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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
Struggling to adapt when her family moves during the school year, Mattie makes friends with the girl next door during winter break only to confront unpopularity when she learns that her new friend is the weird girl in school who no one likes.
2) Someone new
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When three children, Jesse, Jason, and Emma, are confronted with new classmates from different ethnic backgrounds, they strive to overcome their initial reactions, and to understand, accept, and welcome Maria, Jin, and Fatima.
3) Neither
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Because Neither is unlike both the rabbits and birds of the Land of This and That, it sets out to find a new place where all kinds of creatures are welcome.
Author
Series
Middle school bites volume 1
Publisher
Holiday House
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Tom Marks has big plans for middle school, but the day before classes begin he is bitten by a vampire, a werewolf, and a zombie.
Author
Series
Tally (Libby Scott) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Tally is starting sixth grade at Kingswood Academy and she really wants to fit in, which means somehow hiding her autism, hypersensitivity to touch, and true self, and trying to act "normal" like her former best friend, Layla, who is distancing herself from Tally and her fourteen-year-old sister, Nell, who is always angry with Tally for being different; but as she records her thoughts and anxieties in her coping diary, Tally begins...
6) They came
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The arrival of a mysterious alien ship prompts panic in a small town, until a young boy's discovery changes everything.
7) Geraldine
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Struggling to fit in as the only giraffe in a school of children, reluctant newcomer Geraldine meets fellow outcast Cassie and learns how to stand out by being herself, playing by her own rules, and staying true to her new friend.
9) Circle round
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From one child to ten, hands are extended in an ongoing invitation to welcome all kids into a circle of inclusion, friendship, and play"--
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
As a preacher's daughter, Monique is expected to be an example at church although she hates its restrictive rules. When she discovers she physically cannot have sex, and after her boyfriend breaks up with her for that reason, two unexpected teens from church become her main supports as she desperately tries to break the rules against all the odds.
11) Without Annette
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Josie Little and her girlfriend Annette Anderson have traveled halfway across the country to attend Brookwood Academy, a prestigious boarding school in Connecticut, and get away from Annette's abusive mother, but as soon as they get there things begin to unravel--the undercurrents in the school are poisonous, Annette seems more interested in drinking with the in-crowd, and a boy declares that he is in love with her.
12) Pruett and Soo
Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Pruett lives on Planet Monochrome, where life is black and white and gray and everyone follows the rules. One day, Soo, who had just moved from Planet Prismatic, comes to school. When Pruett and Soo become friends, everything will change!
13) Wild for Winnie
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Winnie is the new kid at school and sometimes she's kind of wild. "Maybe Winnie feels the world differently than most of us," her teacher says. "Why don't we give her world a try?" So the class takes time each day to do an activity that reflects what Winnie's feeling.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Part coming of age, part call to action, this fast-paced #ownvoices novel about a Deaf teenager is a unique and inspiring exploration of what it means to belong. Smart, artistic, and independent, sixteen year old Piper is tired of trying to conform. Her mom wants her to be "normal," to pass as hearing, to get a good job. But in a time of food scarcity, environmental collapse, and political corruption, Piper has other things on her mind--like survival....
15) Lovebird Lou
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Lovebird Lou adores life with his family and friends on the island they call home. But when he travels to the other side of the island and sees the amazing abilities on display by different birds, Lou feels unfulfilled with the laidback lovebird lifestyle. With his adoring parents cheering him on, Lou decides to spread his wings and see what else he can accomplish. This sweet, funny story celebrates individuality, self-discovery, and the joy of community.--...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Frankie Fairy loves to learn about creepy crawly critters in her own backyard! Now that she's at a new school, she's excited to learn even more about them! Instead, she learns that the other fairy kids in class think she's the creepy one. Is Frankie really that scary? And if she is-is that really a bad thing? Maybe her creepy crawly friends can help her figure it out!
Author
Publisher
Alfred A Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"There were just a few signs that Imogene was different. First, there were the antlers growing from her head -- a spectacle that her mother could not bear. Then came the peacock's tail, the long neck, and ... oh dear, what will Mother say to that? Thirty-five years after David Small brought the inimitable Imogene to life, she's back -- with a new set of features that kids everywhere will see for what they really are : the things that make you utterly,...
19) Strange Boarders
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Adnan Zakaria's family recently fled Syria and resettled in America. Adnan feels like a stranger in a strange land. He's lonely and homesick. The one thing that gives him comfort is his best friend's skateboard that he brought with him from Syria. As Adnan navigates his new community, he bonds with new friends at a local skatepark. But he also faces adversity in the form of local troublemaker Mike Proctor. After Adnan loses his precious skateboard...
Author
Publisher
Clever Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When Boo the dog gets an energetic new dog sister named Peanut, he isn't quite sure what to do. She's loud, she drinks out of his water bowl, she eats his food, and she sleeps in his bed. Having been an only dog for his entire life, Boo would prefer that everything stay just the way it was. But Peanut loves her big brother and wants to do everything just like Boo! Will the two find a way to get along? This sweet story of friendship and acceptance...