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3) Rebound
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume Prequel
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Recent TAB Nominations in E-Book and E-Audio
TAB 2019 : Swanson
TAB 2019 : Thomas Jefferson
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TAB 2019 : Swanson
TAB 2019 : Thomas Jefferson
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Description
Before Josh and Jordan Bell were streaking up and down the court, their father was learning his own moves. In this prequel to Newbery Medal winner The Crossover, Chuck Bell takes center stage, as readers get a glimpse of his childhood and how he became the jazz music worshiping, basketball star his sons look up to. A novel in verse with all the impact and rhythm readers have come to expect from Kwame Alexander, Rebound will go back in time to visit...
5) Booked
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Güero is Mexican American, at home with Spanish or English and on both sides of the river. He's starting 7th grade with a woke English teacher who knows how to make poetry cool. In Spanish, "Güero" is a nickname for guys with pale skin, Latino or Anglo. But make no mistake: our red-headed, freckled hero is puro mexicano, like Canelo Álvarez, the Mexican boxer. Güero is also a nerd--reader, gamer, musician--who runs with a squad...
7) Solo
Author
Publisher
Blink
Language
English
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Description
Seventeen-year-old Blade endeavors to resolve painful issues from his past and navigate the challenges of his former rockstar father's addictions, scathing tabloid rumors, and a protected secret that threatens his own identity.
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"In Hate That Cat, Jack is only trying to save that fat black cat stuck in the tree by his bus stop-but the cat scratches him instead! At school Miss Stretchberry begins teaching new poems, everything from William Carlos Williams to Valerie Worth to T.S. Eliot. As the year progresses, Jack gradually learns to love that cat and finds new ways to express himself."--Publisher's website.
9) Tricks
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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Description
Five troubled teenagers fall into prostitution as they search for freedom, safety, community, family, and love.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
When hospitalized for her clinical depression, Whimsy connects with a boy named Faerry, who also suffers from the traumatic loss of a sibling, and together they work to unearth buried memories and battle the fantastical physical embodiment of their depression.
12) Swing
Author
Publisher
Blink
Language
English
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Description
"Noah and his best friend Walt want to become cool, make the baseball team, and win over Sam, the girl Noah has loved for years. When Noah finds old love letters, Walt hatches a plan to woo Sam. But as Noah's love life and Walt's baseball career begin, the letters alter everything"--
13) The Crossover
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
Language
English
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Black Lives Matter: Elementary Stories
Newbery Medal Award Winners
Novels in Verse: Middle Grade
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Newbery Medal Award Winners
Novels in Verse: Middle Grade
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Description
Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
15) Rez dogs
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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2021-2022 Middle School TAB Nominations
2021-2022 Middle School TAB Nominations in E-Book and E-Audiobook
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
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2021-2022 Middle School TAB Nominations in E-Book and E-Audiobook
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
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Description
Malian loves spending time with her grandparents at their home on a Wabanaki reservation. She's there for a visit when, suddenly, all travel shuts down. There's a new virus making people sick, and Malian will have to stay with her grandparents for the duration. Everyone is worried about the pandemic, but Malian knows how to keep her family and community safe: She protects her grandparents, and they protect her. She doesn't go outside to play with...
Author
Language
English
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2020-2021 Middle School TAB Nominations
2020-2021 Middle School TAB Nominations E-Books and E-Audiobooks
2021 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 5 & 6
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2020-2021 Middle School TAB Nominations E-Books and E-Audiobooks
2021 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 5 & 6
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Description
ZJ's friends Ollie, Darry and Daniel help him cope when his father, a beloved professional football player, suffers severe headaches and memory loss that spell the end of his career.--
Author
Language
English
Description
Nic Chen refuses to spend her senior year branded as the girl who cheated on her charismatic and lovable boyfriend. To redefine her reputation among her Ivy League-obsessed classmates, Nic begins writing their college admissions essays. But the more essays Nic writes for other people, the less sure she becomes of herself, the kind of person she is, and whether her moral compass even points north anymore. -- from Amazon.
18) Inkling
Author
Language
English
Description
The Rylance family is stuck. Dad's got writer's block. Ethan promised to illustrate a group project at school--even though he can't draw. Sarah's still pining for a puppy. And they all miss Mom. So much more than they can say. Enter Inkling. Inkling begins life in Mr. Rylance's sketchbook. But one night the ink of his drawings runs together--and then leaps off the page! This small burst of creativity is about to change everything. Ethan finds him...
19) Starfish
Author
Language
English
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Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
For Fans of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Novels in Verse: Middle Grade
Titles Worth Trying: Realistic Fiction [Grades 3-5]
For Fans of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Novels in Verse: Middle Grade
Titles Worth Trying: Realistic Fiction [Grades 3-5]
Description
Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Seth is a junior copywriter whose latest tagline just went viral. He's the agency's hottest new star, or at least he wants his coworker crush to think so. But while he's busy drooling over his future corner office, the walls crumble around him. When his job lets him go, he can't let go of his job. Thankfully, one former colleague can't let him go either: Robert "Moon" McCloone, a skeezy on-the-rise exec better suited to a frat house than a boardroom....
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