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My Fate According to the Butterfly
A gentle title that skillfully addresses difficult issues of drug addiction and family tension from the perspective of a young girl. For those who appreciated Marie Miranda Cruz's Everlasting Nora, Padma Venkatraman's The Bridge Home, or Erin Entrada Kelly's The Land of Forgotten Girls.
Middle School Mayhem
Student demand will make this purchase a necessity. Those who prefer a bit more plot and character development may find Tommy Greenwald's "Charlie Joe Jackson" or Nate Peirce's "Big Nate" titles to be equally amusing but more substantial reads.
Us, in Progress: Short Stories About Young Latinos
This welcome update to short story collections such as Gary Soto's Baseball in April and prose alternative to Alma Flor Ada's Yes!: We Are Latinos is a solid addition to libraries and would also add much-needed diversity to classroom study.
My Future Ex-Girlfriend
This upbeat series will be popular with those who enjoy humorous realistic titles such as Betsy Byars's 1988 The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown and Varian Johnson's more recent The Great Greene Heist.
Ghost
The focus on track athletics—a subject sorely lacking in the middle grade space—combined with the quality of Reynolds's characters and prose, makes this an essential purchase.
One Half from the East
This is an excellent title that will offer students a window into life in Afghanistan and open interesting, age-appropriate conversations about gender expectations and roles in different countries.
The Misadventures of Max Crumbly: Locker Hero
A solid purchase for middle school libraries where "The Dork Diaries" series is popular. Max's goofy, embarrassing exploits will make this a popular and high-circulating item in most collections.
The Brightest Stars of Summer
An idyllic romp filled with family, festivities, and forgiveness. Purchase where readers ate up the first book in the series or where titles like Lisa Greenwald's Welcome to Dog Beach or Kate Hannigan's The Cupcake Cousins are popular.
Justin
While the short length and cover illustration make this seem appropriate for a younger audience, the situations and coarse language make this a better purchase for high school libraries with struggling or reluctant readers.
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