How to Survive Middle School

4 stars

"Quinn Knight, a new sixth grader at Hill Springs Middle School in Central Texas, has always been a little different. Not only is she an astrophotographer who battles chronic migraine headaches, she's recently discovered that the stars--those in the Pleiades constellation, to be exact--are trying to tell her something. Someone is threatening Quinn's older sister, eighth-grade social butterfly Vivica, and Quinn realizes the clever constellation is...

Danny Day, age eleven, lives every day twice, which allows him to skip class, play video games for hours, and try to bring down bullies at his new middle school.

4.3 stars

Max is about to face the scariest place he's ever been -- South Ridge Middle School! He has been home-schooled by his grandmother until now, and he's begged his parents to finally let him start attending public middle school. He's starting to question that choice, though, with the Thomas Silver Problem. As in, Thomas Silver keeps stuffing Max in his locker. If only Max could be like the hero in all the comics he likes to read -- or the ones he draws...

When twelve-year old J.P. discovers a magical treehouse that sends her three days forward in time, she uses the portal to skip all the worst parts of middle school, despite the consequences.