Funny
Middle School
Aisle nine
by Ian X. Cho

When a hell portal opens up in aisle nine, discount-mart checkout clerk Jasper teams up with his crush, who shares his frightening vison of the impending apocalypse, to save the world before this Black Friday becomes the darkest yet. 
The perfect guy doesn't exist
by Sophie Gonzales

When sixteen-year-old Ivy Winslow, a fanfic writer, accidentally brings Weston her favorite TV character to life, she enlists the help of her new best friend Henry and her ex-best friend Mack to deal with her creation
Check & mate
by Ali Hazelwood

Inadvertently wiping the board with notorious “Kingkiller” Nolan Sawyer, which opens the door to sorely needed cash prizes to keep her family afloat, Mallory's love for the game of chess rekindles, as do her feelings for her competitor, against her own best intentions. 
Sunny G's Series of rash decisions
by Navdeep Singh Dhillon

When Mindi Vang steals his notebook filled with rash decisions on prom night, Sunny chases after her and has an unexpected all-night adventure filled with reckless, wonderful, romantic, stupid, life-changing decisions. 
Eat your heart out
by Kelly deVos

Six disgruntled teens are forced to spend their winter break at fat camp during Flagstaff, Arizona's worst blizzard in a century, only to find that Camp Featherlite is even worse than expected because it is crawling with genetically-modified monsters
This will be funny someday
by Katie Henry

Sixteen-year-old Izzy, has stumbled across her dream of doing stand-up comedy, but hiding it from family and friends is causing her many untruths to quickly unravel.
Sway with me
by Syed Masood

After his grandfather dies, leaving him alone in the world, Arsalan asks the step-daughter of a prominent matchmaker to find him a future life partner and gets more than he bargained for when she makes him a deal he cannot refuse. 
My life as a potato
by Arianne Costner

Believing himself to be cursed by potatoes, Ben moves to a formidable potato-laden community in Idaho, where an accident leads him to become his school's secret potato mascot. 
Layoverland
by Gabby Noone

Awakening on a flight to purgatory after hurting her beloved younger sister, Bea is charged with saving thousands of souls to secure her place in heaven before discovering that one of her first assignments involves helping the boy who caused her fatal accident
The past and other things that should stay buried
by Shaun David Hutchinson

Two estranged best friends, one the son of undertakers, are granted extra time to resolve their differences when one of them dies suddenly and then comes partially back to life, forcing the pair to figure out what is happening. 
The field guide to the North American teenager
by Ben Philippe

Uprooted from his native Montreal to Austin, Texas, a black French-Canadian teen navigates the joys and clichés of the American high school experience, including falling in love, before challenging himself to accept friendship into his life. 
Crying laughing
by Lance Rubin

Fearing her comedic ambitions are beyond her reach after a disastrous stand-up set at her own bat mitzvah, Winnie is invited to join her school's improv troupe before her efforts are shaped by epically bad dates, frustrating performances and a parent's failing health. 
Son of the mob
by Gordon Korman

Seventeen-year-old Vince's life is constantly complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent
Spurt
by Chris Miles

Eighth-grader Jack, a former reality television star and distressed at not reaching puberty, decides to "fake it until he makes it."
Romeo & what's her name
by Shani Petroff

Accepting the role of a Juliet understudy so that she can spend time with the cast's adorable Romeo, Emily ignores memorizing lines in favor of other activities and is caught unprepared when the leading lady lands in the hospital right before the performance.
This is not the end
by Jesse Jordan

When James Salley, sixteen, learns that he is the Antichrist, he finds himself fighting between who he thought he was and who he is supposed to be
Nonfiction
Surviving middle school : navigating the halls, riding the social roller coaster, and unmasking the real you
by Luke Reynolds

A veteran teacher humorously and compassionately counsels kids on how to survive and thrive in middle school, outlining helpful life lessons about how to find their footing and rise to challenges that may be complicated by peers and home-life issues. 
The amazing book is not on fire : the world of Dan and Phil
by Dan Howell

YouTube stars Dan Howell and Phil Lester tell the humorous story of growing up, becoming YouTube stars, and give advice to their teen followers
Graphic Novels
Woe : a housecat's story of despair
by Lucy Knisley

Collected into a graphic novel for the first time, these webcomics take readers into the dramatic world of Linney the House Cat, whose purrfectly hilarious antics, hair-raising habits and cattitude show readers just how amazing, and what a true gift, cats are. 
Youth group
by Jordan Morris

"When cynical, gothy Kay lets her mom talk her into joining the youth group at their church, she's prepared for the dorky sing-alongs and the cheesy slogans about dodging temptation. What she isn't prepared for is walking in on the clean-cut youth group leaders, Meg and Cortland, in the middle of a real-deal exorcism. Turns out these wholesome Christian teens are demon-hunting soldiers in a secret war that's heating up fast, and even if Kay wanted to stay on the sidelines, she doesn't have a choice--she's a "Blight," a human who demons can't possess, and that makes her a target. But Kay's in good hands with her new friends--for them, fighting literal demons is all in a Sunday's work!"
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