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Great Classroom Stories About, You Guessed It, School!

Great Classroom Stories About, You Guessed It, School!

Get ready for back-to-school with some of these fun classroom tales.

Playlist Tags: genre: Children's season: fall audience: tweens topic: classroom stories topic: school audience: middle grade audience: kids

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Loser

By Jerry Spinelli
Narrated by: Steve Buscemi
Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

From renowned Newbery-winning author Jerry Spinelli comes a powerful story about how not fitting in just might lead to an incredible life. This classic book is perfect for fans ofย Gordon Kormanย and Carl Hiaasen. Just like other kids, Zinkoff rides his bike, hopes for snow days, and wants to be like his dad when he grows up. But Zinkoff also... Read more »

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Ms. Bixby's Last Day

By John David Anderson
Narrated by: Jesse Bernstein, Ramon de Ocampo & Maxwell Glick
Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

New York Times Book Reviewย Editor's ChoiceAย funny, heartwarming, and heartbreaking contemporary story about three boys, one teacher, and a day none of them will ever forget.
โ€œKids wonโ€™t just love this book. They need it.โ€ โ€”Soman Chainani,ย New York Timesย bestselling author ofย The School for Good and Evil

โ€œEach page crackles as we embark on the... Read more »

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Save Me a Seat

By Sarah Weeks & Gita Varadarajan
Narrated by: Josh Hurley & Vikas Adam
Length: 3 hours 58 minutes

From award-winning author of Pie Sarah Weeks and debut author Gita Varadarajan comes a story that shows us the beautiful ways our lives end up being much more similar than we ever imagine. Two boys -- one white, one Indian American -- gain strength from each other from afar as they struggle to navigate middle school, family, and friendships. Read more »

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Sideways Stories from Wayside School

By Louis Sachar
Narrated by: Louis Sachar
Length: 2 hours 26 minutes

Bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Louis Sachar knows how to make readers laugh. And there are laughs galore in perennial favoriteย Sideways Stories from Wayside School, the first book in the series!

Accidentally built sideways and standing thirty stories high (the builder said he was very sorry for the mistake), Wayside School has some... Read more »

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Frindle

By Andrew Clements
Narrated by: Keith Nobbs
Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

From bestselling and award-winning author Andrew Clements, a quirky, imaginative tale about creative thought and the power of language that will have readers inventing their own wordsโ€”now available in a deluxe paperback edition!

Is Nick Allen a troublemaker? He really just likes to liven things up at school--and he's always had plenty of great... Read more »

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The View From Saturday

By E.L. Konigsburg
Narrated by: Jenna Lamia & Jan Maxwell
Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

From the Newbery Medalโ€“winning author of the beloved classic From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler comes four jewel-like short storiesโ€”one for each of the team members of an Academic Bowl teamโ€”that ask questions and demonstrate surprising answers.

How had Mrs. Olinski chosen her sixth-grade Academic Bowl team? She had a number of... Read more »

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Millicent Min, Girl Genius

By Lisa Yee
Narrated by: Keiko Agena
Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Millicent Min is having a bad summer. Her fellow high school students hate her for setting the curve. Her fellow 11-year-olds hate her for going to high school. Her grandmother Maddie is moving away, and in an effort to give Millicent a more โ€œnormalโ€ childhood, her mom has not only signed her up for volleyball, sheโ€™s also arranged for Millie to... Read more »

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I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President

By Josh Lieb
Narrated by: Marc Thompson
Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Josh Lieb's hilarious, New York Times bestselling debut, now in paperback!

When a provocation from his dad irks twelve-year-old evil genius Oliver Watson, he'll have to put his plans for world domination on hold in order to beat the pants off the competition and win the middle school election. Read more »

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Harriet the Spy (TV Tie-In Edition)

By Louise Fitzhugh
Narrated by: Anne Bobby
Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Features an exclusive bonus interview with the Apple TV+ animated series stars, Golden Globe nominee Beanie Feldstein (the voice of Harriet) and Emmy Award winner Jane Lynch (the voice of Ole Golly).

Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. In her notebook, she writes down everything she knows about everyone, even her classmates and her best friends. Then... Read more »

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The First Rule of Punk

By Celia C. Perez
Narrated by: Trini Alvarado
Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Roller Girl meets School of Rock in this middle grade novel about identity, friendship, and riot-grrrl power by librarian and debut author Celia C. Perez. There are no shortcuts to surviving your first day at a new school-you can't fix it with duct tape like you would your Chuck Taylors. On Day One, twelve-year-old Malu (Maria Luisa, if you want... Read more »

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All's Faire in Middle School

By Victoria Jamieson
Narrated by: Laura Knight Keating, Susan Bennett, Angelo Di Loreto, Christopher Gebauer, Christopher Carley, Jennifer O'Donnell, Soneela Nankani, Madeleine Maby, Eevin Hartsough & Stina Nielsen
Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

From the author of the Newbery Honor winner Roller Girl, a heartwarming graphic novel about starting middle school, surviving your embarrassing family, and life at the Renaissance Faire that's perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier. Eleven-year-old Imogene (Impy) has grown up with two parents working at the Renaissance Faire, and she's eager to... Read more »

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Out of My Mind

By Sharon M. Draper
Narrated by: Sisi Aisha Johnson
Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

A New York Times bestseller for three years and counting!

โ€œA gutsy, candid, and compelling story. It speaks volumes.โ€ โ€”School Library Journal (starred review)
โ€œUnflinching and realistic.โ€ โ€”Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

From award-winning author Sharon Draper comes a story that will forever change how we all look at anyone with a disability,... Read more »

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The Wednesday Wars

By Gary D. Schmidt
Narrated by: Joel Johnstone
Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

In this Newbery Honor-winning novel, Gary D. Schmidt offers an unforgettable antihero. The Wednesday Wars is a wonderfully witty and compelling story about a teenage boy's mishaps and adventures over the course of the 1967-68 school year in Long Island, New York. Meet Holling Hoodhood, a seventh-grader at Camillo Junior High, who must spend... Read more »

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