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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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Coretta Scott King Honor author Varian Johnson teams up with rising cartoonist Shannon Wright for a delightful middle-grade graphic novel!Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and best friends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods, and are partners on all their school projects. But just before the girls start sixth grade, Francine becomes Fran — a girl who wants to join the chorus, run for class president, and dress...
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Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Karen Brewer lives next door to Mrs. Porter, who wears long robes and has wild gray hair. Mrs. Porter has a black cat named Midnight and always seems to be working in her garden. Karen isn't supposed to spy on her neighbor, but she's determined to prove that Mrs. Porter is a witch named Morbidda Destiny! Mrs. Porter is getting ready to have a special meeting at her house, and Karen is sure the meeting is for witches. Are they going to cast a spell...
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Sisters 3 in 1 volume 2
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Papercutz
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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Maureen and Wendy hilariously demonstrate the best and worst of having and being a sister in this collection of three of their latest adventures and silly sibling squabbles from Papercutz! First, in "Selfie Awareness," it's vacation time and Maureen's desperate for fun while Wendy just wants to relax! A family boat trip is just what they need. Then, in "M.Y.O.B.," big sister Wendy is living the dream! Her school is organizing a grand ball with beautiful...
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Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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This collection continues to spotlight the life of teenager Maybonne Mullen. She suffers through the utterly relatable insults of junior high and the excruciating embarrassment caused by her little sister, Marlys. Hovering in the background, however, is a broken home, parents struggling with addiction, a grandmother who takes her granddaughters from the diverse big city to a bewilderingly bland small town.
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Sunny side up volume 2
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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From the award winning duo of Jennifer and Matthew Holm comes the sequel to the bestselling Sunny Side Up — full of just as much heart and just as many laughs.Summer's over and it's time for Sunny Lewin to enter the strange and unfriendly hallways of . . . middle school. When her Gramps calls her from Florida to ask how she's doing, she always tells him she's fine. But the truth? Sunny is NOT having the best time.Not only...
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy are having a really tough year: Not only is their father overseas with the military and their mother working overtime to make ends meet, but each girl is struggling with her own unique problems. Whether it's school woes, health issues, boy troubles or simply feeling lost, the March sisters all need the same thing: support from each other. By coming together -- and sharing lots of laughs and tears -- these four young women find...
9) Roughneck
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G13
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©2017.
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English
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"Derek Ouelette's glory days are behind him. His hockey career ended a decade earlier in a violent incident on ice, and since then he's been living off his reputation in the remote northern community where he grew up, drinking too much and fighting anyone who crosses him. But he never counts on his long-lost sister, Beth, showing up one day out of the blue, back in town and on the run from an abusive boyfriend. Looking to hide out for a while, the...
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Papercutz
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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The pop concert of the year is about to take place at Mouseford Academy, and the boy band 6 Seconds of Spring is set to perform! To make it even more special, the band is holding a talent contest--and the winner gets to be the opening act for the pop sensation. Among those competing are Dina Squid, Vanilla de Vissen, Vic de Vissen, and the Thea Sisters. But something happens that threatens to throw everything into chaos! The show must go on and it...
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Sisters volume 7
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Maureen and Wendy are sisters, and just like all sisters, they have their moments when they get along and other moments when they are like oil and water, which is a lot of fun to witness. Little sister Maureen has a new mission in life: to find a real life four leaf clover. Maureen has also taken up a new habit of fibbing. When she tells everyone about her fake cousin from Canada who lives in a castle and her other fake cousin who works with pop...
12) Not simple
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Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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A story within a story, a book within a book, a tale about the search for family, for an emotional home.
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Cucumber quest volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"After a surprise attack at sea, Cucumber finds himself in the Ripple Kingdom, home to white sand, blue waves--oh yeah, and the giant, terrible squid monster holding Almond and Sir Carrot captive. Can our so-called 'legendary hero' rescue his companions from the nefarious Splashmaster? Nah, probably not"--
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ParaNorthern volume 1
Publisher
HMH Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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It's fall break in the supernatural town of North Haven, and young witch Abby's plans include pitching in at her mom's magical coffee shop, practicing her potion making, and playing board games with her best friends -a pumpkinhead, a wolf-girl, and a ghost. But when Abby finds her younger sister being picked on by some speed demons, she lets out a burst of magic so strong, it opens a portal to a realm of chaos bunnies. And while these bunnies may...
15) Ghosts
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2016
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English
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Catrina and her family have moved to the coast of Northern California for the sake of her little sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis--and Cat is even less happy about the move when she is told that her new town is inhabited by ghosts, and Maya sets her heart on meeting one.
16) Hotel Dare
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2019
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English
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Olive and her adopted siblings Charlotte and Darwin are spending the summer with their estranged grandma at her creepy hotel and it's all work and no play. They're stuck inside doing boring chores but they soon stumble upon an incredible secret... Behind each room door of the hotel lies a portal to a different strange and mysterious place. The simple turn of a knob transports them to a distant magical world filled with space pirates. Behind the next...
17) Sister BFFs
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Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Sister BFFs follows a pair of sisters who are not quite adults, but trying desperately to act like them. From job searches to embarrassing encounters with former crushes, these twenty-something sisters navigate the ups, downs, and in-betweens of early adulthood - together. Loosely based on the author's own life, Sister BFFs celebrates the complicated love-hate relationship between sisters to hilarious effect. They tease and trick each other but always...
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IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Little Women meets My Little Pony in this new graphic novel interpretation of the literary classic about love, life, and sisterhood. Rainbow Dash, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, and Rarity appear as the March sisters, who harbor dreams of life beyond Broncord, Massahoofetts"--
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Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"An immigrant weaves a new, surreal americana, complete with bubblegum fights and bomb queens Rarely does a new talent arrive in the medium as unmistakably distinct as Rumi Hara. With immersive art and a clear-eyed storytelling rhythm, her uncategorizable debut, Nori, put her playful cartooning on display. Her new collection, The Peanutbutter Sisters and Other American Stories, delights with equal mischievousness. The Peanutbutter Sisters is a glorious...
20) M Is for Monster
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Pub. Date
2022
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English
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A scientist attempts to bring her younger sister back to life with unexpected results in this Frankenstein-inspired graphic novel about ghosts, identity, and family
When Doctor Frances Aiâs younger sister Maura died in a tragic accident six months ago, Frances swore she would bring her back to life. However, the creature that rises from the slab is clearly not Maura. This girl, who chooses the name âM,â doesnât...
When Doctor Frances Aiâs younger sister Maura died in a tragic accident six months ago, Frances swore she would bring her back to life. However, the creature that rises from the slab is clearly not Maura. This girl, who chooses the name âM,â doesnât...
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