Topical/Coming of Age
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A Teen’s Game Plan for Life
$13.95 Add to cartAfter spending decades as a highly successful football coach, Lou Holtz shares a common-sense message with teens in an easily understood game plan for life. This proven plan can help readers define an… [more below]
- Author: Holtz, Lou
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 01 2007
- ISBN10: 193349509X
- Language: English
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Wutaryoo
$17.99 Read moreWutaryoo is tired of not knowing who she is or where she comes from–so she sets off on an adventure to reveal her true history in this essential picture book about telling your own story and finding
- Author: Magruder, Nilah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0358172381
- Language: English
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Partly Cloudy
$16.99 Add to cartFrom award-winning author Tanita S. Davis comes a nuanced exploration of the microaggressions of middle school and a young Black girl named Madalyn who learns that being a good friend means dealing wi
- Author: Davis, Tanita S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0062937006
- Language: English
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The Wrestling Cholitas of Bolivia
$18.95 Read moreTwo girls in Bolivia, with a passion for wrestling, beat the odds in this new empowering picture book
Noelia and Wara are two girls who live in the city of El Alto, Bolivia. Wrestling is their passion- Series: Against All Odds
- Author: Bellante, Claudia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1623718074
- Language: English
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The Pinballs
$8.99 Add to cartFrom Newbery-winning author Betsy Byars comes a story full of “poignancy, perception, and humor” (The Chicago Tribune), about three foster kids who learn what it takes to make a family.
You can’t alw
- Series: Apple Paperbacks
- Author: Byars, Betsy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 10 2004
- ISBN10: 0064401987
- Language: English
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Crunch
$8.99 Add to cartIt took real faith and courage to get Bethany back on a surfboard after losing her arm to a shark. The Soul Surfer fiction series is based on the life of surfer star Bethany Hamilton, as she and her f
- Series: Faithgirlz / Soul Surfer #4
- Author: Bundschuh, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 06 2014
- ISBN10: 031074539X
- Language: English
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The List
$13.99 Add to cartAn intense look at the rules of high school attraction — and the price that’s paid for them.
The remarkable New York Times bestseller It happens every year before homecoming — the list is posted all … [more below]
- Author: Vivian, Siobhan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 25 2014
- ISBN10: 0545169186
- Language: English
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Shock the Monkey
$17.99 Add to cartNoah Prime must set out to save his friends and the universe once again in this jaw-dropping sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel, I Am the Walrus.
Noah Prime never expected to wind up a fu- Series: The N.O.A.H. Files #2
- Author: Shusterman, Neal
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 0759555273
- Language: English
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Best Friends, Bikinis, and Other Summer Catastrophes
$7.99 Read moreFor fans of Barbara Dee and Shannon Hale, this poignant coming-of-age middle grade novel explores the ups and down of best friends, crushes, and backyard projects during a summer full of changes and p… [more below]
- Author: Wientge, Kristi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1534485031
- Language: English
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The Secret Garden
$19.99 Add to cartThe beloved original text offered in a beautiful paperback edition by esteemed illustrator Inga Moore.
First published in 1911, The Secret Garden has entranced readers with the courage of two unhappy- Author: Burnett, Frances Hodgson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 23 2010
- ISBN10: 0763647322
- Language: English
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Harbor Me
$17.99 Read moreA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
Jacqueline Woodson’s first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group of students share th- Author: Woodson, Jacqueline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 28 2018
- ISBN10: 0399252525
- Language: English
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Junior High Drama
$14.95 Read moreWelcome to Memorial Middle School, where drama fills the classrooms and follows students home on the bus. Social awkwardness. Mean girls. Hallway gossip. It’s all part of life in junior high, but mayb… [more below]
- Series: Junior High Drama
- Author: Simonson, Louise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1496547128
- Language: English
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Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff: Stories of Tough Times and Lessons Learned
$18.95 Add to cartBeing a teenager is difficult even under the best conditions. When bad things happen, the challenges can be overwhelming. But tough times can turn into great times. In this book, you’ll see how you to… [more below]
- Series: Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
- Author: Canfield, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 28 2012
- ISBN10: 1623611199
- Language: English
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Friendship List #3: 13 and Counting
$9.99 Add to cartFans of Lauren Myracle and Rachel Renee Russo’s Dork Diaries will adore the third book in this laugh-out-loud series about two BFFs who master middle school with a list of thirteen goals they MUST ach
- Series: Friendship List #3
- Author: Greenwald, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0062875256
- Language: English
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Dear Treefrog
$19.99 Read moreCapturing the joy of finding a kindred spirit, this stunning picture book by Newbery Honor-winning poet Joyce Sidman tells the story of a lonely girl moving into a new home and the little treefrog tha… [more below]
- Author: Sidman, Joyce
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 25 2021
- ISBN10: 0358064767
- Language: English
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Miss Impossible
$9.99 Add to cartBabysitting? More like bully-sitting, when Malia, Dot, and Bree get a much older–and scarier–client than they expected. But looks can be deceiving in this LOL-worthy third book in the Best Babysitte… [more below]
- Series: Best Babysitters Ever
- Author: Cala, Caroline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 13 2021
- ISBN10: 0358547679
- Language: English
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Rat Rule 79: An Adventure
$15.00 Add to cart“Rivka Galchen delivers joy and cleverness reminiscent of The Phantom Tollbooth, Alice in Wonderland, and Hayao Miyazaki movies” (NPR, Best Books of 2019) in Rat Rule 79, a brain-twisting adventure st
- Author: Galchen, Rivka
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 10 2021
- ISBN10: 1632061023
- Language: English
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Spin with Me
$14.99 Add to cartFrom the author of the critically acclaimed Gracefully Grayson comes a thoughtful and sensitive middle-grade novel about non-binary identity and first love, Ami Polonsky’s Spin with Me .
In this elega- Author: Polonsky, Ami
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1250802091
- Language: English
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Candidly Cline
$9.99 Add to cartA must-read for fans of Julie Murphy and Ashley Herring Blake, this queer coming-of-age story from critically acclaimed author Kathryn Ormsbee sings with heart, warmth, and hope. An ALA Rainbow Book L
- Author: Ormsbee, Kathryn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 0063060000
- Language: English
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National Velvet
$21.95 Add to cart“Put on your not-to-be-missed list.” — The New Yorker
Her mother calls it “a breathtaking piece of folly,” but fourteen-year-old Velvet Brown is determined: every night she prays to be the best rider- Author: Bagnold, Enid
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 16 2019
- ISBN10: 0486838544
- Language: English
