8 must-read middle grade books like Backyard Bears: Conservation, Habitat Changes, and the Rise of Urban Wildlife (Scientists in the Field) by Amy Cherrix

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Backyard Bears: Conservation, Habitat Changes, and the Rise of Urban Wildlife (Scientists in the Field)

By: Amy Cherrix

4.29

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

In this acclaimed addition to the beloved Scientists in the Field series, author Amy Cherrix follow…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Backyard Bears: Conservation, Habitat Changes, and the Rise of Urban Wildlife (Scientists in the Field) by Amy Cherrix , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Travel Book: A journey through every country in the world (Lonely Planet Kids)

By: Lonely Planet Kids

4.31

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

Take a world tour through 200 countries with this brand new edition of the bestselling kids' versio… read more

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  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
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2. Habibi

By: Naomi Shihab Nye

3.64

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

An award-winning novel about identity, family, and friendship from renowned writer and editor Naomi… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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3. Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

By: Steve Sheinkin

4.13

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next t… read more

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"She was too well-trained to panic."

-Steve Sheinkin, Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

"When do I start?" is the most refreshing thing I've heard in this whole war."

-Steve Sheinkin, Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

"Here at great expense,' [Colonel Groves] moaned to Oppenheimer, 'the government has assembled the world's largest collection of crackpots."

-Steve Sheinkin, Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

"Everyone worked day and night, Monday through Saturday. Oppenheimer insisted people take Sundays off to rest and recharge. Scientists fished for trout in nearby streams, or climbed mountains and disc…"

-Steve Sheinkin, Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

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4. Stars Above (The Lunar Chronicles, #4.5)

By: Marissa Meyer

4.23

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The enchantment continues.... The universe of the Lunar Chronicles holds stories--and secrets--that… read more

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5. Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles, #3.5)

By: Marissa Meyer

3.52

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning bridge book between Cressand Winterin the bestselling Lunar Chronicles, Queen Leva… read more

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6. The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

By: Sam Kean

0.00

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

The Periodic Table is one of man's crowning scientific achievements. But it's also a treasure trove… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science

7. Relativity

By: None

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

There are so many moments Ruby Wright wishes she could change. The moment her dad uprooted her from… read more

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8. The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way: Aristotle Leads the Way

By: Joy Hakim

4.35

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Readers will travel back in time to ancient Babylonia, Egypt, and Greece. They will meet the world'… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • childrens
  • science

9. Brown Girl Dreaming

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.27

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesme… read more

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10. The Night Diary

By: Veera Hiranandani

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal,… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens

11. Endangered (Ape Quartet #1)

By: Eliot Schrefer

4.75

Format: 2112 pages, Hardcover

The compelling tale of a girl who must save a group of bonobos--and herself--from a violent coup. T… read more

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12. We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History

By: Phillip Hoose

3.92

Format: None pages,

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13. The Dreamer

By: Pam Muñoz Ryan , Peter Sís

3.98

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Neftali finds beauty and wonder everywhere: in the oily colors of mud puddles; a lost glove, sailin… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Netfali's breath caught in his throat at the sight of the infinite colors and the gentle curve of the faraway horizon. He had never imagined the height of the white spray breaking against the rocks, …"

-Pam Muñoz Ryan, The Dreamer

14. Stargirl (Stargirl, #1)

By: Jerry Spinelli

4.10

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

A celebration of nonconformity; a tense, emotional tale about the fleeting, cruel nature of popular… read more

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15. The Bone Sparrow

By: Zana Fraillon

3.82

Format: 4 pages, Hardcover

Subhi is a refugee. Born in an Australian permanent detention center after his mother and sister fl… read more

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16. The Second Mrs. Gioconda

By: E.L. Konigsburg

3.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

THE GREATEST ARTIST OF HIS TIME AN APPRENTICE WITH A LARCENOUS HEART AND AN AVERSION TO THE TRUTH A… read more

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17. Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout

By: Lauren Redniss

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Radioactive is the visual journey into the life of Marie Curie, as told through the dazzling collag… read more

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18. I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

By: Malala Yousafzai , Christina Lamb

3.37

Format: None pages, Hardcover

I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday. Wh… read more

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19. Esperanza Rising

By: Pam Muñoz Ryan

4.29

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico--she'd always have fan… read more

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20. An Uninterrupted View of the Sky

By: Melanie Crowder

3.75

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Modern history unearthed as a boy becomes an innocent victim of corruption in the underbelly of Bol… read more

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21. Walk Two Moons

By: Sharon Creech

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

"How about a story? Spin us a yarn." Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. "I could tell you… read more

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22. Science Comics: Coral Reefs: Cities of the Ocean

By: Maris Wicks

4.16

Format: None pages,

Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic--dinosaurs, cor… read more

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23. Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans

By: Kadir Nelson

3.84

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Kadir Nelson's Heart and Soulis the winner of numerous awards, including the 2012 Coretta Scott Kin… read more

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24. All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.51

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

An account of the amazing Thai cave rescue told in a you-are-there style that blends suspense, scie… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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25. Call Us What We Carry

By: Amanda Gorman

4.28

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

Formerly titled The Hill We Climb and Other Poems, Amanda Gorman’s remarkable new collection reveal… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Loss is the cost of loving"

-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry

"We write Because you might listen."

-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry

"And the norms and notions of what “just is"

-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry

"We've learned that quiet isn't always peace."

-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry

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26. Uncultured: A Memoir

By: Daniella Mestyanek Young

4.08

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Educated and The Glass Castle, Daniella Mestyanek Young's Uncultured is more than a … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Daniella,"

-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir

"The body keeps the score."

-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir

"I can run and run, but I’m always still here."

-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir

"...the only real friend I had, and would ever have, was myself."

-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir

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27. The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth: Understanding Our World and Its Ecosystems

By: Rachel Ignotofsky

4.38

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

An illustrated journey through the world’s ecosystems that chronicles the plants and animals that l… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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28. Rising Seas: Flooding, Climate Change and Our New World

By: Keltie Thomas

3.83

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

The Earth's oceans are on the rise. Since 1900, global sea levels have risen steadily each year to … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • science
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29. Solito

By: Javier Zamora

4.48

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A young poet tells the story of his harrowing migration from El Salvador to the United States at th… read more

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  • nonfiction
"We nod, and I notice stars beginning to pop behind his head."

-Javier Zamora, Solito

"Puedo sentir El Viaje en las plantas de mis pies. Lo veo en mis sueños."

-Javier Zamora, Solito

"My chest like hummingbirds fighting for the hibiscus in Abuelita's garden."

-Javier Zamora, Solito

"Mom to my left, Dad to my right, a mosquito net like a crown covering all of us."

-Javier Zamora, Solito

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30. Backyard Bears: Conservation, Habitat Changes, and the Rise of Urban Wildlife (Scientists in the Field)

By: Amy Cherrix

4.29

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

In this acclaimed addition to the beloved Scientists in the Field series, author Amy Cherrix follow… read more

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  • middle grade
  • animals
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • conservation
  • nature
  • science
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31. Along Came Galileo

By: Jeanne Bendick

3.73

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

A terrific book to introduce children to a great scientist, some of his scientific forebears, and h… read more

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Transform Your Habits

The Travel Book: A journey through every country in the world (Lonely Planet Kids)

Lonely Planet Kids

4.31

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Habibi

Naomi Shihab Nye

3.64

Transform Your Habits

Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

Steve Sheinkin

4.13

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The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way: Aristotle Leads the Way

Joy Hakim

4.35

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Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

Steve Sheinkin

4.13

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Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World

Gretchen Rubin

3.72

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Ernesto Cisneros

4.29

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Victoria Jamieson

4.62

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