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1) Operatic
Author
Language
English
Description
About to graduate from middle school, Charlie is preoccupied with a crush, Emile, and the absence of Luka, a boy in her class, who has not come to school in days. In Mr. P's music class, she hears the songs of opera singer Maria Callas and falls in love with opera. Maria's story helps Charlie navigate her own world.
Author
Series
Amelia rules! book volume 7
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
While trying to figure out the meaning of life, Amelia learns that even when the world is scary and life is as mystifying as ever, some things, such as friends, do last.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
After an idyllic childhood of homeschooling with her mother and three older brothers, Maggie enrolls in public high school, where interacting with her peers is complicated by the melancholy ghost that has followed her throughout her entire life.
5) Mercury
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
Josey's decision to hunt for treasure in the woods of Nova Scotia in the 1850s has haunting ramifications for her twenty-first century descendant, Tara, who is trying to adjust to high school after being home schooled.
Author
Series
Mal and Chad volume 1
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
Fourth-grade genius Mal and his talking dog Chad shrink themselves to microscopic size and travel through time, but girls and the school bully present bigger challenges.
7) Belly flop!
Author
Series
Mal and Chad volume 3
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
After destroying the cake and presents at a birthday party, Mal hopes to impress Megan, his secret crush, with his performance at the school talent show.
8) Habibi
Author
Publisher
Pantheon
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Follows the relationship between two refugee child slaves, Dodola and Zam, who are thrown together by circumstance and who struggle to make a place for themselves in a world fueled by fear and vice.
9) Drama
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
Callie rides an emotional roller coaster while serving on the stage crew for a middle school production of Moon over Mississippi as various relationships start and end, and others never quite get going.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Tuva is starting seventh grade, and her checklist of goals includes: writing out a diary, getting a trendy look, building the best fort in the woods with her BFFs, and much more. But when she starts school, nothing is how she hoped it would be. Seventh grade has split her friends into rival factions: TEAM LINNEA and the girls who fall in love and TEAM BAO and the girls who NEVER fall in love. Linnea has a BOYFRIEND, Bao hates everything related to...
Author
Series
Mr. Wolf's class volume 4
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Mr. Wolf's class explores the forest on an exciting overnight field trip, while also dealing with friendship worries and disagreements.
12) The Nao of Brown
Author
Publisher
SelfMadeHero
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Nao Brown suffers from OCD, but not the hand-washing, overly tidy type that people often refer to jokingly. Nao suffers from violent, morbid obsessions, while her compulsions take the form of unseen mental rituals. Working part-time in a 'designer' vinyl toy shop, while struggling to get her own illustration career off the ground, she's still searching for that elusive love--the perfect love. And in meeting the man of her dreams, she realises... dreams...
Author
Series
Emmie and friends volume 7
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Told from alternating points of view, this story about friends, crushes, and drama follows best friends Sarah and Leo as their friendship is put to the test when Sarah wants to ask Leo's friend Ben to the school dance.
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In a land of two kingdoms -- the Outside, where twisted beasts roam, cursing with a touch, and the Inside, where humans live in safety and peace -- a girl and a demonic guardian known only as Teacher share a bond that transcends their disparate appearances.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Amid the excitement of In No Hurry's nationwide tour, Yuzu has finally declared war on Momo, while Momo, sensing the threat from Yuzu, has hardened his own resolve, but as the tour heats up, a big surprise is in store for them both.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Love and friendship have become quite complicated for these four friends. Yuna's insecurities about herself resurface on her first Valentine's Day with Rio, and Akari's plan to give Kazuomi chocolates is thwarted. Will the girls be able to salvage this special day?
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The pressure is on now that Aya and Towa have both professed their love to Mitsuki! Fortunately, she has a reliable mentor in Nanase, who is happy to offer what advice she can. But in the course of the conversation, Mitsuki hears some news so troubling that she forgets her own romantic woes...Are Ryuji's hopes doomed to come crashing down around him?!
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
High-school senior and notorious wallflower Hawkins finally works up the courage to remove her mascot mask and ask out her longtime crush: Regina Moreno, head cheerleader, academic overachiever, and all-around popular girl. There's only one teensy little problem: Regina is already dating Chloe Kitagawa, athletic all-star ... and middling English student. Regina sees a perfectly self-serving opportunity here, and asks the smitten Hawkins to tutor Chloe...
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