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Tryouts

Thirteen-year-old Alexandra "Al" Olsen, a seventh grader at Brinkley Middle School, tries out for the boys' baseball team at her school. The new coach welcomes Al and her skills to the team alongside her nonbinary friend, Julian Veras. However, when Al is interviewed on local television for being the first girl on Brinkley's team, it leads to problems with her teammates. The team will have to solve their problems and join together if they want to defend their championship title.
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Biggest secret ever!

2024
"When her new friend at Broomsfield Academy, popular girl Isabelle, shares a huge secret and makes her promise to keep it, witch-in-training Heidi Heckelbeck finds it difficult to keep her word, especially with a nosy classmate snooping around"--Provided by publisher.
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Always Anthony

Popular Anthony and shy nerd Leah are just becoming friends when they witness Anthony's basketball teammates bullying another kid at school. Leah flashes back to the bullying that she experienced. They try to decide what to do about it, and their decision could threaten their newfound friendship.
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Shark teeth

2024
Seventh-grader Sharkita "Kita" embarks on a tumultuous journey to keep her family together while handling the consequences of her mother's alcoholism.
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Not quite a ghost

2024
"The house seemed to sit apart from the others on Katydid Street, silent and alone, like it didn't fit among them. For Violet Hart--whose family is about to move into the house on Katydid Street--very little felt like it fit anymore. Like their old home, suddenly too small since her mother remarried and the new baby arrived. Or Violet's group of friends, which, since they started middle school, isn't enough for Violet's best friend, Paige. Everything seemed to be changing at once. But sometimes, Violet tells herself, change is okay. That is, until Violet sees her new room. The attic bedroom in their new house is shadowy, creaky, and wrapped in old yellow wallpaper covered with a faded tangle of twisting vines and sickly flowers. And then, after moving in, Violet falls ill--and does not get better. As days turn into weeks without any improvement, her family growing more confused and her friends wondering if she's really sick at all, she finds herself spending more time alone in the room with the yellow wallpaper, the shadows moving in the corners, wrapping themselves around her at night. And soon, Violet starts to suspect that she might not be alone in the room at all"--Provided by publisher.
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Wires crossed

As twelve-year-old Mia enters middle school, she feels sandwiched between all the changes going on around her, including her best friend Addy pulling away from her to explore the school's social scene and her science camp friend Tariq suddenly becoming a soccer star. If there's one thing the STEM-minded Mia is looking forward to, it's the Science Olympiad, and when she's paired up with Tariq, artsy Kinsey, and goofy Evan, she will have ample opportunity to explore the angst of friendship, jealousy, and identity, all while trying to build a robot.
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Blue stars

the vice principal problem
"When cousins Riley Halfmoon and Maya Dawn move to Urbanopolis to live with their activist grandma, they get off to a rocky start. Outgoing Riley misses her Muscogee cousins but is sure that she and Maya will be instant BFFs. Meanwhile, introvert Maya misses her parents, on active duty in Japan, and just wants some space to herself. At school, Maya joins Robotics Club and Riley bonds with fellow gymnasts. Just when they start to feel at home, their school culture is threatened by an influential foe in disguise. Joining student council feels like a way to help, so both cousins toss their hats in the ring for sixth-grade class president. But when they realize what they're up against-money, power, and lies-they quickly shift from competition to cooperation, joining forces as superheroes. Riley is savvy with people; Maya is a whiz with gadgets. In no time, this dazzling duo is off to save the day! Relatable and rich in themes of family, community, and compromise, the Blue Stars series will entertain and empower, inspiring readers to be the stars they are"--Provided by publisher.
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Timid

After Cecil Hall and his family moves from Florida to Massachusetts, near Boston, he's anxious around making new friends and fitting in at his new school. His older sister, Leah, thinks he should befriend the other Black kids at his new school, but Cecil isn't sure how do so. He'd rather be known for his comics-making talent, but the few kids who are impressed by Cecil's art aren't always nice to him. In addition, his overworked father wants him to develop other interests besides his art and to "toughen up" and stand up for himself. But things get even more complicated when one of his drawings is used for a prank that gets him into trouble.
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Merci Su?rez plays it cool

2023
"For Merci Su?rez, eighth grade means a new haircut, nighttime football games, and an out-of-town overnight field trip. At home, it means more chores and keeping an eye on Lolo as his health worsens. It's a year filled with more responsibility and independence, but also with opportunities to reinvent herself. Merci has always been fine with not being one of the popular kids like Avery Sanders, who will probably be the soccer captain and is always traveling to fun places and buying new clothes. But then Avery starts talking to Merci more, and not just as a teammate. Does this mean they're friends? Merci wants to play it cool, but with Edna always in her business, it's only a matter of time before Merci has to decide where her loyalty stands"--Publisher.
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Wires crossed

2024
"Twelve-year-old Mia feels like everything and everyone is changing--and she is caught in the middle. Stuck between old friends and new friends . . . between feeling like a kid and growing up . . . Just as her longtime bff Addy is gravitating towards the popular crowd and starting to care more about school dances than treehouse playdates, Mia finds out that her favorite science camp friend, Tariq, is moving to town and will be going to school with her. She's super excited and can't wait to show him around and help him make friends. But when Tariq arrives in town, he seems like he's grown up a lot, too. No more braces or glasses. A new hair cut. And who knew he was also a soccer star, immediately making the team mid-season? He's welcomed to Buttonwood Bay Middle School with open arms in a way that Mia can't even recognize, and now she's feeling more lost than ever. Then her science teacher announces the school's science olympics and she and Tariq are teaming up again to crush the competition--just like at camp. Only this time they're joined by a couple of unconventional teammates in Kinsey (more artist than scientist) and the loveable, if also sometimes kind of gross and goofy, Evan"--Amazon.

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