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1) Dog days
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1
Language
English
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Greg Heffley recounts his daily experiences during summer vacation as he tries to live out his ultimate fantasy of spending the days indoors playing video games with no responsibilities and no rules, despite his mother's attempts to pack the summer with outdoor activities and family fun.
2) Back
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Series
Language
English
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When Jojo is released from prison after serving time for beating a man into a coma, Ardell, the victim's brother, makes plans to get revenge.
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 7
Language
English
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As the day of the Valentine's Day dance approaches, Greg Heffley worries he will be left out until a twist of fate lands Greg with a date, but leaves his best friend, Rowley, on his own.
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Raymond and Graham volume 1
Language
English
Description
Best friends Raymond and Graham have looked forward to being the "oldest, coolest, toughest" boys at East Millcreek Elementary School, but from the start of fourth grade everything goes wrong, from getting the scary teacher to not getting the lead in the school play.
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Comeback kids volume 3
Language
English
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Playing baseball was the one thing that made twelve-year-old Nick Crandall feel at home until he found acceptance with adoptive parents, but he faces a new struggle to fit in when he becomes the first seventh-grader ever to make the varsity baseball team.
6) Slam!
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English
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17-year-old Greg "Slam" Harris tells of the year in which he transfers to a magnet school for the arts, a more academically challenging, mostly white school. After being the hot shot star of his Harlem high school team, he has to learn to fit in and be a team player at his new school. He may not be able to do anything about the rest of his life--his relationships with his family and friends, his grandmother's illness, his scholastic difficulties,...
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The skin I'm in novels volume 1
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark, meets a new teacher with a birthmark on her face and makes some discoveries about how to love who she is and what she looks like.
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English
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Award-winning author Melina Marchetta reopens the story of the group of friends from her acclaimed novel Saving Francesca - but five years have passed, and now it's Thomas Mackee who needs saving. After his favorite uncle was blown to bits on his way to work in a foreign city, Tom watched his family implode. He quit school and turned his back on his music and everyone that mattered, including the girl he can't forget. Shooting for oblivion, he's hit...
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English
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Keena Ford doesn't mean to be a troublemaker, but sometimes things get out of hand. Lucky for her, it's the beginning of the second grade and Keena's got a clean slate. So when her new second-grade teacher, Ms. Campbell, mistakenly thinks it's her birthday and brings in a huge chocolate cake, Keena realizes that she's gotten herself into a sticky situation. She knows she has to tell the truth, but it's not easy to turn down her very own birthday cake...
11) Take me there
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Language
English
Description
Three New York high school students try to sort out their emotions as they deal with relationships, crushes, their families, and planning for the future.
12) Waiting for you
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Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old high school sophomore Marisa, who has an anxiety disorder, decides that this is the year she will get what she wants--a boyfriend and a social life--but things do not turn out exactly the way she expects them to.
13) Astrológica
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Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Español
Description
It's almost the end of sixth grade, and Abby's first year at her new school is ending on a high note -- she's a star on the track team, she gets good grades, and she has a great best friend, Chelsea, who knows everything about middle school. So when Chelsea recommends reading her daily horoscope, Abby gives it a try.
14) Chasing blue
Author
Series
Canterwood Crest. Main series volume 2
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First Aladdin M!X edition.
Language
English
Description
When Heather starts spending a little too much quality time with Sasha's almost-boyfriend, Jacob, their partnership is put to the ultimate test.
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Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First Simon Spotlight paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
Annie takes her rabbit to the home of her new friend, Sarah, to play and enjoys seeing the pretty house full of frilly things, walking in the beautiful garden, and making a tiny garden house for a fairy tea party.
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