Stories about Moving or Being the New Kid
****I wrote about this topic: On Being the New Kid
Double Dog Dare by Lisa Graff
Drita, My Homegirl by Jenny Lombard
- Pub Date: 2006
- Grades 3-5 interest
- See also: Multiple Narrators
- Two girls, one a refugee from Kosovo, take turns narrating this friendship story.
Counting Thyme by Melanie Conklin
Wish by Barbara O'Connor
- Pub Date: 2016
- Grades 4-6 interest
Far From Fair by Elana Arnold
Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan
The Secret Life of Lincoln Jones by Wendelin Van Draanen
- Pub Date: 2016
- Grades 4-6 interest
- See also: Writers
Forget Me Not by Ellie Terry
- Pub Date: 2017
- Grades 4-7 interest
- Diversity: Tourette Syndrome, Chinese-American characters
- See also: In Verse, Multiple Narrators
The First Rule of Punk by Celia Perez
- Pub Date: 2017
- Grades 4-7 interest
- Diversity: Latino characters
Catching a Storyfish by Janice Harrington
Hope is a Ferris Wheel by Robin Herrera
Minnie McClary Speaks Her Mind by Valerie Hobbs
- Pub Date: 2012
- Grades 4-7 interest
- See also: Teachers, Military/Veteran
- Minnie's uncle, recently home from Iraq, lives in her family's basement.
A Patron Saint for Junior Bridesmaids by Shelley Tougas
- Pub Date: 2016
- Grades 4-8 interest
- See also in Teen: Religion, Extended Family, Marriage, Set in MN
- Mary's family had to move out of the small MN town where they've always lived to North Dakota, but first Mary is spending the summer in St. Paul with her grandparents.
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
- Pub Date: 2017
- Grades 5-7 interest
- Aven's family moves to Arizona, and she has to start 8th grade at a new school.
The Lifters by Dave Eggers
- Pub date: 2018
- Grades 4-6 interest
- Gran and his family move to a small town called Carousel where he meets a strange girl named Catalina.
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
- Pub Date: 2018
- Grades 4-6 interest
- See also: Only Child, Competition
- Mia starts yet another new school as one of very few Asian-Americans.
The Collectors by Jacqueline West
- Pub Date: 2018
- Grades 4-6 interest
- See also: Wishes, Disabilities
- Van, who is hard of hearing, is always the new kid because his mom moves them for her work as an opera singer.
Annie's Life in Lists by Kristin Mahoney
- Pub Date: 2018
- Grades 3-6 interest
- Annie's family moves from NYC to a small town, which is a big adjustment.
Eventown by Corey Ann Haydu
- Pub Date: 2019
- Grades 5-7 interest
- See Also: Questioning Authority
- Elodee and her family move to Eventown for a fresh start, but Elodee begins to chafe at the rules in this strange town.
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