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Freaked out

The Beacon Street Girls must decide what to do when one of them is not invited to Julie Farber's Hawaiian-themed birthday party.

Green algae and bubble gum wars

The girls of Beacon Street persuade their families, school, and community to become more environmentally conscious, and participate in the Sally Ride Science Festival where they must present their own projects that support living Green.

Heavyweight takedown

Ninth-grader Kyle has always been the heavyweight on his junior high school wrestling team, but when a new kid shows up he loses the challenge and finds himself relegated to the B-team--until a girl on the squad suggests he move down a weight class.

Okay for now

Fourteen-year-old Doug Swieteck faces many challenges, including an abusive father, a brother traumatized by Vietnam, suspicious teachers and police officers, and isolation, but when he meets a girl known as Lil Spicer, he develops a close relationship with her and finds a safe place at the local library.

The big game

2018
Danny Owens is dedicating his seventh-grade football season to his recently-deceased father, an NFL legend, but the pressure to succeed is magnified by his inability to read.
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Freaked out

2009
The Beacon Street Girls must decide what to do when one of them is not invited to Julie Farber's Hawaiian-themed birthday party.

Kate Walden directs

bride of Slug Man
2015
A budding middle school movie director juggles her second feature film and her very first crush.

Spurt

Eighth-grader Jack, a former reality television star and distressed at not reaching puberty, decides to "fake it until he makes it.".

Five days of famous

Relates the adventures of eighth-grader Nick Dashaway, whose Christmas request does not go according to plan.

Sci-Fi Junior High

As the new student at Sci-Fi High School on an inter-galactic space station, can Kelvin Klosmo, the unremarkable son of Earth's two most famous geniuses, save the universe from a mad scientist?.

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