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Kendell Shaffer
An arrest changes Kalifornia’s living arrangements and school life. She must adapt to her father’s rules and police-academy drills while navigating a new partnership and trying to help someone in danger.
Debi Gliori
The appeal lies in the contrast between Lily’s ordinary challenge of being the new girl and Daisy’s extraordinary magic. Their sibling relationship sits at the centre of this comic fantasy.
James Patterson, Christopher Tebbetts
This is a school-and-family story about coping with upheaval and trying to start afresh.
Salina Yoon
A reassuring story about starting school, separation from a beloved comfort object and discovering that independence can include support. Bear’s experience gives children permission to find a new situation hard without treating that difficulty as failure.
Tamara Hart Heiner
This is a school-and-friendship story about adapting to major change while trying to belong. Cassandra’s ordinary perspective is placed under pressure by relocation, unfamiliar social routines and the possibility of finding a personal strength.
Matt Goodfellow
A thoughtful verse novel about the upheaval of starting secondary school. Nate encounters friendship, rules, family change, anger and conflict, while a returning figure from the past makes life more complicated.
A warm, funny story about feeling unready for school, combining Lola's determined excuses with Soren Lorensen's nervousness and imaginative collage illustrations.
Katie Cottle
A warm school-start story about friendship, self-expression and the pressure to seem interesting. Its central contrast is between Monty’s unwanted performance and Dot’s gradual willingness to be more open.
Anna Llenas
This is a reassuring school-transition story: a frightening unknown becomes more understandable through companionship and familiar activities. Its emotional focus may help children name nervousness while imagining what a school day could involve.
Helen Rutter
A choice-driven story about finding a voice when other people control the decisions. Fred’s move to a new school brings pressure, friendships and opportunities to pursue his art, while each reader’s choices shape a different route.
Laurie Friedman
This is a relationship-focused story about friendship under strain, blame spreading through a school group, family awkwardness and feelings that may or may not become romantic. Its focus is on tangled social choices and competing relationships.
Vera Strange
This is a supernatural school story about belonging, social status and consequences. Shelly’s wish creates a problem she must actively address, combining everyday change with a threatening magical bargain.
Megan Wargula
A grief-and-adventure story about a child entering middle school, forming a team with friends and investigating why local dogs are being mistreated, alongside paranormal elements and Cherokee-gold legends.
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