Kaleidoscope
By: Brian Selznick
3.69
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A ship. A garden. A library. A key. In Kaleidoscope, the incomparable Brian Selznick presents the s…
Want to Read $ 12.99"And then the wind turned into a hurricane inside my mind"-Brian Selznick, Kaleidoscope
"Nothing makes living people feel more powerless than Death"-Brian Selznick, Kaleidoscope
"Life isn't organized. Why should my library be any diffrent?"-Brian Selznick, Kaleidoscope
"Maybe time is uncontrollable, and endless, and ... dangerous."-Brian Selznick, Kaleidoscope
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1. Day of Tears
By: Julius Lester
3.40
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
On March 2 and 3, 1859, the largest auction of slaves in American history took place in Savannah, G… read more
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2. One Trick Pony
By: Nathan Hale
3.81
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
The aliens have arrived. And they're hungry for electricity. In the Earth of the future, humans are… read more
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3. Up and Down (The Boy, #4)
By: Oliver Jeffers
4.34
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the illustrator of the #1 smash hitThe Day the Crayons Quit comes a humorous, resonant tale ab… read more
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4. The Beatryce Prophecy
By: Kate DiCamillo
4.30
Format: 247 pages, Hardcover
A magical medieval tale from two masters, Newbery Medal-winning Kate DiCamillo and Caldecott Medal-… read more
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- audiobook
- childrens
- adventure
- middle grade
- fiction
- fantasy
- juvenile
"Once there was a mermaid."-Kate DiCamillo, The Beatryce Prophecy
"Let her have her dangerous will."-Kate DiCamillo, The Beatryce Prophecy
"Nothing is more terrifying to evil than joy."-Kate DiCamillo, The Beatryce Prophecy
"Mark that it is dangerous. Trouble has a very long tail."-Kate DiCamillo, The Beatryce Prophecy
5. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
By: Jon Klassen
4.26
Format: 105 pages, None
Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- fiction
- fantasy
- juvenile
6. The Lost Library
By: Rebecca Stead
4.14
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more
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- audiobook
- magical realism
- childrens
- middle grade
- fiction
- fantasy
- juvenile
"But aren’t “parents"-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"That delicious book smell, his heart said."-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
7. The Eyes and the Impossible
By: Dave Eggers
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johanne… read more
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- audiobook
- childrens
- adventure
- middle grade
- fiction
- fantasy
- juvenile
"What monster would turn up his snout at the thought-through help of all the friends he had?"-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible
"Every reasonable creature knows that the worst thing any creature can do all day is think of themselves. If there are troubles in your mind, you should think first of the troubles of others; it is th…"-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible
8. 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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- audiobook
- childrens
- adventure
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- juvenile
"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
9. The Puppets of Spelhorst
By: Kate DiCamillo
4.19
Format: 149 pages, Hardcover
From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale—with enchanting illustrations b… read more
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- audiobook
- childrens
- adventure
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- juvenile
"The moon has no master," said the owl. "The moon is its own king." "Or queen," said the girl. The moon rose higher."-Kate DiCamillo, The Puppets of Spelhorst
10. Ferris
By: Kate DiCamillo
4.30
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more
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- childrens
- juvenile
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
11. The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3)
By: Peter Brown
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The action-packed third installment in Peter Brown's internationally bestselling The Wild Robot ser… read more
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- childrens
- adventure
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
12. The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4)
By: Katherine Applegate
4.46
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
For more than a decade, readers have been enchanted by the modern classic The One and Only Ivan , a… read more
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- audiobook
- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- juvenile
13. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
By: Nicholas Day
4.15
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
14. Ain't Burned All the Bright
By: Jason Reynolds
4.42
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerall… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
"What is life in a house underwater?"-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright
"...and freedom to play without worry about the rules being rearranged"-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright
"...and she wipes weary from her eyes still glued to the no-good glued to the high definition glare of low-definition life"-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright
"And I'm sitting here wondering why my mother won't change the channel and why the news won't change the story and why the story won't change into something new instead of the every-hour rerun about h…"-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright
15. 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
- childrens
"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
16. The Last Cuentista
By: Donna Barba Higuera
4.07
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abu… read more
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- childrens
- adventure
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Suma's eyes are still closed, and I can't tell if she's trying to forget, or to remember. Maybe stories are there to help us do both. I know stories can't always have happy endings. But if there are …"-Donna Barba Higuera, The Last Cuentista
17. Tree. Table. Book.
By: Lois Lowry
4.39
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Everyone knows the two Sophies are best friends. One is in elementary school, and one is . . . well… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
18. Kaleidoscope
By: Brian Selznick
3.69
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A ship. A garden. A library. A key. In Kaleidoscope, the incomparable Brian Selznick presents the s… read more
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- audiobook
- magical realism
- childrens
- adventure
- middle grade
- young adult
- short stories
- fiction
- fantasy
- juvenile
"And then the wind turned into a hurricane inside my mind"-Brian Selznick, Kaleidoscope
"Nothing makes living people feel more powerless than Death"-Brian Selznick, Kaleidoscope
"Life isn't organized. Why should my library be any diffrent?"-Brian Selznick, Kaleidoscope
"Maybe time is uncontrollable, and endless, and ... dangerous."-Brian Selznick, Kaleidoscope
19. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)
By: Kwame Alexander
4.32
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)
20. 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
- childrens
- adventure
- middle grade
- fiction
- fantasy
- juvenile
21. Stuntboy, in the Meantime (Stuntboy, #1)
By: Jason Reynolds
3.96
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A middle grade novel about the greatest young superhero you’ve never heard of, filled with illustra… read more
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- childrens
- juvenile
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
22. The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel
By: Dan Santat
3.94
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Dive in to this whimsically adventurous graphic novel from Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat! Ever sinc… read more
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- childrens
- adventure
- middle grade
- fiction
- fantasy
23. 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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- audiobook
- childrens
- adventure
- middle grade
- fiction
- fantasy
- juvenile
24. Dogtown (Dogtown, #1)
By: Katherine Applegate
4.22
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have … read more
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- audiobook
- childrens
- adventure
- middle grade
- fiction
- fantasy
- juvenile
25. Finally Heard (Finally Seen #2)
By: Kelly Yang
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes the sequel to Finally Seen in which … read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
26. The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival
By: Estelle Nadel
4.48
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
A heartrending graphic memoir about a young Jewish girl's fight for survival in Nazi occupied Polan… read more
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- middle grade
27. The Legend of Auntie Po
By: Shing Yin Khor
4.06
Format: 290 pages, None
Part historical fiction, part magical realism, and 100 percent adventure. Thirteen-year-old Mei rei… read more
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- magical realism
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
28. Cress Watercress
By: Gregory Maguire
3.67
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A lavishly illustrated woodland tale with a classic sensibility and modern flair—from the fertile i… read more
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- audiobook
- childrens
- adventure
- middle grade
- fiction
- fantasy
- juvenile
29. Grounded
By: Aisha Saeed
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Four kids meet at an airport for one unforgettable night in this middle-grade novel by four bestsel… read more
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- audiobook
- middle grade
- childrens
- adventure
30. Unhappy Camper
By: Lily LaMotte
3.90
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed creators of Measuring Up, author Lily LaMotte and illustrators Ann Xu and Sunmi,… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
31. An Outbreak of Witchcraft: A Graphic Novel of the Salem Witch Trials
By: Deborah Noyes
3.65
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A gripping tale of paranoia at its worst, An Outbreak of Witchcraft visually imagines the haunting … read more
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