Eevin Hartsough
Author
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grader Jewel has all the usual middle school problems (crush on an unattainable boy, ex-BFF), but the thing that is making life a torment at school is the horn growing out of her forehead, which cannot be removed simply; she has two friends she can depend on and an invisible unicorn companion, but she would really like to be normal in time to read her essay in regional French speaking competition--and maybe she has found a doctor who can do...
4) Spark
Author
Language
English
Description
Naturally quiet since birth, Mina and her stormbeast, Pixit, lead others like themselves in defying authority and attempting to spread the truth that Alorria's idyllic weather comes at a steep cost.
Author
Series
Class critters volume 1
Language
English
Description
Tally Tuttle, a shy, new-in-town second-grader, magically transforms into a turtle on the first day of school, and in order to transform back to herself she must learn how to come out of her shell both literally and figuratively. Includes ten fun facts about painted turtles.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
While still upset that her parents have separated and that her father will not be joining their family vacation in Florida, twelve-year-old Olivia must decide if she has the courage to fight when the local sea turtle population is endangered.
Author
Language
English
Description
Eighth-graders Evelyn and Allie are in trouble. Evelyn's constant need for perfection has blown some fuses among her robotics teammates, and she's worried nobody's taking the upcoming competition seriously. Allie is new to school, and she's had a history of short-circuiting on teachers and other kids. So when Allie is assigned to the robotics team as a last resort, all Evelyn can see is just another wrench in the works! But as Allie confronts a past...
Author
Series
Beatrice Zinker volume 1
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Beatrice is afraid she is losing her best friend so she uses her topsy-turvy way of thinking to get things looking up.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A little witch with a penchant for bright colors and bows has a surprising big-city shopping adventure in the first book of an illustrated series filled with offbeat charm.
Crimson Twill is a little witch, but you might not know it. She lives in the country and loves polka dots and puppies instead of pointy shoes and black dresses. She even wears a big bow on her hat—which is crimson, just like her name. Tonight, for the very first
Author
Series
Children of exile volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kiandra Watanaboneset reluctantly takes charge when she, her brothers Enu and Edwy, and some young friends are captured by Enforcers and sent to a prison on the planet Zacadi.
12) Best friends-ish
Author
Series
Audrey L and Audrey W volume 1
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
So far second grade is not living up to Audrey Locke's hopes, because she is not really the best at anything, the other girls leave her out, and even her Diego, her best friend from first grade, is hanging out with the other boys; but things may be getting worse, because starting Monday she will not even be the only Audrey in second grade--to Audrey L (as she must now be known) this is looking like a disaster, but just maybe she has more in common...
13) Final word
Author
Series
Winterton deception volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old twins Hope and Gordon enter a spelling bee in a last-ditch effort to save their family from financial ruin, only to find themselves in a cut-throat competition to uncover a fortune and dark secrets about the wealthy relations they have never known.
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Maddie and Chloe have always been best friends-until last year, when Chloe's popularity and budding fame as an actor left Maddie in the dust one too many times. Their friendship is over, and they're both ready to move on.
Or so they think. The girls arrive at camp only to discover that the universe isn't ready to let go of this friendship just yet: They're cabinmates, and now they both have to spend the summer with their ex-best friend. Each of...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Next-door neighbors and ex-best friends Hannah and Emory haven't spoken in months. Not since the fight-the one where they said things they couldn't take back. Now, Emory is fine-tuning her UCLA performing arts application and trying to make the most of the months she has left with her boyfriend, Luke, before they head off to separate colleges. Meanwhile, Hannah's strong faith is shaken when her family's financial problems come to light, and she finds...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Told from two viewpoints, neighbors and former best friends Hannah and Emory, seventeen, must face what caused their rift after Hannah saves the life of Emory's boyfriend, Luke.
Next-door neighbors and ex-best friends Hannah and Emory haven't spoken since the fight where they said things they couldn't take back. Emory is trying to make the most of the months she has left with her boyfriend, Luke, before they head off to separate colleges. Hannah...
18) Happy fell
Author
Series
Arnold and Louise volume 3
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Arnold wants to celebrate the start of the cozy autumn season indoors. Louise does not. How can they celebrate fell if they're not celebrating together?"--
19) Light it up
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told from multiple viewpoints, Shae Tatum, an unarmed, thirteen-year-old black girl, is shot by a white police officer, throwing their community into upheaval and making it a target of demonstrators.
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
A shift in perspective can change everything. This brilliant new novel from the author of The Seventh Most Important Thing celebrates kids who see the world a little differently. April is looking for an escape from the sixth-grade lunch hour, which has become a social-scene nightmare, so she signs up to be a “buddy bench monitor” for the fourth graders' recess.
Joey Byrd is a boy on the fringes, who wanders the playground alone, dragging his...