YA Books for Middle Schoolers

Books in the Young Adult Collection that may be appropriate for those in the 6th through 8th grade or ages 10 to 14. The Young Adult Collection is made up of books for a wide range (12-18 years old) and includes a variety of different topics and interests. Not all titles will be appropriate for all readers.
 

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1. The princess diaries

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Author:
Cabot, Meg
Series:
Princess diaries volume 1.
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
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Description:
Fourteen-year-old Mia, who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage girl in New York City, is shocked to learn that her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European principality, and that she is a princess and the heir to the throne.

2. City of the plague god

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Author:
Chadda, Sarwat
Series:
Adventures of Sik Aziz volume 1.
Average Rating:
3.3 stars
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Description:
"Thirteen-year-old Sikander Aziz has to team up with the hero Gilgamesh in order to stop Nergal, the ancient god of plagues, from wiping out the population of Manhattan in this adventure based on Mesopotamian mythology"--

3. Better Nate than ever

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Author:
Federle, Tim
Series:
Nate volume 1.
Average Rating:
2.5 stars
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Description:
An eighth-grader who dreams of performing in a Broadway musical concocts a plan to run away to New York and audition for the role of Elliot in the musical version of "E.T."

4. Goodbye stranger

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Author:
Stead, Rebecca
Average Rating:
3 stars
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Description:
As Bridge makes her way through seventh grade on Manhattan's Upper West Side with her best friends, curvacious Em, crusader Tab, and a curious new friend--or more than friend--Sherm, she finds the answer she has been seeking since she barely survived an accident at age eight: "What is my purpose?"