Miller, Sharee
Summary: Eager to make a good first impression at her new middle school, thirteen-year-old Charlie does her best to fit in until she meets a group of diverse Black girls who show her the importance of authenticity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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Summary: Fifteen-year-old Chelsea, daughter of a paranormal specialist, risks her hard-won popularity and more when she is drawn into a paranormal romance after discovering her own ability to communicate with ghosts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC GIB (GRAPHIC NOVEL)Couvson, Monique
Summary: Follows the story of Charisma, a Black high school student grappling with mounting pressures from home and school, and when frustrations with her family intersect with a conflict at school, she reaches a crossroads, facing a choice that could change her future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC COUSummary: "A collection of comics about every kid's favorite school subject: lunch!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 COMGonzales, Chuck
Summary: Carlos Gomez is a member of the only Mexican American family in town, so he's used to being the odd one out. A lisp, a penchant for girl glamor, and being picked on by the class bully don't help either. But now there's a talent show coming up, and Carlos is performing with the BMX stunt team. What could possibly go wrong?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reycraft Books 2021
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Summary: It's the beginning of sophomore year, and Piedad "Piddy" Sanchez is having a hard time adjusting to her new high school. Things don't get any easier when Piddy learns that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. Piddy doesn't even know who Yaqui is' never mind what she's done to piss her off. Rumor has it that Yaqui thinks Piddy is stuck-up, shakes her stuff when she walks, and isn't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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Summary: "This collection of Captain Underpants TV comics features some of the Waistband Warrior's stretchiest and most exciting bad-guy battles! George Beard and Harold Hutchins are back with original new comic adventures starring the world-famous Waistband Warrior, Captain Underpants! This second collection features even more of George and Harold's hilarious comix from the first three seasons of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2020
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Summary: As one of the only Asian Americans in her school, Christina confronts both well-meaning ignorance and cruel racism, but in middle school fitting in is important, which is why she and her best friend Megan are both excited and nervous to try out for the popular cheerleading squad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2022
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Summary: Tina Malhotra, a sophomore at the Yarborough Academy in Southern California, creates an existential diary for an honors English assignment in which she tries to determine who she is and where she fits in.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012
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Summary: "A young Dominican girl navigates middle school, her strict mother, shifting friendships, and her dream of being an artist"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2023
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Summary: "When the three meanest girls in school start casting spells, 12-year-old Shakti draws on ancient Indian magic to stop them but instead curses the entire town and must harness her own strength, power and empathy to save those she loves and end the hate."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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Summary: Anya, embarrassed by her Russian immigrant family and self-conscious about her body, has given up on fitting in at school but falling down a well and making friends with the ghost there just may be worse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2011
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Summary: Can five overlooked kids make one big difference? There's George: the brain Sara: the loner Dayara: the tough kid Nico: the rich kid And Miguel: the athlete And they're stuck together when they're forced to complete their school's community service hours. Although they're sure they have nothing in common with one another, some people see them as all the same... just five Spanish-speaking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GON (Graphic Novel)Mason, Jane B.
Summary: Most of the sixth graders at Memorial Middle School are all a-flutter about the beginning-of-the-school-year, boy-girl party, but not Lucia, who is put off by all the talk about what to wear, and who to date--however, when she gets to know Adesh (the boy who sits on her favorite bench in the park), she starts thinking that there might be something to this dating thing after all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2019