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Middle School Reads January 2022
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One small hop
by Madelyn Rosenberg
Discovering what may be the last surviving bullfrog in a near-future North America, Ahab and his friends decide to locate another bullfrog on the black market to save all of frogkind, with unexpected results.
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Finding Junie Kim
by Ellen Oh
Junie Kim just wants to fit in, so she keeps her head down and tries not to draw attention. But when racist graffiti appears at her middle school, Junie must decide between staying silent or speaking out. Then Junie decides to interview her grandparents for a school project, learning about their unbelievable experiences as kids during the Korean War. Junie comes to admire her grandma’s fierce determination to overcome impossible odds, and her grandpa’s unwavering compassion during wartime. And as racism becomes more pervasive at school, Junie taps into the strength of her ancestors and finds the courage to do what is right..
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Ahmed Aziz's epic year
by Nina Hamza
Moving from Hawaii to Minnesota, Ahmed Aziz is having the worst year until he deals with bullies, makes new friends and uncovers his family’s past—all while finding himself in three books assigned for his English class.
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Rez dogs
by Joseph Bruchac
When the COVID-19 pandemic starts, Malian, a young Wabanaki girl, is quarantined with her grandparents on the reservation, where she befriends a local dog and learns about her ancestors and how they always survive together.
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Best nerds forever
by James Patterson
One minute, Finn was biking home from school, and the next, he was run off the road by a maniac in a big van. Now, he's a ghost. He can do lots of fun things, like try every ice cream flavor in the store, prank people, and play all the video games as he wants. Finn even has a new ghost friend, Isabella, to show him the ropes. But he also has a lot of BIG questions, like: who wanted him dead? And can he stop the maniac from striking again?
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All you knead is love
by Tanya Guerrero
Reluctantly spending the summer with her estranged grandmother in Barcelona, 12-year-old Alba discovers a supportive network of new friends and a passion for baking that she hopes may heal her troubled family.
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Middle School Book Club selection for February
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Counting by 7s
by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Twelve-year-old genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out how to connect with other people and find a surrogate family for herself after her parents are killed in a car accident
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 10-13! |
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