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middle school challenges

Books about middle school challenges for readers of all ages.

Cover of Accidentally fabulous

Accidentally fabulous

Lisa Papademetriou

Ages 9–13self-discoveryfriendship

Cover of Can You Get An F In Lunch? (How I Survived Middle School #1)

Can You Get An F In Lunch? (How I Survived Middle School #1)

Nancy E. Krulik

Ages 8–12friendshippopularity

Cover of Just My Rotten Luck

Just My Rotten Luck

James Patterson, Christopher Tebbetts

Ages 8–13bullyingresilience

Cover of McKenna

McKenna

Mary Casanova

Ages 8–12learning disabilitiesself-advocacy