Where the Heart Is
By: Jo Knowles
3.83
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
If home is where the heart is, what would happen if you lost it? Compassion and humor infuse the st…
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1. Ungifted
By: Gordon Korman
3.98
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The word gifted has never been applied to a kid like Donovan Curtis. It's usually more like Don't t… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
2. Ellen Outside the Lines
By: A.J. Sass
4.37
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A novel about a neurodivergent thirteen-year-old navigating changing friendships, a school trip, an… read more
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- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
"Not every person fits neatly into categories. Life doesn't always stick to a planned itinerary."-A.J. Sass, Ellen Outside the Lines
3. 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
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"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
4. Linked
By: Gordon Korman
4.18
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks in… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"A paper chain can be done when it hits a certain number of links. But tolerance is a project you always have to keep working at."-Gordon Korman, Linked
5. Breakout
By: Kate Messner
4.11
Format: 433 pages, Hardcover
Nora Tucker is looking forward to summer vacation in Wolf Creek--two months of swimming, popsicles,… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
6. Tornado Brain
By: Cat Patrick
4.14
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
A neurodivergent 7th grader is determined to find her missing best friend before it's too late. … read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
7. The Probability of Everything
By: Sarah Everett
4.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and fac… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
8. The First State of Being
By: Erin Entrada Kelly
4.14
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
9. Other Words for Home
By: Jasmine Warga
4.42
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
I am learning how to be sad and happy at the same time. Jude never thought she’d be leaving h… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"Americans are obsessed with murder"-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home
"You will belong here. . .You will make anywhere beautiful."-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home
"It seems like the kind of place where dreams could grow and live."-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home
"Mama hugs me and I hold her back. Sometimes all you can do is hold on."-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home
10. Just Like That
By: Gary D. Schmidt
4.37
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene'… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
"It’s hard to figure out how a friendship begins, she thought. Maybe sometimes it’s because someone you thought you knew - and that you didn’t really - turns out to be a whole lot more like a friend t…"-Gary D. Schmidt, Just Like That
"And Meryl Lee thought, I wonder how this happens. You live side by side for a while, and suddenly you realize you like living side by side, and you can’t imagine not living side by side because you’v…"-Gary D. Schmidt, Just Like That
11. The Midnight Children
By: Dan Gemeinhart
4.16
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary story about a family of runaways who take up residence in a small town, and the ou… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
"Stories, after all, are about choices."-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children
"And determined is nearly always a very good thing to be."-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children
"I’ll be your creep, Ravani Foster, if you’ll be my freak."-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children
"But the truth, sometimes, can be the cruelest thing of all."-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children
12. Where the Heart Is
By: Jo Knowles
3.83
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
If home is where the heart is, what would happen if you lost it? Compassion and humor infuse the st… read more
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- childrens
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- animals
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- poverty
13. Blended
By: Sharon M. Draper
4.16
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
"You’re so exotic!” “You look so unusual.” “But what are you really?” Eleven-year-old Isabella i… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"The doors of Target opened with a welcoming swoosh, and I was instantly distracted. Yeah. Target does that to me. I feel at home. They've got stuff I need. Stuff I don't need. Stuff I didn't even kno…"-Sharon M. Draper, Blended
14. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
By: Stacy McAnulty
4.29
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
A lightning strike gave her a super power... but even a super genius can't solve the problem of mid… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
15. Pay Attention, Carter Jones
By: Gary D. Schmidt
4.07
Format: None pages, Paperback
Carter Jones is astonished early one morning when he finds a real English butler, bowler hat and al… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"Make good decisions and remember who you are, young Master Jones.’ He put his bowler back on. ‘You think I’m going to forget who I am?’ I said. ‘You are entering middle school now,’ he said. ‘I think…"-Gary D. Schmidt, Pay Attention, Carter Jones
16. The Year We Fell From Space
By: Amy Sarig King
4.10
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The deeply affecting next book from acclaimed author Amy Sarig King. Liberty Johansen is going t… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"The sky puts everything in perspective."-Amy Sarig King, The Year We Fell From Space
"Polaris always points north. It's one of the only things I can count on. Every night it returns to the sky and does its job. If people were more like Polaris, maybe things wouldn't be so complicated."-Amy Sarig King, The Year We Fell From Space
17. Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone
By: Tae Keller
4.17
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
A story about a girl who is alienated by her friends . . . for believing in aliens. Sometimes m… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"I had to make her understand that this mattered--what people thought had everything to do with who she was. Because how do we know who we are without knowing our place in the world?"-Tae Keller, Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone
18. Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero
By: Saadia Faruqi
4.19
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Yusuf Azeem has spent all his life in the small town of Frey, Texas—and nearly that long waiting fo… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
19. Stowaway (The Icarus Chronicles, #1)
By: John David Anderson
3.93
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The first book in a coming-of-age sci-fi duology about Leo, a kid trying to navigate the galaxy in … read more
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- family
- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
20. The Perfect Secret (The Perfect Score, #2)
By: Rob Buyea
4.34
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
These students are in for a year of secrets, discoveries, and kid power! GAVIN finally joins the… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
