Charming as a verb by Philippe, Ben 

Paperback(HarperCollins, 2022)

BTSB #: 714556 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-17   
AR: 5.8 UG

Genres: Multicultural Family Life Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Teenagers - Fiction Neighbors - Fiction Extortion - Fiction African Americans - Fiction New York (N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: Henri "Halti" Haltiwanger can charm just about anyone. But his easy smiles mask a burning ambition to attend his dream college, Columbia University. There is only one person who seems immune to Henri's charms: his "intense" classmate and neighbor Corinne Troy. When she uncovers Henri's less-than-honest dog-walking scheme, she blackmails him into helping her change her image at school. Henri agrees, seeing a potential upside for himself.

Quick fix by Ferraiolo, Jack D. 

BTSB Prebound(Amulet Books, 2012)

BTSB #: 333061 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.3 MG RC: 3.5 6-8 Lexile: 630

Genres:

Subjects: Junior high schools - Fiction School stories Extortion - Fiction Mystery fiction Humorous fiction

Summary: When the star of the basketball team is blackmailed, it is up to Matt Stevens, the lone voice for justice in corrupt Franklin Middle School, to uncover who is behind the scheme--Vinny "Mr. Biggs" Biggio, his deputy Kevin Carling, or perhaps the scheming Thompson twins.

Shirley & Jamila's big fall [Shirley & Jamila]by Goerz, Gillian 

Paperback(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 383049 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 8-12   
Lexile: 490 GN F&P: X

Genres:

Subjects: Graphic novels Best friends - Fiction Friendship - Fiction School stories Bullies - Fiction Extortion - Fiction Mystery fiction

Summary: Starting a new school in the fall with her friend Shirley, everything is going well for Jamila until Shirley pulls her into a new assignment: stop Chuck Milton, a school bully who is using blackmail and intimidation to become school president--an assignment that will involve a bit of breaking and entering. In graphic novel format.

Shirley & Jamila's big fall [Shirley & Jamila]by Goerz, Gillian 

BTSB Prebound(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 383050 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 8-12   
F&P: X

Genres:

Subjects: Graphic novels Best friends - Fiction Friendship - Fiction School stories Bullies - Fiction Extortion - Fiction Mystery fiction

Summary: Starting a new school in the fall with her friend Shirley, everything is going well for Jamila until Shirley pulls her into a new assignment: stop Chuck Milton, a school bully who is using blackmail and intimidation to become school president--an assignment that will involve a bit of breaking and entering. In graphic novel format.

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda by Albertalli, Becky 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2015)

BTSB #: 047759 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-17   
AR: 4.4 UG RC: 4.7 9-12 Lexile: 640 HL

Genres:

Subjects: Secrets - Fiction Gays - Fiction Extortion - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Pen pals - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity--and that of his pen pal--will be revealed.

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda by Albertalli, Becky 

Paperback(HarperCollins, 2016)

BTSB #: 047761 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-17   
AR: 4.4 UG RC: 4.7 9-12 Lexile: 640 HL

Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Secrets - Fiction Gays - Fiction Extortion - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Pen pals - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity--and that of his pen pal--will be revealed.

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda by Albertalli, Becky 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2015)

BTSB #: P02844 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Secrets - Fiction Gay teenagers - Fiction Extortion - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Pen pals - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he's pushed out-without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he's never met.

To catch a cheat by Johnson, Varian 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic, 2016)

BTSB #: 496824 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.6 MG RC: 3.7 3-5 Lexile: 650

Genres:

Subjects: Cheating - Fiction Extortion - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories Best friends - Fiction Friendship - Fiction African Americans - Fiction

Summary: Because of his reputation for practical jokes Jackson Greene is the automatic suspect for anything that goes wrong at school--but when he and his friends are framed for a crime they did not commit, Gang Greene sets out to expose the students responsible, who are trying to blackmail Jackson into helping them cheat on an important test.

Wundersmith : the calling of Morrigan Crow [Nevermoor Volume: 2]by Townsend, Jessica 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2018)

BTSB #: 886405 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 6 MG RC: 5.5 3-5 Lexile: 840 F&P: X

Genres: Fantasy Fiction Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Magic - Fiction School stories Extortion - Fiction Secrets - Fiction Loyalty - Fiction

Summary: Morrigan Crow and her best friend Hawthorne Swift are now proud scholars in the elite Wundrous Society, but life is far from perfect. Does Morrigan have what it takes to prove that she belongs in the Society? When citizens of the Society disappear, she becomes the main suspect.