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Author
Series
Confidentially yours volume 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Brooke, Vanessa, and Heather are put in charge of their middle school newspaper's advice column. Meanwhile, Brooke is finding it difficult to balance her commitments and school work.
Author
Series
Jessie files volume 3
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a traveling theater production comes to town, Jessie is excited to write a profile of its star, but when the performer goes missing days before the show is set to make its debut, Jessie realizes that something big is going on behind the scenes.
Author
Language
English
Description
It starts before you can even remember: You learn the rules for being a girl ... Marin has always been good at navigating these unspoken guidelines. A star student and editor of the school paper, she dreams of getting into Brown University. Marin's future seems bright--and her young, charismatic English teacher, Mr. Beckett, is always quick to admire her writing and talk books with her. But when Bex takes things too far and comes on to Marin, she's...
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Language
English
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Description
"Gideon's short-lived run as a locally famous boy detective ended when middle school started, and everyone else--including his best friend, Lily--moved on while Gideon kept holding on to his trench coat, fedora, and his treasured film noir collection. Now he's sixteen and officially retired. That is, until Lily shows up suddenly at Gideon's door, needing his help. He might be mad at her for cutting him off with no explanation, but Gideon can't turn...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When boyfriend Elliott breaks up with Jenna Sakai before Christmas break, she just about convinces herself that relationships are for suckers and she is better off without them; but unfortunately she finds herself in competition with Elliott for a journalism scholarship, and worse her first assignment for the newspaper club is to write a personal essay, which is difficult when you are someone who prefers to keep your emotions bottled up--and than...
7) Rivals
Author
Language
English
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Description
In basketball-crazed Walthorne, rival middle school stars Austin Chambers and Carter Haswell are both feeling the pressure when school sports reporter Alfie Jenks reveals scandals that jeopardize the whole season. Told through flashbacks, newspaper reports, social media posts, and interviews.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Eliza Quan is the perfect candidate for editor in chief of her school paper--until ex-jock Len DiMartile decides on a whim to run against her. Suddenly her vast qualifications mean squat because inexperienced Len just seems more like a leader. When Eliza's frustration spills out in a viral essay, she finds herself inspiring a feminist movement she never meant to start, caught between those who believe she's a gender equality champion and others who...
9) Cheat
Author
Series
Lexile measure
HL 570L
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's hard to find a place for yourself when you're walking in the shadow of a school legend. That's the problem 15-year-old Laurel Quinn has faced every day of her school life. She loves her brother, Jack -- a jock, a brain, and one of the most popular guys in school -- but she's tired of being known only as his little sister. In an attempt to establish her own identity, Laurel becomes a reporter for the school paper. After months of invisible...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Lise Santos stumbles into a bakery's midnight taste test, she meets a supercute boy. He's as sweet as the macarons they share, and Lise is totally smitten. She's pretty sure he is, too but they never get a chance to exchange names. Now Lise has to find him again.... When Lise finally discovers who her mystery guy is, he's not at all what she expected and suddenly they don't get along anymore! Things become even more complicated when her friend...
11) Checkmate
Author
Series
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four middle-schoolers who publish an alternative newspaper at their Harlem academy for gifted students investigate why a classmate--one of the best chess players in New York City--was caught trying to buy drugs.
12) Hearts unbroken
Author
Lexile measure
HL 760L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Louise Wolfe's boyfriend mocks and disrespects Native people in front of her, she breaks things off and dumps him over e-mail. She'd rather spend her senior year with her family and friends and working on the school newspaper. The editors pair her up with Joey Kairouz, an ambitious new photojournalist, and in no time the paper's staff find themselves with a major story to cover: the school musical director's inclusive approach to casting The...
13) The rival
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2025.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"At long last, Sadie has vanquished her lifelong academic rival--her irritatingly charming, whip smart next door neighbor, Seb--by getting the coveted, only spot to her dream college. Or at least, so she thinks. When Seb is unexpectedly pulled off the waitlist and admitted, Sadie has to compete with him all over again, this time to get a spot on the school's famous zine. Now not only is she dealing with the mayhem of the lovable, chaotic family she...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2025.
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's the first week of senior year at Meadowbrook Academy. For Amy and her best friend Sarah, that means late-night parties at the boathouse, bike rides through their sleepy Connecticut town, and the crisp beginning of a New England fall. Then tragedy strikes: Sarah and her boyfriend are brutally murdered in their dorm room. Now the week Amy has been dreaming about for years has turned into a nightmare, especially when all eyes turn to her as the...
15) Juicy gossip
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Lexile measure
790L
Physical Desc
157 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jenna Sampson, perfectly normal seventh grader and editor of the school newspaper, is mortified. Her parents are opening a super-embarrassing juice bar at the mall. Jenna has to work there ... and wear a ridiculous uniform. She's pretty sure her life can't get worse, until she finds out that the school paper might shut down. But the gossip Jenna overhears from the juice bar is totally newsworthy, which gives her a great idea. A gossip column could...
16) School spirit!
Author
Series
Publisher
LB kids, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
900L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Cutie Mark Crusaders still don't have their cutie marks! What are their special talents? Could it be writing? The Crusaders join the school newspaper to find out. What will Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle learn at The Foal Free Press?" --
Author
Series
Dear know-it-all volume 12
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
1st Simon Spotlight ed.
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
147 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Sam's love of newsprint clashes with her love for the planet--and her BFF--in a Dear Know-It-All conflict of newsworthy proportions! When Sam hears Cherry Valley Middle School is "going green," she is delighted. Saving the Earth is very important to Sam, plus, she knows she can get a great story out of it. But that's before she finds out one of the environmentally friendly suggestions is to stop printing The Cherry Valley Voice! Who would dare to...
18) It's watching
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2025]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
610L
Physical Desc
309 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After attempting to prove the existence of a famous ghost for their school newspaper, Josie, Jackson, and Alison begin to receive sinister memes on their phones and must uncover the truth behind the terrifying messages before time runs out.
19) Late edition
Author
Series
Dear know-it-all volume 11
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
149 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A school statue has been destroyed, and it's up to star reporter Sam Martone to figure out who's responsible. But then Sam's supercrush (and writing partner) Michael Lawrence admits he knows the culprit, his friend, and it was an accident. Sam is shocked and stumped. Should she keep quiet or report the story?
20) Texting 1, 2, 3
Author
Series
Dear know-it-all volume 8
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
145 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Mr. Trigg tells Samantha and Michael that they should write an article about texting, they are both annoyed. Texting? Texting is just something kids do for fun. Where's the story in that? But when Michael's older brother gets into a car accident while texting, they suddenly realize how important their assignment actually is" -- from publisher's web site.