Recommendations based on "Southpaw Winning Season"

With an irresistible enemies-to-lovers romance, and perfect for fans of Alice Oseman and Becky Albertalli, Lover Birds is a beautifully-written, inclusive and heart-pounding romance. When Isabel Williams moves to Liverpool, she criticises seemingly everything in Eloise Byrne's life - her city, her accent, her trademark boldness - so if, when she catches Isabel staring, Eloise feels her pulse race, it must be because they hate each other. It surely couldn't be for any other reason, could it? Eloise needs to get her ADHD under control in time for A-Levels, but when she meets Isabel, school becomes the least of her concerns. What begins as outright contempt turns into an oddly satisfactory rivalry, but for their rivalry to shift further into romance, their relationship must withstand Isabel's classism, Eloise's distrust, and whatever secrets their friends are hiding from them. With a wonderful cast of characters, an irresistible romance, and an incredibly moving and powerful portrayal of ADHD, Lover Birds is an unmissable debut from an extraordinary new voice in YA fiction.

The hilarious, take-no-prisoners novel about a cynical, sex-obsessed teenager's pining love for an intelligent girl—the basis for the major motion picture starring Michael Cera.Youth in Revolt is the journals of Nick Twisp, California's most precocious diarist, whose ongoing struggles to make sense out of high school, deal with his divorced parents, and lose his virginity result in his transformation from an unassuming fourteen-year-old to a modern youth in open revolt. As his family splinters, worlds collide, and the police block all routes out of town, Nick must cope with economic deprivation, homelessness, the gulag of the public schools, a competitive type-A father, murderous canines, and an inconvenient hair trigger on his erectile response—all while vying ardently for the affections of the beauteous Sheeni Saunders, teenage goddess, and ultimate intellectual goad.

”Fans of Beverly Cleary’s Quimbys, Judy Blume’s Hatchers, and, more recently, Jeanne Birdsall’s Penderwicks will fervently hope that more Fletcher misadventures are yet to come.” —School Library Journal, StarredThe start of the school year is not going as the Fletcher brothers hoped. Each boy finds his plans for success veering off in unexpected and sometimes diastrous directions. And at home, their miserable new neighbor complains about everything. As the year continues, the boys learn the hard and often hilarious lesson that sometimes what you least expect is what you come to care about the most.Praise for The Misadventures of the Family FletcherA Junior Library Guild Selection[set star] ”Their banter is realistic, and the disorder of their everyday lives, convincing. The Fletcher family rules!” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred”Dana Alison Levy has gloriously reimagined the classic family story into a thoroughly modern mold, and it works perfectly.” —Bruce Coville, bestselling author of My Teacher Is an Alien and the Unicorn Chronicles[set star] ”With its semi-episodic structure, laugh-out-loud humor, and mix of zaniness and love, Levy’s debut offers something truly significant: a middle-grade family story featuring gay parents and interracial families that is never about either issue.” —School Library Journal, Starred”Levy provides a compelling, compassionate, and frequently hilarious look at their daily concerns. By book’s end readers will want to be part of (or at least friends with) this delightful family.” —The Horn BookFrom the Hardcover edition.

*An Indie Next List Pick, a Top Ten Rainbow Book for Young Readers, and one of Bank Street Children's Best Books of the Year!* Jules Machias explores identity, gender fluidity, and the power of friendship and acceptance in this dual-narrative story about two kids who join forces to save a dog . . . but wind up saving each other. Ash is no stranger to feeling like an outcast. For someone who cycles through genders, it's a daily struggle to feel in control of how people perceive you. Some days Ash is undoubtedly girl, but other times, 100 percent guy. Daniel lacks control too--of his emotions. He's been told he's overly sensitive more times than he can count. He can't help the way he is, and he sure wishes someone would accept him for it. So when Daniel's big heart leads him to rescue a dog that's about to be euthanized, he's relieved to find Ash willing to help. The two bond over their four-legged secret. When they start catching feelings for each other, however, things go from cute to complicated. Daniel thinks Ash is all girl . . . what happens when he finds out there's more to Ash's story With so much on the line--truth, identity, acceptance, and the life of an adorable pup named Chewbarka--will Ash and Daniel forever feel at war with themselves because they don't fit into the world's binaries Or will their friendship help them embrace the beauty of living in between

"Despite the chaos and me being a dumpster fire, things turned out okay last time. We beat the villain, and I'm part of a superteam. I have cool friends, and somehow (don't jinx it, Dylan), I even got the girl. Things should be great, right? Now the government's come knocking, and we're summoned to superhero school. Which is a dream come true, except it's run by a corporation. It's fine, if you can get over the teeny, tiny problem that there's also an evolution-obsessed organisation trying to figure us out. Plus, there's another group of mutants with dangerous powers running loose, and we're the ones who'll have to stop them. I hope the part on my school records that says "near-pathological disregard for authority" isn't going to come back and bite me. Maybe it'll be the thing that saves us"--Author's website.

The eighth book in the New York Times bestselling Emmie & Friends series, told from the alternating POVs of popular Anthony and timid Leah as they grapple with a bullying incident at school. Friends. Bullies. MIDDLE SCHOOL Anthony is TPFW (Too Popular For Words), loves science, hates writing. Leah is a super-shy nerd who's finally making friends of her own. What could they have in common? A lot more than they thought, as it turns out! But then one day they witness Anthony's teammates bullying a sixth grader. What happens next could cement their new friendship--or blow it up forever. New York Times bestseller Terri Libenson is back with a story about unexpected friendship and everyday bravery.

In the first story, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Arizona's Mica High School forever, and in the second story, fifteen-year-old Stargirl writes "the world's longest letter" to her former boyfriend in Arizona describing her new life in Pennsylvania.

Grab your friends, get your shades, put on the SPF 15 -- it's time to hit the beach… with Zoey and her friends from the Pacific Coast Academy. Zoey and the gang have a week of fun-in-the-sun planned for Spring Break. They're headed to Logan's father's mansion on the coast. Things get weird when they realize that they're actually there to test a new reality show called "Gender Defenders". Its boys against the girls to see who gets to be on the REAL show! But when Chase accidentally sends a text message proclaiming his true feelings for Zoey, will this Spring Break prove to be a Spring Bummer?

The TeeNick block, featuring Zoey 101, is must-watch, must-TIVO, must-discuss viewing for tweens. Based on the following two episodes: 21. Robot Wars Sick and tired of hearing how smart a group of science nerds think they are, Zoey decides to wage war . . . Robot War! Only problem? Zoey and the crew don't know the first thing about building a robot so they recruit Quinn to help them. But when she overhears Logan making fun of her, Quinn bails. Is the battle lost before it begins? Luckily Zoey has a few tricks up her sleeve, and she's going to show those nerds that all is fair in Robots and War. ((continued on Extended Summary))

Middle school student, Jamie Kelly, writes all the strange and sometimes not so wonderful things that happens to her or she sees during school in her diary and promises that everything she writes is as true as she wants it to be.