Pages tagged with « real life »
Twerp
by Mark Goldblatt
Ages 10 and up
Get the book
Returning after a week-long suspension from his school, Julian accepts an offer from his English teacher to keep a journal and writes about the incident, which involved blowing up homemade fireworks, maintaining his record as the fastest kid in school and writing a disastrous love letter for a friend
The center of everything
by Linda Urban
Ages 9 - 12
Get the book
For Ruby Pepperdine, the center of everything is on the rooftop of Pepperdine Motors, stargazing from the circle of her grandmother Gigi's hug. That's how everything is supposed to be--until it goes spinning out of control. Now Ruby's best friend, Lucy, is mad at her. Her new friendship with Nero is pretty bumpy too. Worst of all, Ruby regrets what happened with Gigi. How Ruby didn't listen. And now it's too late to make things right. But Ruby has one last hope. It all depends on what happens on Bunning Day, when the entire town will hear her read her winning essay. And it all depends on her twelfth birthday wish-- unless she messes that up too. Can Ruby's wish set everything straight in her topsy-turvy world?
Like bug juice on a burger
by Julie Sternberg ; illustrations by Matthew Cordell
Ages 9 - 12
Get the book
As the days go on, nine-year-old Eleanor realizes that maybe being at summer camp isn't so bad after all, and is full of special surprises.
Tales from a not-so-happy heartbreaker
by Rachel Renee Russell
Get the book
Middle-school drama queen Nikki Maxwell worries about asking a boy to her school's "sweetheart dance.
Serendipity & me
by Judith L Roth
Ages 9 - 12
Get the book
Sara and her father start to heal from her mother's death when a white kitten lands on their doorstep.
Black and White and Gray All Over
by Rachel Wise
Ages 9 - 12 Get the book
Falling for a school newcomer who has recently arrived from the UK and who joins the newspaper staff in hopes of becoming a reporter, Sam is dismayed when the girl is partnered with his rival, Michael, who Sam fears will win her affections.
Mallory and Mary Ann take New York
by Laurie Friedman ; illustrations by Jennifer Kalis
Ages 9 - 12
Get the book
When Mallory wins Fashion Fran's design contest, she and Mary Ann are headed to New York City! But as they share the sights, sounds, and tastes of New York, there's just one problem. Only Mallory gets to appear on the Fashion Fran show, even though she pinky-swore with Mary Ann that they'd both go on. Can Mallory find a way to share the spotlight with her best friend before the pinky-swear she made ruins the trip of a lifetime--and their friendship?
Dorko the magnificent
by Andrea Beaty
Ages 9 - 12
Get the book
Robbie Darko is an old-school, pull-a-rabbit-out-of-your-hat-style magician, but despite his best efforts, something always goes wrong with his tricks until crotchety Grandma Melvyn moves in and teaches him something about the true meaning of magic.
Hold fast
by Blue Balliett
Ages 10 and up
Get the book
On a cold winter day in Chicago, Early's father disappeared, and now she, her mother and her brother are homeless--and it is up to Early to hold her family together and solve the mystery surrounding her father.
Wild life
by Cynthia DeFelice
Ages 9 - 12
Get the book
When twelve-year-old Eric's parents are deployed to Iraq, he goes to live with grandparents he hardly knows in small-town North Dakota, but his grandfather's hostility and the threat of losing the dog he has rescued are too much and Eric runs away.
