Join the Club, Maggie Diaz

Join the Club, Maggie Diaz
Author: Nina Moreno
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2022-05-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338740636

This humorous and heartfelt middle-grade debut by Nina Moreno with illustrations by Courtney Lovett is perfect for fans of Celia C. Perez and Terri Libenson, and any reader still deciding what their passion in life is. "MAYBE I'M GOOD AT SOMETHING I DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT YET." Everyone in Maggie Diaz's life seems to be finding their true passion. The one thing that defines them as a person. Her best friends Zoey and Julian are too busy to hang out after school thanks to band and comics club. Mom is finishing her last semester in college. And Maggie’s perfect older sister Caro is perfectly-perfect at sports and tutoring. So Maggie cooks up a plan to join every club she can! But trying to fit in with type-A future leaders, gardening whizzes, and the fearless kids in woodshop is intimidating, exhausting, and seriously confusing. And juggling homework, friends, and all of her after-school activities is way harder than it looks. Seventh grade is all about figuring out who you are -- good thing Maggie Diaz has the perfect plan!

Join the Club, Maggie Diaz

Join the Club, Maggie Diaz
Author: Nina (Young adult fiction writer) Moreno
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022
Genre:
ISBN:

Maggie Diaz of Miami is excited to start seventh-grade with her best friends, Zoey and Julian, and finally gets a cellphone of her own. But after school her friends are wrapped up in their various clubs, her mother is attending college, and her older sister Caro has her sports and tutoring. So Maggie decides that she will find a club to join as well--but trying out ALL the different clubs while still juggling school work is exhausting and confusing.

Our Way Back to Always

Our Way Back to Always
Author: Nina Moreno
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2021-10-19
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0759557616

To All the Boys I've Loved Before meets Since You’ve Been Gone in this effervescent romance about childhood best friends reconnecting, full of sunny days, warm nights, first kisses, and mended hearts. Lou Patterson and Sam Alvarez were inseparable—the best of friends—until the most embarrassing middle school promposal ever. Now, four years later, Lou is an introverted romantic who’s bearing the weight of her mother’s expectations. Meanwhile, Sam is the golden boy with plenty of friends who’s still mourning the death of his father. When Lou finds the bucket list she and Sam wrote together as kids, she’s disappointed to see that she hasn’t accomplished a single one of her goals. Go to a party? Nope. Pull the greatest prank of all time? Still no. Learn how to be a really good kisser? Definitely not. Lou sets out to finish the list, and in a stroke of fate, Sam decides to tag along, stirring up old arguments and some very new feelings. But with the bucket list to guide them, Sam and Lou might just be able to find a way toward the future and each other.

Don't Date Rosa Santos

Don't Date Rosa Santos
Author: Nina Moreno
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2019-05-04
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1368046118

For fans of GILMORE GIRLS and TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE, this effervescent love story from debut author Nina Moreno will sweep you away. Rosa Santos is cursed by the sea-at least, that's what they say. Dating her is bad news, especially if you're a boy with a boat. But Rosa feels more caught than cursed. Caught between cultures and choices. Between her abuela, a beloved healer and pillar of their community, and her mother, an artist who crashes in and out of her life like a hurricane. Between Port Coral, the quirky South Florida town they call home, and Cuba, the island her abuela refuses to talk about. As her college decision looms, Rosa collides-literally-with Alex Aquino, the mysterious boy with tattoos of the ocean whose family owns the marina. With her heart, her family, and her future on the line, can Rosa break a curse and find her place beyond the horizon?

Join the Club, Maggie Diaz

Join the Club, Maggie Diaz
Author: Nina Moreno (Young adult fiction writer)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2022
Genre: Best friends
ISBN: 9781338832815

Everyone in Maggie Diaz's life seems to be finding their true passion. Her best friends Zoey and Julian are too busy to hang out after school thanks to band and comics club. Mom is finishing her last semester of college. And Maggie's older sister Caro is perfectly perfect at sports and tutoring. So Maggie decides to join every club she can. But trying to fit in is intimidating, exhausting, and seriously confusing. And juggling homework, friends, and all her after-school activities is way harder than it looks.

The Girl Who Speaks Bear

The Girl Who Speaks Bear
Author: Sophie Anderson
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338608657

The newest heart-expanding, magical adventure from Sophie Anderson, author of the critically acclaimed House with Chicken Legs. "They call me Yanka the Bear. Not because of where I was found. Only a few people know about that. They call me Yanka the Bear because I am so big and strong."Discovered in a bear cave as a baby, 12-year-old Yanka dreams of knowing who she really is. Although Yanka is happy at home with her loving foster mother, she feels out of place in the village where the other children mock her for her unusual size and strength.So when Yanka wakes up one morning to find her legs have become bear legs, she knows she has no choice but to leave her village. She has to find somewhere she truly belongs, so she ventures into the Snow Forest with her pet weasel, Mousetrap, in search of the truth about her past.But deep in the forest there are many dangers and Yanka discovers that even the most fantastic stories she grew up hearing are true. And just as she draws close to discovering who she really is, something terrifying happens that could trap her in the forest . . . forever.

One Time

One Time
Author: Sharon Creech
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2022-04-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1913101673

Gina Filomena has been told she has an overactive imagination, but after meeting her new neighbour, Antonio, and being taught by inspirational teacher, Miss Lightstone, she starts to understand the transformative power of the imagination and finds her place in the world.

My Big Mouth: 10 Songs I Wrote That Almost Got Me Killed

My Big Mouth: 10 Songs I Wrote That Almost Got Me Killed
Author: Peter Hannan
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2015-04-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545422876

A hilarious illustrated novel from the creator of CatDog! Davis Delaware is not from Delaware. But try telling that to everyone at his new school. When you move in the middle of ninth grade, people are going to think whatever they want about you. If they pay attention at all. Blending in is fine with Davis. He just wants to doodle in his notebook. Make a few friends. Not rock the boat.Easier said than done.Because when he starts a band called The Amazing Dweebs with beautiful Molly and nerdy Edwin, Davis rocks the boat big-time. And all that rocking gets the attention of school bully Gerald "the Butcher" Boggs. Now Davis is suddenly king of the school -- and the Butcher's next target.This can't end well.

Who I Was with Her

Who I Was with Her
Author: Nita Tyndall
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2020-09-15
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0062978403

"A beautiful, poised, and thought-provoking debut about love, loss, coming out, and discovering living life on your own terms." —New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Glasgow There are two things that Corinne Parker knows to be true: that she is in love with Maggie Bailey, the captain of the rival high school's cross-country team and her secret girlfriend of a year, and that she isn't ready for anyone to know she's bisexual. But then Maggie dies, and Corinne quickly learns that the only thing worse than losing Maggie is being left heartbroken over a relationship no one knows existed. And to make things even more complicated, the only person she can turn to is Elissa—Maggie's ex, and the single person who understands how Corinne is feeling. As Corinne struggles to make sense of her grief and what she truly wants out of life, she begins to have feelings for the last person she should fall for. But to move forward after losing Maggie, Corinne will have to learn to be honest with the people in her life...starting with herself.

Project Class President (Alyssa Milano's Hope #3)

Project Class President (Alyssa Milano's Hope #3)
Author: Alyssa Milano
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338329464

Hope Roberts for President -- or not? In the third book in Alyssa Milano's funny and relatable middle-grade series, Hope is running for sixth grade class president, with her friend and campaign manager, Grace, by her side. But in her effort to win over her classmates, Hope makes some promises she can't keep. Can Hope make things right with the students of JFK Middle -- and maybe still win the election, too? Hope's relatability, kindness, empathy, and can-do attitude will inspire a generation of do-gooders. This series is a response to the very palpable feeling that not only can young people save the world -- they will!This story will tie in perfectly to the 2020 presidential election and include Hope's tips about voting and elections in the back of the book!