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…
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1. Powerless (Supers of Noble's Green, #1)
By: Matthew Cody
4.61
Format: 313 pages,
Superheroes soar in this promising debut--and they're kids! Twelve-year-old Daniel, the new kid in … read more
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2. Finding Perfect
By: Elly Swartz
4.67
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
To Molly Nathans, perfect is: * The number four * The tip of a newly sharpened number two pencil * … read more
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3. 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
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- disability
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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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
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5. Dress Coded
By: Carrie Firestone
4.17
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
In this debut middle-grade girl-power friendship story, perfect for fans of Moxie , an eighth grade… read more
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- contemporary
"What if, instead of seeing us as covered or uncovered body parts, you saw us as people and you learned our names?"-Carrie Firestone, Dress Coded
6. The Benefits of Being an Octopus
By: Ann Braden
4.22
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Some people can do their homework. Some people get to have crushes on boys. Some people have other … read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Is a fishing rod evil because it catches someone's dinner? No. It's a tool. Just the way a gun is. Just the way a chain saw is. Just don't give it to the wrong person."-Ann Braden, The Benefits of Being an Octopus
7. Wink
By: Rob Harrell
4.27
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
A wrenching and hilarious story about embracing life's weirdness and surviving an unthinkable diagn… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
8. 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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"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
9. 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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10. 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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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
11. The Girl and the Ghost
By: Hanna Alkaf
4.14
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
I am a dark spirit, the ghost announced grandly. I am your inheritance, your grandmother’s legacy. … read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
"You think you're better than us just because you're older than us? Because you're 'wiser' than us? All that means is that you're an insult to your old age, because nothing I've seen from you so far m…"-Hanna Alkaf, The Girl and the Ghost
12. 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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- middle grade
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- young adult
"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
13. 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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- realistic fiction
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14. 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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15. 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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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
16. 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
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17. 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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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
18. My Life in the Fish Tank
By: Barbara Dee
4.21
Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition
From the acclaimed author of Maybe He Just Likes You and Halfway Normal comes a “compassionate…touc… read more
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19. Real
By: Carol Cujec
4.53
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
My name is Charity. I am thirteen years old. Actually, thirteen years plus eighty-seven days. I lov… read more
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- realistic fiction
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"FOR US, EACH WORD IS A GIFT."-Carol Cujec, Real
"I AM A VOICE OF NEVER HEARD VOICES."-Carol Cujec, Real
"THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING ME EVEN BEFORE I HAD WORDS."-Carol Cujec, Real
"My ears work. My brain understands. Can't you see I am a REAL PERSON?"-Carol Cujec, Real
20. Five Things About Ava Andrews
By: Margaret Dilloway
4.22
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A story about a shy eleven-year-old who learns to manage her anxiety through improv classes—and dis… read more
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21. The First Rule of Climate Club
By: Carrie Firestone
4.26
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
An eighth grader starts a podcast on climate activism and rallies her friends to create lasting cha… read more
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