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• The Penderwicks

  a Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy

  Birdsall, Jeanne

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  While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.

• More to the Story

  Khan, Hena,

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  Contemporary update of Little Women ..... As features editor of her school newspaper, thirteen-year-old Jameela Mirza wants to impress her father by writing a spectacular story about the new student, but a misunderstanding and family illness…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lily and Dunkin

  Gephart, Donna

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  Lily Jo McGrother, born Timothy McGrother, is a girl. But being a girl is not so easy when you look like a boy. Especially when you're in the eighth-grade. Norbert Dorfman, nicknamed Dunkin Dorfman, is bipolar and has just moved from the New Jersey…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hurricane Child

  Callender, Kacen,

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  Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother.

• The Crossover

  Alexander, Kwame,

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  Fourteen-year-old identical twins Josh and Jordan are total opposites but as close as can be - until a new girl enters the picture.

• The Best at It

  Pancholy, Maulik, 1974-

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  Twelve-year-old Rahul Kapoor, an Indian-American boy growing up in small-town Indiana, struggles to come to terms with his identity, including that he may be gay.

• Royal Crush

  Cabot, Meg,

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  Book 3 of 4 in the From the notebooks of a middle school princess ............. Being the newest princess of Genovia is way more complicated than she expected, but Olivia Grace Clarisse Mignonette Harrison is getting used to it. She gets to live in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Merci Suárez Can't Dance

  Medina, Meg,

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  2nd in the Merci Suarez trilogy .... Merci embarks on a seventh grade year shaped by high teacher expectations, a crush on a school-store co-worker, and a bossy classmate's plan for the annual Heart Ball.

• The Candy Smash

  Davies, Jacqueline, 1962-

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  Book 4 of 6 in the Lemonade War series..... Explores the distinctive power of poetry and love--fourth grade style

• The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James

  Blake, Ashley Herring,

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  "Twelve-year-old Sunny St. James must navigate heart surgery, reconnections with a lost mother, the betrayal of a former best friend, first kisses, and emerging feelings for another girl"......................... When Sunny St. James receives a new…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

  Blake, Ashley Herring,

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  "Twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen's house is destroyed in a tornado, and in the aftermath of the storm, she begins to develop feelings for another girl at school"--

• In the Key of Us

  Lockington, Mariama,

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  While twelve-year-old Andi has suffered from anxiety attacks ever since her mother died ten months ago, Zora starting hurting herself whenever she feels out of control; they are both at Camp Harmony, an elite summer music camp, trying to deal with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Finally Seen

  Yang, Kelly,

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  When ten-year-old Lina Gao leaves China to live with her parents and sister, after five years apart, she must reckon with her hurt, anger, and curiosity and find a way to get her bearings in this new country--and the almost-new family that comes…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wildoak

  Harrington, C. C,

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  Twelve-year-old Maggie's stutter causes her much heartache and only her menagerie of pets, whom she can speak with fluidly, provide her comfort, but when she finds Rumpus, an abandoned snow leopard, in a forest in Cornwall, their chance encounter…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Next Great Jane

  Going, K. L. (Kelly L.),

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  "Jane, a budding writer and Jane Austen fan, discovers the true secret to writing when a famous author and her cute, but annoying, son come to her small coastal town and play seemingly unwitting roles in affecting the custody battle between Jane's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Goodbye Stranger

  Stead, Rebecca,

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  As Bridge makes her way through seventh grade on Manhattan's Upper West Side with her best friends, curvaceous Em, crusader Tab, and a curious new friend--or more than friend--Sherm, she finds the answer she has been seeking since she barely…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora

  Cartaya, Pablo,

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  Save the restaurant. Save the town. Get the girl. Make Abuela proud. Can thirteen-year-old Arturo Zamora do it all or is he in for a BIG, EPIC FAIL?

• Ella Enchanted

  Levine, Gail Carson

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  That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me. She meant to bestow a gift. When I cried inconsolably through my first hour of life, my tears were her inspiration. Shaking her head sympathetically at Mother, the fairy touched my…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Star-crossed

  Dee, Barbara,

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  When Mattie is cast as Romeo in an eighth-grade play, she is confused to find herself increasingly attracted to Gemma, a new classmate who is playing Juliet.

• Drum Roll, Please

  Bigelow, Lisa Jenn,

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  Melly only joined the school band because her best friend, Olivia, begged her to. But to her surprise, quiet Melly loves playing the drums. It’s the only time she doesn’t feel like a mouse. Now she and Olivia are about to spend the next two weeks at…Read moreRead more of this annotation