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Narrated by:
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Imani Parks
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By:
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Lisa Moore Ramée
About this listen
From debut author Lisa Moore Ramée comes this funny and big-hearted debut middle grade novel about friendship, family, and standing up for what’s right, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas' The Hate U Give and the novels of Renée Watson and Jason Reynolds.
Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and she’d also like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giant forehead.)
But in junior high, it’s like all the rules have changed. Now she’s suddenly questioning who her best friends are and some people at school are saying she’s not black enough. Wait, what?
Shay’s sister, Hana, is involved in Black Lives Matter, but Shay doesn't think that's for her. After experiencing a powerful protest, though, Shay decides some rules are worth breaking. She starts wearing an armband to school in support of the Black Lives movement. Soon everyone is taking sides. And she is given an ultimatum.
Shay is scared to do the wrong thing (and even more scared to do the right thing), but if she doesn't face her fear, she'll be forever tripping over the next hurdle. Now that’s trouble, for real.
"Tensions are high over the trial of a police officer who shot an unarmed Black man. When the officer is set free, and Shay goes with her family to a silent protest, she starts to see that some trouble is worth making." (Publishers Weekly, "An Anti-Racist Children's and YA Reading List")
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Winnie Perry went through a lot when she was 11, from shifting friendships to her teenage sister's mood swings. But now that Winnie is 12, and one step closer to being a teenager herself, there is so much more to deal with. Will her new friendship with Dinah last? Can she handle the pressures of junior high? And, most important, will Winnie survive bra shopping (in public!) with Mom?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worried tweens? No problem!
- By NBylund on 07-25-23
By: Lauren Myracle
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P.S. I Like You
- By: Kasie West
- Narrated by: Shannon McManus
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 579
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 513
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 508
While spacing out in Chemistry class, Lily scribbles some of her favorite song lyrics onto her desk. The next day, she finds that someone has continued the lyrics on the desk, and added a message to her. Intrigue! Soon, Lily and her anonymous pen pal are exchanging full-on letters - sharing secrets, recommending bands, and opening up to each other. Lily realizes she's kind of falling for this letter writer. Only who is he?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect!
- By Mary JME on 09-24-16
By: Kasie West
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Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief
- By: Wendelin Van Draanen
- Narrated by: Tara Sands
- Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 86
While looking out the window with her grandma's binoculars, Sammy witnesses a crime across the street at the Heavenly Hotel. What's worse, the thief saw her spying! As Sammy attempts to find the burglar who has made several other hits in the neighborhood, she finds herself trying to keep him from uncovering her - or worse, the police discovering that she's living illegally with her grandmother in the seniors-only housing!
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fun read for young kids!
- By Sara Sweetman on 06-24-16
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11 Birthdays: A Wish Novel
- By: Wendy Mass
- Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 318
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 263
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 264
Amanda is reliving her 11th birthday over and over again - even the fight with her best friend, Leo. How can she fix everything and put the day behind her? Only time, friendship, and luck will tell.
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5 out of 5 stars
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In the words of a 9 yr old
- By Heather Baker- and kids on 04-03-17
By: Wendy Mass
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Cracked Up to Be
- By: Courtney Summers
- Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 105
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Story4 out of 5 stars 81
Perfect Parker Fadley isn't so perfect anymore. She's quit the cheerleading squad, she's dumped her perfect boyfriend, and she's failing school. Her parents are on a constant suicide watch and her counselors think she's playing games, but they don't know that the real reason for this whole mess isn't something she can say out loud. It isn't even something she can say to herself. A horrible thing has happened and it just might be her fault.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best book I've ever read
- By Sam on 11-11-15
By: Courtney Summers
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11 Before 12
- Friendship List Series, Book 1
- By: Lisa Greenwald
- Narrated by: Cassandra Morris
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Story5 out of 5 stars 96
The first day of middle school means trading in freeze tag at the pool for new schedules, fabulous outfits, and a fresh start. But for 11-year-old Kaylan, the chaos of new locker combinations, cafeteria cliques, and potential first kisses is more than she can handle. She dreads the start of sixth grade and feels like she wants - no, needs - a winning game plan. Luckily, Kaylan and her effortlessly chill BFF, Arianna, have a fool-proof plan for tackling transitions: a list of 11 things they need to do to totally transform themselves before they both turn 12 in November.
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5 out of 5 stars
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BEST BOOK EVER!!!
- By Ronald Phillip on 08-22-18
By: Lisa Greenwald
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Posted
- By: John David Anderson
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 354
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 289
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 290
In middle school, words aren't just words. They can be weapons. They can be gifts. The right words can win you friends or make you enemies. They can come back to haunt you. Sometimes they can change things forever. When cell phones are banned at Branton Middle School, Frost and his friends Deedee, Wolf, and Bench come up with a new way to communicate: leaving sticky notes for each other all around the school. It catches on, and soon all the kids in school are leaving notes - though for every kind and friendly one, there is a cutting and cruel one as well.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Really enjoyed this book
- By Svend&Brandy K. on 06-07-17
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On the Fence
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- Narrated by: Shannon McManus
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 462
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 393
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 393
She's a tomboy. He's the boy next door. With three older brothers, Charlotte Reynolds, aka Charlie, has always been more comfortable calling the shots on a basketball court than flirting with the opposite sex. So when her police officer dad demands she get a summer job to pay for the latest in a long line of speeding tickets, she's more than a little surprised to find herself working at a chichi boutique and going out with a boy who has never seen her tear it up in a pickup game.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One the Fence
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By: Kasie West
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Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel
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- Narrated by: Negin Farsad
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 183
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 167
Leila has made it most of the way through Armstead Academy without having a crush on anyone, which is a relief. As an Iranian American, she’s different enough; if word got out that Leila liked girls, life would be twice as hard. But when beautiful new girl Saskia shows up, Leila starts to take risks she never thought she would.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By Lifeisshort on 11-03-14
By: Sara Farizan
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OCDaniel
- By: Wesley King
- Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 43
Daniel is the backup punter for the Erie Hills Elephants, which really means he's the water boy. He spends most of his time hoping no one notices his strange habits - he calls them Zaps: avoiding writing the number four, for example. His life gets weirder when another girl at school, unkindly nicknamed Psycho Sara, notices him for the first time. She seems to peer through him. Then Daniel gets a note: "I need your help", it says, signed, Fellow Star Child - whatever that means. Suddenly, Daniel, a total no one at school, is swept up in a mystery that might change everything for him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love the story.
- By CMG on 07-13-21
By: Wesley King
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The Outsider
- Roswell High Series, Book 1
- By: Melinda Metz
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 89
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 88
He's not like other guys. Liz has seen him around school. It's hard to miss Max - the tall, blond, blue-eyed senior stands out among all the other students at Roswell High. So why is he such a loner? Max is in love with Liz. He loves the way her eyes light up when she laughs and the way her long, black hair moves when she turns her head. Most of all, he loves to imagine what it would be like to kiss her. But he knows he can't get too close. He can't risk her discovering the truth about who he is - or what he is....Because the truth could kill her.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The reader ruined it for me.
- By courtney callum on 04-02-19
By: Melinda Metz
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Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit
- By: Jaye Robin Brown
- Narrated by: Amanda Dolan
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 139
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 139
Joanna Gordon has been out and proud for years, but when her popular radio evangelist father remarries and decides to move all three of them from Atlanta to the more conservative Rome, Georgia, he asks Jo to do the impossible: to lie low for the rest of her senior year. And Jo reluctantly agrees. Although it is (mostly) much easier for Jo to fit in as a straight girl, things get complicated when she meets Mary Carlson, the oh-so-tempting sister of her new friend at school. But Jo couldn't possibly think of breaking her promise to her dad.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Straitest lesbian romance I’ve ever read
- By Anonymous User on 05-13-22
By: Jaye Robin Brown
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Parrotfish
- By: Ellen Wittlinger
- Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 62
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4 out of 5 stars 56
Last week I cut my hair, bought some boys' clothes and shoes, wrapped a large ACE bandage around my chest to flatten my fortunately-not-large breasts, and began looking for a new name. Angela Katz-McNair has never felt quite right as a girl. Her whole life is leading up to the day she decides to become Grady, a guy. While coming out as transgendered feels right to Grady, he isn't prepared for the reaction he gets from everyone else.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Just what the doctor ordered
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 11-18-11
By: Ellen Wittlinger
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Catching Jordan
- By: Miranda Kenneally
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 82
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 70
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Story4 out of 5 stars 70
What girl doesn't want to be surrounded by gorgeous jocks day in and day out? Jordan Woods isn't just surrounded by hot guys, though - she leads them as the captain and quarterback of her high school football team. They all see her as one of the guys and that's just fine. As long as she gets her athletic scholarship to a powerhouse university. But everything she's ever worked for is threatened when Ty Green moves to her school.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book
- By Cassandra on 05-14-16
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Home Field Advantage
- By: Dahlia Adler
- Narrated by: Natalie Naudus, Lori Prince
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 220
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 201
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 200
Amber McCloud’s dream is to become cheer captain at the end of the year, but it’s an extra-tall order to be joyful and spirited when the quarterback of your team has been killed in a car accident. For both the team and the squad, watching Robbie get replaced by newcomer Jack Walsh is brutal. And when it turns out Jack is actually short for Jaclyn, all hell breaks loose. Amber tries for unity, but it quickly becomes clear that she's only got a future on the squad and with her friends if she helps them take Jack down. Just one problem: Amber and Jack are falling for each other.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Really freaking excellent
- By Kindle Customer on 06-12-22
By: Dahlia Adler
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Made You Up
- By: Francesca Zappia
- Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 206
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Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to be - sometimes, there really is someone out to get you. For fans of Silver Linings Playbook and Liar, this thought-provoking debut tells the story of Alex, a high school senior - and the ultimate unreliable narrator - unable to tell the difference between real life and delusion. Alex fights a daily battle to figure out what is real and what is not.
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1 out of 5 stars
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A DISGRACE TO AUTHORS AND MENTAL HEALTH EVERYWHERE
- By Amazon Customer on 06-27-18
By: Francesca Zappia
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Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
- By: David Lubar
- Narrated by: Ryan MacConnell, the Full Cast Family
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 194
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 139
From the author of Dunk comes this sparkling new novel that covers a year in the life of high school freshman Scott Hudson, who is sideswiped by the unexpected news that his mother is about to have another baby.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pick Me! Pick Me!
- By Misty on 12-10-07
By: David Lubar
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Eleven-year-old Kylie’s friends seem so much more mature than she is. And with middle school just a summer away, she’s worried her friends might leave her behind, especially because she keeps embarrassing them. So Kylie applies her scientific brain to solve the problem and comes up with the Everybody Experiment.
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Relatable about navigating the world of friendships
- By T. B. Brodie on 10-31-24
By: Lisa Moore Ramée
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The Best at It
- By: Maulik Pancholy
- Narrated by: Maulik Pancholy
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Rahul Kapoor is heading into seventh grade in a small town in Indiana. The start of middle school is making him feel increasingly anxious, so his favorite person, his grandfather Bhai, gives him some well-meaning advice: Find one thing you’re really good at and become the best at it. Those four little words sear themselves into Rahul’s brain. While he’s not quite sure what that special thing is, he is convinced that once he finds it, bullies like Brent Miller will stop torturing him at school. And he won’t be worried about staring too long at his classmate Justin Emery.
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The best at it
- By Jay Sachdev on 05-13-23
By: Maulik Pancholy
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Inside Out and Back Again
- By: Thanhha Lai
- Narrated by: Doan Ly
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Written in rich, free-verse poems, this moving tale follows a young Vietnamese girl as she leaves her war-torn homeland for America in 1975. With Saigon about to fall to the communists, 10-year-old Hà, her mother, and brothers are forced to flee their beloved city and head to the United States. But living in a new country isn’t easy for Hà, and she finds adapting to its strange customs ever challenging.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Shouldn't be a children's book
- By SJC on 07-24-12
By: Thanhha Lai
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Simon Sort of Says
- By: Erin Bow
- Narrated by: Will Collyer
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Simon O'Keeffe's biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a holy sacrament. Or maybe the alpaca disaster that went viral on YouTube. But the story the whole world wants to tell about Simon is the one he'd do anything to forget: the story in which he's the only kid in his class who survived a school shooting. Two years after the infamous event, twelve-year-old Simon and his family move to the National Quiet Zone—the only place in America where the internet is banned.
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5 out of 5 stars
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How Simon was a very cool kid
- By Jenni on 09-17-24
By: Erin Bow
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Paper Things
- By: Jennifer Richard Jacobson
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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When Ari's mother died four years ago, she had two final wishes: that Ari and her older brother, Gage, would stay together always, and that Ari would go to Carter, the middle school for gifted students. So when eighteen-year-old Gage decided he could no longer live with their bossy guardian, Janna, Ari knew she had to go with him - even though she'd miss baking cookies with Janna and curling up to watch HGTV. What Ari didn't realize was that Gage didn't have an apartment yet.
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3 out of 5 stars
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It's all right…
- By Bill on 04-25-16
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Bloom
- The Overthrow, Book 1
- By: Kenneth Oppel
- Narrated by: Sophie Amoss
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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The invasion begins - but not as you'd expect. It begins with rain. Rain that carries seeds. Seeds that sprout - overnight, everywhere. These new plants take over crop fields, twine up houses, and burrow below streets. They bloom - and release toxic pollens. They bloom - and form Venus flytrap-like pods that swallow animals and people. They bloom - everywhere, unstoppable. Or are they? Three kids on a remote island seem immune to the toxic plants. Anaya, Petra, Seth. They each have strange allergies - and yet not to these plants. What's their secret?
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4 out of 5 stars
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What if the corona virus was an alien plant?
- By Bruce on 07-04-20
By: Kenneth Oppel
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Operation Sisterhood
- By: Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
- Narrated by: Kristen Ariza
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Bo and her mom always had their own rhythm. But ever since they moved to Harlem, Bo’s world has fallen out of sync. She and Mum are now living with Mum’s boyfriend Bill, his daughter Sunday, the twins, Lili and Lee, the twins' parents…along with a dog, two cats, a bearded dragon, a turtle, and chickens. All in one brownstone! With so many people squished together, Bo isn’t so sure there is room for her.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bo's new beginning.
- By Reign_awakening on 01-09-22
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- Rahul
- 07-07-24
understanding young girls
Complex ideas presented in accessible and relatable format. The turmoil and complexities of 7th grade girls is accurately captured.
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- maryam
- 07-31-24
AMAZING WRITING!
I love the story! It had important things that there are happening currently! I love the story! I recommend it!
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- I.C
- 07-12-21
Culturally Relevance
I loved this book as a teacher and as a mother. It allowed for conversation and internal growth.
This author is amazing and the narrator did an amazing job bringing this book to life.
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- Dora Kotsakis
- 06-28-20
AMAZING!!
I absolutely LOVED this book! I can't wait to listen to it again and again.
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- Diamon Hughes
- 03-21-23
Amazing
Very relatable, and loved how she looked up to her big sister and followed in her footsteps.👏🏽❤️
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- Olivia D.
- 11-12-20
5th grader loved this book
My 5th grader loved this book, then she was so excited to see it on the summer reading list for 6th grade. We listened to the book together while driving, and paused it to have discussions about the tough topics. Wonderful!
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- Anonymous User
- 09-09-20
For The Young and the Old
I really didn't think I would enjoy this book so much. Was reading it just for my young niece. Boy was I surprised! Great for all ages and so appropriate for this time in our struggle with racism.
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- Ldybg4u22
- 10-29-21
Great read for middle school kids
My daughter loved this book. It was so well done. She read it and I listened to it and then we would talk. We still talk about the characters. It is as if they really came alive to us. Great writing.
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- Jay Forman
- 05-22-19
Awesome and Real
I couldn’t stop listening to the book. For kids it made such a strong effort to consider the intersectionality if identity and how that impacts relationships. I can’t wait to read this with my students.
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- cameron simon
- 01-13-23
Amazing
Initially I thought Shayla was to laid back and let people walk all over her. I felt Ike she muted her voice so others could be heard. In the end Shayla definitely grew into the young lady we all knew she could be! Amazing read
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