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Twelve-year-old Max, who has an extreme overbite, must navigate sibling rivalry and middle school bullies. Max Plink’s life is complicated. Her parents aren’t getting along. The school bullies are relentless, and her own sister is the cruelest of them. Worst of all, her mouth is a mess. With a mismatched puzzle of a jaw, Max has a Class II malocclusion, otherwise known as a severe overbite. She already has braces, which means she lives...

"When cousins Riley Halfmoon and Maya Dawn move to Urbanopolis to live with their activist grandma, they get off to a rocky start. Outgoing Riley misses her Muscogee cousins but is sure that she and Maya will be instant BFFs. Meanwhile, introvert Maya misses her parents, on active duty in Japan, and just wants some space to herself. At school, Maya joins Robotics Club and Riley bonds with fellow gymnasts. Just when they start to feel at home, their...

Sixth grader Lucy loves fantasy novels and is brand-new to middle school. GiGi is the undisputed queen bee of eighth grade (as well as everything else she does). They’ve only got one thing in common: fencing. Oh, and they’re sisters. They never got along super well, but ever since their dad died, it seems like they’re always at each other’s throats. When GiGi humiliates Lucy in the cafeteria on the first day of school,...

Nat's class trip is a bigger adventure than she imagined! Nat is on an overnight class trip to Philadelphia, which is her first time in a big city without her parents. And it's a big deal because Nat's mom and dad are finally giving her the independence she's been longing for. But the trip is off to a bad start--with one disaster after another--and if things keep up, Nat's on track to lose her newfound freedom for good! Can she turn things around...

A young mermaid. False accusations. The dreadful sea witch. Can Brynn Finley navigate stormy waters to win back her best friend? Jade Sands has been Brynn Finley's best friend since they were wee mer-babies. But when Jade's mother thinks Brynn has stolen her cherished pearls, she forbids the two mermaids to see one another. Determined to get her best friend back, Brynn sets out to find Phaedra the sea witch and solve the mystery of the missing jewelry....

An unhealthy coral reef and pollution in the ocean. An entire undersea town turned upside-down. Can Brynn Finley solve Fulgent's latest mystery and get to Jay Barracuda and the Killer Whales concert before Phaedra the sea witch turns her into a lowly sea slug? When a beautiful and talented young mermaid named Priscilla Banks moves to Fulgent, everything starts going wrong for Brynn. Her best friend ignores her, the sea witch is set free, and the seafolk...

"The house seemed to sit apart from the others on Katydid Street, silent and alone, like it didn't fit among them. For Violet Hart-whose family is about to move into the house on Katydid Street-very little felt like it fit anymore. Like their old home, suddenly too small since her mother remarried and the new baby arrived. Or Violet's group of friends, which, since they started middle school, isn't enough for Violet's best friend, Paige. Everything...

"Eleven-year-old Matt Sprouts is in big trouble. He didn't mean to hurt his neighbor Jenna with that awesome martial arts move, it just happened! Blame it on morning cartoons or Jenna's lack of coordination. Anyway, getting grounded is the worst thing that could happen, right? Wrong. Matt Sprouts thinks he has the "Curse," a hometown myth that ruins middle schoolers lives. To defeat the Curse, Matt has to solve the mystery, and FAST! But that's not...