How to Survive Middle School

Books about the Middle School experience found in the Juvenile fiction collection

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Book cover for "11 before 12"
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Series:
Friendship list volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"Kaylan and her BFF, Arianna, have a foolproof plan for surviving middle school. 1. Make a list of eleven things they need to do to become amazing before they turn twelve. 2. Show off their brand-new selves with the best joint birthday party in the history of West Brookside Middle School. But between cafeteria drama, crushes gone wrong, and some major misunderstandings, Kaylan and Ari lose sight of the one thing they forgot to put on their list: "Keep...
Book cover for "Absolute hero"
Star rating for Absolute hero
Description:
Anxious about starting middle school, eleven-year-old Izzy Newton proposes a STEM club and, with her best friends Allie Einstein and Charlie Darwin, investigates why the building is so cold--and why former friend Marie has shut them out.
Book cover for "Amelia's middle-school graduation yearbook"
Star rating for Amelia's middle-school graduation yearbook
Average Rating:
2.8 stars
Description:
"Long before there was Diary of a Wimpy Kid or The Dork Diaries, there was Amelia's Notebook, the original handwritten diary format with a mix of words and pictures on every page. On the 20th anniversary of Amelia's Notebook, Amelia finally graduates from middle school!"--Back cover.
Book cover for "Connect the dots"
Star rating for Connect the dots
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Twelve-year-olds Oliver Beane and Frankie Figge are starting middle school in their suburban town of Lake Grove Glen, but from the beginning things seem a little weird, starting with the mysterious girl Matilda Sandoval who seems to know a lot about the boys, and continuing with a series of apparently random events that may not be random at all; somehow it all leads back to Preston Oglethorpe, a former student genius at their school who won the Nobel...
Book cover for "Crushed"
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Description:
"Twelve-year-old Sophie attempts to get her best friend back by infiltrating a group of bullies and agreeing to a serious of dangerous social media dares"--
Book cover for "Dear friends"
Star rating for Dear friends
Average Rating:
2.5 stars
Description:
"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. And since before she was even born, her very best friend has been Sylvie Bank. But when Sylvie's end-of-summer birthday party becomes the end of their friendship, Eleni can't picture starting middle school without her BFF by her side"--Provided by publisher.
Book cover for "Eliza Bing is (not) a star"
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Description:
Eliza Bing does her best to conquer the sixth grade, new friendships, afterschool taekwondo, and a role in the school play.
Book cover for "Ellie Engle saves herself"
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Series:
Ellie Engle volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
As twelve-year-old Ellie Engle navigates seventh grade and her changing relationship with her best friend, a freak accident occurs and gives Ellie the ability to bring things back to life through touch.
Book cover for "Falling short"
Star rating for Falling short
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
"Isaac and Marco already know sixth grade is going to change their lives. But it won't change things at home--not without each other's help. This year, star basketball player Isaac plans on finally keeping up with his schoolwork. Better grades will surely stop Isaac's parents from arguing all the time. Meanwhile, straight-A Marco vows on finally winning his father's approval by earning a spot on the school's basketball team. But will their friendship...
Book cover for "Free period"
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Description:
"Helen and Gracie are pranking their way through middle school when a stinky stunt lands them in the front office--again. Because nothing else has curbed their chaos, the principal orders the best friends to do the unthinkable: care about something. So they join the school's Community Action Club with plans to do as little as humanly possible. But when Helen is caught unprepared by an early period and bleeds through her pants--they were gold lamé!--the...
Book cover for "Grow up, Luchy Zapata"
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When eleven-year-old Luchy's best friend Cami returns from a summer in Colombia and ditches her for the cool kids at school, Luchy is left to figure out who she is and where she belongs.
Book cover for "Honest June"
Star rating for Honest June
Series:
Honest June volume 1.
Description:
Eleven-year-old June Jackson has always been good at making the people around her happy, even if that means avoiding telling them what you really think, but as she starts middle school her fairy godmother puts a spell on her that forces her to speak only the truth--even to her friends and family.
Book cover for "Join the club, Maggie Diaz"
Star rating for Join the club, Maggie Diaz
Series:
Maggie Diaz volume 1
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"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...
Book cover for "Karma Khullar's mustache"
Star rating for Karma Khullar's mustache
Description:
A biracial Indian/Caucasian girl is nervous to begin middle school, especially since her mother is now the breadwinner of the family, her best friend may no longer be a bestie, and the appearance of the seventeen hairs over her lip that form a very unwanted mustache.
Book cover for "Lo Simpson starts a revolution"
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Description:
"In this middle-grade novel, Lo's best friend, Jazz, is leaving her behind for the popular crowd, makeup and boys. But when Lo finds new friends who share her love of comics and Doctor Who, she also discovers her voice--and the confidence to speak up for what's right"--
Book cover for "Martin McLean, middle school queen"
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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.
Book cover for "Not your all-American girl"
Star rating for Not your all-American girl
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Sixth-graders Lauren and Tara have always done everything together so it is only natural that they both try out for their middle school musical play, about an "all-American" girl in 1958; Tara gets the lead role, as usual, because in the teacher's mind Lauren, half-Jewish and half-Chinese, does not fit the image of all-American girl--Lauren is hurt but resolved to support her friend, but her two grandmothers are furious and they intend to do something...
Book cover for "The queen bee and me"
Star rating for The queen bee and me
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Twelve-year-old Meg is anxious about growing apart from her best friend Beatrix, but she is also interested in learning about the quirky new student Hazel and her backyard beehive.
Book cover for "The retake"
Star rating for The retake
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"Zoe ... and Laura used to do everything together, from taking silly selfies, to joining all the same clubs together and even throwing surprise birthday parties for one another. But lately things have been weird between them. Now Laura will post a photo of her hanging out with other girls before responding to Zoe's simple text... But then a magical app downloads on her phone--and things get even weirder. Suddenly Zoe can travel back in time to moments...
Book cover for "The secret language of girls"
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Marylin and Kate have been friends since nursery school, but when Marylin becomes a middle school cheerleader and Kate begins to develop other interests, their relationship is put to the test.