Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers: The Story of the Last Black Cargo
By: Zora Neale Hurston
4.35
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In the first middle grade offering from Zora Neale Hurston and Ibram X. Kendi, young readers are in…
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1. Black Girl You Are Atlas
By: Renée Watson
4.61
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In thi… read more
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- african american
- middle grade
- audiobook
2. Safiyyah's War
By: Hiba Noor Khan
4.32
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews dur… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
3. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
By: Nicholas Day
4.15
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more
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- history
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
4. 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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- middle grade
5. The First State of Being
By: Erin Entrada Kelly
4.14
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
6. The Mystery of Locked Rooms
By: Lindsay Currie
4.03
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Crack the codes. Find the treasure. Escape the house. From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
7. 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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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
8. The Secret Language of Birds
By: Lynne Kelly
4.22
Format: 240 pages, Library Binding
From the award-winning author of Song for a Whale comes a poignant and heartwarming tale about a gi… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
9. Elf Dog and Owl Head
By: M.T. Anderson
3.92
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A Newbery Honor Book A magical adventure about a boy and his dog—or a dog and her boy—and a fore… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
10. The Night War
By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
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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- middle grade
- audiobook
"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. Enemies in the Orchard
By: Dana VanderLugt
4.49
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Set against the backdrop of WWII, this achingly beautiful middle grade novel in verse based on Amer… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
"I may be blemished but I am not rotten to the core."-Dana VanderLugt, Enemies in the Orchard
"If I didn’t think too hard or ask too many questions, it was easy. p. 63"-Dana VanderLugt, Enemies in the Orchard
"Like the day I was captured, I want to raise my arms, show this woman and this girl my empty hands. p. 49"-Dana VanderLugt, Enemies in the Orchard
"Avoiding the truth, avoiding the responsibility that comes with admitting the truth, can seem a lot easier than being brave."-Dana VanderLugt, Enemies in the Orchard
13. Across So Many Seas
By: Ruth Behar
4.12
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
14. Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School
By: Tiffany Jewell
4.24
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Book Is Anti-Racist and The Antiracist Kid , … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
- audiobook
15. Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II
By: Adam Gidwitz
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Max Bretzfeld doesn’t want to move to London. Leaving home is hard and Max is alone for the firs… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
16. Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers: The Story of the Last Black Cargo
By: Zora Neale Hurston
4.35
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In the first middle grade offering from Zora Neale Hurston and Ibram X. Kendi, young readers are in… read more
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- american history
- history
- memoir
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- nonfiction
- african american
- audiobook
17. Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II
By: Candace Fleming
4.15
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Candace Fleming, comes the powerful and fascinating story of the brave an… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- nonfiction
- audiobook
18. Anzu and the Realm of Darkness: A Graphic Novel
By: Mai K. Nguyen
4.27
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
5 Worlds meets Spirited Away in this tale of a girl fighting her way back home after getting trappe… read more
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- childrens
19. Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
By: Steve Sheinkin
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A riveting graphic novel adaptation of the award-winning nonfiction book, Bomb ―the fascinating and… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- middle grade
- nonfiction
20. Mid-Air
By: Alicia D. Williams
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wa… read more
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- audiobook
21. Free Period
By: Ali Terese
4.20
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
*National Book Award Longlist Title *School Library Journal Starred Review *Audiofile Earphones A… read more
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- audiobook
