Gone to the woods : surviving a lost childhood by Paulsen, Gary 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2021)

BTSB #: 704260 Available

Dewey: 813/AAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.9 MG+ Lexile: 1030

Genres:

Subjects: Paulsen, Gary - Childhood and youth Autobiography American authors - Biography Life change events Survival skills

Summary: Gary Paulsen portrays a series of life-altering moments in his turbulent childhood as his own original survival story.

Inside Cat by Wenzel, Brendan 

BTSB Prebound(Chronicle Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 934006 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-6   
Lexile: 320 AD F&P: K

Genres: Animals

Subjects: Stories in rhyme Cats - Fiction Perspective (Philosophy) - Fiction Windows - Fiction

Summary: Told in rhyming text, Inside Cat views the world through many windows, watching the birds, squirrels, and people go by--but when the door opens it discovers a whole new view.

Linked by Korman, Gordon 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 530017 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.3 MG

Genres: Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Middle schools - Fiction School stories Swastikas - Fiction Vandalism - Fiction Race relations - Fiction Mystery fiction Colorado - Fiction

Summary: Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika. Nobody can believe it. How could such a symbol of hate end up in the middle of their school? The mystery deepens as more swastikas begin to appear. Some students decide to fight back and start a project to bring people together instead of dividing them further.

Pity party by Lane, Kathleen 

Paperback New title.(Little, Brown, 2022)

BTSB #: 541046 Temp OS

Dewey: 808/SAges: 14-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Middle schools - Fiction School stories Short stories

Summary: A grab bag of deliciously dark short fiction set in middle school that explores anxieties and twists them into funny, resonant, and reassuring psychological thrills

Red, white, and whole by LaRocca, Rajani 

BTSB Prebound(Quill Tree Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 543068 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.3 MG

Genres: Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: East Indian Americans - Fiction Family life - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories Novels in verse

Summary: Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she's the only Indian American student, and home, with her family's traditions and holidays. But Reha's parents don't understand why she's conflicted--they only notice when Reha doesn't meet their strict expectations. Reha feels disconnected from her mother, or Amma. Then Reha finds out that her Amma is sick. Really sick. Reha, who dreams of becoming a doctor, is determined to make her Amma well again.