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1) The big game
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
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Danny Owens is dedicating his seventh-grade football season to his recently-deceased father, an NFL legend, but the pressure to succeed is magnified by his inability to read.
2) Okay for now
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
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Description
As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, an abusive father, and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him until he finds an ally in Lil Spicer--a fiery young lady. Together, they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon's birds, and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
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"During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classrooom, where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in."--T.p. verso.
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Series
Arthur Bean volume 1
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
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Description
Seventh-grader Arthur Bean, soon-to-be a rich and famous author, has set two goals for himself: to win the school writing contest and to win the heart of his secret crush, Kennedy, but his life has had some major twists and turns lately, and the recent loss of his mother definitely complicates things.
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Beacon Street girls volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Charlotte Ramsey is the new girl again, and ready to make friends and stay in one place. After causing the biggest cafeteria blunder in the history of Abigail Adams Junior High School, Charlotte's assigned lunch partners, Katani, Avery and Maeve, can't wait to dump her. Can it get any worse?
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School daze volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
It looks like Plumstead Middle School may never be the same after Sunny, Eddie, Salem and Pickles are all told to report to the principal's office.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When her grandparents sign her up for the Benton Bluff Junior High band Tally Nguyen is horrified and worried about what the kids on her snowboarding team will think--but she comes to realize that she doesn't need to choose between the groups.
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Beacon Street girls volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Charlotte can't believe it. Her father wants to move away again, and the timing couldn't be worse for the Beacon Street Girls. Charlotte just joined the school newspaper. Maeve needs help with the most important project of her life. The new girl, Isabel, is trying to join their group. And their adopted dog, Marty, needs lots of attention. For Charlotte, Katani, Avery and Maeve -- does all this add up to good news? or bad news? Find out in the Beacon...
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Series
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Desi Bascomb, who was hired by the Façade Agency to use their special formula to transform into the look-alike of any princess who needs a substitute, is enjoying the perks of her job, including make-up, celebrities, and time with Prince Karl, but she begins to have a bad feeling about the agency.
10) Notes from a pro
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Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When one of the other members of Benton Bluff Junior High band shows up with a shiny new trombone, Kori Neal's school-loaner suddenly seems beat-up and old so she comes up with an idea to organize a fund-raiser to buy new instruments--until advice from a famous local jazz musician gives her a clearer perspective on the issue.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Ninth-grader Kyle has always been the heavyweight on his junior high school wrestling team, but when a new kid shows up, he loses the challenge and finds himself relegated to the B-team--until a girl on the squad suggests he move down a weight class.
12) Jessica Darling's it list: the (totally not) guaranteed guide to popularity, prettiness & perfection
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Series
Jessica Darling's It list volume 1
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Description
The day before seventh grade begins, twelve-year-old Jessica Darling gets a list from her sister, whose popularity and beauty made her a junior-high standout, but when she tries to follow it, all goes awry, including losing her best friend.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The whole Benton Bluff Junior High band is at band camp, and when things start to go missing everybody blames Zac, the class clown--but when Zac's saxophone disappears he suspects that it is someone in another group trying to sabotage Benton Bluff, and sets out to uncover the culprit.
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Series
Falcon Quinn volume 2
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Born in the reality stream but with both the heart of a monster and the heart of a guardian, thirteen-year-old Falcon Quinn is not sure what path to follow until he fastens an amulet with a red jewel around his neck.
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Series
Chronicles of Vladimir Tod volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Description
For thirteen years, Vlad, aided by his aunt and best friend, has kept secret that he is half-vampire, but when his missing teacher is replaced by a sinister substitute, he learns that there is more to being a vampire, and to his parents' deaths, than he could have guessed.
16) The big splash
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Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Matt Stevens, an average middle schooler with a glib tongue and a knack for solving crimes, uncovers a mystery while working with "the organization," a mafia-like syndicate run by seventh-grader Vincent "Mr. Biggs" Biggio, specializing in forged hall passes, test-copying rings, black market candy selling, and taking out hits with water guns.
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Series
Arthur Bean volume 2
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Description
"Eighth-grader Arthur Bean's life has taken a turn for the adventurous--two girlfriends to deal with, and a blockbuster film to co-write, produce and direct. How crazy can one school year get? Told through emails, doodles, texts, newspaper articles, and AV Club rules"--
20) Hoop hustle
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Brian Worth Jr. plans on trying out for his middle school's basketball team, but the trouble is he has always relied on his height to give him an advantage and that is no longer enough--but at the local senior center, where he reluctantly volunteers, he discovers a friend in George, a former player, who sets out to teach him some of the skills he is missing.