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This is an amazing book narrated by a horse named Joey during WWI. Joey does different jobs and ends up traveling a lot during the course of the war. It touches on some hard topics and has some truly sad scenes, but it also has a happy ending.

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I ordered a copy of this as something a bit different to add to my class library. It‘s a fun book full of thoughtful and poetic comics through the seasons. This is my favorite page but I enjoyed several. There are pages about school, writing, nature, and other topics. For most readers, I would consider this quick read more of a book to borrow rather than buy.

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Today I immediately thought to share Alabama Moon as a book with moon in the title, but of course it‘s currently checked out from my class library. Watt Key‘s books are favorites with several of my rural JH students. I gathered a few other titles to share as well.

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I like this idea from @Karisimo to share more #MiddleGrade reads!

Button Pusher is a memoir driven graphic novel about growing up with ADHD. It provided a personal perspective that has helped me be even more understanding of some of my students.

I read The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl a while ago but remember loving it. Lucy is a math genius with OCD tendencies attending middle school for the first time.

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This is a graphic novel memoir of the author‘s experiences from the time of his ADHD diagnosis at age 8 through his high school graduation. It seems to be set mostly in the late 1980s into the 1990s and focuses quite a bit on counseling and the use of Ritalin. Additionally, it deals with the family‘s struggles. It includes several pages of factual research interspersed through the story.

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This was a fun middle grade read with some pretty dark humor. Rex isn‘t a great friend, but he‘s a reasonably believable middle school boy. He wants a dog but instead gets a pet chicken that dies a tragic death almost immediately. Then, he‘s haunted by the chicken and some recently deceased zoo animals which leads him to solving the mystery of the zoo animals‘ deaths.

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I‘m looking for some help Litsy friends. I‘m not really a sports person, but I‘ve worked over the years to add more sports books to my mostly 6th-8th grade class library. Yesterday I had a specific request for books about girls in sports and realized I‘ve got very few books to recommend. So, if you‘ve got great #MiddleGrade suggestions other than the few books shown here, please send them my way!

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Tucker is mad at his parents for getting a divorce and after several weeks of constant troublemaking at school in Detroit is sent to stay in the U.P. with an aunt and uncle. He discovers an abandoned deer camp and works to solve the mystery of why his uncle refuses to talk about it. There‘s a strong theme of forgiveness as well as quite a bit of football and deer hunting in this story.

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The longer I teach, the more I work with students to make audio available alongside print reading, especially for struggling & reluctant readers. This series is perfect for many of my reluctant readers that have difficulty finding books that interest them, but I can find no audio versions. So, I‘ve been recording chapters to a folder to share with students specifically while they have the print copy checked out.

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I finished another book in this hunting series and think my students will enjoy this one even more. It‘s a true hunting story, focused on the bow practice and long-term observation that often goes into a successful hunt. This one is set in rural #Michigan and again includes a light Christian message.

The writing is still not my favorite with some minor errors, but it‘s a short and straightforward #MiddleGrade read. #MsDsLibrary