You Only Live Once, David Bravo
By: Mark Oshiro
4.06
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Middle school is the worst, especially for David Bravo. He doesn’t have a single class with his bes…
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1. Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston
By: Esme Symes-Smith
4.43
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
In a magical medieval world filled with dragons, shape-shifters, and witches, a twelve-year-old her… read more
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- lgbt
- middle grade
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
"Fear is not an excuse for abuse."-Esme Symes-Smith, Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston
2. The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet
By: Jake Maia Arlow
4.19
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A hilariously honest book about surviving middle school while navigating a chronic illness from the… read more
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- childrens
- lgbt
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
3. Mascot
By: Charles Waters
4.02
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade n… read more
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- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
4. The First State of Being
By: Erin Entrada Kelly
4.14
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more
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- childrens
- time travel
- middle grade
- fiction
- science fiction
- audiobook
5. Tumble
By: Celia C. Pérez
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk, a dazzling novel about a young girl who co… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
6. Hoops: A Graphic Novel
By: Matt Tavares
4.36
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares’s debut graphic novel dramatizes the histo… read more
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- middle grade
- fiction
7. The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables, #1)
By: Angie Thomas
4.19
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
Internationally bestselling superstar author Angie Thomas makes her middle grade debut with the lau… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
8. You Are Here: Connecting Flights
By: Ellen Oh
4.26
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An incident at a TSA security check point sows chaos and rumors, creating a chain of events that im… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Being good was slippery. It didn't stay still; it moved around, and not only that, sometimes it meant exactly opposite things. Like, there were times when being good meant speaking up, but other time…"-Ellen Oh, You Are Here: Connecting Flights
9. Mirror to Mirror
By: Rajani LaRocca
4.15
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In Rajani LaRocca’s breathtaking follow-up to the Newbery Honor– and Walter Award–winning Red, Whit… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- contemporary
10. 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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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
"The goal isn't perfection- the goal is making something new. (pg. 18)"-Gillian McDunn, Honestly Elliott
11. The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn
By: Sally J. Pla
4.57
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Neurodivergent Maudie is ready to spend an amazing summer with her dad, but will she find the coura… read more
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- audiobook
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
12. Two Tribes
By: Emily Bowen Cohen
3.87
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In her poignant debut graphic novel inspired by her own life, Emily Bowen Cohen embraces the comple… read more
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- middle grade
- fiction
13. Aniana del Mar Jumps In
By: Jasminne Mendez
4.07
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A novel-in-verse by about a 12-year-old Dominican American swimmer who is diagnosed with Juvenile A… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- audiobook
14. 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
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
15. Eb & Flow
By: Kelly J. Baptist
3.95
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A ten-day suspension has tweens De'Kari and Ebony seeing the world with a fresh perspective. Don't … read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
16. Nikhil Out Loud
By: Maulik Pancholy
4.16
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed actor and Stonewall Honor–winning author of The Best at It, Maulik Pancholy, com… read more
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- audiobook
- childrens
- lgbt
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
17. You Only Live Once, David Bravo
By: Mark Oshiro
4.06
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Middle school is the worst, especially for David Bravo. He doesn’t have a single class with his bes… read more
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- audiobook
- childrens
- lgbt
- time travel
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- science fiction
- fantasy
- queer
18. The Otherwoods
By: Justine Pucella Winans
3.96
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Otherwoods is calling. And it won't be ignored. Some would call River Rydell a 'chosen one':… read more
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- audiobook
- childrens
- lgbt
- middle grade
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
19. The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
By: Michael Leali
4.30
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A heartfelt debut novel about a boy's attempt to find himself in the history he loves--perfect for … read more
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- audiobook
- childrens
- lgbt
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"Just because a bunch of mostly white men hammered history into one shape, it doesn’t mean they got it right."-Michael Leali, The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
"Maybe, if we want things to change, we have to stop waiting. Maybe we just need to do something about it ourselves."-Michael Leali, The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
"As long as there are people on the planet, life will be unfair, but that doesn’t mean we have to put up with hatred or bigotry."-Michael Leali, The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
"Most all my life, I have blindly accepted what was written in history books and taught in classes. I didn’t think to ask if there was more to the story."-Michael Leali, The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
20. 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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- childrens
- middle grade
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
21. World Made of Glass
By: Ami Polonsky
4.24
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A girl channels her grief and pain into love and activism in this heartbreaking, heart-mending nove… read more
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- childrens
- fiction
- lgbt
"I’m not strong,"-Ami Polonsky, World Made of Glass
"We are dying because we are gay."-Ami Polonsky, World Made of Glass
"I said, ‘Mom, I’m a homosexual,’ and she put down the glass that she was washing and said, ‘Jason Randolph Holmes, the world is going to try very hard to convince you that there’s something wrong wit…"-Ami Polonsky, World Made of Glass
"Julian felt both familiar and unfamiliar, like he understood maybe the tiniest thing about what I was going through while, at the same time, still being a total stranger. I imagined a paperweight hea…"-Ami Polonsky, World Made of Glass
