Swing (Blink)
By: Kwame Alexander
3.91
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Things usually do not go as planned for seventeen-year-old Noah. He and his best friend Walt (aka S…
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1. Black and White (Speak)
By: Paul Volponi
3.97
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
Marcus and Eddie are best friends who found the strength to break through the racial barrier. Marcu… read more
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- teen
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2. Long Way Down
By: Jason Reynolds
4.25
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
A cannon. A strap. A piece. A biscuit. A burner. A heater. A chopper. A gat. A hammer A tool for RU… read more
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"How do you tell water ain't nothing funny about drowing?"-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down
"Best to become invisible in times like these. Everybody knows that."-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down
"just because they were dead. People always love people more when they’re dead."-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down
"Pretended like yellow tape was some kind of neighborhood flag that don't nobody wave but always be flapping in the wind."-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down
3. The Red Pencil
By: Shane W. Evans , Andrea Davis Pinkney
3.91
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
"Amira, look at me," Muma insists. She collects both my hands in hers. "The Janjaweed attack withou… read more
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4. The Woodshed Mystery (The Boxcar Children, #7)
By: Gertrude Chandler Warner , David Cunningham
3.98
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
A double puzzle involves an old friend of Aunt Jane's, romance, and a chase. read more
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5. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
By: Joseph Bruchac
4.06
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial p… read more
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6. Snowbound Mystery (The Boxcar Children, #13)
By: Gertrude Chandler Warner
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
A freak snowstorm isolates the Aldens in a mountain cabin where they discover a coded message. read more
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7. All the Broken Pieces
By: Ann E. Burg
3.80
Format: 25 pages, Hardcover
A remarkable literary debut by a stunning new voice in children's fiction. Two years after being ai… read more
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8. The Palace Thief
By: Ethan Canin
5.00
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
"Extraordinary for its craft and emotional effect . . . [Ethan Canin is] a writer of enormous talen… read more
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9. Tree House Mystery (The Boxcar Children, #14)
By: Gertrude Chandler Warner
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
From a high perch Benny discovers a clue to a hidden room with contents that surprise everyone. read more
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10. Punching the Air
By: Ibi Zoboi
4.41
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exo… read more
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"They call it free time and it's the biggest lie because we are still here"-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air
"This is the first time my feet are bound where the fuck am I supposed to run anyway"-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air
"Blank Canvas I have a crayon and paper I didn't know that I could hold this little bit of freedom in my hands"-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air
"They believed those lies about me and made themselves a whole other boy in their minds and replaced me with him"-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air
11. Red, White, and Whole
By: Rajani LaRocca
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An #ownvoices novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when he… read more
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"What does the sky do when the moon is gone forever?"-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months."-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"« We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months. »"-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"Her face is as bright as a full moon, always gentle, always changing, but predictable. Like our moon, she only shows us one face. The strong one."-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
12. White Rose
By: Kip Wilson
3.97
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
A gorgeous and timely novel based on the incredible story of Sophie Scholl, a young German college … read more
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"I already know the idyll of my childhood is fading away, stomped flat by something that feels like doom."-Kip Wilson, White Rose
"I close my eyes and pray that the world will somehow change. But I know it isn't going to change on its own, so I know I must pray for the courage to bring it about."-Kip Wilson, White Rose
"We amble away from the city, away from all angst, into the heart of a fairy-tale forest that reminds me how very lucky we are to live and breathe on this great Earth flourishing with wonder."-Kip Wilson, White Rose
13. Sunny (Track, #3)
By: Jason Reynolds
4.09
Format: 159 pages, Hardcover
Sunny tries to shine despite his troubled past in this third novel in the critically acclaimed Trac… read more
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14. School Trip (New Kid, #3)
By: Jerry Craft
4.20
Format: 247 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft is back with the newest adventures of Jordan, Drew, L… read more
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15. Bright Red Fruit
By: Safia Elhillo
4.49
Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition
An unflinching, honest novel in verse about a teenager's journey into the slam poetry scene and the… read more
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16. Swing (Blink)
By: Kwame Alexander
3.91
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Things usually do not go as planned for seventeen-year-old Noah. He and his best friend Walt (aka S… read more
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- audiobook
17. Unstuck
By: Barbara Dee
4.07
Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition
From critically acclaimed author Barbara Dee comes a middle grade novel about a girl whose struggle… read more
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"Remember, you don't write to win a trophy. You write because you love to, and because there's a story you want to tell. That's the prize you give yourself, and it's the only one that matters."-Barbara Dee, Unstuck
"I thought your writing was going better lately. So why are you forcing yourself to write something different? I mean besides your story, which is what you really want to write. What you need to write…"-Barbara Dee, Unstuck
"I guess if you're a superstar like Dahlia, people expect you to win every contest, get perfect grades, go to a fancy college, even if that's not who you really are. Maybe if you're Journey, people ex…"-Barbara Dee, Unstuck
18. 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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19. Lu (Track, #4)
By: Jason Reynolds
4.30
Format: 4 pages, Audiobook
Lu must learn to leave his ego on the sidelines if he wants to finally connect with others in the c… read more
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20. Tight
By: Torrey Maldonado
3.79
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Tight: Lately, Bryan's been feeling it in all kinds of ways . . . Bryan knows what's tight for h… read more
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"Woah to the woah!"-Torrey Maldonado, Tight
21. Undercover Latina
By: Aya de León
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A Latina teen spy goes undercover as a white girl to stop a white supremacist terrorist plot in a f… read more
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