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…
Want to Read $ 7.99"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)
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1. Attack of the Black Rectangles
By: Amy Sarig King
4.21
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
2. 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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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- 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
3. 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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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical 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
4. Crossing the Line
By: Tia Fisher
4.28
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
'Do you feel safe?' A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. … read more
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- poetry
- young adult
5. Choose Love
By: Nicola Davies
4.13
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
Choose Love is a cycle of poems that highlights the experience of those forced to become refugees. … read more
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- poetry
6. Steady For This
By: Nathanael Lessore
3.90
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
MEET MC GROWLS, WANNABE RAPPER AND STAR OF THE SHOW IN THIS HILARIOUS AND HEARTWARMING TEEN DEBUT. … read more
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- fiction
- young adult
7. The Boy Lost in the Maze
By: Joseph Coelho
3.82
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In his new verse novel, Joseph Coelho brilliantly blends Greek myth with a 21st century quest. In … read more
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- poetry
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- audiobook
8. Safiyyah's War
By: Hiba Noor Khan
4.32
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews dur… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
9. Away With Words
By: Sophie Cameron
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2024… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
10. A First Time for Everything
By: Dan Santat
4.39
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
11. A Rover's Story
By: Jasmine Warga
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- audiobook
12. 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
- family
"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
13. Simon Sort of Says
By: Erin Bow
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
14. 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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- poetry
- africa
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
- 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)
15. The Song Walker
By: Zillah Bethell
4.16
Format: None pages, None
"There are three questions that I need to find the answers to: -Where am I? -What am I doing here… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
16. And Then, Boom!
By: Lisa Fipps
4.69
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more
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- poetry
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!
17. Iveliz Explains It All
By: Andrea Beatriz Arango
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Library Binding
How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening? One girl takes on seventh grade while f… read more
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- poetry
- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- audiobook
"and it's important to stop, be kind to ourselves, and ask for help- ask for love."-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
"But you have to be somewhere I can find. You understand? Somewhere I can find. I nod, because I know what he is saying and what he is not saying. He can't find me if I'm not here. (p. 113 of the hard…"-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
"I am not okay, and sometimes I wish people wouldn't believe me when I say I am. I wish they would ask, just one more time, and I wish they wouldn't tiptoe around me like I'm a poem, so I could show t…"-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
18. What Happened to Rachel Riley?
By: Claire Swinarski
4.23
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
19. Dinged
By: Tommy Greenwald
3.97
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A star football player watches his father deteriorate from injuries he suffered playing the very sa… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
20. A Seed in the Sun
By: Aida Salazar
4.23
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A farm working girl with big dreams meets activist Dolores Huerta and joins the 1965 protest for mi… read more
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- poetry
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
- audiobook
21. The Puttermans Are in the House
By: Jacquetta Nammar Feldman
3.91
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A heartfelt and hopeful middle grade novel from Jacquetta Nammar Feldman, author of the Junior Libr… read more
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- family
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
