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• Starfish

  Fipps, Lisa,

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  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.

• Eb & Flow

  Baptist, Kelly J.,

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  Ebony and De'Kari (aka Flow) do not get along. How could they when their cafeteria scuffle ended with De'Kari's ruined shoes, Ebony on the ground, and both of them with ten days of at-home suspension? Now Eb and Flow have two weeks to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Red, White, and Whole

  LaRocca, Rajani,

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  Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she's the only Indian American student, and home, with her family's traditions and holidays. But Reha's parents don't understand why she's conflicted-they only notice when Reha doesn't meet…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Magical Imperfect

  Baron, Chris (Christopher Leigh),

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  When Etan, who doesn't speak, and Malia, who is also known as "the Creature" due to her acute eczema, become friends, Etan must convince his family and hers that he might have a cure for her condition.

• When Winter Robeson Came

  Woods, Brenda (Brenda A.),

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  During the summer of 1965, when her cousin Winter comes for a visit, Eden is drawn into his investigation of his dad's disappearance 10 years earlier, and what they discover brings heartache and joy just as the Watts Riots erupt.

• Before the Ever After

  Woodson, Jacqueline,

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  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.

• Moonwalking

  Elliott, Zetta,

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  When punk rock-loving JJ Pankowski and graffiti artist Pie Velez stumble into an unlikely friendship, they use their love of music and art to get through a tough semester until a run-in with the police changes everything.

• Alone

  Freeman, Megan E.,

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  When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. She's alone, left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated and abandoned. With no one to rely…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Odder

  Applegate, Katherine,

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  Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Like a Hurricane

  Bécotte, Jonathan, 1987-

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  A young teen's secret is tearing him apart. He knows he is gay but is afraid to share this knowledge with his parents or his friends. What if they reject him? And what can he do with the feelings he has for his childhood friend when he…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What About Will

  Hopkins, Ellen,

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  Trace's relationship with his older brother Will become increasingly complicated after Will suffers a traumatic brain injury and becomes addicted to pain pills.

• The Song of Us

  Fussner, Kate,

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  Love at first sight isn’t a myth. For seventh graders Olivia and Eden, it’s fate. Olivia is a capital-P Poet, and Eden thinks she wants to be a musician one day, but for now she’s just the new girl. And then Eden shows up to Poetry Club…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Good Different

  Kuyatt, Meg Eden,

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  Seventh-grader Selah Godfrey knows that to be "normal" she has to keep her feelings tightly controlled when people are around, but after hitting a fellow student, she needs to figure out just what makes her different--and why that is ok.

• Unsettled

  Faruqi, Reem,

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  Young Nurah reluctantly moves with her family from Karachi, Pakistan, to Peachtree City, Georgia, but, after some ups and downs, begins to feel at home.

• Recipe for Disaster

  Lucido, Aimee,

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  Hannah Malfa-Adler is Jew . . . ish. Not that she really thinks about it. She'd prefer to focus on her favorite pastime: baking delicious food! But when her best friend has a beyond-awesome Bat Mitzvah, Hannah starts to feel a little…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Other Words for Home

  Warga, Jasmine,

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  Sent with her mother to the safety of a relative's home in Cincinnati when her Syrian community is overshadowed by violence, Jude worries for the beloved family members who were left behind and forges a new sense of identity shaped by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Moon Within

  Salazar, Aida,

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  Eleven-year-old (nearly twelve) Celi Rivera, who is a mix of Black-Puerto Rican-Mexican Indian is uncomfortable about her approaching period, and the changes that are happening to her body; she is horrified that her mother wants to hold a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Golden Girl

  Faruqi, Reem,

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  Seventh grader Aafiyah has a bad habit that troubles her--she's drawn to pretty things and cant help but "borrow" them on occasion. But when her father is falsely accused of a crime he didnt commit and is taken away by authorities, Aafiyah…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Worst-case Collin

  Caprara, Rebecca,

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  In the two years since his mother was killed in an automobile crash, Colin has been anticipating further disasters, writing down what to do in the event of an avalanche or mentally practicing the Heimlich maneuver just in case--but the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All He Knew

  Frost, Helen, 1949-

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  In 1939 six-year-old Henry, who is deaf, is taken from his family and placed in a home for the feeble-minded where, years later, his friends include a conscientious objector serving there during World War II. Includes historical notes.