Jumping the Nail
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| Author | Leslie Margolis |
| ISBN | 1599909618 |
Annabelle has tamed the wild boys, mastered the social hierarchy of catty mean girls, and bugged out over her first school dance. But now it's time for the school talent show. Annabelle's been asked to be a judge. Which is perfect . . . until her friends accuse Annabelle of playing favorites because her...
| Author | Lauren Baratz-Logsted |
| ISBN | 1416950680 |
Lacey Underhill has what her Dutch grandmother refers to as luxe problemen: luxury problems. But Lacey's problems are very real and they are exactly two: her breasts. Twelve years old and in eighth grade, Lacey has developed faster than everyone else around her. The other girls -- even her own best...
| Author | Taylor Morris |
| ISBN | 1416935983 |
It all started three days after I officially became a woman -- the message of mass destruction arrived. It was February 14, to be exact. Happy Valentine's Day.
Sara Thurman has never considered herself part of the popular crowd - she's got her best friend Arlene and that seems like enough. But...
| Author | P.G. Kain |
| ISBN | 1416935193 |
Dorie Dilts is about to move from California to New Jersey, and instead of seeing this as the worst thing to happen to her in her 13 years, Dorie sees this as a great opportunity--an opportunity to reinvent herself as one of the popular crowd, that is. When she arrives at her new school, she immediately sets...
A Dramatic Tale of Grizzlies and Gold
Fourteen-year-old Cloyd Atcitty has been skipping school for years. He's run away from a group home for Native American boys, and is now being sent to work for Walter Landis, an old rancher on an isolated Colorado farm.
In a cave above the ranch, Cloyd finds...
| Author | Gloria Whelan |
| ISBN | 0060755938 |
In the spring of 1991, a Russian ballerina dreams of leaving Leningrad -- forever. A member of the Kirov Ballet Corps, Tatiana hopes to be chosen for the troupe's Paris tour. Once there, she will try to escape the watchful eye of KGB agents, defect to France, and leave the complicated politics of the Soviet...
| Author | Tony Johnston |
| ISBN | 0439233844 |
Award-winning picture-book author Tony Johnston presents the poignant story of a loving Mexican-American family in East L.A. in her first novel for young readers.
Los Angeles is a place of movie stars and fast cars and people who are too rich and people who are too poor. An area of freeway chases...
| Author | Douglas Rees |
| ISBN | 0373210175 |
My name is Kestrel.
Kestrel Murphy.
Never call me Susan.
Who ever heard of a witch named Susan?
A year ago, I was on the white-magic side. Lately, I've been leaning toward the black. I blame the universe. What's the point in being a nice little white witch in the universe...
| Author | Ben Mikaelson |
| ISBN | 0786811099 |
Stranded by Ben Mikaelsen is a young adult fiction book about a Jr. High girl who has lost her foot in an accident and finally gets accepted at school when everyone hears about her saving two whales. The story delves into her feelings about her parents separation, school, fears of what others think about...
| Author | Frances O'Roark Dowell |
| ISBN | 1442432896 |
In the conclusion to the bestselling Secret Language of Girls trilogy, Marylin and Kate find that boys can be just as complicated as friendship.
Marylin knows that, as a middle school cheerleader, she has certain obligations. She has to smile as she walks down the hall, be friends with the right...
| Author | Walter Dean Myers |
| ISBN | 0823418537 |
Acclaimed writer Walter Dean Myers celebrates the people of Harlem with these powerful and soulful first-person poems in the voices of the residents who make up the legendary neighborhood: basketball players, teachers, mail carriers, jazz artists, maids, veterans, nannies, students, and more....
| Author | Byrd Baylor |
| ISBN | 0689710542 |
This poem is beautiful. This book spoke to me.
I love the simple lines of text with lovely rhymes and I especially love this artwork. It looks like liquid rivers of color rolling down the page in beautiful displays, but it’s making skies of sunrises. It is simple brilliant artwork. I absolutely...
| Author | Rachel Cohn |
| ISBN | 1416916512 |
I chose to read this book because I was looking for a good fun read, and the librarian told me this was a great, girly book that I would enjoy.
In this book, we got to meet two sisters named Annabel and Lucy who live in different states from each other. When Annabel finds out she has to spend her summer with...
| Author | Cynthia Rylant |
| ISBN | 0531070824 |
In this book the character Solomon Singer was not happy with where he was living he wished for much more. He was from Indiana and wished for the things he had when he was there. He was not happy until one day he went to the Westway Cafe. He then finally had a place that he loved and felt happy with. The response...
| Author | Lauren Barnholdt |
| ISBN | 1416980199 |
Devon Delaney cannot believe she's lying again. But the thing is, she couldn't help it. Her new boyfriend, Luke, is talking to his (gorgeous) ex-girlfriend, Bailey Barelli, every single day in mock trial. Devon couldn't just stand by and let him find out that she'd never dated anyone else before. Could...
| Author | Nancy E. Mercado |
| ISBN | 0803728735 |
Do you remember middle school? Are you trying to forget, thank you very much?
Well, these ten short stories will certainly remind young readers of the trials and tribulations of their everyday existence . . . and make them laugh out loud at the same time.
From Angela Johnson's funny...
| Author | Barbara Dee |
| ISBN | 1416961283 |
Zoe Bennett feels lost at her fancy private school.
She's not the star drama queen like her sister, or a brainiac math genius like her brother. Luckily her best friend, Dara, is just as content as Zoe is to stay in the shadows -- or is she? When Dara gets a part in the school musical, Zoe feels...
Molly Abraham is a kinchin mort: a ten-year-old thief trying not to starve on the London streets. But everything changes for Molly when she is sentenced to be transported to the American colonies. She becomes an indentured servant to a kind Jewish family in New York City, and Molly has it good. So why is...
| Author | M.E. Castle |
| ISBN | 1606842323 |
"Castle’s debut, the first in a planned series, strikes just the right balance of humor and action and is sure to keep young readers turning the pages. Fisher’s struggles to fit in, to relate to girls and to uncover and preserve his true self feel genuine, making him a misfit and unlikely hero worth...
| Author | Sheila Cole |
| ISBN | 0380725754 |
In a flash, Valerie's world comes tumbling down. Talented pretty and popular. She was enjoying life and planing her future. She and Peter, the love of her life, were sharing their dreams. Now she and Peter share a problem...
Except it turns out to be Val's problem. Peter says he loves her, but...
| Author | Ruth White |
| ISBN | 0374482802 |
The only thing that bothers me about this book is the summery given on the back. I went so far that I put a sticker on the back of my copy, so when I lend it to friends they can read it without bias.
I personally think this book is NOT about a girl being raped by her stepfather. Of course that happens, too, but...
| Author | Lynne Reid Banks |
| ISBN | 0380791358 |
What is the sinister mystery of Chateau Bois Serpe? Roger, his parents, and twin sisters arrive at this crumbling ruin in the wilds of France, anticipating a holiday that's "different." And so it proves, but not as they'd hoped. The owner, the strange daughter Mesuline, whom Roger first meets tending...
| Author | Gary Soto |
| ISBN | 0152025677 |
The Mexican American author Gary Soto draws on his own experience of growing up in California’s Central Valley in this finely crafted collection of eleven short stories that reveal big themes in the small events of daily life. Crooked teeth, ponytailed girls, embarrassing grandfathers, imposter...
