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 …
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1. House Arrest
By: K.A. Holt
3.81
Format: 4 pages, Hardcover
Stealing is bad. Yeah. I know. But my brother Levi is always so sick, and his medicine is always so… read more
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- poetry
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- young adult
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- family
2. Swim Team
By: Johnnie Christmas
4.28
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Mana… read more
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- childrens
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- middle grade
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- contemporary
- sports
3. Alone
By: Megan E. Freeman
4.14
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she … read more
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- poetry
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
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4. 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
5. 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
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- contemporary
6. 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
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- family
7. 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
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- contemporary
- sports
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
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- contemporary
- family
9. Simon Sort of Says
By: Erin Bow
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
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- contemporary
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"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
10. 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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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
11. Across the Desert
By: Dusti Bowling
4.23
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
One girl sets out on a journey across the treacherous Arizona desert to rescue a young pilot strand… read more
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- realistic fiction
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- young adult
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- contemporary
- family
12. 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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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- sports
13. 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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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
14. 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
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"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!
15. Shot Clock (Shot Clock, 1)
By: Caron Butler
4.17
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Former NBA All-Star Caron Butler and acclaimed author Justin A. Reynolds tip off the first book in … read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- sports
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. Violets Are Blue
By: Barbara Dee
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the acclaimed My Life in the Fish Tank and Maybe He Just Likes You comes a movin… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
18. Mirror to Mirror
By: Rajani LaRocca
4.15
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In Rajani LaRocca’s breathtaking follow-up to the Newbery Honor– and Walter Award–winning Red, Whit… read more
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- poetry
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
19. Rain Rising
By: Courtne Comrie
4.35
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
This dazzling debut middle grade novel in verse is a riveting journey toward self-acceptance for fa… read more
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- poetry
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
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
- contemporary
- 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. What Happened to Rachel Riley?
By: Claire Swinarski
4.23
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
22. 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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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- family
23. Wave: A Novel in Verse
By: Diana Farid
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A coming-of-age novel in verse set in 1980s Southern California, about a Persian American girl who … read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- family
- sports
24. 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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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- sports
25. This Is My Brain in Love
By: I.W. Gregorio
3.86
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Jocelyn Wu has just three wishes for her junior year: To make it through without dying of boredom, … read more
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- young adult
- mental health
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- contemporary
26. The Partition Project
By: Saadia Faruqi
4.23
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In this engaging and moving middle grade novel, Saadia Faruqi writes about a contemporary Pakistani… read more
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- childrens
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- middle grade
- young adult
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- contemporary
27. Game Changer
By: Tommy Greenwald
3.95
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Thirteen-year-old Teddy Youngblood is in a coma fighting for his life after an unspecified football… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- sports
28. A Seed in the Sun
By: Aida Salazar
4.23
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A farm working girl with big dreams meets activist Dolores Huerta and joins the 1965 protest for mi… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
- family
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29. Eli Over Easy
By: Phil Stamper
4.17
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Small Town Pride, Phil Stamper, comes a heartfelt coming-of-age middle… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
30. Hazard
By: Frances O'Roark Dowell
3.85
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A kid filled with rage, suspended from the football team for unsportsmanlike conduct, and his fathe… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
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- contemporary
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31. Ultraviolet
By: Aida Salazar
4.15
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Sometimes life explodes in technicolor. In the spirit of Judy Blume, award-winning author Aida Sala… read more
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- poetry
- realistic fiction
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