Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming of Age
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13 Gifts: A Wish Novel
$8.99 Add to cartWelcome back to Willow Falls, where anything is possible and nothing is as it seems
It doesn’t take long for Tara Brennan to realize that breaking into school to steal a goat is not a good idea. As pu… [more below]
- Series: Wish
- Author: Mass, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 30 2013
- ISBN10: 0545310040
- Language: English
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The Other Half of Happy: (Middle Grade Novel for Ages 9-12, Bilingual Tween Book)
$16.99 Read more2020 Pura Belpr Honor Book
This immer
A Junior Library Guild Selection
ALSC Notable Children’s Book
2020 Jean Flynn Award for Best Middle Grade Book
2020 Spirit of Texas Reading Program Recommended Title- Author: Balcárcel, Rebecca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 332
- Publish Date: August 20 2019
- ISBN10: 1452169985
- Language: English
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Amelia’s Notebook
$14.99 Add to cartWhen Amelia’s mom gives her a journal for her birthday, she finally has a place to share her truest feelings at last
Nine-year-old Amelia’s mother gives her a blank notebook to write down her thought- Series: Amelia’s Notebook (Hardcover)
- Author: Moss, Marissa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1416909052
- Language: English
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The Other Half of Happy
$7.99 Add to cart★ “Balc?rcel’s well-rounded characters, complex friendships, and nuanced family dynamics will resonate with many readers. This is a title that will remain relevant long past its publication date… [more below]
- Author: Balcarcel, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 340
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1797213911
- Language: English
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Absolutely Normal Chaos
$9.99 Add to cart“By turns sarcastic, tender, and irreverent, this will quickly make its way into the hands of readers who loved Walk Two Moons.” —Kirkus
This beloved prequel to bestselling author Sharon Creech’s Newb
- Series: Walk Two Moons #2
- Author: Creech, Sharon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 24 2012
- ISBN10: 0064406326
- Language: English
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13: Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen
$10.99 Read more“If thirteen is supposed to be an unlucky number…you would think a civilized society could come up with a way for us to skip it.”
— from “What’s the Worst That Could Happen?” by Bruce Coville No- Author: Howe, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1416926844
- Language: English
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My Life as a Billionaire
$18.99 Add to cartJanet and Jake Tashjian’s My Life as a Billionaire is Book 10 in the much-loved, illustrated My Life series.
Derek Fallon won the lottery and now gets to split over a billion dollars with a friend–th- Series: My Life #10
- Author: Tashjian, Janet
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1250261813
- Language: English
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Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
$8.99 Add to cartIn one month Jeremy Fink will turn thirteen. But does he have what it takes to be a teenager? He collects mutant candy, he won’t venture more than four blocks from his apartment if he can help it, and… [more below]
- Author: Mass, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0316058491
- Language: English
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Ultraviolet
$18.99 Add to cartSometimes life explodes in technicolor.
In the spirit of Judy Blume, award-winning author Aida Salazar tells it like it is about puberty, hormones, and first love in this hilarious, heartwarming, and h
- Author: Salazar, Aida
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1338775650
- Language: English
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Roll for Initiative
$17.99 Add to cartPerfect for fans of Dungeons & Dragons, Raina Telgemeier, and Jessica Kim, a heartfelt coming-of-age middle grade novel about finding your voice and believing in your best geeky self.
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- Author: Formato, Jaime
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 762481064
- Language: English
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Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers
$9.99 Add to cartFrom the critically acclaimed author of the ALA Notable and Charlotte Huck Honor Book Forever, or a Long, Long Time comes a moving own-voices story that shines a light on how one girl’s learning diffe
- Author: Carter, Caela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 08, 2022
- ISBN10: 0062996649
- Language: English
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My Life as a Youtuber
$9.99 Add to cartMy Life as a Youtuber is the seventh book in Janet Tashjian’s much-loved My Life series–illustrated by Jake Tashjian–featuring the irrepressible Derek Fallon starting his own Youtube web series
Der- Series: My Life #7
- Author: Tashjian, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1250233674
- Language: English
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The Year I Flew Away
$9.99 Add to cartIn this magical middle grade novel, ten-year-old Gabrielle finds out that America isn’t the perfect place she imagined when she moves from Haiti to Brooklyn. With the help of a clever witch, Gabrielle
- Author: Arnold, Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0358733332
- Language: English
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Tim Does His Own Thing
$18.95 Read moreA beautiful book about talent, diversity, and the importance of doing your own thing. For little peeps following their own path ages 4 years and up.
When little bird Tim hatches from his egg, the other
- Author: Antonissen, Bianca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1605379468
- Language: English
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The Moon Within (Scholastic Gold)
$8.99 Add to cartThe dazzling story of a girl navigating friendship, family, and growing up, an Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret? for the modern day, from debut author Aida Salazar.
****Four starred reviews!****
* “A
- Author: Salazar, Aida
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 1338283383
- Language: English
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Then Again, Maybe I Won’t
$7.99 Add to cartGet a guy’s perspective on adolescent hang-ups in this classic Judy Blume novel, now with a fresh new look.
“That’s an interesting way to solve the problem, Tony.” Miss Tobin is talking about a math p- Author: Blume, Judy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 29 2014
- ISBN10: 1481413651
- Language: English
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Moon Time Prayer
$14.99 Add to cartWhat stories are girls told of womanhood? Are they of strength, grace, and creativity?
Not long ago, they heard whispered tales of impending curses. Physical changes were clinically defined in textbo
- Author: Gaudet, Cindy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 78
- Publish Date: August 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1775223140
- Language: English
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Coming of Age in America: A Multicultural Anthology
$26.90 Add to cartBy turns touching and hilarious, Coming of Age in America gathers together writers from fifteen different ethnic groups who, through their fiction, explore the terrain we all traverse as we come of ag… [more below]
- Author: Frosch, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1565841476
- Language: English
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Firegirl
$8.99 Add to cartThis poignant novel about a boy’s friendship with a burn victim is perfect for fans of R. J. Palacio’s Wonder
From the moment Jessica arrives, life is never quite the same for Tom and his seventh-gra- Author: Abbott, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0316011703
- Language: English
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Stolen
$12.99 Read moreWinner of the Michael L. Printz Award
* “An emotionally raw thriller…a haunting account of captivity and the power of relationships.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review
The captivating, disturbing,
- Author: Christopher, Lucy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 01 2012
- ISBN10: 054517094X
- Language: English
