Unlawful Orders: A Portrait of Dr. James B. Williams, Tuskegee Airman, Surgeon, and Activist (Scholastic Focus)
By: Barbara Binns
3.62
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Barbara Binns presents the inspiring story of one man in his struggle for racial equality in the fi…
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1. Death on the River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Amazon Adventure
By: Samantha Seiple
3.79
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
"I did have a murderous trip down South, but it was mighty interesting." In October 1913, Theodore … read more
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- biography
- history
- childrens
- middle grade
- nonfiction
2. Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad, #1)
By: Scott Reintgen
4.20
Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition
Emmett Atwater isn't just leaving Detroit; he's leaving Earth. Why the Babel Corporation recruited … read more
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3. The Silver Mask (Magisterium #4)
By: Holly Black , Cassandra Clare
3.66
Format: 176 pages, ebook
A generation ago, Constantine Madden came close to achieving what no magician had ever achieved: th… read more
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- middle grade
4. The Hired Girl
By: Laura Amy Schlitz
4.80
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Today Miss Chandler gave me this beautiful book. I vow that I will never forget her kindness to me,… read more
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- historical
5. The Golden Tower (Magisterium, #5)
By: Holly Black , Cassandra Clare
3.86
Format: None pages,
The final book in the Magisterium series. read more
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- middle grade
6. The Book Jumper
By: Mechthild Gläser
4.54
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
Amy Lennox doesn't know quite what to expect when she and her mother pick up and leave Germany for … read more
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7. Restart
By: Gordon Korman
2.50
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Chase's memory just went out the window. Chase doesn't remember falling off the roof. He doesn't re… read more
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8. Wolf Hollow (Wolf Hollow #1)
By: Lauren Wolk
4.18
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Newbery Medal Honor Title (2017) Growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
"All around us, birds woke up the sky."-Lauren Wolk, Wolf Hollow (Wolf Hollow #1)
"Somewhere, excitement waited for me like an uncut cake."-Lauren Wolk, Wolf Hollow (Wolf Hollow #1)
"Sometimes things come out right," she said. "Sometimes they don't."-Lauren Wolk, Wolf Hollow (Wolf Hollow #1)
"Nothing less important in the eyes of God, Annabelle, than pretty."-Lauren Wolk, Wolf Hollow (Wolf Hollow #1)
9. The Watch That Ends the Night
By: Allan Wolf
4.00
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
Arrogance and innocence, hubris and hope--twenty-four haunting voices of the Titanic tragedy, as we… read more
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10. The Iron Trial (Magisterium, #1)
By: Holly Black , Cassandra Clare
2.83
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Most kids would do anything to pass the Iron Trial. Not Callum Hunt. He wants to fail. All his life… read more
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11. The Lost Library
By: Rebecca Stead
4.14
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"But aren’t “parents"-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"That delicious book smell, his heart said."-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
12. New Kid (New Kid, #1)
By: Jerry Craft
4.16
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low and the struggle to fit … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
13. The Shape of Thunder
By: Jasmine Warga
4.17
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other,… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"I just want to be okay. I don't want to feel okay. I want to be okay."-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
"The more things you know, the less likely you are to be taken by surprise."-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
"Whenever I get a bad grade, I always try to explain to Mom that I did read the book. And just because I can't remember what color shirt the character was wearing in page six doesn't mean that I didn'…"-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
14. 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
- childrens
15. The Best at It
By: Maulik Pancholy
4.17
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From actor Maulik Pancholy comes an incredibly charming, heartfelt middle grade debut about Rahul K… read more
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- middle grade
"Being different is what makes us fun, remember?"-Maulik Pancholy, The Best at It
"Even when he's doing nothing, personality spills out of his every pore."-Maulik Pancholy, The Best at It
"I pick up my pencil. Shoot. My hand is shaking. How is it possible to still be this nervous? I've felt this way for over eight hours now."-Maulik Pancholy, The Best at It
"I feel like I could do anything. The world is my oyster. If I ate oysters, which I don't. My family's vegetarian. But you know what I mean."-Maulik Pancholy, The Best at It
16. The Fort
By: Gordon Korman
4.31
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five fri… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
17. Long Lost
By: Jacqueline West
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Eleven-year-old Fiona has just read a book that doesn’t exist. When Fiona’s family moves to be … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
18. 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
- nonfiction
- biography
- 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
19. 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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- middle grade
- childrens
"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
20. Other Words for Home
By: Jasmine Warga
4.42
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
I am learning how to be sad and happy at the same time. Jude never thought she’d be leaving h… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"Americans are obsessed with murder"-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home
"You will belong here. . .You will make anywhere beautiful."-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home
"It seems like the kind of place where dreams could grow and live."-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home
"Mama hugs me and I hold her back. Sometimes all you can do is hold on."-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home
21. 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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- middle grade
- childrens
"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
22. Olivetti
By: Allie Millington
4.10
Format: 253 pages, Hardcover
Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and r… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
23. Song for a Whale
By: Lynne Kelly
4.23
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
The story of a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"A sound can move anything if it's strong enough."-Lynne Kelly, Song for a Whale
24. Agent Most Wanted: The Never-Before-Told Story of the Most Dangerous Spy of World War II
By: Sonia Purnell
3.82
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A young readers adaptation of Sonia Purnell's New York Times bestselling book A Woman of No Importa… read more
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- biography
- history
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- nonfiction
25. Genesis Begins Again
By: Alicia D. Williams
4.35
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
This is the story of a thirteen-year-old girl who is filled with self-loathing and must overcome in… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"Right now, for me, it's only about winning"-Alicia D. Williams, Genesis Begins Again
"Every family has some form of crazy, trust me."-Alicia D. Williams, Genesis Begins Again
"When mama does my hair, she spills all the tea."-Alicia D. Williams, Genesis Begins Again
"You've got your mama's smile. Never really noticed before."-Alicia D. Williams, Genesis Begins Again
26. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
By: Stacy McAnulty
4.29
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
A lightning strike gave her a super power... but even a super genius can't solve the problem of mid… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
27. 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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- social justice
- middle grade
- childrens
28. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish
By: Pablo Cartaya
3.99
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Marcus Vega is six feet tall, 180 pounds, and the owner of a premature mustache. When you look like… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
29. Sherwood
By: Meagan Spooner
3.70
Format: 496 pages, ebook
Fans of Danielle Paige, Marissa Meyer, and Alex Flinn will devour New York Times bestselling author… read more
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- historical
"Such a deadly thing, a feather."-Meagan Spooner, Sherwood
"But arrows are winged creatures."-Meagan Spooner, Sherwood
"Who are you to say that being a lady, in itself, is not its own kind of war."-Meagan Spooner, Sherwood
"Radical and insurgent and impatient. Those qualities sound more like you, my love."-Meagan Spooner, Sherwood
30. Unlawful Orders: A Portrait of Dr. James B. Williams, Tuskegee Airman, Surgeon, and Activist (Scholastic Focus)
By: Barbara Binns
3.62
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Barbara Binns presents the inspiring story of one man in his struggle for racial equality in the fi… read more
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- biography
- history
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- nonfiction
- social justice
31. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong, #1)
By: Kwame Mbalia
4.18
Format: 482 pages, Hardcover
Seventh-grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best frien… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"Can’t live your life with grief whispering in your ear, pulling you this way and that. But you can’t shove it in a drawer deep inside yourself, neither. Naw, you got to sit grief down and talk to it.…"-Kwame Mbalia, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong, #1)
