Shine On, Luz Véliz!
By: Rebecca Balcárcel
4.28
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
A beautiful coming-of-age story for fans of Front Desk and Merci Suárez Changes Gears , this book c…
Want to Read $ 5.99"The self is not discovered, but created."-Rebecca Balcárcel, Shine On, Luz Véliz!
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1. Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories
By: Elise Gravel
4.46
Format: 88 pages, Hardcover
A hilarious and timely tool to help kids learn how to tell what news is true and what isn't Can … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- juvenile
2. Chester Keene Cracks the Code
By: Kekla Magoon
3.86
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
Cracking the code isn't all it's cracked up to be in this scavenger hunt adventure from a Coretta S… read more
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- audiobook
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- family
- juvenile
3. Marshmallow & Jordan
By: Alina Chau
4.22
Format: 379 pages, Hardcover
Jordan’s days as star player for her school’s basketball team ended when an accident left her paral… read more
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- sports
- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
4. Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer, #1)
By: Kiersten White
3.75
Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition
A middle-grade mystery series that's spooky, creepy, and filled with gothic twists! Meet the Sinist… read more
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- childrens
- juvenile
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
5. Honestly Elliott
By: Gillian McDunn
4.33
Format: 263 pages, Hardcover
Sometimes finding yourself can be a little messy. Elliott has been struggling since starting mid… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
"The goal isn't perfection- the goal is making something new. (pg. 18)"-Gillian McDunn, Honestly Elliott
6. Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)
By: Carolyn Mackler
4.09
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Willa likes certain things to be certain ways. Her socks have to be soft . . . and definitely can't… read more
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- audiobook
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- family
- juvenile
7. The Girl in the Lake
By: India Hill Brown
3.79
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Small Spaces, Doll Bones, and Mary Downing Hahn, a truly chilling (and historically ins… read more
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- family
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
8. 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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- audiobook
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- family
- sports
- juvenile
9. 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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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
10. Shine On, Luz Véliz!
By: Rebecca Balcárcel
4.28
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
A beautiful coming-of-age story for fans of Front Desk and Merci Suárez Changes Gears , this book c… read more
Want to Read $ 5.99Similar categories in Rebecca Balcárcel's Shine On, Luz Véliz! book and Rebecca Balcárcel's Shine On, Luz Véliz!
- audiobook
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- soccer
- coding
- fiction
- family
- sports
- juvenile
"The self is not discovered, but created."-Rebecca Balcárcel, Shine On, Luz Véliz!
11. Caves
By: Nell Cross Beckerman
4.31
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
A masterful exploration of one of nature's most curious ecosystems, Caves is a magical journey into… read more
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- childrens
- juvenile
12. 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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- audiobook
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- family
- sports
- juvenile
13. King of the Ice (Miles Lewis #1)
By: Kelly Starling Lyons
3.77
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
From the award-winning author of the Jada Jones chapter books comes an illustrated spinoff series p… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- family
- sports
- juvenile
14. Blips on a Screen: How Ralph Baer Invented TV Video Gaming and Launched a Worldwide Obsession
By: Kate Hannigan
3.94
Format: 48 pages, Library Binding
An engaging picture book biography based on the incredible true story of a Jewish refugee who pione… read more
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- childrens
15. Just Right Jillian
By: Nicole D. Collier
4.19
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In this heartfelt middle grade novel from debut author Nicole D. Collier, fifth grader Jillian must… read more
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- audiobook
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- family
- juvenile
16. The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter (The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter, #1)
By: Aaron Reynolds
3.84
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Rex Dexter is itching to have a dog. He was practically born to have one. His name is Rex, for cryi… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- juvenile
17. Weird Kid
By: Greg Van Eekhout
3.73
Format: 202 pages, Hardcover
Jake Wind is trying to stay under the radar. Whose radar? Anyone who might be too interested in the… read more
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- childrens
- juvenile
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
18. Boardwalk Babies
By: Marissa Moss
4.38
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
In the late 19th century, there wasn't much hope for premature babies―until Dr. Couney developed th… read more
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- childrens
19. Washed Ashore: Making Art from Ocean Plastic
By: Kelly Crull
4.42
Format: 36 pages, Hardcover
When artist Angela Haseltine Pozzi found plastic trash polluting the beach near her home, she took … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- juvenile
20. Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion
By: K. Tempest Bradford
4.11
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A backyard adventure-mystery. Eleven-year-old Ruby is a Black girl who loves studying insects an… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- audiobook
21. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero
By: Kelly J. Baptist
4.33
Format: 208 pages, ebook
A coming-of-age tale about a boy who discovers a love of poetry after finding his late father's jou… read more
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- audiobook
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- family
- juvenile
