle schools [X], schools, elections, best friends [X], friendship, fortune cookies, humor (fiction)
The Squad
As an 8th grader from a racially mixed family, Christina faces a new set of challenges, heartbreaks and triumphs.
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year: 2024
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: best friends [X], friendship, cheerleading, middle schools [X], schools, thai americans, iranian americans, graphic novels, school stories, school comics, graphic novels