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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Judy Blume · 149 pages

Margaret Simon, almost twelve, likes long hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain, and things that are pink. She’s just moved from New York City to Farbook, New Jersey, and is anxious to fit in with her new friends—Nancy, Gretchen, and Janie. When they form a secret club to talk about private subjects like boys, bras, and getting their first periods, Margaret is happy to belong. But none of them can b

Female FriendshipMiddle GradeLightheartedFirst Person Narrator
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Thirteen Plus One

Lauren Myracle · 290 pages

As Winnie and her friends count the days until the beginning of high school, they attend a summer camp where they learn about sea turtles--as well as human relationships.

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Sleepaway Girls

Jen Calonita

When Sam's best friend gets her first boyfriend, she's not ready to spend the summer listening to the two of them call each other "pookie." Sick of being a third wheel, Sam applies to be a counselor-in-training at Whispering Pines camp in the New York Catskills. But what she doesn't realize is that it's not going to be all Kumbaya sing-alongs and gooey s'mores. If Ashley, the alpha queen of Whispe

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Welcome to the BSC, Abby

Ann M. Martin, Nola Thacker · 127 pages

Female FriendshipMiddle GradeLightheartedContemporary Fiction
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Smile

Raina Telgemeier · 213 pages

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Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas

Louise Rennison · 183 pages

The saga of fourteen-year-old Georgia Nicolson continues as she travels to Scotland on a nightmarish family vacation, confesses her anxiety over being the girlfriend of a sex god, and tests the limits of true friendship.

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How to Survive Middle School

Donna Gephart · 256 pages

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Never Do Anything, Ever

Jim Benton · 132 pages

A hilarious middle-schooler's diary about her stinky beagle, mad best friend, disgustingly lovely rival and unrequited crush on the eighth-best-looking boy in the class.

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Sixsational

Meg Cabot · 238 pages

The novel that inspired the hit movie!Mia Thermopolis is pretty sure there's nothing worse than being a five-foot-nine, flat-chested freshman, who also happens to be flunking Algebra. Is she ever in for a surprise. First Mom announces that she's dating Mia's Algebra teacher. Then Dad has to go and reveal that he is the crown prince of Genovia. And guess who still doesn't have a date for the Cultur

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Emma on Thin Icing

Coco Simon, Elizabeth Doyle Carey

It’s funny and you would enjoy it if you love cupcakes Hope you enjoy

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The Clique

Lisi Harrison · 220 pages

Enter the world of the clique - where the only thing harder than getting in is staying in.

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Sisterchicks Do the Hula

Robin Jones Gunn · 280 pages

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White Lies and Barefaced Truths

Cathy Hopkins · 182 pages

Cat finds herself in trouble when playing a game of truth or dare when she's asked for a truth she can't reveal. Is it okay to lie to protect people's feelings--especially those of a boyfriend whose days as a boyfriend are numbered?

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The Popularity Papers

Amy Ignatow · 206 pages

Two best friends embark on a project to study the behavior and taste of the popular girls at their elementary school so that by the time they get to middle school they too will be in the right crowd. Novel appears in the form of a scrapbook.

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A Handful of Stars

Cynthia Lord · 184 pages

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Wallbanger

Alice Clayton · 320 pages

Thanks to paper-thin walls and the guy's athletic prowess, Caroline can hear not just her neighbor's bed banging against the wall but the ecstatic response of what seems like an endless parade of women. She finds her fantasies keep her awake even longer than the noise. So when the wallbanging threatens to literally bounce her out of bed, Caroline, clad in sexual frustration and a pink baby-doll ni

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Bunnicula

James Howe, Deborah Howe · 98 pages

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Ellen Tebbits

Beverly Cleary · 160 pages

Ellen Tebbits is a 1951 children's novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is Cleary's second published book, following Henry Huggins. This humorous realistic fiction story tells the adventures of young Ellen and the new girl in her school, Austine Allen.

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Brooklyn Girls

Gemma Burgess · 309 pages

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Reluctantly Alice

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor · 187 pages

Alice experiences the joys and embarrassments of seventh grade while advising her father and older brother on their love lives.

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Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty

Jody Gehrman · 256 pages

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We Can Work It Out

Elizabeth Eulberg · 312 pages

A follow-up to The Lonely Hearts Club finds Penny Lane Bloom struggling to balance the needs of a new romantic relationship with those of her club friendships, family and senior year. "When Penny Lane started The Lonely Hearts Club, the goal was simple: to show that girls didn't need to define themselves by how guys looked at them, and didn't have to value boyfriends over everything else. Penny t

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I Heard A Rumor

Nancy E. Krulik · 105 pages

Someone is in and about spreading rumours. Jenny has to find that person and sure that its one of her friends. Will she find who Madams X is before its too late? Find out in this lovely book.

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