Long Road to the Circus
By: Betsy Bird
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Library Binding
Twelve-year-old Suzy Bowles is tired of summers filled with chores on her family farm in Burr Oak, …
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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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"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. 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
3. Alone
By: Megan E. Freeman
4.14
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she … read more
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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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"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. Odder
By: Katherine Applegate
4.25
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, s… read more
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6. Rez Dogs
By: Joseph Bruchac
4.05
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From the U.S.'s foremost indigenous children's author comes a middle grade verse novel set during t… read more
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"No one should feel guilty about the past. Unless they're not doing anything about the present."-Joseph Bruchac, Rez Dogs
7. 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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8. 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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9. Invisible
By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez
4.16
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who ar… read more
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10. 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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11. 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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"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
12. 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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13. The Amelia Six
By: Kristin L. Gray
3.96
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Amelia Earhart’s famous aviator goggles go missing and eleven-year-old Millie has to find them befo… read more
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14. 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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"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
15. 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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16. Shelter
By: Christie Matheson
4.31
Format: 192 pages, Library Binding
A heart-wrenching middle grade debut that considers homelessness from one girl's perspective and ex… read more
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17. The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem
By: Colleen Paeff
4.35
Format: None pages, None
Discover the true story about the determined engineer who fixed London’s pollution problem in this … read more
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18. 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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19. Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone
By: Tae Keller
4.17
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
A story about a girl who is alienated by her friends . . . for believing in aliens. Sometimes m… read more
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"I had to make her understand that this mattered--what people thought had everything to do with who she was. Because how do we know who we are without knowing our place in the world?"-Tae Keller, Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone
20. 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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21. Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves
By: L.M. Elliott
3.95
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Author L. M. Elliott captures life on the U.S. home front during World War II, weaving a portrait o… read more
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22. Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
By: Jeff Gottesfeld
4.57
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
With every step, the Tomb Guards pay homage to America’s fallen. Discover their story, and that of … read more
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23. 365 Days to Alaska
By: Cathy Carr
4.14
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A thoughtful middle-grade debut about a girl from off-the-grid Alaska adjusting to suburban life … read more
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24. Stella (Best Friends Dog Tales, #1)
By: McCall Hoyle
4.34
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Even dogs deserve a second chance. Ever since she was a puppy, Stella was trained to use her power… read more
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25. 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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"...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
26. Long Road to the Circus
By: Betsy Bird
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Library Binding
Twelve-year-old Suzy Bowles is tired of summers filled with chores on her family farm in Burr Oak, … read more
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- historical
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- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
27. 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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28. Fast Pitch
By: Nic Stone
4.09
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From Nic Stone, the New York Times bestselling author of Clean Getaway, comes a challenging and he… read more
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29. Flight of the Puffin
By: Ann Braden
4.28
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
One small act of kindness ripples out to connect four kids in this stirring novel by the author of … read more
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"I eye that lady's shiny car through the window -- there's no way she knows what we need better than we do."-Ann Braden, Flight of the Puffin
30. Troublemaker
By: John Cho
4.03
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
An instant New York Times bestselller!An Indiebound bestseller!Troublemaker follows the events of t… read more
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31. When the World Turned Upside Down
By: K. Ibura
3.70
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
What do you do when the world shuts down? A heartwarming story of friendship and overcoming adversi… read more
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