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1) Jess
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Jess McConnell meets a new friend on her trip to the ancient Maya ruins in Belize, she is invited on an eco-adventure and makes some real discoveries--about the dangers in the Belizean jungle, about the people who have lived there since long ago, and about herself.
Author
Series
Joey Pigza books volume 3
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
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Description
Joey tries to keep his life from degenerating into total chaos when his mother sends him to be home-schooled with a hostile blind girl, his divorced parents cannot stop fighting, and his grandmother is dying of emphysema.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
On the last night of summer, Emma and her Maine game warden father rescue a small domestic rabbit stuck in a fence; the very next day Emma starts fifth grade after years of being home schooled, excited and apprehensive about making new friends, but she is paired with Jack, a hyperactive boy, who does not seem to fit in with anyone--except that they share a love of animals, which draws them together, because of the rabbit.
Author
Series
Misadventures of Max Crumbly volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
Max is about to face the scariest place he's ever been -- South Ridge Middle School! He has been home-schooled by his grandmother until now, and he's begged his parents to finally let him start attending public middle school. He's starting to question that choice, though, with the Thomas Silver Problem. As in, Thomas Silver keeps stuffing Max in his locker. If only Max could be like the hero in all the comics he likes to read -- or the ones he draws...
8) Caos Escolar
Author
Series
Misadventures of Max Crumbly volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
Max Crumbly continúa metiéndose en líos sin saber muy bien cómo ... ¡Él no parará hasta convertirse en el héroe del insti! Tras colarse en los canales de ventilación de South Ridge, Max sale por una tramapilla y cae ... ¡encima de tres criminales con músculos hasta en las encías! ¿Lo cortarán a rodajitas como si fuera mozzarella para la pizza? ¿O podrá esurrirse en su estilo más genuino: chapucero y más bien cutre?
"When we last...
9) Schooled
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has never watched television, tasted a pizza, or even heard of a wedgie, but when his grandmother lands in the hospital, Cap is forced to move in with a guidance counselor and attend the local middle school. While Cap knows a lot about tie-dyeing and Zen Buddhism, no education could prepare him for the politics of public school.
Cap Anderson lives on a farm commune, but after his grandmother's...
10) Sunny
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 3
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Sunny, the Defenders' best runner, only runs for his father, who blames Sunny for his mother's death, but with his coach's help Sunny finds a way to combine track and field with his true passion, dancing.
12) Growing pangs
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"Eleven-year-old homeschooled Katie experiences the ups and downs of growing up and 6th grade--from bad haircuts and friendship breakups to new experiences, new friends, and a new understanding of her OCD"--
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