Yonder
By: Ali Standish
4.29
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Danny Timmons has looked up to Jack Bailey ever since the older boy saved two small children from d…
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1. Attack of the Black Rectangles
By: Amy Sarig King
4.21
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more
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"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
2. 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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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- mystery
- 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
3. 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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- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
4. Wildoak
By: C.C. Harrington
4.34
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Maggie’s stutter makes going to school hard. She will do almost anything to avoid speaking in class… read more
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- historical
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- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
5. The Labors of Hercules Beal
By: Gary D. Schmidt
4.53
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more
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"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal
"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal
6. Maizy Chen's Last Chance
By: Lisa Yee
4.29
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to The Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota. . . until now. Her… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"When you're in a position to help, that means you're in a good place in your own life."-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance
"Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being busy."-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance
7. 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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8. No Matter the Distance
By: Cindy Baldwin
4.39
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An unexpected animal companion helps a girl with cystic fibrosis learn to write her own story in th… read more
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- audiobook
9. 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
- war
- middle grade
- young adult
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
- 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
10. 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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11. Dream, Annie, Dream
By: Waka T. Brown
4.19
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this empowering deconstruction of the so-called American Dream, a twelve-year-old Japanese Ameri… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
12. 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
- fiction
"The goal isn't perfection- the goal is making something new. (pg. 18)"-Gillian McDunn, Honestly Elliott
13. 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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- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- mystery
- audiobook
14. Sweet and Sour
By: Debbi Michiko Florence
4.01
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A heartfelt middle-grade novel about ex-best friends, betrayals, and revenge that is best served so… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
"Are you blaming my mood on my period?" Zach's face flushed a deeper red. "I'm just saying you don't have to feel bad about it." "I don't feel bad! And, also, I didn't have my period when I first got …"-Debbi Michiko Florence, Sweet and Sour
15. A Duet for Home
By: Karina Yan Glaser
4.24
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homel… read more
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- young adult
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- audiobook
16. 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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- childrens
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17. Yonder
By: Ali Standish
4.29
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Danny Timmons has looked up to Jack Bailey ever since the older boy saved two small children from d… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- war
- middle grade
- young adult
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- audiobook
18. The Secret Battle of Evan Pao
By: Wendy Wan-Long Shang
4.08
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Middle school can be a battlefield... From award-winning author Wendy Wan-Long Shang comes a poigna… read more
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- childrens
- fiction
- audiobook
19. Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?
By: Leslie Connor
4.16
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A big-hearted, beautiful, and funny novel told from multiple viewpoints about neurodiversity, frien… read more
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20. 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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21. The Sheep, the Rooster, and the Duck
By: Matt Phelan
3.64
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
“Intoxicating . . . it will be hard for young readers to put down.” — New York Times Book Review “A… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
22. Half Moon Summer
By: Elaine Vickers
4.30
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Two seventh graders discover it takes more than grit and a good pair of shoes to run 13.1 miles. Yo… read more
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- childrens
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23. A Song Called Home
By: Sara Zarr
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Sara Zarr comes a story of the small moments that show us who we are, and… read more
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24. Camp Famous
By: Jennifer Blecher
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The Princess Diaries meets Harriet the Spy when Abby—the most ordinary girl in the world—finds hers… read more
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25. We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963
By: Shelia P. Moses
4.19
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
The powerful story of an eleven-year-old Black boy determined to stand up for his rights, who's pul… read more
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26. Black Bird, Blue Road
By: Sofiya Pasternack
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this historical fantasy novel from Sydney Taylor Honor winner and National Jewish Book Award fin… read more
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27. Wreck at Ada's Reef (The Swallowtail Legacy #1)
By: Michael D. Beil
4.07
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Punctuated with transcripts, letters, maps, black-and-white illustrations and more, Wreck at Ada's … read more
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28. Undercover Latina
By: Aya de León
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A Latina teen spy goes undercover as a white girl to stop a white supremacist terrorist plot in a f… read more
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29. The Bluest Sky
By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez
4.22
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A boy and his family must decide whether to remain in Cuba under a repressive government or risk ev… read more
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- audiobook
30. The Whispering Fog
By: Landra Jennings
3.93
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In this spooky and atmospheric debut contemporary fantasy, Snow White and Rose Red meets the moder… read more
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31. Where the Sky Lives
By: Margaret Dilloway
3.97
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
When the private preserve adjacent to Zion National Park is sold, Tuesday's park archeologist mothe… read more
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