Patterson, James
Summary: When Rafe Kane enters middle school, he teams up with his best friend, "Leo the Silent," to create a game to make school more fun by trying to break every rule in the school's code of conduct.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2011
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Summary: Billy Sloat and Lydia Lemon don't have much in common, unless you count growing up on the same (wrong) side of the tracks, the lack of a mother, and a persistent loneliness that has inspired creative coping mechanisms. When their high schools are consolidated, Lydia's cynicism is met with Billy's sincere optimism, and both begin to question their own outlook on life. As the two grow closer and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC REEMcCauley, Kyrie
Summary: In Auburn, Pennsylvania, a farming community overrun with crows, high school senior Leighton struggles to keep herself and her sisters safe from their abusive father even as she starts a relationship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCCWoodson, Jacqueline
Summary: "When six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2018
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Summary: "After surviving a suicide attempt, Addison returns to school where her life intersects with four other students, each of whom are also struggling with their own personal struggles"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shadow Mountain Publishing 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WRISantiago, Elizabeth
Summary: Told with interstitial historical chapters, fourteen-year-old Taína (Ty) must draw from the strength of her Taíno ancestors to bring her family and community hope and healing after a devastating incident.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SANAngelini, Josephine
Summary: In 1985 Massachusetts, fifth-grader Annie wants to shape her own future but as the youngest of nine, she is held back by her hand-me-down clothing, a crippling case of dyslexia, and a dark family secret.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2018
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Summary: Seventh-grader Sharkita "Kita" embarks on a tumultuous journey to keep her family together while handling the consequences of her mother's alcoholism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2024
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Summary: Black seventeen-year-old Zay falls in love for the first time, all while contending with being sent away to an alternative school after his previously incarcerated father comes home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HUNPatterson, James
Summary: Expelled over The Photo that was posted to his Twitter account, Will Foster, seventeen, is determined to find out who took the picture and why he and three other students were targeted.
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Publisher / Publication Date: JIMMY Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company 2017
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Summary: Facing a confrontation with her father that is bound to occur as a result of her scheme to redo her image, Cookie prepares to stand up for herself for the very first time in order to follow her true path in life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Square Fish 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WILPatterson, James
Summary: When Rafe Khatchadorian enters middle school, he teams up with his best friend, "Leo the Silent," to create a game to make school more fun by trying to break every rule in the school's code of conduct.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jimmy Patterson Books, Little, Brown, and Co. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PATHepler, Heather.
Summary: Penny longs to return to New York City as she helps her mother and grandmother run a cupcake bakery in Hog's Hollow and tries to avoid the popular girls, be a good friend to quirky Tally, and catch the eye of enigmatic Marcus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Speak 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HEPMyers, Walter Dean
Summary: Written in the form of interviews, reports, and journal entries, the story of three troubled teenagers ends in a tragic school shooting.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad/HarperTempest 2004
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC MYEColeman, Stephanie
Summary: "Tessa has lived a trouble-free life as the only child of two loving parents--she is well-liked, gets straight As, is on the competitive swim team, and is active in her church youth group. It's a pretty perfect life! That is, until she comes home from swim practice one day to find that her parents are divorcing. Along with that, her BFF has moved to Florida, and Tessa gets stuck in Intro to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Focus on the Family 2021
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Summary: Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2003
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC MACHarrington, Karen
Summary: "Twelve-year-old Mysti Murphy of Texas wishes she were a character in a book. If her life were fiction, she'd know how to solve her problems at school; take care of her family when her dad has to spend time in the hospital; and deal with her family's secret: that her mother is agoraphobic and never leaves the house"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HARMoldover, Joseph
Summary: "Seventeen-year-old Hannah must choose the impossible--put her nephews into foster care so she can stay true to her dream, or take them on and lose everything she has worked so hard to achieve"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret Ferguson Books, Holiday House 2024
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Summary: "Toby and Luke are best friends, bound by a goal of leaving their hometown for Luke's wrestling scholarship, but a series of events during their senior year will test their resolve"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BLISafadi, Shifa Saltagi
Summary: From failed football tryouts to helping the new Syrian refugee student, seventh-grader Kareem attempts to navigate the social complexities of seventh grade, which are further complicated when his mother is unable to return home from Syria due to an executive order.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2024
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC SAFChase, Paula
Summary: "When best friends Metai and Jamila are reunited after a summer apart, their friendship threatens to combust from the pressure of secrets, middle school, and looming auditions for a potentially life-changing new talented-and-gifted program"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CHARhodes, Jewell Parker
Summary: While learning about September 11th, fifth grader Dèja, who was born after the attacks, realizes how much the events still color her world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD RHOKeller, Tae
Summary: Middle schooler Natalie's year-long assignment to answer a question using the scientific process leads to truths about her mother's depression and her own cultural identity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018
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Summary: Seventeen-year-old Gael, a trans boy, learns to let his walls down while finding community, discovering his sexuality, falling in love, and navigating difficult family situations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023