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1) Hard luck
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 8
Language
English
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"Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?"--
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Dork diaries volume 6
Language
English
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Middle-school drama queen Nikki Maxwell worries about asking a boy to her school's "sweetheart dance."
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Series
Dork diaries volume 3
Language
English
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When scholarship student Nikki Maxwell, whose father is the school exterminator, decides to enter the talent show at her expensive private school, her nemesis MacKenzie threatens to reveal Nikki's status to the rest of the school.
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Big Nate (Chapter books) volume 2
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
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Sixth-grader and self-proclaimed genius Nate Wright faces his all-time enemy, Gina, when they are paired to work on a research paper together and she also gets a position on his intramural team.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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When twelve-year-old Raymond and his pup Rosie are abandoned by his family, he uses his wilderness skills to survive in the woods, but as winter comes, he realizes his wits are not enough, and that perhaps it is time he starts trusting others with his secret.
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1
Language
English
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Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
When aspiring actress Phoebe and her best friend, the brainy Harper, enter middle school, their friendship is briefly tested by Phoebe's admiration of some of the drama club students and the intensity of her first crush, but ultimately they find that their relationship can withstand the stresses of their expanding lives.
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Series
Fourth stall volume 1
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Sixth-graders Mac and Vince operate a business charging schoolmates for protection from bullies and for help to negotiate conflicts peacefully, with amazing challenges and results.
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Series
Cupcake diaries volume 6
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Although Mia feels fairly satisfied with her life, she worries about who should attend parent-teacher night and her failing grade in Spanish.
13) Boys are dogs
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Series
Annabelle unleashed volume 1
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
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When her mother gets a new boyfriend, sixth-grader Annabelle gets to cope with a new town, a new school, and a new puppy and, while training her puppy, she decides to apply some of the same techniques to tame the unruly boys that are making her middle-school life miserable.
14) The meanest girl
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Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Alyssa Fontana, who thinks that her life is perfect, becomes the object of a practical joke which she blames on Hayden Martin, the new girl, who is tagged "the meanest girl in town."
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Series
Origami Yoda books volume 5
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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One month before the state standards test are to take place, the Origami Rebel Alliance has found powerful allies in unexpected places in their fight against the FunTime test preparation program, but Principal Rabbski has not yet declared her allegiance.
17) Jacky Ha-Ha
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Series
Jacky Ha-Ha volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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"Twelve-year-old Jacky "Ha-Ha" Hart is a class clown with a penchant for pranking--and when she's required to act in the school play to appease her frustrated teachers, she must conquer her stutter"--
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Series
The classroom volume 2
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the race for seventh-grade class president at Westside Middle School as suddenly-popular documentary-film subject Trevor Jones faces his best friend Libby Gardner and Cindy Applegate, the official school gossip.
19) Callie's rules
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Callie Jones tries to keep track of all the rules for fitting in that other middle schoolers seem to know, but when the town decides to replace Halloween with an Autumn Festival, Callie leads her large family in an unusual protest.
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Series
Dear dumb diary year two volume 1
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Jamie continues to wrestle with school, grades, and middle school's big questions.
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