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Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
To Greg Heffley, middle school is the dumbest idea ever invented. It's a place rigged with hundreds of social landmines, not the least of which are morons, wedgies, swirlies, bullies, lunchtime banishment to the cafeteria floor - and a festering piece of cheese with nuclear cooties. To survive the never-ending ordeal and attain the recognition and status he feels he so richly deserves, Greg devises an endless series of can't-miss schemes, all of which,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The French have a name for the uniquely hellish years between elementary school and high school: "l'âge ingrat" or "The Ugly Age." Characterized by a perfect storm of developmental changes-physical, psychological, and social-the middle-school years are a time of great distress for parents and children alike, marked by hurt, isolation, exclusion, competition, anxiety, and often outright cruelty. Some of this is inevitable; there are intrinsic challenges...
Series
Film Movement volume year 15, film 12
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Slovak
Description
In 1983, students and parents at a suburban Bratislava middle school must decide whether to go against new teacher Miss Drazdechova, a high-ranking official of the Communist Party who is tying pupils' grades to how helpful their families can be with favors.
Not recommended for ages under 17 without parental permission.
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Series
Hikaru no Go volume 18
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2010]]
Language
English
Description
"The main storyline takes a holiday, making way for six tales that offer fresh insight into the characters and lives of Akira Toya, Tetsuo Kaga, Asumi Nase, Yuki Mitani, Atsushi Kurata and Fujiwara-no-Sai. Hikaru Shindo figures in some of these and takes center stage in the final tale when he challenges a crooked antique shop owner to a game of go in an attempt to restore an heirloom vase to its rightful owner" -- from publisher's web site.
Author
Series
Mission Multiverse volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Back to the Future meets Stranger Things in this middle-grade multiverse odyssey!
With Earth's destruction a mere 30 days away, the fate of humankind rests in the hands of a group of trumpet-wielding band geeks
During a school field trip to NASA headquarters, five middle school band geeks-Dev, Austin, Tessa, Isaiah, and Meryl-are accidently sent to an alternate universe when a project-in-progress goes haywire. The five Space Cadets find themselves...
Publisher
Haut et Court
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Français
Description
Based on Bégaudeau's semi-autographical book Entre Les Murs (Between the Walls) "The Class" dramatizes a year in the life of a middle school in an immigrant heavy, multiracial neighborhood in Paris. The students are also nonprofessionals, and classroom sessions were improvised from workshops around specific themes. The documentary-approach to the filming puts the lie to the one-teacher-can-make-a-difference myth propagated by so many other films...
Author
Publisher
Random House Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: In her first novel since winning the Newbery Medal for When You Trap a Tiger, Tae Keller offers a gripping and emotional story about a girl who is alienated by her friends . . . for believing in aliens.
Author
Series
Big Nate (Chapter books) volume 4
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Nate's daredevil ways have landed him in the hospital with a broken bone. His family and friends only want to help him feel better, but they have gotten tired of Nate's increasingly ridiculous demands.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: The first in a new graphic novel series from indie comic stars Magdalene Visaggio and Jenn St-Onge is a coming-of-age story about the transformative power of friendship. And an immortal demon with the power to take over the world. But mostly the friendship thing.
Author
Series
Dead Max comix volume 4
Publisher
Red Chair Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Derrick's goldfish friends, Finn and Gillian, have gone missing! Things take a turn for the weird when Derrick realizes his two science teachers are also nowhere to be found. Is it possible Finn and Gillian have been transmogrified into giant teacher-snatching zombie-robot piranhas? Could mysterious postcards hold the answers? And what do plankton, plastic, and the fate of the oceans have to do with missing persons and punny, piscatorial pets? The...
72) Virtually me
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Five tweens navigate the pandemic by attending an experimental virtual reality school"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the Cream Puff's star pitcher is sick with the flu, and you wont believe who's pulled from the bullpen. With the odds stacked against them, what are the poor Cream Puffs to do? Revenge is a dish best served with a soft-hearted pitcher who channels his inner panda bear, a side of vengeful girlfriends, and a dash of Big Nate mojo. Smear on your eye-black grease and join the rampage in this newest collection of comics--you don't want to miss this...
Author
Series
Hikaru no Go volume 15
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Hikaru ignores Sai's pleas to let him play Go, and then Sai vanishes! Where has he gone? Will he come back? Can Hiraku play with Sai's coaching?
Author
Language
English
Description
I'm Finn McAllister, I'm a normal middle schooler, and on June sixth I died. I know, I know--you weren't expecting me to die so soon. Me neither. But dying is just the beginning of my story. You see, now I'm a ghost! I've made a new friend, too. She's also a ghost. It's pretty neat, huh? Only thing is, I have some unfinished business. And until I, well, finish it, I can't really move on...
76) Laugh out loud
Author
Language
English
Description
Imaginative middle schooler Jimmy follows his dream to start a unique book company while he is still a child.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
"At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery British leader, the young patriots in the Churchill Club committed countless acts of sabotage, infuriating the Germans, who eventually had the boys tracked...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Go
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Are you concerned that middle school will wreak havoc on your tween's well-being and sense of self? Wondering how you can ward off the decline in confidence research shows kids experience during these vulnerable years? Seeking strategies that will help your child emerge from middle school with even more resilience than when they started? From the author of Middle School Matters, which set up kids in grades 6 8 to thrive by developing social, emotional,...
79) Mascot
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Six eighth graders outside Washington, DC, navigate through conflict and division focused on their school district's Native American mascot"--Provided by publisher.
Six eighth graders in Washington, DC, navigate through the conflict and division sparked by a school assignment focused on their town's Native American mascot.
Author
Series
Way of the warrior kid volume 4
Publisher
Jocko Publishing in association with Di Angelo Publications
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Marc makes a new friend in the neighborhood who also wants to be a Warrior Kid, so he looks to Uncle Jake for help in creating lessons in "How to Be a Warrior Kid."
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