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A tale based on true events follows the coming-of-age of a girl who is motivated by an act of racism at school to learn about her ancestral heritage and her grandparents' experiences as lost children during the Korean War.

When Marvin asks middle-school detectives Howard Wallace and Ivy Mason to prove his nephew, bully Carl Dean, innocent of taking the school mascot, complications arise that could pull them apart.

Devin has to deal with some contention between members of her team, the Kicks, and hostility toward their rivals, the Roses.

As Bridge makes her way through seventh grade on Manhattan's Upper West Side with her best friends, curvacious Em, crusader Tab, and a curious new friend--or more than friend--Sherm, she finds the answer she has been seeking since she barely survived an accident at age eight: "What is my purpose?"

Devin, a seventh-grader and co-captain of the soccer team, is worried that her friends' issues will keep them from being "in the zone" while playing.

It's Nikki's birthday, and it is up to her whether it is a blast or a bust.

When Alexis develops a crush on Emma's brother, she decides to approach this new feeling in her usual organized manner by conducting research and developing a plan. "The bestselling Cupcake Diaries series is now available in graphic novel format! In this adaptation of the fourth book, Alexis struggles to fit the messiness of a crush in with her orderly lifestyle. Alexis Becker is by far the most prepared, exact, and organized Cupcake Club member,...

Soon after her mother marries a man with three sons, sixth-grader Bea Embers fights to form a girls' soccer team at school, despite discrimination and setbacks.

Merci embarks on a seventh grade year shaped by high teacher expectations, a crush on a school-store co-worker, and a bossy classmate's plan for the annual Heart Ball.