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Here are some of our favorite great reads for middle school school guys! These titles are classified as Teen Middle School (TM) and can be found in the Teen section of the library.
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Bashir Boutros and the Jewel of the Nile by George JreijeShy, eleven-year-old Bashir Boutros dreads going back to America after an amazing summer in Lebanon. He's always felt invisible back home, where he doesn't have any real friends. Then, Bashir makes a lucky discovery--a long-lost ring containing a jinn whose magical aura brings power to those who wield it. But the ring's untold power makes Bashir a target for monsters--including Ali Adin, the world's most dangerous demon. When Ali Adin kidnaps Bashir's parents, Bashir joins forces with an ancient society sworn to protect the world from supernatural beings. Together, they set off on a race to stop Ali Adin from conquering the world as Bashir attempts to harness the ring's abilities. But great power comes at what cost?
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Inside the Park by Andrea WilliamsBaseball-loving 12-year-old Timothy “Pumpsie” Strickland gets trapped inside the baseball stadium on the eve of the season's biggest game and realizes he's not alone, that foul plots are brewing, and it's up to him to save the team's postseason chances.
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Slugfest by Gordon KormanForced to take Physical Education Equivalency, aka“Slugfest,” in summer school so he can maintain his star spot on the JV football team, Yash recruits his fellow PE rejects to train with him and pass this course, an endeavor that turns into a summer he'll never forget.
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The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta SepetysSummer, 1940. Nineteen-year-old Jakob Novis and his quirky younger sister Lizzie share a love of riddles and puzzles. And now they’re living inside of one. The quarrelsome siblings find themselves amidst one of the greatest secrets of World War II—Britain’s eccentric codebreaking factory at Bletchley Park. As Jakob joins Bletchley’s top minds to crack the Nazi's Enigma cipher, fourteen-year-old Lizzie embarks on a mission to solve the mysterious disappearance of their mother.
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The Last Dragon on Mars by Scott ReintgenA boy living on Mars, unexpectedly becomes a dragon rider, seeking to end the curse that doomed the planet when the dragon that inhabited Mars was killed for the sake of rendering the planet habitable for humans.
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Look Both Ways: a Tale Told in Ten Blocks by Jason ReynoldsA whimsical exploration of the role detours play in life follows a group of students who become so engaged in everyday activities while taking 10 different routes home from school that they fail to notice a school bus that has dropped from the sky.
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Impossible Creatures by Katherine RundellWhen Mal barges into his life, along with a baby griffin, demanding his help, Christopher embarks on an adventure of a lifetime with this fierce girl to save the Archipelago, a hidden world where magical creatures have thrived for thousands of years.
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Wrecker by Carl HiaasenWhen some men in a sailboat pay him to forget he ever saw them, Wrecker is happy to oblige. But when he keeps seeing these men all over Key West, he discovers they want more than just his silence.
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One Wrong Step by Jennifer A. NielsenAtlas Wade's father signs the duo up for an expedition group to summit Mount Everest, as war returns to Europe and Nazis are attempting their own summit nearby, in a story about loss and letting go.
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You Only Live Once, David Bravo by Mark OshiroWhile wishing for a do-over, middle schooler David Bravo accidentally summons a talking, shapeshifting,annoying dog, Fea, who claims a choice made in David's past set him on the wrong timeline and that she can take him back to fix it.
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Treasure Island: Runaway Gold by Jewell Parker RhodesEntrusted with a real treasure map, Zane, along with his friends Kiko and Jack and his dog, Hip-Hop, arrives in Manhattan where he learns about the buried history of Black New Yorkers of centuries past, and the gold hidden in those stories, while eluding a vicious rival skateboard crew.
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Oliver and Nathan, determined to get to the bottom of their new homeroom teacher's fishy behavior, discover Mr. Aidact is actually an AI robot from a secret experimental program. |
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Captain Skidmark Dances With Destiny by Jennifer A. IrwinThirteen-year-old Will is generally miserable but finds solace at dance school, and then Will's seventeen-year-old hockey-star cousin, Alex, moves in, and Will and Alex learn a lot about each other and their relationships with their fathers.
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Nothing Interesting Ever Happens to Ethan Fairmont by Nick BrooksStumbling on his ex-best friend Kareem, new-kid Juan Carlos, and an extraterrestrial visitor named Cheese, self-proclaimed genius inventor Ethan Fairmont must join the three to pull off the ultimate intergalactic rescue with mysterious agents on their trail and their families and friends in danger.
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Dead Wednesday by Jerry SpinelliWhen the school assigns each eighth-grader the name of a teenager who died in the past year as a lesson in mortality, Worm Tarnauer, who thrives on being invisible, doesn’t count on Becca Finch, the 17-year-old car crash victim who changes everything.
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The Swag Is in the Socks by Kelly J. BaptistWhen his uncle sends him a pair of funky socks and issues him a challenge on his 12th birthday, Xavier Moon must decide whether to follow in his family’s footsteps or march down a new path.
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Final Season by Tim GreenWhen his NFL dad is diagnosed with ALS, middle school quarterback Ben Redd is determined to have a winning season, which may be his final one as he watches the heavy toll the incurable disease is taking on his dad.
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We Are Family by LeBron JamesWhen Jayden and his teammates find out there's not going to be a Hoop Group this year, and maybe ever again, they have to learn to lean on each other if they want to save their basketball season.
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Ten Thousand Tries by Amy MakechnieWith his home life spiraling out of control, 12-year-old Golden Maroni pushes himself to become the captain of his soccer team and master of his eighth-grade universe, which alienates those around him.
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