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Matula, Christina

Summary: Moving to Hong Kong for her mother's job, Holly-Mei Jones couldn't be happier until she makes a frenemy at school and must use all of her determination, stubbornness, and sparkle to turn her life in this new city into the ultimate adventure.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MAT

Lynch, Chris

Summary: A dog walking venture helps thirteen-year-old Louis, who would rather kick back than stand out, learn how to be a friend.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2024

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Gutman, Dan

Summary: "The My Weird School kids are fed up with Miss Banks and her constant pranks. They decide to finally prank her back. After seeing how focused and engaged the kids are with their practical joke, Mrs. Stoker suggests a week-long prank competition between the students and the teachers. If the kids manage to pull off a win, they'll get a candy party. And so begins the most epic prank war that Ella...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GUT

Iloh, Candice

Summary: Raised in a free-spirited home by two loving parents who encourage Cerulean to be their full self, they've got big dreams of moving cross-country to live off the grid with their friends after graduation. When a fight with a teacher spirals out of control, Cerulean impulsively drops out to avoid the punishment they fear is coming. Why wait for graduation to leave an oppressive capitalist system...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC ILO

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ILO

McNamara, Margaret

Summary: As they celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the kids in Mrs. Connor's class share their hopes and dreams and imagine how to make the world a better place to honor the important holiday.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2023

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2 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MCN

Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: Second grader Ali Tahir considers himself to be a dinosaur expert, but on a class field trip to the natural history museum, Ali keeps getting his facts wrong, and is embarrassed in front of his friends and classmates.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FAR

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FAR

Soo, Phillipa

Summary: When Piper is offered a solo at her school's Spring Sing, she must overcome her stage fright to put on an unforgettable performance.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio, an imprint of Random House Children's Books 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SOO

Brown-Wood, JaNay

Summary: "When Rosie and the rest of the Love Puppies find out that Meiko is struggling to make friends at her new school, they are sure they can sniff out a solution! But it takes more than magic to break the ice. If they can be creative, these caring canines might just find a lonely girl her paw-fect match!"--Back cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2023

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BRO

Patterson, James

Summary: The Khatchadorian family discovers they have inherited a million dollars, but to get it, they must stay in a ramshackle house in Beverly Hills and Rafe has to attend a snooty new middle school.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024

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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PAT

Gino, Alex

Summary: "Middle-grade superstar author Alex Gino returns to the world they began with MELISSA and RICK with GREEN, the story of a non-binary middle-schooler named Green who comes into their own in no small part by fighting for gender-free casting in their school's production of THE WIZARD OF OZ" --

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023

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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC GIN

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GIN

Baptist, Kelly J.

Summary: "Spunky sixth-grader Zoe Sparks has discovered a unique way to get the laptop of her dreams--to win it! If Zoe can sell more tubs of cookie dough than anyone in her school, the laptop is hers. It's the first step to becoming a prize-winning journalist! But her win-at-all-costs attitude is starting to drive a wedge between Zoe, her best friend Felix, and her family. Zoe may be a top cookie-dough...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children's Books 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BAP

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BAP

Avachat, Arushi

Summary: As her sister's wedding approaches, high school senior Arya must navigate fraught family dynamics, the fallout of her two best friends breaking up, and a tense partnership with her rival, the frustratingly attractive student council president.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2024

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC AVA

Morris, Chad

Summary: Eleven-year-old Juniper Berry lives off the grid in the California woods with her family, but when her brother gets sick, they have to leave to get help.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Shadow Mountain 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MOR

Sass, A. J.

Summary: Shai, a thirteen-year-old nonbinary homeschooler, attempts to find a "new normal" post-pandemic as they start public school, meet new friends, and learn about their Jewish identity.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SAS

Mian, Zanib

Summary: "Omar and his friends investigate sabotage at the model rocket-building contest they are competing in"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam, G.P. Putnam's Sons 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MIA

Schmidt, Gary D.

Summary: Sixth-grader Carter must adjust to the unwelcome presence of a know-it-all butler who is determined to help him become a gentleman, and also to deal with burdens from the past.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG SCH

Ma, Diana

Summary: If there's one thing Lily Hong can't stand, it's being second best. That's why she and Max Zhang have been bitter rivals ever since he swooped into town as the new kid with the cool clothes and his fancy downtown Chinese school and showed her up in the fifth-grade reading challenge. She had wanted to be the one to win the pizza party for their class. Okay, so that was two years ago . . . her...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MA

Lucas, Chad

Summary: Thirteen-year-old Brian and his best friend Ezra navigate the challenges and complexities of middle school, as Brian struggles to cope with his emotions and Ezra attempts to balance his loyalty to his best friend with a newfound friendship.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LUC

Schreiber, Gretchen

Summary: Ellie, a high schooler with a rare genetic condition, navigates the divide between her "hospital-life" and "home-life," as a hospital stay brings her closer to Ryan, who challenges her perspective and makes her consider the extraordinary possibilities of her life.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2024

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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC SCH

Blecher, Jennifer

Summary: Told from two perspectives, Lily and Will deal with the tumult of seventh grade including secrets, rumors, shifting friendships, overbearing parents, and a first dance.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BLE

Gutman, Dan

Summary: "Join A.J. and his friends on a prank-palooza to celebrate April Fools' Day in this new My Weird School Special. The My Weird School kids are fed up with Miss Banks and her constant pranks. They decide to finally prank her back. After seeing how focused and engaged the kids are with their practical joke, Mrs. Stoker suggests a week-long prank competition between the students and the teachers....

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC GUT

Wilfrid, Karen

Summary: "Fourteen-year-old Lizzie knows what she's not. She's not at home in her new house on the other side of town, after an incident with a neighbor forced her fmaily to move. She's not ready to say goodbye to the wild apple tree in her old backyard, or to her older brother, who just left home for his first semester of college. She's definitely not happy to be taking women's self-defense with her...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WIL

Day, Christine

Summary: "Today is a big day for Wesley Wilder. Her poem about Indigenous People's Day will be printed in the school newspaper--and she also has a plan to ask her rush, fellow gamer Ryan, to go with her to the school dance. But from the moment she boards the morning bus, Wesley's day starts to unravel. Between jittery emotions, unexpected encounters, and awkward conversation with her teachers, almost...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: J PA Fiction Day

Li, Charmaine Anne

Summary: "This YA debut is a searing ode to queer identity, growing up in an immigrant community, and carving a place for yourself in the world with the help of your friends. Jay Wong is spending the last languid days of summer 2010 trying to land a kickflip and begging for something (anything!) to make her senior year different--to finally give her some stories worth telling. When she meets Ash Chan,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC LI

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