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Azuma, Kiyohiko
Yotsuba!
The wacky adventures of an energetic, green-haired little girl who has just moved to a new town with her father.
224 p. 2005
Appears on the following book lists:
 Manga Manga
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Banks, Steven
King of the Creeps
When a nerdy, unpopular high school senior notices his resemblance to Bob Dylan, he leaves home for Greenwich Village, in 1963, to become a folk singer.
169 p. 2006
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Berryhill, Shane
Chance Fortune and the Outlaws
Frustrated by his lack of superpowers, Joshua enlists the aid of his mentor, the retired adventurer Captain Fearless, to help him gain entrance into the Burlington Academy for the Superhuman under a false identity.
269 p. 2006
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Bonk, John J.
Dustin Grubbs : Take Two!
Now in seventh grade, inveterate performer Dustin Grubbs is hoping to star in the school production of Oliver, but other events and changes in his life are making this an especially confusing time for him.
243 p. 2006
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Curtis, Christopher Paul
Bucking the Sarge
Deeply involved in his cold and manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Flint, Michigan, fourteen-year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor while running the Happy Neighbor Group Home For Men, all the while dreaming of going to college and becoming a philosopher.
259 p. 2004
Appears on the following book lists:
Good Reads for High School
Fabulous Reads for Middle Schoolers
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DeVillers, Julia
How My Private Personal Journal Became a Bestseller
Jamie accidentally turns in a private story from her journal instead of an English assignment and becomes a best-selling author almost overnight.
212 p. 2004
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Ehrenhaft, Daniel
Drawing a Blank, or, How I Tried to Solve a Mystery, End a Feud, and Land the Girl of My Dreams
Carlton Dunne IV, an outcast boarding school student with a secret identity as a graphic novelist, teams up with a beautiful Scottish girl who yearns to be an American police officer, in order to resolve an ancient feud and rescue Carlton's kidnapped father.
326 p. 2006
Appears on the following book lists:
Book Trailers Spring 2007
Guys in Love
Mysteries for Teens
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Groening, Matt
Simpsons Comics Dollars to Donuts
A collection of comics featuring the antics of antics of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie.
158 p. 2008
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Jaffe, Michele
Bad Kitty
While vacationing with her family in Las Vegas, seventeen-year-old Jasmine stumbles upon a murder mystery that she attempts to solve with the help of her friends, recently arrived from California.
268 p. 2006
Appears on the following book lists:
Girl Talk
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Jones, Diana Wynne
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland
Travel guide for Tourists wishing to explore--and survive--trips into Fantasyland, including detailed overviews of the people and animals; Fantasyland's weather, terrain, economics and industry; and the lowdown on Magic.
234 p. 2006
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Juby, Susan
Miss Smithers
Alice MacLeod's life as an outcast begins to change when she experiments with being friends with different sorts of people and competes in the Miss Smithers beauty pageant.
324 p. 2004
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Korman, Gordon
Schooled
Homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has never watched television, tasted a pizza, or even heard of a wedgie. When Cap is forced to move in with a guidance counselor and attend the local middle school he quickly learns that no education could prepare him for the politics of public school.
208 p. 2007
Appears on the following book lists:
Realistic Fiction
Funny Stories
Quick and Easy
Maud Hart Lovelace Nominees 2009-2010: Division II
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Limb, Sue
Girl, Going On 17, Pants On Fire
Jess' seventeenth year is a tumultuous one, due to a series of lies and unfortunate circumstances, including her break-up with Fred, her school detention, and her mother's new romance.
233 p. 2006
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Madison, Bennett
Lulu Dark Can See Through Walls
While trying to solve a wild case of identity theft and homicide, Lulu Dark and her buddies cope with apathetic police detectives, society matrons, and a mysterious manicurist named "Sally Hansen".
248 p. 2005
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Mlynowski, Sarah
Spells and Sleeping Bags
Rachel and her younger sister, both witches, spend the summer at Camp Wood Lake, where Rachel tries to have a normal camp experience while surreptitiously honing her newly discovered talents.
293 p. 2007
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Murdock, Catherine Gilbert
Dairy Queen : a Novel
After spending her summer running the family farm and training the quarterback for her school's rival football team, sixteen-year-old D.J. decides to go out for the sport herself, not anticipating the reactions of those around her.
275 p. 2006
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O'Connell, Tyne
Pulling Princes
Hoping to become more popular at her elegant English boarding school, 15-year-old Californian Calypso Kelly invents a fake handsome boyfriend, until she realizes that her wit and skill at fencing may be enough to attract the attention of a real-life handsome prince.
223 p. 2004
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Osa, Nancy
Cuba 15
Violet Paz reluctantly prepares for her upcoming quince (15th birthday) that her Cuban grandmother longs for her to experience. While struggling to make sense of the traditions, she turns her family's foibles into a routine for her speech team performance.
277 p. 2005
Appears on the following book lists:
Good Reads for Middle School
Pura Belpre Award - author honor
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
Belpré Award for Older Readers
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Ostow, Micol
Gettin' Lucky
Cass Parker is a big believer in luck, fate, and all things cosmic. So she's devastated when she walks in on her supposed best friend with Jesse, the guy she's in total like with. Vegas is just full of cheaters, Cass concludes, but she refuses to sit back and sulk.
240 p. 2007
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Peck, Richard
The Teacher's Funeral : a Comedy in Three Parts
In rural Indiana in 1904, fifteen-year-old Russell's dreams of quitting school and joining a wheat threshing crew are disrupted when his older sister takes over the teaching at his one-room schoolhouse after mean old Myrt Arbuckle "hauls off and dies."
190 p. 2004
Appears on the following book lists:
Good Reads for Middle School
It's Due Tomorrow!
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