Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna (Petra Luna, #1)
By: Alda P. Dobbs
4.26
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
It is 1913, and twelve-year-old Petra Luna's mama has died while the Revolution rages in Mexico. Be…
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1. Something Like Home
By: Andrea Beatriz Arango
4.31
Format: 256 pages, Library Binding
A novel in verse in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only f… read more
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2. Long Lost
By: Jacqueline West
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Eleven-year-old Fiona has just read a book that doesn’t exist. When Fiona’s family moves to be … read more
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3. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
4.48
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
A look at the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in US history. The… read more
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4. 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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5. The Lion of Mars
By: Jennifer L. Holm
4.07
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
A kid raised on Mars learns that he can't be held back by the fears of the grown-ups around him. … read more
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6. The One Thing You'd Save
By: Linda Sue Park
3.94
Format: 72 pages, Hardcover
If your house were on fire, what one thing would you save? Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park explores… read more
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"Ages ago my gran knitted a sweater for my dad. He wore it and wore it and wore it right out. Then my other gran, who lives with us, unraveled it and knitted a new sweater for me. So I'd save that swe…"-Linda Sue Park, The One Thing You'd Save
7. Billy Miller Makes a Wish (A Miller Family Story)
By: Kevin Henkes
3.75
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The stand-alone companion to two-time Newbery Honor author Kevin Henkes’s award-winning, acclaimed,… read more
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8. J.D. and the Great Barber Battle (J.D. the Kid Barber)
By: J. Dillard
3.86
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Eight-year-old J.D. turns a tragic home haircut into a thriving barber business in this hilarious n… read more
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9. You Are Here: Connecting Flights
By: Ellen Oh
4.26
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An incident at a TSA security check point sows chaos and rumors, creating a chain of events that im… read more
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"Being good was slippery. It didn't stay still; it moved around, and not only that, sometimes it meant exactly opposite things. Like, there were times when being good meant speaking up, but other time…"-Ellen Oh, You Are Here: Connecting Flights
10. Thirst
By: Varsha Bajaj
4.14
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone. … read more
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11. Memoirs of a Tortoise
By: Devin Scillian
4.40
Format: 32 pages, ebook
Oliver the tortoise has had his human, Ike, for a very, very long time now. In fact, they're the sa… read more
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12. The Boys in the Back Row
By: Mike Jung
3.88
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Best friends Matt and Eric are hatching a plan for one big final adventure together before Eric mov… read more
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13. Partly Cloudy
By: Tanita S. Davis
3.81
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
An exploration of the microaggressions of middle school and a young Black girl named Madalyn who le… read more
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14. The Blackbird Girls
By: Anne Blankman
4.43
Format: None pages, None
On a spring morning in 1986, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry re… read more
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"La distanza tra i veri amici non conta, quando l'amicizia continua nei loro cuori."-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls
"Distance between true friends doesn't matter when their friendship lives in their hearts"-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls
"Siamo su questa terra per essere gentili gli uni con gli altri. Gli esseri umani sono la lingua di Dio."-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls
15. Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna (Petra Luna, #1)
By: Alda P. Dobbs
4.26
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
It is 1913, and twelve-year-old Petra Luna's mama has died while the Revolution rages in Mexico. Be… read more
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- historical
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- war
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
- audiobook
16. 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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"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
17. Focused
By: Alyson Gerber
4.17
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
Clea can't control her thoughts. She knows she has to do her homework . . . but she gets distracted… read more
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18. A High Five for Glenn Burke
By: Phil Bildner
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A heartfelt and relatable novel from Phil Bildner, weaving the real history of Los Angeles Dodger a… read more
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19. 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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20. Stella (Best Friends Dog Tales, #1)
By: McCall Hoyle
4.34
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Even dogs deserve a second chance. Ever since she was a puppy, Stella was trained to use her power… read more
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21. Becoming Muhammad Ali
By: James Patterson
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From two heavy-hitters in children's literature comes a critically acclaimed biographical novel of … read more
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22. Once Upon a Camel
By: Kathi Appelt
3.76
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An old camel is out to save two baby kestrel chicks during a massive storm in the Texas desert.Zada… read more
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"...the worst thing you can do to a cat is embarrass it."-Kathi Appelt, Once Upon a Camel
"By the time we grow very old, all our wishes have either been granted, or they haven't. Some stay with us so long that they simply become part of who we are; they grow old with us, and might even tur…"-Kathi Appelt, Once Upon a Camel
23. Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs
By: Pam Muñoz Ryan
3.90
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Middle-grade fans of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s Esperanza Rising, will find a new Mexican heroine to love in … read more
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24. 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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25. Haven: A Small Cat's Big Adventure
By: Megan Wagner Lloyd
4.00
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
When her cherished Ma Millie falls ill, a timid housecat ventures into the wild to seek help in thi… read more
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26. The List of Unspeakable Fears
By: J. Kasper Kramer
3.90
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The War That Saved My Life meets Coraline in this chilling middle grade historical novel from the a… read more
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27. No Place for Monsters
By: Kory Merritt
3.84
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In this spellbinding, lavishly illustrated story that Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney calls… read more
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28. Singing with Elephants
By: Margarita Engle
4.00
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A novel in verse about the friendship between a young girl and the poet Gabriela Mistral that leads… read more
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29. Nightingale
By: Deva Fagan
3.87
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A plucky orphan girl stumbles into a conflict centuries in the making in this middle grade fantasy … read more
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30. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
By: Gennifer Choldenko
4.55
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko’s gr… read more
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31. The Hungry Place
By: Jessie Haas
4.25
Format: 190 pages, Hardcover
In this horse adventure perfect for fans of Black Beauty , a Connemara pony is pampered and beloved… read more
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