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1) Drama queen
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Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2007
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Charlie and her best friend Nicole never dreamed that auditioning for the junior high's musical would lead to this much drama! Charlie gets stuck babysitting her little sister--and her sister's imaginary friend--at rehearsals. The school's theater diva has it out for her. And who gets picked to play the male lead? The cutest guy in school! But when the curtain finally goes up, the spotlight falls on something no one expected-- especially Charlie.
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"The kids from Mr. Terupt's fifth- and sixth-grade classes are entering their first year of junior high school. There's a lot to be excited about, but there are new challenges, too. Everyone is missing Mr. Terupt. When a fight threatens to break up the group forever, they think their favorite teacher is the only one who can help them. But the kids soon find out that it's Mr. Terupt who needs saving" --
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"Brian has always been anxious, whether at home or in class or on the basketball court. His dad tries to get him to stand up for himself, and his mom helps as much as she can, but after he and his brother are placed into foster care, Brian starts having panic attacks. And he doesn't know if things will ever be 'normal' again ... Ezra's always been popular. He's friends with most of the kids on his basketball team--even Brian, who usually keeps to...
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Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2008
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"Quiet Amanda Mays had the time of her life at summer camp. She made a ton of new friends, including spunky Allie. She even (accidentally) let everyone think she had a boyfriend back home. What harm could it do? A lot--- because now Allie is moving to Amanda's town! But Amanda isn't the same girl she was at camp. She doesn't have a boyfriend, she's not very outgoing, and she knows that Allie will never get along with her shy best friend, Kate. Will...
5) Save Rafe!
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After a rough summer, Rafe is heading back to the dreaded Hills Village Middle School, the site of the very worst years of his life. And as if that's not bad enough, he's learned that he's going to be held back a year unless he can prove himself on an outdoor survival excursion--complete with dangerous white-water rafting, dizzying rock climbing, and fanatical counselors. Rafe and the rest of the pack of "delinquent" trainees are forced to cooperate...
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There shouldn't be a Citrus County. Teenage romance should be difficult, but not this difficult. Boys like Toby should cause trouble but not this much. The moon should glow gently over children safe in their beds. Uncles in their rockers should be kind. Teachers should guide and inspire. Manatees should laze and palm trees sway and snakes keep to their shady spots under the azalea thickets. The air shouldn't smell like a swamp. The stars should twinkle....
8) Flipped
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In alternating chapters, two eighth-graders describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.
10) Just visiting
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From the files of Madison Finn volume 9
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Summer sizzles as Far Hills prepares its annual Independence Day celebration. Fiona and Aimee even have friends coming from out of town. Unfortunately, Madison is headed to Gramma's lake house, far, far away from fun in the sun. When a mysterious boy visits the house next door to Gramma's, things start looking up for Madison.
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Life is full of great expectations for Korean American Pippa Park. It seems like everyone, from her family to the other kids at school, has a plan for how her life should look. So when Pippa gets a mysterious basketball scholarship to Lakeview Private, she jumps at the chance to reinvent herself by following the "Rules of Cool." At Lakeview, Pippa juggles old and new friends, an unrequited crush, and the pressure to perform academically and athletically...
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Korean American Pippa Park picks up right where she left off--trying to balance basketball, school, friends, working at the struggling family laundromat, and fitting in. Eliot, her math tutor--and the cutest boy at school--is finally paying attention to her. And Marvel--her childhood friend--is making her required volunteering much more interesting. But things with the Royals, her new friends and teammates who rule the school, still feel a bit rocky....
14) Play it again
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From the files of Madison Finn volume 3
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When Mr. Gibbons posts the cast for the upcoming production of the seventh-grade musical, The Wiz, Madison's world gets a dose of serious drama. Can her role as stage manager of the show help her figure out who likes whom, and who her real friends and enemies are?
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Viz
Pub. Date
p2005
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This is a story of Ayu Tateishi's hope of love and Nina, who studies magic. Their friendship aids them in overcoming the challenges set before them. As a witch-in-training Nina thinks one of her schoolteachers will be a big help, but soon finds the opposite is true.
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Baby-sitters Club. Original volume 114
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Mary Anne is in big trouble. She's bought loads of Christmas presents and has no way to pay for them. Baby-sitting money won't be enough. See how she handles a second job!
17) Unstoppable
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If anyone understands the phrase 'tough luck,' it's Harrison. As a foster kid in a cruel home, he knows his dream of one day playing for the NFL is a long shot. Then Harrison's luck seems to change. He is brought into a new home with kind, loving parents--his new dad is even a football coach. Harrison's big build and his incredible determination quickly make him a star running back on the junior high school team. In no time, he's practically unstoppable....
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Baby-sitters Club. Original volume 113
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Claudia loves the seventh grade now. She has great new friends, solid grades, and even a steady boyfriend, Mark. Suddenly, she's offered the chance to return to the eighth grade. It's an easy choice, right? Her friends in the BSC thinks so. But her seventh grade friends don't. Claudia's worried about handling the work, too. And what about Mark. This is turning out to be one of the hardest decisions Claudia has ever made.
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Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Kokoro is a junior high school student, but after years of bullying, she's become so anxious that she no longer goes to school. One day, she's pulled through her full-length mirror into a castle in another dimension by a girl in a wolf mask. The mysterious girl tells Kokoro and six other kids that they will compete in a scavenger hunt. If one of them finds a key that unlocks a secret room, that person will get one wish granted. As long as they observe...
20) Goodbye stranger
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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?"