Middle School

Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf: a Year Told through Stuff

By Jennifer Holm

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The first year of middle school can be exciting, or scarey, just ask Ginny.
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Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems

By Kristine O'Connell George (author) and Debbie Tilley (illustrator)

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A collection of poems capture the feelings and experiences of a girl in middle school.

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Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff

By Jennifer L. Holm

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Told entirely through notes, grocery receipts, report cards, bottle caps, newspaper clippings, and other pieces of a young girl’s life, this is the story of Ginny’s seventh-grade year.

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Schooled

By Gordon Korman

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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. 

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Hidden Talents

Hidden Talents

by David Lubar

When thirteen-year-old Martin arrives at an alternative school for misfits and problem students, he falls in with a group of boys with psychic powers and discovers something surprising about himself.

Suggested for ages 11 - 16