junior high schools

"Relates the adventures of eighth-grader Nick Dashaway, whose Christmas request does not go according to plan"--Provided by publisher.

After thirteen-year-old Cody and his father, an undercover agent, are nearly killed, Cody moves in with his aunt in Connecticut, where he is helped with his adjustment to the trials of attending public school for the first time and investigating a threat in nearby woods by a wounded Iraq War veteran.

When her grandparents sign her up for the Benton Bluff Junior High band Tally Nguyen is horrified and worried about what the kids on her snowboarding team will think--but she comes to realize that she doesn't need to choose between the groups.

While researching a rumored-to-be-haunted grave for a local history project, twelve-year-old Lincoln Crenshaw unearths some startling truths about his own family.

Stephanie's relationship with her best friend, Rachel, changes during her first year in junior high as she tries to conceal a family problem and meets a new girl from California.

In 1974, when thirteen-year-old Charlie Hall's mother dies and his father retreats into silent grief, Charlie finds himself drifting, nearly friendless, through a northern Idaho junior high school, but when a grizzly bear saves his life, Charlie forms an unusual friendship that changes his life.

Seventh-grader Arthur Bean, soon-to-be a rich and famous author, has set two goals for himself: to win the school writing contest and to win the heart of his secret crush, Kennedy, but his life has had some major twists and turns lately, and the recent loss of his mother definitely complicates things.

Charlotte, a new student at Abigail Adams Junior High, is sure she has ruined her chances for friendship after committing a big blunder in the cafeteria, but she and her assigned lunch partners, Katani, Maeve, and Avery manage to bond anyway--eventually realizing that everyone has embarrassing moments.

The day before seventh grade begins, twelve-year-old Jessica Darling gets a list from her sister, whose popularity and beauty made her a junior-high standout, but when she tries to follow it, all goes awry, including losing her best friend.

Charlotte Ramsey, the new girl in the seventh grade, causes an embarrassing scene in the cafeteria, which makes her assigned lunch partners want to ditch her. Luckily, an unforgettable weekend with the girls seems to change everything.