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…
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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
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- 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. 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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- poetry
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- family
3. 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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- poetry
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
4. The Lost Year
By: Katherine Marsh
4.50
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
5. A First Time for Everything
By: Dan Santat
4.39
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
6. 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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- poetry
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
7. Good Different
By: Meg Eden Kuyatt
4.52
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A extraordinary novel-in-verse about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate he… read more
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- poetry
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- mental health
- fiction
- family
"Fight for words, even if it's hard."-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different
"You may have different needs than some folks in your class, but that doesn't make you the «wrong» version and other people the «normal» version. You are Selah. And you are not the only one feeling t…"-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different
8. 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
- family
- juvenile
9. The Labors of Hercules Beal
By: Gary D. Schmidt
4.53
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- juvenile
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal
"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal
10. Tumble
By: Celia C. Pérez
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk, a dazzling novel about a young girl who co… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- juvenile
11. Lasagna Means I Love You
By: Kate O'Shaughnessy
4.40
Format: 368 pages, Library Binding
What are the essential ingredients that make a family? Eleven-year-old Mo is making up her own reci… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- juvenile
12. Tree. Table. Book.
By: Lois Lowry
4.39
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Everyone knows the two Sophies are best friends. One is in elementary school, and one is . . . well… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- family
13. Hoops: A Graphic Novel
By: Matt Tavares
4.36
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares’s debut graphic novel dramatizes the histo… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
14. The Flamingo
By: Guojing
4.39
Format: 144 pages, Library Binding
From a highly acclaimed illustrator comes a stunning graphic novel filled with adventure and wonder… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- juvenile
15. 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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- poetry
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
"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!
16. 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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- poetry
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- family
17. Different Kinds of Fruit
By: Kyle Lukoff
4.08
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
In this funny and hugely heartfelt novel from a Stonewall Award winner, a sixth-grader’s life is tu… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
18. 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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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
19. The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn
By: Sally J. Pla
4.57
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Neurodivergent Maudie is ready to spend an amazing summer with her dad, but will she find the coura… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- abuse
- family
20. Iveliz Explains It All
By: Andrea Beatriz Arango
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Library Binding
How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening? One girl takes on seventh grade while f… read more
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- poetry
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- family
"and it's important to stop, be kind to ourselves, and ask for help- ask for love."-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
"But you have to be somewhere I can find. You understand? Somewhere I can find. I nod, because I know what he is saying and what he is not saying. He can't find me if I'm not here. (p. 113 of the hard…"-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
"I am not okay, and sometimes I wish people wouldn't believe me when I say I am. I wish they would ask, just one more time, and I wish they wouldn't tiptoe around me like I'm a poem, so I could show t…"-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
21. Hummingbird
By: Natalie Lloyd
4.37
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl … read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
22. Garvey in the Dark
By: Nikki Grimes
4.13
Format: 170 pages, Hardcover
What can one voice do? As the first rumblings of the pandemic sound around Garvey, he hardly notice… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
23. 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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- poetry
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- abuse
- family
- juvenile
24. Falling Short
By: Ernesto Cisneros
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Isaac and Marco a… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- juvenile
25. What About Will
By: Ellen Hopkins
4.13
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkin's comes a new heartbreakingly tender middle … read more
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- poetry
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- family
26. Gabe in the After
By: Shannon Doleski
3.71
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Shannon Doleski’s Gabe in the After is a post-apocalyptic upper middle-grade adventure with a first… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
27. The Name She Gave Me
By: Betty Culley
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Three Things I Know Are True comes a new novel in verse, a deeply emot… read more
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- poetry
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
"Douglas is safe and Dad knew all along that I hid from Mom under the porch. He saved Douglas, but he never saved me. “And right there on the ground I decide I’m going to save anyone I can. It won’t m…"-Betty Culley, The Name She Gave Me
28. 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
- abuse
- family
29. The Hope of Elephants
By: Amanda Rawson Hill
4.52
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An inspiring coming-of-age novel in verse about weathering the uncertainty that comes with family i… read more
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- poetry
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- juvenile
30. Troublemaker
By: John Cho
4.03
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
An instant New York Times bestselller!An Indiebound bestseller!Troublemaker follows the events of t… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
31. Sardines
By: Sashi Kaufman
4.28
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
After a devastating loss, a boy with a broken family finds camaraderie with a motley group of kids … read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- juvenile