29 Best Bullying, Juvenile Fiction Books
Bullying, Juvenile Fiction is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Bullying, Juvenile Fiction audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 29 Bullying, Juvenile Fiction audiobooks below.
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The Real Deal
- By: Lindsey Stoddard
- Narrator: Gary Tiedemann
- Length: 5 hours 22 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: October 25, 2022
- Language: English
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4.48(83 ratings)
4.48(83 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USD“An absolute treasure. Vibrant, charming, and absolutely real.”–Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, author of Operation Sisterhood Two best friends discover the danger and power of secrets in this pitch perfect standalone from the“An absolute treasure. Vibrant, charming, and absolutely real.”–Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, author of Operation Sisterhood
Two best friends discover the danger and power of secrets in this pitch perfect standalone from the acclaimed author of Just Like Jackie and Brave Like That.
Not every friendship can be the real deal, but for Gabe and Oliver, that’s never been a question.
Until now. Things still feel the same on the surface–they’re even making a comic about their friendship–but lately Oliver’s acting like he might be hiding something.
And then there’s Reuben, the new boy who just moved to town. He doesn’t talk–not ever. The other kids say mean things and call him names behind his back. Gabe knows it isn’t right–but he and Oliver stay quiet, or worse, laugh along with the others just to keep from standing out.
Through the character he and Oliver create in their comic adventure, the experience they have babysitting twin toddlers, and with the help of a troublemaking seventh grader who gets sent to their sixth-grade class, Gabe begins to find his voice and become the realest-deal version of his own self. But if he does that–can he still hold onto his best friend, too?
Perfect for fans of Lisa Graff and Linda Mullaly Hunt, this novel from Lindsey Stoddard, whose stories were lauded as “remarkable” by the New York Times Book Review, will have fans new and old hooked.
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What Happened to Rachel Riley?
- By: Claire Swinarski
- Narrator: Ferdelle Capistrano
- Length: 5 hours 49 minutes
- Publisher: Quill Tree Books
- Publish date: January 10, 2023
- Language: English
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4.45(107 ratings)
4.45(107 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USD*NOW A REGIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER* In this engrossing and inventive contemporary middle grade novel that’s Where’d You Go Bernadette? with a #MeToo message, an eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find*NOW A REGIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER* In this engrossing and inventive contemporary middle grade novel that’s Where’d You Go Bernadette? with a #MeToo message, an eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly popular girl is now the pariah of her new school.
Anna Hunt may be the new girl at East Middle School, but she can already tell there’s something off about her eighth-grade class. Rachel Riley, who just last year was one of the most popular girls in school, has become a social outcast. But no one, including Rachel Riley herself, will tell Anna why.
As a die-hard podcast enthusiast, Anna knows there’s always more to a story than meets the eye. So she decides to put her fact-seeking skills to the test and create her own podcast around the question that won’t stop running through her head: What happened to Rachel Riley?
With the entire eighth grade working against her, Anna dives headfirst into the evidence. Clue after clue, the mystery widens, painting an even more complex story than Anna could have anticipated. But there’s one thing she’s certain of: If you’re going to ask a complicated question, you better be prepared for the fallout that may come with the answer.
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Heart Finds
- By: Jaime Berry
- Narrator: Marli Watson
- Length: 5 hours 53 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.35(18 ratings)
4.35(18 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDA heartwarming novel about a girl who must learn to let go of the past and embrace the future, perfect for fans of Kate DiCamillo and Barbara O’Connor. Eleven-year-old Mabel Cunningham is a quiet loner who only feels free to be herself whenA heartwarming novel about a girl who must learn to let go of the past and embrace the future, perfect for fans of Kate DiCamillo and Barbara O’Connor.
Eleven-year-old Mabel Cunningham is a quiet loner who only feels free to be herself when she’s “extreme treasure hunting” with her grampa–much to her perfectionist mother’s disapproval. Nothing excites Mabel more than discovering a heart find, an item that calls to her heart, and the maybes that come along with it.
But when her friendships start to crumble and her grampa suffers a stroke, Mabel quickly learns that real-life maybes are harder to handle than imagined ones. Desperate to change things back to the way they were, Mabel devises a plan that she believes will fix everything. Except bringing her plan to fruition means lying to her grampa and disappointing her mother.
Will Mabel learn that letting go of the past doesn’t mean letting go of her grampa and that embracing the future might be one of her most important heart finds yet?
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Just Right Jillian
- By: Nicole D. Collier
- Narrator: Imani Parks
- Length: 5 hours 20 minutes
- Publisher: Clarion Books
- Publish date: February 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.34(277 ratings)
4.34(277 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDIn this heartfelt middle grade novel from debut author Nicole D. Collier, fifth grader Jillian must learn to speak and break free of her shell to enter her school’s academic competition and keep her promise to her grandmother.¬† FifthIn this heartfelt middle grade novel from debut author Nicole D. Collier, fifth grader Jillian must learn to speak and break free of her shell to enter her school’s academic competition and keep her promise to her grandmother.¬†
Fifth grader Jillian will do just about anything to blend in, including staying quiet even when she has the right answer. After she loses a classroom competition because she won’t speak up, she sets her mind on winning her school’s biggest competition. But breaking out of her shell is easier said than done, and Jillian has only a month to keep her promise to her grandmother and prove to herself that she can speak up and show everyone her true self.¬†
A warm and relatable middle grade debut novel about family, friendship, and finding the confidence to break free from the crowd and be who you truly are. 
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The Queen Bee and Me
- By: Gillian McDunn
- Narrator: Piper Goodeve
- Length: 6 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: January 02, 2014
- Language: English
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4.29(344 ratings)
4.29(344 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDMeg has been best friends with Beatrix forever. Everyone at school wants to be like confident, decisive Beatrix, and Meg has always felt the same. But this year, Meg wants to take a science course instead of dance class. She’d rather do whatMeg has been best friends with Beatrix forever. Everyone at school wants to be like confident, decisive Beatrix, and Meg has always felt the same. But this year, Meg wants to take a science course instead of dance class. She’d rather do what makes her happy–not what Beatrix wants.
When a quirky girl named Hazel moves to town, Meg is partnered with her on a science project about bees. Meg learns a lot about being Queen Bee–in a hive and in middle school. As Beatrix is less than welcoming to Hazel, Meg feels her loyalty fraying. Choosing Hazel could mean ending her oldest friendship–a choice more difficult than Meg ever expected.
By turns heartbreaking and empowering, The Queen Bee and Me explores the challenging dynamics of middle-school friendship in a way listeners of any age will appreciate.
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The Kate In Between
- By: Claire Swinarski
- Narrator: Cassandra Morris
- Length: 6 hours 34 minutes
- Publisher: Quill Tree Books
- Publish date: May 18, 2021
- Language: English
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4.29(266 ratings)
4.29(266 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDIn this timely, call-to-action contemporary middle grade novel from Claire Swinarski, author of What Happens Next, a twelve-year-old girl must face herself, and the truth, after her participation in a bullying incident goes viral. Kate McAllisterIn this timely, call-to-action contemporary middle grade novel from Claire Swinarski, author of What Happens Next, a twelve-year-old girl must face herself, and the truth, after her participation in a bullying incident goes viral.
Kate McAllister is desperate for a change. Something to hit refresh and erase the pain of her mother leaving town without her. So when a group of popular girls folds Kate into their clique, it feels like the answer to all her problems–even if it means ditching Haddie, her childhood bestie.
But when Kate’s new friends decide that Haddie is their next target, Kate becomes a passive participant in a cruel incident that could have killed Haddie…had Kate not stepped in, at the last minute, and saved her. The next day, a cell phone video of the rescue goes viral, and Kate is hailed a hero. But Kate knows the truth–she was part of the problem–and it’s only a matter of time until the full version of the video is released and everyone knows it too.
With so much at stake, Kate must decide who she wants to be: a liar, a follower, or someone greater.
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I Am Enough
- By: Grace Byers
- Narrator: Grace Byers
- Length: 3 minutes
- Publisher: Balzer + Bray
- Publish date: March 05, 2019
- Language: English
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4.27(8700 ratings)
4.27(8700 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.002.99 USDI Am Enough is the audio edition of the New York Times bestseller everyone needs! This is a gorgeous, lyrical ode to loving who you are, respecting others, and being kind to one another, from Empire actor and activist Grace Byers. Perfect forI Am Enough is the audio edition of the New York Times bestseller everyone needs!
This is a gorgeous, lyrical ode to loving who you are, respecting others, and being kind to one another, from Empire actor and activist Grace Byers.
Perfect for mothers and daughters, baby showers, and graduation.
We are all here for a purpose. We are more than enough. We just need to believe it.
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American as Paneer Pie
- By: Supriya Kelkar
- Narrator: Priya Ayyar
- Length: 5 hours 57 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: August 04, 2020
- Language: English
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4.26(1329 ratings)
4.26(1329 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDAs the only Indian American kid in her small town, Lekha Divekar feels like she has two versions of herself: Home Lekha, who loves watching Bollywood movies and eating Indian food, and School Lekha, who pins her hair over her bindi birthmark andAs the only Indian American kid in her small town, Lekha Divekar feels like she has two versions of herself: Home Lekha, who loves watching Bollywood movies and eating Indian food, and School Lekha, who pins her hair over her bindi birthmark and avoids confrontation at all costs, especially when someone teases her for being Indian.
When a girl Lekha’s age moves in across the street, Lekha is excited to hear that her name is Avantika and she’s Desi, too! Finally, there will be someone else around who gets it. But as soon as Avantika speaks, Lekha realizes she has an accent. She’s new to this country, and not at all like Lekha.
To Lekha’s surprise, Avantika does not feel the same way as Lekha about having two separate lives or about the bullying at school. Avantika doesn’t take the bullying quietly. And she proudly displays her culture no matter where she is: at home or at school.
When a racist incident rocks Lekha’s community, she realizes she must make a choice: continue to remain silent or find her voice before it’s too late.
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The Best at It
- By: Maulik Pancholy
- Narrator: Maulik Pancholy
- Length: 6 hours 22 minutes
- Publisher: Balzer + Bray
- Publish date: October 08, 2019
- Language: English
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4.21(1696 ratings)
4.21(1696 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDStonewall Honor Book! From award-winning actor Maulik Pancholy comes a hilarious and heartfelt middle grade debut about a gay Indian American boy coming into his own. One of Time Out’s “LGBTQ+ books for kids to read during PrideStonewall Honor Book!
From award-winning actor Maulik Pancholy comes a hilarious and heartfelt middle grade debut about a gay Indian American boy coming into his own. One of Time Out’s “LGBTQ+ books for kids to read during Pride Month”, this is perfect for fans of Tim Federle’s Nate series.
Rahul Kapoor is heading into seventh grade in a small town in Indiana. The start of middle school is making him feel increasingly anxious, so his favorite person in the whole world, his grandfather, Bhai, gives him some well-meaning advice: Find one thing you’re really good at and become the BEST at it.
Those four little words sear themselves into Rahul’s brain. While he’s not quite sure what that special thing is, he is convinced that once he finds it, bullies like Brent Mason will stop torturing him at school. And he won’t be worried about staring too long at his classmate Justin Emery. With his best friend, Chelsea, by his side, Rahul is ready to crush this challenge…. But what if he discovers he isn’t the best at anything?
Funny, charming, and incredibly touching, this is a story about friendship, family, and the courage it takes to live your truth.
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The Insiders
- By: Mark Oshiro
- Narrator: Avi Roque
- Length: 9 hours 48 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: September 21, 2021
- Language: English
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4.19(682 ratings)
4.19(682 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * An ALA Rainbow Book List Top 10 Title for Young Readers Three kids who don’t belong. A room that shouldn’t exist. A year that will change everything. Perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead and MegA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * An ALA Rainbow Book List Top 10 Title for Young Readers
Three kids who don’t belong. A room that shouldn’t exist. A year that will change everything.
Perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead and Meg Medina, this debut middle grade novel from award-winning author Mark Oshiro is a hopeful and heartfelt coming-of-age story for anyone who’s ever felt like they didn’t fit in.
San Francisco and Orangevale may be in the same state, but for Hector Munoz, they might as well be a million miles apart. Back home, being gay didn’t mean feeling different. At Hector’s new school, he couldn’t feel more alone.
Most days, Hector just wishes he could disappear. And he does. Right into the janitor’s closet. (Yes, he sees the irony.) But one day, when the door closes behind him, Hector discovers he’s stumbled into a room that shouldn’t be possible. A room that connects him with two new friends from different corners of the country–and opens the door to a life-changing year full of friendship, adventure, and just a little bit of magic.
“Sometimes hilarious, sometimes devastating, but always full of heart, The Insiders carves out a space for us all to be our true selves.” –Kwame Mbalia, New York Times bestselling author of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
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Virtually Me
- By: Chad Morris
- Narrator: Michael Mola
- Length: 6 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2023
- Language: English
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4.16(25 ratings)
4.16(25 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDA mysterious package. A new school. A chance to be someone new. A new virtual reality school where students get a fresh start. The pandemic was rough on everyone, especially since school went from being a fun place where you could hang out with yourA mysterious package. A new school. A chance to be someone new.
A new virtual reality school where students get a fresh start.
The pandemic was rough on everyone, especially since school went from being a fun place where you could hang out with your friends to a bunch of heads in small rectangles all trying to talk at once. For Bradley, Edelle, Hunter, Jasper, and Keiko, that’s about to change.
A mysterious box arrives at each of their houses, and they’re invited to attend a virtual school. More than just being online, they’ll be able to create an avatar of themselves and interact with their friends and other classmates in real time using VR headsets.
For each of them, that presents an opportunity to become someone they’re not, or someone they haven’t been. For Bradley, it’s a chance to come out of a self-imposed shell. Edelle hopes everyone will see her for who she really is, not just for how she looks. Hunter is looking forward to pretending he’s still the person he was last year. Jasper wants to get over past assumptions. And for Keiko, it’ll allow her to disappear into the crowd.
For all of them, it’s a chance to see just how much they’ve assumed about each other in the past and maybe an opportunity to become friends.
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Blackbird Fly
- By: Erin Entrada Kelly
- Narrator: Ferdelle Capistrano
- Length: 5 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: Greenwillow Books
- Publish date: March 09, 2021
- Language: English
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4.16(2293 ratings)
4.16(2293 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDFuture rock star or friendless misfit? That’s no choice at all. In this acclaimed novel by Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly, twelve-year-old Apple grapples with being different; with friends and backstabbers; and with following herFuture rock star or friendless misfit? That’s no choice at all. In this acclaimed novel by Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly, twelve-year-old Apple grapples with being different; with friends and backstabbers; and with following her dreams.
Publishers Weekly called Blackbird Fly “a true triumph,” and the Los Angeles Times Book Review said, “Apple soars like the eponymous blackbird of her favorite Beatles song.”
Apple has always felt a little different from her classmates. She and her mother moved to Louisiana from the Philippines when she was little, and her mother still cooks Filipino foods and chastises Apple for becoming “too American.” When Apple’s friends turn on her and everything about her life starts to seem weird and embarrassing, Apple turns to music. If she can just save enough to buy a guitar and learn to play, maybe she can change herself. It might be the music that saves her . . . or it might be her two new friends, who show her how special she really is.
Erin Entrada Kelly deftly brings Apple’s conflicted emotions to the page in her debut novel about family, friendship, popularity, and going your own way. “A must-read for those kids cringing at their own identities.”–Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books.
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Those Kids from Fawn Creek
- By: Erin Entrada Kelly
- Narrator: Ramon de Ocampo
- Length: 6 hours 17 minutes
- Publisher: Greenwillow Books
- Publish date: March 08, 2022
- Language: English
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4.15(1364 ratings)
4.15(1364 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USD“A powerful and thought-provoking story.”—Shelf Awareness (starred review) “An emotionally resonant story about authenticity and belonging.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A raw, real exploration of“A powerful and thought-provoking story.”—Shelf Awareness (starred review)
“An emotionally resonant story about authenticity and belonging.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“A raw, real exploration of belonging that’s also sweetly hopeful.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Every day in Fawn Creek, Louisiana, is exactly the same–until Orchid Mason arrives. From Erin Entrada Kelly, the winner of the Newbery Medal for Hello, Universe and a Newbery Honor for We Dream of Space, this contemporary school story set in small-town Louisiana is about friendship, family, deception, and being true to yourself and your dreams.
There are twelve kids in the seventh grade at Fawn Creek Middle School. They’ve been together all their lives. And in this small factory town where everyone knows everything about everyone, that’s not necessarily a great thing.
There are thirteen desks in the seventh-grade classroom. That’s because Renni Dean’s father got a promotion, and the family moved to Grand Saintlodge, the nearest big town. Renni’s desk is empty, but Renni still knows their secrets; is still pulling their strings.
When Orchid Mason arrives and slips gracefully into Renni’s chair, the other seventh graders don’t know what to think. Orchid–who was born in New York City but just moved to Fawn Creek from Paris–seems to float. Her dress skims the floor. She’s wearing a flower behind her ear.
Fawn Creek Middle might be small, but it has its tightly knit groups–the self-proclaimed “God Squad,” the jocks, the outsiders–just like anyplace else. Who will claim Orchid Mason? Who will save Orchid Mason? Or will Orchid Mason save them?
Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor winner Erin Entrada Kelly explores complex themes centered on family, friendships, and staying true to yourself. Those Kids from Fawn Creek will enchant fans of Rebecca Stead, Jerry Spinelli, and Kate DiCamillo.
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The Bridge Battle
- By: Jacqueline Davies
- Narrator: Rebecca Soler
- Length: 3 hours 50 minutes
- Publisher: Clarion Books
- Publish date: November 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.12(21 ratings)
4.12(21 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDIn this gripping, funny addition to the bestselling Lemonade War series, both Jessie and her brother Evan find themselves unexpectedly cast as outsiders. How they find their way forward makes for a timeless story about the power of courage andIn this gripping, funny addition to the bestselling Lemonade War series, both Jessie and her brother Evan find themselves unexpectedly cast as outsiders. How they find their way forward makes for a timeless story about the power of courage and kindness.
Evan and Jessie Treski have waged a lemonade war, sought justice in a class trial, unmasked a bell thief, and created a professional magic show. Yet for all their skills and talents, both find themselves being singled out this summer for reasons beyond their control.
Natural-born leader Evan, who is always good at making new friends, discovers he is at the mercy of a bully on the summer school playground, and is pressured to act in a way he never has before.
Science-loving Jessie just wants to construct the best bridge she can for the competition next month, yet she is stuck in the wrong summer camp, surrounded by kids who believe fairies are more real than physics and a group of girls who tortured her back in second grade. Suddenly, she, too finds herself acting in ways that puzzle her.
Bestselling author Jacqueline Davies once again shows how well she understands her readers in this timely story of how being true to ourselves can help us remember how to treat others.
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Unbelievably Boring Bart
- By: James Patterson
- Narrator: Adam McArthur
- Length: 2 hours 32 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: September 03, 2018
- Language: English
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4.11(227 ratings)
4.11(227 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.98 USDThere’s more than meets the eye in James Patterson’s newest illustrated middle grade novel—a book so fun kids will actually put down their games to read it!Invisible creatures are attacking the school, and 12-year-old Bartholomew... Read moreThere’s more than meets the eye in James Patterson’s newest illustrated middle grade novel—a book so fun kids will actually put down their games to read it!Invisible creatures are attacking the school, and 12-year-old Bartholomew Bean is the only one who can stop them!Okay, so maybe Bart is only a hero in the video game app he created. But if he reveals his identity as the genius behind the game, he’ll become the most popular kid in school! Or he could secretly use the game to get back at his bullies…Press Button A: RevealPress Button B: RevengeWhich would you choose? -
The Hundred Dresses
- By: Eleanor Estes
- Narrator: Eleanor Estes
- Length: 56 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: May 02, 2008
- Language: English
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4.1(35014 ratings)
4.1(35014 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.008.99 USDWanda Petronski is different from all the other girls in Room 13. Every day she wears the same faded blue dress to school, and every day she tells about her hundred dresses at home. Her classmates joke about her imaginary clothes – until theyWanda Petronski is different from all the other girls in Room 13. Every day she wears the same faded blue dress to school, and every day she tells about her hundred dresses at home. Her classmates joke about her imaginary clothes – until they learn the wonderful secret of the dresses.
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The Pants Project
- By: Cat Clarke
- Narrator: Julia Whelan
- Length: 4 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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4.09(2156 ratings)
4.09(2156 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDA Transformer is a robot in disguise. Liv is a boy in disguise. It’s that simple. Liv knows he was always meant to be a boy, but with his new school’s terrible dress code, he can’t even wear pants. Only Skirts. Operation:A Transformer is a robot in disguise. Liv is a boy in disguise. It’s that simple. Liv knows he was always meant to
be a boy, but with his new school’s terrible dress code, he can’t even wear pants. Only Skirts. Operation: Pants
Project begins! The only way for Liv to get what he wants is to go after it himself. But to Liv, this isn’t just a
mission to change the school policy–it’s a mission to change his life. Ant that’s a pretty big deal.
Awardwnning
author Cat Clarke makes her middlegrade
debut with this hilarious and heartfelt underdog story.
Liv may not be an alienfighting
robot, but he is fighting to make the world a better place…one leg at a time.
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Stick With Me
- By: Jennifer Blecher
- Narrator: Taylor Meskimen
- Length: 4 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: Greenwillow Books
- Publish date: November 03, 2020
- Language: English
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4.07(172 ratings)
4.07(172 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USD“Stunning.”–School Library Journal (starred review) “A pitch-perfect ode to friendship.”–Good Morning America An ice skater without a rink. An artist without a place to draw. Two misfit girls who become unlikely“Stunning.”–School Library Journal (starred review)
“A pitch-perfect ode to friendship.”–Good Morning America
An ice skater without a rink. An artist without a place to draw. Two misfit girls who become unlikely friends over the course of an unusual week. Readers of Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Rebecca Stead, and Lisa Graff will adore Stick with Me.
?Izzy’s best friend seems to be ditching her for the Queen of Mean, Daphne Toll. Izzy wants to fit in and have some real friends, but all she really has are her drawings. And then her family rents out their house during winter break for some extra cash–and that family’s daughter is sleeping in Izzy’s room and attending the same camp!
Wren is focused on perfecting her ice-skating routine after tanking at sectionals last year. But when her sister qualifies for a life-changing treatment for her epilepsy, Wren is carted off to stay in a rented home near Boston. It doesn’t help that she’s forced to attend the local theater camp, where it seems like the mean girls have it out for her.
Will Izzy and Wren’s shared status as targets of Phoebe and Daphne bring them closer? Or will middle school drama prevent them from ever becoming friends?
Jennifer Blecher, the author of the acclaimed Out of Place, writes with a pitch-perfect ear for tween girls about the ups and downs of middle school friendships. Told from dual perspectives, Stick with Me is a story about fitting in and figuring yourself out.
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Out of Place
- By: Jennifer Blecher
- Narrator: Kathleen McInerney
- Length: 4 hours 47 minutes
- Publisher: Greenwillow Books
- Publish date: June 04, 2019
- Language: English
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4.06(234 ratings)
4.06(234 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDWhen twelve-year-old Cove Bernstein becomes the target of a school-wide bullying campaign, she sets out to find a way to leave her home on Martha’s Vineyard for New York City, where her best friend lives. But Cove discovers that friends canWhen twelve-year-old Cove Bernstein becomes the target of a school-wide bullying campaign, she sets out to find a way to leave her home on Martha’s Vineyard for New York City, where her best friend lives. But Cove discovers that friends can appear in the unlikeliest places, and maybe home isn’t the worst place to be after all.
Jennifer Blecher’s debut novel is a voice-driven story about bullying, friendship, and self-reliance that hits the sweet spot for fans of Ali Benjamin’s The Thing About Jellyfish and Erin Entrada Kelly’s You Go First.
Twelve-year-old Cove Bernstein’s year has gone from bad to worse. First, her best friend, Nina, moved from Martha’s Vineyard to New York City. Then, without Nina around, Cove became the target of a bullying campaign at school. Escape seems impossible.
But opportunities can appear when you least expect them. Cove’s visit to a secondhand clothing store leads her to a surprising chance to visit Nina, but only if she can win a coveted place in a kids-only design competition. Cove doesn’t know how to sew, but her friend at the retirement home, Anna, has promised to teach her. And things start really looking up when a new kid at school, Jack, begins appearing everywhere Cove goes.
Then Cove makes a big mistake. One that could ruin every good thing that has happened to her this year. One that she doesn’t know how to undo.
Jennifer Blecher’s accessible and beautifully written debut novel explores actions and consequences, loneliness, bullying, and finding your voice. This voice-driven friendship story is for fans of Rebecca Stead’s Goodbye Stranger and Jodi Kendall’s The Unlikely Story of a Pig in the City.
Includes black-and-white spot art throughout.
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Ghost Girl
- By: Ally Malinenko
- Narrator: Tara Sands
- Length: 6 hours 23 minutes
- Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
- Publish date: August 10, 2021
- Language: English
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4.06(589 ratings)
4.06(589 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.005.99 USDPerfect for fans of Small Spaces and Nightbooks, Ally Malinenko’s debut is an empowering and triumphant ghost story—-with spooky twists sure to give readers a few good goosebumps! Zee Puckett loves ghost stories. She just never expectedPerfect for fans of Small Spaces and Nightbooks, Ally Malinenko’s debut is an empowering and triumphant ghost story—-with spooky twists sure to give readers a few good goosebumps!
Zee Puckett loves ghost stories. She just never expected to be living one.
It all starts with a dark and stormy night. When the skies clear, everything is different. People are missing. There’s a creepy new principal who seems to know everyone’s darkest dreams. And Zee is seeing frightening things: large, scary dogs that talk and maybe even . . . a ghost.
When she tells her classmates, only her best friend Elijah believes her. Worse, mean girl Nellie gives Zee a cruel nickname: Ghost Girl.
But whatever the storm washed up isn’t going away. Everyone’s most selfish wishes start coming true in creepy ways.
To fight for what’s right, Zee will have to embrace what makes her different and what makes her Ghost Girl. And all three of them–Zee, Elijah, and Nellie–will have to work together if they want to give their ghost story a happy ending.
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The Next Great Paulie Fink
- By: Ali Benjamin
- Narrator: Cassandra Morris
- Length: 7 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: April 16, 2019
- Language: English
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4.04(2014 ratings)
4.04(2014 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDIn this acclaimed novel by the author of the award-winning, bestselling The Thing About Jellyfish, being the new kid at school isn’t easy, especially when you have to follow in the footsteps of a legendary classroom prankster. When CaitlynIn this acclaimed novel by the author of the award-winning, bestselling The Thing About Jellyfish, being the new kid at school isn’t easy, especially when you have to follow in the footsteps of a legendary classroom prankster.... Read moreWhen Caitlyn Breen begins her disorienting new life at Mitchell School–where the students take care of real live goats and study long-dead philosophers, and where there are only ten other students in the entire seventh grade–it seems like nobody can stop talking about some kid named Paulie Fink.
Depending on whom you ask, Paulie was either a hilarious class clown, a relentless troublemaker, a hapless klutz, or an evil genius. One thing’s for sure, though: The kid was totally legendary. Now he’s disappeared, and Caitlyn finds herself leading a reality-show-style competition to find the school’s next great Paulie Fink. With each challenge, Caitlyn struggles to understand a person she never met…but it’s what she discovers about herself that most surprises her.
Told in multiple voices, interviews, and documents,this funny, thought-provoking novel from the bestselling author of The Thing About Jellyfish is a memorable exploration of what makes a hero–and if anyone, or anything, is truly what it seems.
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Taylor Before and After
- By: Jennie Englund
- Narrator: Shiromi Arserio
- Length: 7 hours 24 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2023
- Language: English
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4.03(226 ratings)
4.03(226 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDIn journal entries alternating between two timelines–before and after a tragic accident–Jennie Englund’s heartfelt coming-of-age story follows the year that changes one girl’s life forever. Before, Taylor Harper is finallyIn journal entries alternating between two timelines–before and after a tragic accident–Jennie Englund’s heartfelt coming-of-age story follows the year that changes one girl’s life forever.
Before, Taylor Harper is finally popular, sitting with the cool kids at lunch, and maybe, just maybe, getting invited to the biggest, most exclusive party of the year.
After, no one talks to her.
Before, she’s friends with Brielle Branson, the coolest girl in school.
After, Brielle has become a bully, and Taylor’s her favorite target.
Before, home isn’t perfect, but at least her family is together.
After, Mom won’t get out of bed, Dad won’t stop yelling, and Eli …
Eli’s gone.
Through everything, Taylor has her notebook, a diary of the year that one fatal accident tears her life apart. In entries alternating between the first and second semester of her eighth-grade year, she navigates joy and grief, gain and loss, hope and depression.
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The Boys in the Back Row
- By: Mike Jung
- Narrator: Keong Sim
- Length: 5 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: October 06, 2020
- Language: English
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3.96(372 ratings)
3.96(372 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDBest friends Matt and Eric are hatching a plan for one big final adventure together before Eric moves away: during the marching band competition at a Giant Amusement Park, they will sneak away to a nearby comics convention and meet theirBest friends Matt and Eric are hatching a plan for one big final adventure together before Eric moves away: during the marching band competition at a Giant Amusement Park, they will sneak away to a nearby comics convention and meet their idol–a famous comic creator. Without cell phones. Or transportation. Or permission. Of course, their final adventure together is more than just that–really, it’s a way for the boys to celebrate their friendship and their honest love and support for one another. That’s exactly what we love so much about The Boys in the Back Row: it’s an unabashed ode to male friendship, because love between boys, platonic or otherwise, is something to celebrate. And of course, because this is Mike Jung, we’ll be celebrating it with hilariously flawed hijinks and geekiness galore!
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One Kid’s Trash
- By: Jamie Sumner
- Narrator: Mark Sanderlin
- Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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3.95(341 ratings)
3.95(341 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDFrom the acclaimed author of Roll with It and Tune It Out comes a funny, moving, and “not to be missed” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) middle grade novel about a boy who uses his unusual talent for decoding people’s trash to tryFrom the acclaimed author of Roll with It and Tune It Out comes a funny, moving, and “not to be missed” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) middle grade novel about a boy who uses his unusual talent for decoding people’s trash to try to fit in at his new school.
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Hugo is not happy about being dragged halfway across the state of Colorado just because his dad had a midlife crisis and decided to become a ski instructor. It’d be different if Hugo weren’t so tiny, if girls didn’t think he was adorable like a puppy in a purse and guys didn’t call him “leprechaun” and rub his head for luck. But here he is, the tiny new kid on his first day of middle school.
When his fellow students discover his remarkable talent for garbology, the science of studying trash to tell you anything you could ever want to know about a person, Hugo becomes the cool kid for the first time in his life. But what happens when it all goes to his head? -
Courage for Beginners
- By: Karen Harrington
- Narrator: Casey Holloway
- Length: 6 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: August 12, 2014
- Language: English
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3.95(2022 ratings)
3.95(2022 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.98 USDTwelve-year-old Mysti Murphy wishes she were a character in a book. If her life were fictional, she’d magically know how to deal with the fact that her best friend, Anibal Gomez, has abandoned her in favor of being a “hipster.”Twelve-year-old Mysti Murphy wishes she were a character in a book. If her life were fictional, she’d magically know how to deal with the fact that her best friend, Anibal Gomez, has abandoned her in favor of being a “hipster.” She’d be able to take care of everyone when her dad has to spend time in the hospital. And she’d certainly be able to change her family’s secret.... Read moreSeventh grade is not turning out the way Mysti had planned. With the help of a hot-air balloon, her new friend Rama Khan, and a bright orange coat, can she find the courage to change? -
Weird Little Robots
- By: Carolyn Crimi
- Narrator: Cassandra Morris
- Length: 3 hours 26 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: October 01, 2019
- Language: English
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3.9(280 ratings)
3.9(280 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDNine-year-old Penny Rose has just moved to a new town, and so far the robots she builds herself are her only company. But with just a bit of magic, everything changes: she becomes best friends with Lark, has the chance to join a secret science club,Nine-year-old Penny Rose has just moved to a new town, and so far the robots she builds herself are her only company. But with just a bit of magic, everything changes: she becomes best friends with Lark, has the chance to join a secret science club, and discovers that her robots are alive. Penny Rose hardly remembers how lonely she used to feel. But then a fateful misstep forces her to choose between the best friend she’s always hoped for and the club she’s always dreamed of, and in the end, it may be her beloved little robots that pay the price.
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The Other, Better Me
- By: Antony John
- Narrator: Bailey Carr
- Length: 5 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: October 01, 2019
- Language: English
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3.9(44 ratings)
3.9(44 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDFrom the critically acclaimed author of Mascot comes this heartfelt novel, perfect for fans of John David Anderson and Cammie McGovern, about a girl searching for the meaning of family. Lola and Momma have always been a team of two. It hasn’tFrom the critically acclaimed author of Mascot comes this heartfelt novel, perfect for fans of John David Anderson and Cammie McGovern, about a girl searching for the meaning of family.
Lola and Momma have always been a team of two. It hasn’t always been easy for Lola, being one of the only kids she knows with just one parent around. And lately she’s been feeling incomplete, like there’s a part of herself that she can’t know until she knows her dad.
But what will happen–to Lola, to Momma, to their team of two–if she finds him?
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A Monster like Me
- By: Wendy S. Swore
- Narrator: Taylor Meskimen
- Length: 8 hours 55 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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3.89(922 ratings)
3.89(922 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDBeing the new kid at school is hard, but Sophie has a secret weapon: her vivid imagination and her oversized, trusted Big Book of Monsters, an encyclopedia of myths and legends from all over the world. The pictures and descriptions of the creaturesBeing the new kid at school is hard, but Sophie has a secret weapon: her vivid imagination and her oversized, trusted Big Book of Monsters, an encyclopedia of myths and legends from all over the world. The pictures and descriptions of the creatures in her book help her know which kids to watch out for–clearly the bullies are trolls and goblins–as well as how to avoid them. Though not everyone is hiding a monster inside; the nice next-door neighbor is probably a good witch, and Sophie’s new best friend is obviously a good fairy.
Sophie is convinced she is a monster because of the monster mark on her face. At least that’s what she calls it. The doctors call it a blood tumor, and it covers almost half of her face. Sophie can feel it pulsing with every beat of her heart. And if she’s a monster on the outside, then she must be a monster on the inside, too. She knows that it’s only a matter of time before the other kids, the doctors, and even her mom figure it out.
The Big Book of Monsters gives Sophie the idea that there might be a cure for her monster mark, but in order to make the magic work, she’ll need to create a special necklace made from ordinary items: a feather, a shell, and a crystal that Sophie believes are talismans. Once she’s collected all the needed ingredients, she’ll only have one chance to make a very special wish. If Sophie can’t break the curse and become human again, her mom is probably going to leave just like Dad did. Because who would want to live with a real monster?
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90 Miles to Havana
- By: Enrique Flores-Galbis
- Narrator: Enrique Flores-Galbis
- Length: 6 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
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3.87(1779 ratings)
3.87(1779 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDWinner of a Pura Belpr+(r) Award, this middle grade Cuban American coming-of-age novel is inspired by the author’s own experience. When Julian’s parents make the heartbreaking decision to send him and his two brothers away from Cuba toWinner of a Pura Belpr+(r) Award, this middle grade Cuban American coming-of-age novel is inspired by the author’s own experience.
When Julian’s parents make the heartbreaking decision to send him and his two brothers away from Cuba to Miami via the Pedro Pan operation, the boys are thrust into a new world where bullies run rampant and it’s not always clear how best to protect themselves.
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