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Life is full of great expectations for Korean American Pippa Park. It seems like everyone, from her family to the other kids at school, has a plan for how her life should look. So when Pippa gets a mysterious basketball scholarship to Lakeview Private, she jumps at the chance to reinvent herself by following the "Rules of Cool." At Lakeview, Pippa juggles old and new friends, an unrequited crush, and the pressure to perform academically and athletically...
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Mr. Terupt volume 3
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"The kids from Mr. Terupt's fifth- and sixth-grade classes are entering their first year of junior high school. There's a lot to be excited about, but there are new challenges, too. Everyone is missing Mr. Terupt. When a fight threatens to break up the group forever, they think their favorite teacher is the only one who can help them. But the kids soon find out that it's Mr. Terupt who needs saving"--
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As Bridge makes her way through seventh grade on Manhattan's Upper West Side with her best friends, curvacious Em, crusader Tab, and a curious new friend-- or more than friend-- Sherm, she finds the answer she has been seeking since she barely survived an accident at age eight: "What is my purpose?"
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Pippa Park volume 2
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English
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Korean American Pippa Park picks up right where she left off ... trying to balance basketball, school, friends, working at the struggling family laundromat, and fitting in. Eliot, her math tutor--and the cutest boy at school--is finally paying attention to her. And Marvel--her childhood friend--is making her required volunteering much more interesting. But things with the Royals, her new friends and teammates who rule the school, still feel a bit...
5) Drama queen
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Candy apple books. Main series volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2007
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English
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Sixth-grader Charlie encounters a lot of drama when she auditions for the junior high school musical.
6) Flipped
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English
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In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.
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Candy apple books. Main series volume 11
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2008
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English
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"Twins Andie and Caitlin are best friends but they couldn't be more different. Andie loves sports and hanging out with her friends, Caitlin is passionate about music and loves learning at school. Now that junior high is starting, the girls will finally get a chance to pave their own way. They can't wait! But when Caitlin discovers she'll have to pass a fitness test or spend every day after school doing gym, she fears her year is ruined before it even...