Amber and Clay
By: Laura Amy Schlitz
4.13
Format: 527 pages, Hardcover
The Newbery Medal–winning author of Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! gives readers a virtuoso performanc…
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1. The Last Mapmaker
By: Christina Soontornvat
4.15
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. As assistant to Mangkon’s most celeb… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"I couldn't see it then, but I could see it now. I opened my eyes, releasing another stream of tears. I had been trying so hard to run from my past. But the past was like mottlefish ink. Even if it fa…"-Christina Soontornvat, The Last Mapmaker
2. The Eyes and the Impossible
By: Dave Eggers
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johanne… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"What monster would turn up his snout at the thought-through help of all the friends he had?"-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible
"Every reasonable creature knows that the worst thing any creature can do all day is think of themselves. If there are troubles in your mind, you should think first of the troubles of others; it is th…"-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible
3. 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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- poetry
- middle grade
- young adult
- audiobook
4. 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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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
- 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
5. Everywhere Blue
By: Joanne Rossmassler Fritz
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A brother's disappearance turns one family upside down, revealing painful secrets that threaten the… read more
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- poetry
- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
6. A Rover's Story
By: Jasmine Warga
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- audiobook
7. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
By: Pedro Martín
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
8. The Last Cuentista
By: Donna Barba Higuera
4.07
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abu… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Suma's eyes are still closed, and I can't tell if she's trying to forget, or to remember. Maybe stories are there to help us do both. I know stories can't always have happy endings. But if there are …"-Donna Barba Higuera, The Last Cuentista
9. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)
By: Kwame Alexander
4.32
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more
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- poetry
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)
10. Alebrijes
By: Donna Barba Higuera
3.96
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The next stunning novel from Donna Barba Higuera, author of Newbery and Pura Belpré Award-winning T… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- 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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- poetry
- middle grade
- fiction
- 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. Manatee Summer
By: Evan Griffith
4.23
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Peter and his best friend, Tommy, have a goal for their last summer before middle school: finish th… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
13. Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown
By: Steve Sheinkin
4.34
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
Author Steve Sheinkin presents a follow up to his award-winning book Bomb: The Race to Build--and S… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
14. The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
By: Eugene Yelchin
4.20
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
An Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Honor Winner With a masterful mix of comic timi… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
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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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
16. Amber and Clay
By: Laura Amy Schlitz
4.13
Format: 527 pages, Hardcover
The Newbery Medal–winning author of Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! gives readers a virtuoso performanc… read more
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- poetry
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
17. Sparrows in the Wind
By: Gail Carson Levine
3.39
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
This latest novel from Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine about two princesses battling agains… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
18. The Legend of Auntie Po
By: Shing Yin Khor
4.06
Format: 290 pages, None
Part historical fiction, part magical realism, and 100 percent adventure. Thirteen-year-old Mei rei… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
19. Air
By: Monica Roe
4.24
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An action-packed, empowering middle grade novel about a girl who has to speak up when her wheelchai… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- audiobook
20. Colonization and the Wampanoag Story (Race to the Truth)
By: Linda Coombs
4.15
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Until now, you've only heard one side of the the "discovery" of America told by Christopher Columb… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
21. 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
- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
