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Bauer, Marion Dane.
On My Honor
When his best friend drowns while they are both swimming in a treacherous river that they had promised never to go near, Joel is devasted and terrified at having to tell both sets of parents the terrible consequences of their disobedience.
90 p. 1986
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Blume, Judy
Are You There God? It's Me Margaret
Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private God.
149 p. 2001
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Blume, Judy
Blubber
Jill goes along with the rest of the fifth-grade class in tormenting a classmate and then finds out what it's like when she, too, becomes a target.
153 p. 1974
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Carey, Janet Lee
The Double Life of Zoe Flynn
When Zoe's family has to live in their van for months after moving from California to Oregon so her father can find work, Zoe tries to keep her sixth-grade classmates from discovering that she is homeless.
240 p. 2007
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Cassidy, Cathy
Indigo Blue
Eleven-year-old Indigo, her mother, and her toddler sister have to move out of their apartment because of troubles with Mum's boyfriend, while Indie is also having best friend problems at school, leaving her stressed, confused, and lonely.
215 p. 2005
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Child, Lauren
Clarice Bean Spells Trouble
Clarice Bean, aspiring actress and author, unsuccessfully tries to avoid getting into trouble as she attempts to help a friend in need by following the rules of the fictional, exceptionordinarily spy, Ruby Redfort.
189 p. 2005
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Choldenko, Gennifer
If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period
Kirsten and Walk, seventh-graders at an elite private school, alternate telling how race, wealth, weight, and other issues shape their relationships as they and other misfits stand up to a mean but influential classmate, even as they are uncovering a long-kept secret about themselves.
216 p. ; 22 cm. 2007
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Cleary, Beverly
Strider
In a series of diary entries, Leigh tells how he comes to terms with his parents' divorce, acquires joint custody of an abandoned dog, and joins the track team at school.
179 p. 1991
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Clements, Andrew
The Jacket
An incident at school forces sixth grader Phil Morelli, a white boy, to become aware of racial discrimination and segregation, and to seriously consider if he himself is prejudiced.
89 p. 2002
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Cohn, Rachel
The Steps
Over Christmas vacation, Annabel goes from her home in Manhattan to visit her father, his new wife, and her half- and step-siblings in Sydney, Australia.
137 p. 2003
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Coman, Carolyn
What Jamie Saw
Having fled to a family friend's hillside trailer after his mother's boyfriend tried to throw his baby sister against a wall, nine-year-old Jamie finds himself living an existence full of uncertainty and fear.
126 p. 1995
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Conly, Jane Leslie
Crazy Lady!
As he tries to come to terms with his mother's death, Vernon finds solace in his growing relationship with the neighborhood outcasts, an alcoholic and her developmentally disabled son.
180 p. 1993
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Danziger, Paula
P.S. Longer Letter Later
Twelve-year-old best friends Elizabeth and Tara Starr continue their friendship through letter-writing after Tara Starr's family moves to another state.
234 p. 1998
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DiCamillo, Kate
Because of Winn-Dixie
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.
182 p. 2000
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Dowell, Frances O'Roark
Chicken Boy
Since the death of his mother, Tobin's family life and school life have been in disarray. He has a near-certifiable grandmother, a pack of juvenile-delinquent siblings, and a dad who's not going to win father of the year any time soon. What does this have to do with chickens? Read and find out.
202 p. 2005
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Estes, Eleanor
The Hundred Dresses. By Eleanor Estes Illustrated By Louis Slobodkin.
No one pays much attention to Wanda, who wears the same faded blue dress to school everyday, until she announces that she has one hundred beautiful dresses at home, "all lined up." Then everyone laughs and teases her so much that she stops coming to school.
80 p. 1944
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Giff, Patricia Reilly
Pictures of Hollis Woods
A troublesome twelve-year-old orphan, staying with an elderly artist who needs her, remembers the only other time she was happy in a foster home, with a family that truly seemed to care about her.
166 p. 2002
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Hannigan, Katherine
Ida B : --and her Plans to Maximize Fun Avoid Disaster and (possibly) Save the World
In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school.
246 p. 2004
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Henkes, Kevin
Olive's Ocean
On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.
217 p. 2003
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Kehret, Peg
Saving Lilly
AGAINST ALL ODDS Erin Wrenn and her friend David are in big trouble because they refuse to go on a field trip to the Glitter Tent Circus. They wrote a report on the sad lives of circus animals, and discovered that the Glitter Tent Circus is one of the worst animal abusers of all. Mrs. Dawson is determined to give her students the happy circus experience she remembers from her childhood; she won't let Erin and David share their report or pass around a petition asking for a different field trip. Erin is determined to force Mrs. Dawson to change her plans -- or she'll stage a sit-in at school. Then Erin sees an even bigger problem: Lilly, a mistreated elephant, is about to be sold to a hunting park. How can she save Lilly before it's too late? It seems impossible! Can one girl -- and a class of sixth-graders -- make a difference?
149 p. 2001
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