Tangled Up in Luck
By: Merrill Wyatt
3.90
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“A sweet, heart-squeezing story!” — Jaleigh Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of The Mark …
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1. A Place to Hang the Moon
By: Kate Albus
4.57
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
Set against the backdrop of World War II, Anna, Edmund, and William are evacuated from London to li… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"The librarian chuckled. “I suppose there are rather a lot of orphan stories out there."-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon
"Besides which, I really ought to send her a book instead. Though she’s not much of a reader."-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon
"Fibs, you must know, are entirely acceptable when they serve the purpose of getting one to the library."-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon
"It is often the case that, at times of great anxiety, when the diversion of a good story should seem most welcome, one is least equipped to focus one’s mind on reading."-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon
2. Rescue
By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
4.31
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
A World War II story of espionage and intrigue, as one girl races to save her father and aid the Fr… read more
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- middle grade
3. Linked
By: Gordon Korman
4.18
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks in… read more
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- mystery
- middle grade
- childrens
- school
"A paper chain can be done when it hits a certain number of links. But tolerance is a project you always have to keep working at."-Gordon Korman, Linked
4. 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
- school
5. Field Guide to the Supernatural Universe
By: Alyson Noel
3.57
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Stranger Things meets Sideways Stories from Wayside School in this quirky supernatural middle grade… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
6. Freestyle: A Graphic Novel
By: Gale Galligan
4.15
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
From New York Times bestselling author Gale Galligan, a fun, high-energy graphic novel about friend… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- school
7. 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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- middle grade
- childrens
8. Just Like That
By: Gary D. Schmidt
4.37
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene'… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- school
"It’s hard to figure out how a friendship begins, she thought. Maybe sometimes it’s because someone you thought you knew - and that you didn’t really - turns out to be a whole lot more like a friend t…"-Gary D. Schmidt, Just Like That
"And Meryl Lee thought, I wonder how this happens. You live side by side for a while, and suddenly you realize you like living side by side, and you can’t imagine not living side by side because you’v…"-Gary D. Schmidt, Just Like That
9. Pony
By: R.J. Palacio
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A story about a boy on a quest to rescue his father, with only a ghost as his companion, and a myst… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"Even if we can’t see it, the sun never stops shining."-R.J. Palacio, Pony
10. The Midnight Children
By: Dan Gemeinhart
4.16
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary story about a family of runaways who take up residence in a small town, and the ou… read more
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- mystery
- middle grade
- childrens
"Stories, after all, are about choices."-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children
"And determined is nearly always a very good thing to be."-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children
"I’ll be your creep, Ravani Foster, if you’ll be my freak."-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children
"But the truth, sometimes, can be the cruelest thing of all."-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children
11. The Lion of Mars
By: Jennifer L. Holm
4.07
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
A kid raised on Mars learns that he can't be held back by the fears of the grown-ups around him. … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
12. Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting (Serwa Boateng #1)
By: Roseanne A. Brown
4.26
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents best-selling YA author Roseanne A. Brown's middle grade d… read more
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- middle grade
13. 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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- middle grade
- childrens
"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
14. Thirst
By: Varsha Bajaj
4.14
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone. … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
15. Hummingbird
By: Natalie Lloyd
4.37
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
16. One Kid's Trash
By: Jamie Sumner
3.89
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
A middle grade novel about a boy who uses his unusual talent for decoding people’s trash to try to … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- school
17. 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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- mystery
- middle grade
18. Concealed
By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez
3.92
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Ivette Joanna And now: Katrina Whatever her name is, it won't last long. Katrina doesn't k… read more
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- mystery
- mystery thriller
- middle grade
- childrens
19. Once Upon a Camel
By: Kathi Appelt
3.76
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An old camel is out to save two baby kestrel chicks during a massive storm in the Texas desert.Zada… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"...the worst thing you can do to a cat is embarrass it."-Kathi Appelt, Once Upon a Camel
"By the time we grow very old, all our wishes have either been granted, or they haven't. Some stay with us so long that they simply become part of who we are; they grow old with us, and might even tur…"-Kathi Appelt, Once Upon a Camel
20. Tangled Up in Luck
By: Merrill Wyatt
3.90
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“A sweet, heart-squeezing story!” — Jaleigh Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of The Mark … read more
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- mystery thriller
- childrens
- school
- middle grade
- mystery
21. Egypt's Fire (The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves, #1)
By: Tom Phillips
4.01
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Accused of stealing a rare ruby, a down-on-his luck twelve-year-old is swept into the orbit of the … read more
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- mystery
- middle grade
- childrens
22. Carry Me Home
By: Janet Fox
4.28
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Twelve-year-old Lulu and her younger sister, Serena, have a secret. As Daddy always says, “it’s bes… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- school
23. Worst-Case Collin
By: Rebecca Caprara
4.42
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
This poignant middle grade novel in verse follows twelve-year-old Collin who manages his anxiety by… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"Gravity might always win, but I've got a choice: fall or dive. And I choose to dive."-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin
"Discovery is a messy process, Mom would say. Your father works best in a state of creative chaos."-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin
"there is space inside the human heart for infinite love and infinite sadness and all the messiness in between."-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin
"Back then, our house felt full. Bursting, even. But never crowded, cluttered, claustrophobic. Because Love doesn't take up too much room."-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin
24. Six Feet Below Zero
By: Ena Jones
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A dead body. A missing will. An evil relative. The good news is, Great Grammy has a plan. The bad n… read more
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- mystery
- middle grade
- childrens
25. Nightingale
By: Deva Fagan
3.87
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A plucky orphan girl stumbles into a conflict centuries in the making in this middle grade fantasy … read more
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- childrens
26. The Night Ride
By: J. Anderson Coats
3.59
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The Black Stallion meets Tamora Pierce in this adventure-filled middle grade novel about a young st… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
27. AfterMath
By: Emily Barth Isler
4.30
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
This book is a gift to the culture. --Amy Schumer, writer, actor, and activist After her brothe… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
28. The Two Wrong Halves of Ruby Taylor
By: Amanda Panitch
3.90
Format: 314 pages, Hardcover
Amanda Panitch's middle-grade novel The Two Wrong Halves of Ruby Taylor is an exploration of mixed … read more
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- childrens
29. The Daredevils
By: Rob Buyea
3.90
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Readers on the cusp of adolescence will find much to love in this middle grade novel from the autho… read more
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- childrens
30. The Shadow Prince
By: David Anthony Durham
3.91
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In this middle grade solarpunk novel set in an alternate Egyptian universe, twelve-year-old Ash mus… read more
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31. The Hidden Knife
By: Melissa Marr
3.47
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Melissa Marr invites readers into a magical world where stone gargoyles live among humans, ferociou… read more
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