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3621) The walk on
Author
Series
Publisher
Yearling, Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Alex Myers is a quarterback, but from the first day of football practice, it's clear that that position is very much filled by the coach's son, Matt. Alex has the better arm, but Matt has more experience-and the coach's loyalty. Alex finally gets a chance to show what he can do when Matt is injured, and he helps win a key game to keep the Lions' bid for the state championship alive. But just when his star is rising, Alex gets blindsided-the state...
3622) The escape of light
Author
Publisher
Turner Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Burns have disfigured him, his father has passed away, and his mother now works so many jobs, he feels like he's living alone. He expects more of that same loneliness as he starts at a new high school, but Wilder surprises even himself as he finds a new best friend, discovers a knack for basketball, and catches the eye of the coolest girl in school. All the cruelty and bullying seems reserved for the enigmatic Lane McKenzie, and Wilder is all too...
3623) The closest I've come
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Marcos Rivas yearns for love, a working cell phone, and maybe a pair of sneakers that aren't falling apart. But more than anything, Marcos wants to get out of Maesta, his hood, away from his indifferent mom and her abusive boyfriend-which seems impossible. When Marcos is placed in a new after-school program, he meets Zach and Amy, whose friendship inspires Marcos to open up to his Maesta crew, too, and starts to think more about his future and what...
3624) My new best friend
Author
Series
Friends for keeps (Julie Bowe) volume 2
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Fourth-grader Ida May and her new best friend, Stacey Merriweather, discover a mermaid nightlight that they believe can grant wishes.
3625) Travel team
Author
Series
Danny Walker volume 1
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
After he is cut from his travel basketball team--the very same team that his father once led to national prominence--twelve-year-old Danny Walker forms his own team of cast-offs that might have a shot at victory.
Author
Series
What the dinosaurs did last night volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Photographs and simple text reveal the mischief that toy dinosaurs get into during school"--
3627) Falling over sideways
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
Claire's life is a joke . . . but she's not laughing. While her friends seem to be leaping forward, she's dancing in the same place. The mean girls at school are living up to their mean name, and there's a boy, Ryder, who's just as bad, if not worse. And at home, nobody's really listening to her -- if anything, they seem to be more in on the joke than she is.
Then into all of this (not-very-funny-to-Claire) comedy comes something intense and tragic...
Author
Series
Adventures of Sophie Mouse volume 10
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
As a school assignment, all the students at Silverlake Elementary are building boats, but Sophie worries that they will not be able to use the boats when there is no rain to fill the pond.
3629) Dungeon crawl!
Author
Series
Minecraft Woodsword Chronicles volume 5
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
©[2020]
Language
English
Description
Tracking the Evoker King to his home in the heart of a perilous dungeon, Po, Morgan, and their fellow Minecraft players gear up for an epic quest of danger, while in the real world, the school play is overrun by its own troubles.
Author
Series
Captain Awesome volume 1
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When second-grader Eugene and his family move to a new neighborhood and he starts at a new school, he has a chance to bring out his superhero alter ego, Captain Awesome, to find the kidnapped class hamster.
Author
Series
Miss Fox's class volume 1
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
For "Peace Week," the animals in Miss Fox's class find ways to be peaceful instead of squabbling with each other.
3632) I repeat, don't cheat!
Author
Series
Jessica worries books volume 5
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Jessica worries about the consequences of exposing a cheating friend.
3633) The secret book
Author
Series
Melowy chapter books volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
It is time for the Feast of Harmony and all the Melowies in Aura are ready to celebrate. Everyone except Cleo, who doesn't know which realm she belongs to. She prefers to take comfort in a book she borrows from Eris, but she quickly learns that the company of a book can be dangerous. -- from Amazon.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Having a world-traversing archaeologist dad means twelve-year-old Lola Benko is used to moving around and not putting down roots anywhere. But every day and every hunt for something hidden is an adventure, and no matter what, she and her dad are an unbeatable team. Then her father disappears. The official story is that he was caught in a flash flood, but Lola’s research shows the day in question was perfectly pleasant. And it will take more than...
3635) The problem with forever
Author
Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Growing up, Mallory "Mouse" Dodge learned that the best way to survive was to say nothing. After she escaped her terrifying childhood and spent years being homeschooled by loving adoptive parents, she is starting her senior year at a public high school. The first day, she runs into Rider Stark, the friend and protector from her childhood, and Mallory realizes that their bond never really faded. But as Rider's life spirals out of control, Mallory faces...
3636) This impossible light
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Ivy's world is in flux. Her dad has moved out, her mother is withdrawn, her brother is off at college, and her best friend, Anna, has grown distant. Worst of all, Ivy's body won't stop expanding. She's getting taller and curvier, with no end in sight. Even her beloved math class offers no clear solution to the imbalanced equation that has become Ivy's life. Everything feels off-kilter until a skipped meal leads to a boost in confidence...
3637) Love me, love me not
Author
Publisher
Swoon Reads
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When Hailey Brown is removed from her home and put into foster care, all she wants is a safe, comfortable place where she can finish school and move on with her life. It's not easy adjusting to a new school and a new life, but Mr. and Mrs. Campbell and their teenage son, Brad, welcome Hailey with open arms. As Hailey begins to adjust to her new life, she and Brad grow closer. For the first time, Hailey feels like she might have a real shot at a future....
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Regent Academy has a long and storied history in Winslow, Vermont, as does the forest that surrounds it. The school is known for molding teens into leaders, but its history is far more nefarious. Seventeen-year-old Douglas Jones wants nothing to do with Regent's king-making; he’s just trying to survive. But then a student is murdered and, for some reason, by the next day no one remembers him having ever existed, except for Douglas and the groundskeeper's...
3639) It's showtime, Kavi
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Kavi Sharma loves singing and dancing, so when her middle school announces a musical revue, she and her friends Sophie and Pari decide to perform a dance together. If only they could agree on what dance style to do! Soon, all Kavi can think about is the revue, and her schoolwork starts to slip, which has never happened to her before. Kavi's little brother Rishi says she has a bad case of "Broadwayitis." Can she find a way to stay on top of on her...
3640) We are the Wildcats
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After enduring a week of punishing try-outs and making the cut for the girls' varsity field hockey team, new players must participate in a night of questionable bonding traditions and loyalty tests, orchestrated by the most senior girls on the squad and performed with the implicit permission of their seemingly all-American young male coach.
Tomorrow, the Wildcat varsity field hockey squad will play the first game of their new season. But at tonight's...
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