Faruqi, Reem
Summary: Now that she is ten, Lailah is delighted that she can fast during the month of Ramadan like her family and her friends in Abu Dhabi, but finding a way to explain to her teacher and classmates in Atlanta is a challenge until she gets some good advice from the librarian, Mrs. Carman.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FARRamos, Vanessa
Summary: Sixth-grader Selena Estrella Herrera's family moves to El Paso to help care for her grandfather, and she tries to reinvent herself by claiming her identity as *Strella--but the project her team chooses is about the singer Selena after whom *Strella is actually named.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED RAMWyman, Christina
Summary: Max Plink's life is complicated. Her parents aren't getting along. The school bullies are relentless, and her own sister is the cruelest of them. Worst of all, her mouth is a mess. With a mismatched puzzle of a jaw, Max has a Class II malocclusion, otherwise known as a severe overbite. She already has braces, which means she lives on Advil and soft foods after each orthodontist appointment. But...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WYMSchumacher, Ashley
Summary: When a school-wide personality test reunites Nova with Sam--and reveals they are each other's top matches--they begin to remember why they were such close friends all those years before and why a romantic relationship between them would never work out--or so they think.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC SCHFaruqi, Reem
Summary: Amira is excited because tomorrow is Eid with special clothes, treats, gifts, and a morning party at her mosque; but then she realizes that she is going to miss class picture day at school, something she was also looking forward to--so Amira has to figureout a way to be in two places at once.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FARMiller, Kayla
Summary: Spring Break is full of possibilities...but not for Olive. This year, Olive is leaving her friends and all of their exciting vacation plans behind to visit her dad at his new apartment in the city. Goober is thrilled to spend a whole week with their father and has a long list of activities for their time together. Olive, on the other hand, still remembers the hurt of their dad moving halfway...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Park, Barbara.
Summary: Eight adventures of Junie B. Jones in the First Grade.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2007
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Clements, Andrew
Summary: Fifth-grader Nora Rowley has always hidden the fact that she is a genius from everyone because all she wants is to be normal, but when she comes up with a plan to prove that grades are not important, things begin to get out of control.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CLECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC CLEPeschke, M. (Marci)
Summary: Kylie Jean's grandparents fiftieth wedding anniversary is on Valentine's Day, and the whole family is planning a surprise party--but Kylie also wants her class to spread valentine cheer to Oak Manor, the local assisted living facility.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED PESCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PESMaddox, Jake.
Summary: Best friends Hannah and Caitlin are both on the high school dance team, but Hannah is troubled when her friend's preoccupation with a boy causes her to miss practice time and put their friendship at risk.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2013
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Reyes, Sonora
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Mexican American Yami Flores starts Catholic school, determined to keep her brother out of trouble and keep herself closeted, but her priorities shift when Yami discovers that her openly gay classmate Bo is also annoyingly cute.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC REYGonzales, 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?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Reycraft Books 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 GONPeschke, M. (Marci)
Summary: Earth Day is coming, and Kylie Jean and the other second graders decide that the perfect way to celebrate is to clean up and beautify the school playground--and the whole town.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2014
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PESMahoney, Kristin Mary
Summary: Fifth-grader Annie writes lists to keep track of changes in her life when her family moves from Brooklyn to the small town of Clover Gap.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MAHHillenbrand, Will
Summary: "It's the night before a big test at school, and Lulu's worries have come to life in a nightmare. How can she defeat the menacing evil eye and its minions? With kicking and punching? No! Mighty Reader reminds Lulu how to knock out her fears with reading and partner power -- they'll read together! Lovable beagle Mighty Reader is a friend to new readers everywhere. By pairing bright, comic...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HILYolen, Jane
Summary: "A fish is nervous about a test and a mean-looking substitute teacher at school"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR Green Yolen 2020Peschke, M. (Marci)
Summary: Today is a special day at Kylie Jean's school, where everyone works on computer projects and learning coding, and Kylie is fascinated by the robotics team called RoboGirls--so she resolves to build a robot of her own, so she can impress the older girls, and join the team in time for the competition.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED PESCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PESChainani, Soman
Summary: The students at the School for Good and Evil thought they had found their final Ever After when they vanquished the malevolent School Master. Now, on their required fourth-year quests, the students face obstacles both dangerous and unpredictable, and the stakes are high: success brings eternal adoration, and failure means obscurity forever. For their quests, Agatha and Tedros are trying to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC CHAGreen, Tim
Summary: Danny Owens is dedicating his seventh-grade football season to his recently-deceased father, an NFL legend, but the pressure to succeed is magnified by his inability to read.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION GREPeschke, M. (Marci)
Summary: Kylie Jean is studying hard for the spelling bee at school, but she keeps getting distracted by the kitten that she and her cousin Lucy found.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2012
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC PESMlynowski, Sarah
Summary: "Lucy Usthorn of Fort Worth, Texas, is super excited for her class trip to the Natural History Museum. Sure, Ms. Brock, the strict school librarian who happens to be dating Lucy's dad (awkward) is chaperoning. But it'll still be the best day, right? Wrong! Lucy watches in shock and humiliation as her dad proposes to Ms. Brock. Lucy is distraught. If only she could do this day over from...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Harrington, 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"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HARGrabenstein, Chris
Summary: When seventh-grader Jake McQuade mistakes the world's first ingestible knowledge pills for jelly beans, he suddenly knows all about physics and geometry and can speak Swahili (though Spanish would be a lot more useful)--but his sort-of girlfriend Grace thinks they can use his new found brilliance to save their middle school from the new principal, who is conspiring to get it shut down.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2020
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Solomon, Rachel Lynn
Summary: After reliving the same day for months, eighteen-year-old Barrett reluctantly teams up with her nemesis Miles to escape the time loop, and soon finds herself falling for him, but what she does not know is what they will mean to each other if they finally make it to tomorrow.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022