This Is Not a Drill
By: K.A. Holt
3.51
Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition
Told through text messages, this timely story explores the real dangers kids face with humor, insig…
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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
- school
- 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
2. A Work in Progress
By: Jarrett Lerner
4.40
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A young boy struggles with body image in this poignant and “perceptive” ( Publishers Weekly , starr… read more
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- childrens
- school
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
3. 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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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
4. The Fort
By: Gordon Korman
4.31
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five fri… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
5. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor
By: Alan Gratz
4.24
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz ( Refugee ; Ground Zero ; Two Degr… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
6. 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
- juvenile
7. Invisible
By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez
4.16
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who ar… read more
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- childrens
- school
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- juvenile
8. Growing Pangs
By: Kathryn Ormsbee
4.05
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
New grade. New friends. New worries? Introducing a graphic novel about friendship, anxiety, and gro… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- juvenile
9. The Liars Society (The Liars Society #1)
By: Alyson Gerber
4.19
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A USA TODAY bestseller! Weatherby is a fish out of water. When she lands a scholarship to the pr… read more
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- childrens
- school
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- contemporary
10. Play Like a Girl
By: Misty Wilson
4.29
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Debut author Misty Wilson chronicles her seventh-grade experience as the only girl on her town’s fo… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
"There was no way the boys were gonna keep me on the sidelines. If they could play football, so could I. I was just gonna have to sign up, too."-Misty Wilson, Play Like a Girl
11. 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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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
"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!
12. Louder Than Hunger
By: John Schu
4.55
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
13. This Is Not a Drill
By: K.A. Holt
3.51
Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition
Told through text messages, this timely story explores the real dangers kids face with humor, insig… read more
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- childrens
- school
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- divorce
- juvenile
14. 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
- school
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- juvenile
15. The Road to After
By: Rebekah Lowell
4.42
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This poignant debut novel in verse is a portrait of healing, as a young girl rediscovers life and t… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- juvenile
16. The Girl in the Lake
By: India Hill Brown
3.79
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Small Spaces, Doll Bones, and Mary Downing Hahn, a truly chilling (and historically ins… read more
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- family
- middle grade
- fiction
17. The Tryout (The Tryout #1)
By: Christina Soontornvat
4.31
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
STAND TALL. BE LOUD. GAME FACE ON. When cheerleading tryouts are announced, Christina and … read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- family
18. 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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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
19. I Know Your Secret (A Secrets & Lies Novel)
By: Daphne Benedis-Grab
3.44
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
One of Us is Lying meets Pretty Little Liars for middle-grade readers. The email arrives Sunday … read more
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- childrens
- school
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
20. Hands
By: Torrey Maldonado
4.06
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
The author of What Lane? and Tight delivers a fast-paced read that packs a punch about a boy figuri… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
21. Controlled Burn
By: Erin Soderberg Downing
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Twelve-year-old Maia’s parents say she’s lucky she noticed something as early as she did. Lucky to … read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
