SepteMBER

Back to School 

New Kid  
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Jordan Banks is an African-American seventh grader from Washington Heights in New York. Not only is he just starting his middle school career, but his parents have enrolled him at a wealthy private academy called Riverdale. He doesn’t know anyone there, and all but a handful of the students and staff are white. Can Jordan make a place for himself there while also keeping his neighborhood friends?

Just Like That 
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After the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski enrolls at a private school where most of the students come from wealthy families. Meanwhile, Matt Coffin has wound up on the Maine coast near the school  with a pillowcase full of money stolen from the leader of a criminal gang. What happens when Meryl and Matt meet? 

Posted 
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When cell phones are banned at Branton Middle School, Frost and his friends start communicating by leaving sticky notes around the the building. It catches on, and soon all the kids are leaving notes—some of which are cruel and cutting. Then a, new girl named Rose  starts taking on the bullies. As the sticky-note war escalates, the pressure to choose sides mounts. Will Frost's friendships survive?  

Harbor Me
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Six kids have to meet for a weekly chat--by themselves, with no adults to listen in. In that room  they discover it's safe to talk about what's bothering them--everything from Esteban's father's deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. Can they learn to harbor each other?

I Funny
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Jamie Grimm wants to become the world's best standup comedian--even if he doesn't have a lot to laugh. He's new at school and living with his aunt, uncle, and cousin who doesn't let Jamie's wheelchair stop him from being a bully.  When Jamie hears about a contest called The Planet's Funniest Kid Comic, he enters. But are the judges only rewarding him out of pity?

Tight
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Bryan knows what’s tight for him in a good way – reading comics, drawing superheroes, and hanging out with no drama. But drama’s hard to escape where he’s from, and that gets him wound up tight. Then, Mike, a new kid at school, starts urging Bryan to skip class or to hop the subway turnstiles. What choices will Bryan make?