Healer of the Water Monster
By: Brian Young
4.23
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at her mobile summer home on the Navajo reservation, h…
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1. The Bitter Side of Sweet
By: Tara Sullivan
3.82
Format: 254 pages, Hardcover
Two young boys must escape a life of slavery in modern-day Ivory Coast Fifteen-year-old Amadou coun… read more
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- fiction
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2. Rain Is Not My Indian Name
By: Cynthia Leitich Smith , None
3.96
Format: None pages, Hardcover
It's been six months since her best friend died, and up until now Rain has succeeded in shutting he… read more
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3. The Shape of Thunder
By: Jasmine Warga
4.17
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other,… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- audiobook
"I just want to be okay. I don't want to feel okay. I want to be okay."-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
"The more things you know, the less likely you are to be taken by surprise."-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
"Whenever I get a bad grade, I always try to explain to Mom that I did read the book. And just because I can't remember what color shirt the character was wearing in page six doesn't mean that I didn'…"-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
4. The Last Mapmaker
By: Christina Soontornvat
4.15
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. As assistant to Mangkon’s most celeb… read more
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- adventure
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- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"I couldn't see it then, but I could see it now. I opened my eyes, releasing another stream of tears. I had been trying so hard to run from my past. But the past was like mottlefish ink. Even if it fa…"-Christina Soontornvat, The Last Mapmaker
5. Freewater
By: Amina Luqman-Dawson
4.18
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they … read more
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- adventure
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"Lord only knows how many of us they keep from running. How many of us stay in these hateful places out of love. I used to think it was from scaring us - beating, cutting, or whipping us that did it. …"-Amina Luqman-Dawson, Freewater
6. Mascot
By: Charles Waters
4.02
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade n… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- indigenous
7. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
By: Pedro Martín
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more
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- middle grade
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
8. Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration
By: Elizabeth Partridge
4.53
Format: 132 pages, Hardcover
This important work of nonfiction features powerful images of the Japanese American incarceration c… read more
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- middle grade
9. Healer of the Water Monster
By: Brian Young
4.23
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at her mobile summer home on the Navajo reservation, h… read more
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- magical realism
- adventure
- middle grade
- native american
- young adult
- indigenous
- fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
10. Elf Dog and Owl Head
By: M.T. Anderson
3.92
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A Newbery Honor Book A magical adventure about a boy and his dog—or a dog and her boy—and a fore… read more
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- audiobook
11. Maizy Chen's Last Chance
By: Lisa Yee
4.29
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to The Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota. . . until now. Her… read more
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"When you're in a position to help, that means you're in a good place in your own life."-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance
"Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being busy."-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance
12. Eagle Drums
By: Nasugraq Rainey Hopson
4.05
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A magical realistic middle grade debut about the origin story of the Iñupiaq Messenger Feast, a Nat… read more
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13. The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn
By: Sally J. Pla
4.57
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Neurodivergent Maudie is ready to spend an amazing summer with her dad, but will she find the coura… read more
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- audiobook
14. The Boys in the Back Row
By: Mike Jung
3.88
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Best friends Matt and Eric are hatching a plan for one big final adventure together before Eric mov… read more
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- fiction
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- young adult
- audiobook
15. We Still Belong
By: Christine Day
4.16
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A thoughtful and heartfelt middle grade novel by American Indian Youth Literature Honor–winning aut… read more
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16. The Secret Battle of Evan Pao
By: Wendy Wan-Long Shang
4.08
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Middle school can be a battlefield... From award-winning author Wendy Wan-Long Shang comes a poigna… read more
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17. Lupe Wong Won't Dance
By: Donna Barba Higuera
3.94
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues. She's also championed cause… read more
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- fiction
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18. Sisters of the Neversea
By: Cynthia Leitich Smith
3.89
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
In this modern take of the popular classic Peter Pan, award-winning author Cynthia Leitich Smith (M… read more
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- adventure
- middle grade
- native american
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- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Then the stars turned their attention to the younger children of the family. The ones who hadn’t grown up yet. The stars knew what was coming, who was lurking. They always did. They’d seen it all bef…"-Cynthia Leitich Smith, Sisters of the Neversea
19. Girl of the Southern Sea
By: Michelle Kadarusman
3.99
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the time she was a little girl, Nia has dreamed up adventures about the Javanese mythical prin… read more
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20. The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls
By: James Bird
3.93
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A middle-grade novel by James Bird about a boy sent to his Ojibwe family to straighten out his life… read more
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21. Candidly Cline
By: Kathryn Ormsbee
4.24
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A must-read for fans of Julie Murphy and Ashley Herring Blake, this queer coming-of-age story from … read more
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