Amy Goldman Koss
1) The girls
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
Each of the girls in a middle-school clique reveals the strong, manipulative hold one of the group exerts on the others, and the hurt and self-doubt that it causes them.
2) Poison ivy
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Description
In a government class three popular girls undergo a mock trial for their ruthless bullying of a classmate.
3) Side effects
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Everything changes for Isabelle, not quite fifteen, when she is diagnosed with lymphoma--but eventually she survives and even thrives.
4) The cheat
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Cheating on a geography mid-term is just the beginning. What was done without much thought leads to big consequences-as you'll discover from six talkative eighth graders who are willing to share every juicy detail. This fast-paced look at some of the minefields of middle school is full of truth, humor, and heart.
6) Kailey
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Ten-year-old Kailey launches an art protest to keep a developer from spoiling the cove and its tide pools that are special to her and her family and friends.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Depicts Jacki, a teen-ager, whose life is turned upside down when the depression affects her family. Jacki doesn't understand the things that caused it and is determined to overcome their financial woes and focus on friends and a happy ending.