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Love Me, Love My Broccoli by Julie Anne Peters

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by Julie Anne Peters
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Vegetarian and animal rights activist, Chloe, is head-over-heels in love with carnivore and football star, Brett. But when Chloe doesn’t fit in with Brett’s friends, he wants her to change. Is Chloe willing to sacrifice her philosophies and beliefs for love?

Risky Friends by Julie Anne Peters

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by Julie Anne Peters
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After Kacie shares the answers to her algebra quiz with Skye, Kacie suddenly has a new best friend. But Skye isn’t all that she appears to be, and soon Kacie’s life spins out of control. Is staying friends with someone you like worth losing your self-respect?

 

Riddle at the Rodeo by Claudia Cangilla McAdam

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by Claudia Cangilla McAdam

A middle school girl takes part in a youth rodeo in order to solve the mystery of what happened in the disappearance of the prized possession of a junior bull-riding champion.

A Snitch in the Snob Squad by Julie Anne Peters

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by Julie Anne Peters

The Snob Squad is on the case when money begins to disappear from teachers’ purses.

 

Romance of the Snob Squad by Julie Anne Peters

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by Julie Anne Peters

Jenny, Prairie, Lydia, and Max decide to play matchmaker to ignite a romance between Prairie and the object of her affection, Hugh Torkerson (otherwise known as Tork the Dork).

Revenge of the Snob Squad by Julie Anne Peters

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by Julie Anne Peters

Misfits Jenny, Prairie, Lydia, and Max band together, dub themselves The Snob Squad, and vow to get even with the popular girls who’ve been tormenting them for years.

 

Access Denied by Denise Vega

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(and other eighth grade error messages)
by Denise Vega

In this sequel to Click Here, eighth grade, computer whiz Erin Swift learns a lot about friendship, relationships with boys, maturity, guilt, and forgiveness.

Click Here by Denise Vega

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Click Here
(to find out how i survived seventh grade)

by Denise Vega

Seventh-grader Erin Swift writes about her friends and classmates in her private blog, learning important lessons about friendship.

How Do You Spell Geek by Julie Anne Peters

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How Do You Spell G-e-e-k?
by Julie Anne Peters

Ann’s and Kimberly’s dreams of making it to the National Spelling Bee are suddenly in jeopardy when new girl, Lurlene (geek, and amazingly gifted speller), throws her hat in the ring.

Define Normal by Julie Anne Peters--paperback

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Define “Normal”
by Julie Anne Peters
Paperback

Antonia finds out the girl she’s supposed to counsel in the new peer counseling program at school is anything but her peer. Jazz is a punker, a druggie, a gang hanger. But as their counseling sessions progress, Antonia and Jazz discover they have more in common than either of them could’ve imagined.

Define Normal by Julie Anne Peters

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Define “Normal”
by Julie Anne Peters
Kindle

Antonia finds out the girl she’s supposed to counsel in the new peer counseling program at school is anything but her peer. Jazz is a punker, a druggie, a gang hanger. But as their counseling sessions progress, Antonia and Jazz discover they have more in common than either of them could’ve imagined.

 

Leonardo's Hand by Wick Downing

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Leonardo’s Hand
by Warwick Downing

Take a 13-year-old orphan boy, born without a left hand and subjected from birth to grinding poverty–but who burns with intuitive brilliance. What happens when the left hand of Leonardo da Vinci strides toward him on its fingertips, proclaiming, “Master! At last I’ve found you!