Middle Grade Titles You Won't Want to Miss!

• The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooberman by GENNIFER CHOLDENKO.  When eleven-year-old Hank’s mom doesn’t come home, he takes care of his toddler sister, Boo, like he always does. But it’s been a week now. Hank knows he needs help, but asking for help has consequences, and it could mean that he and Boo may end up in different foster homes... will he be able to find his mom in time?
• Instafamous by ERIKA J. KENDRICK. Lyric has always wanted to be famous, just like her superstar mom! So when the hottest music-competition TV show holds auditions, she knows this is her chance! There are just a few snags: she needs experience (looks like she's joining her middle school production of The Wiz!), she needs followers (time to grow her Instagram platform!), and she needs the help of her friends (if they're not busy, that is...). Will she be able to pull it all together to let her star shine, or will it all fall apart?
• The Beautiful Game by YAMILE SAIED MÉNDEZ. Valeria is the best soccer player her town has ever seen, and is about to carry her team through the State Cup semi-final when she gets her first period while Wearing. White. Shorts. After her team is unexpectedly eliminated, she goes from their secret weapon to their scapegoat. She now finds herself on  a new team and scrambling to find her place. Will she be able to get her head in the game?
• The Everybody Experiment by LISA MOORE RAMÉE. Eleven-year-old Kylie's worried her friends are going to leave her behind once they get to middle school, because she keeps embarrassing them. So Kylie uses her scientific brain and comes up with the Everybody Experiment: Kylie will be more mature if she does what her friends do. When this brings a whole new grown-up world with parties and boys, she starts to worry that in being just like everyone else, she might just lose herself...
• The Science of Friendship by TANITA S. DAVIS. A friendship hypothesis — and one failed experiment — leads one girl to investigate the science of middle school friendship makeups and breakups... and whether or not it will keep her from losing friends ever again!