A Soft Place to Land
By: Janae Marks
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Follow a young girl reshaping her meaning of home. Joy Taylor has always believed home is the ho…
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1. 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
2. Top Story (Front Desk, #5)
By: Kelly Yang
4.41
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling Front Desk series continues! Mia Tang is at the top of her game! … read more
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3. New from Here
By: Kelly Yang
4.30
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An Asian American boy fights to keep his family together and stand up to racism during the initial … read more
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"We're all connected to each other. We all breathe the same air into our lungs. None of us are immune to each other's problems, that's why we have to care about each other."-Kelly Yang, New from Here
4. Key Player (Front Desk, #4)
By: Kelly Yang
4.42
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Mia Tang is going for the goal in the fourth Front Desk novel by New York Times bestselling author … read more
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5. Lasagna Means I Love You
By: Kate O'Shaughnessy
4.40
Format: 368 pages, Library Binding
What are the essential ingredients that make a family? Eleven-year-old Mo is making up her own reci… read more
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6. Room to Dream (Front Desk, #3)
By: Kelly Yang
4.38
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang is back with another heartwarming and inspiring story … read more
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- audiobook
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7. What Lives in the Woods
By: Lindsay Currie
3.84
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Welcome to the decrepit Woodmoor Manor…where something in the woods is always watching. From the au… read more
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- mystery
- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
8. 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
9. Maya and the Robot
By: Eve L. Ewing
4.05
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An illustrated middle grade novel about a forgotten homemade robot who comes to life just when aspi… read more
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10. The Elephant in the Room
By: Holly Goldberg Sloan
4.20
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
It's been almost a year since Sila's mother traveled halfway around the world to Turkey, hoping to … read more
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11. Better with Butter
By: Victoria Piontek
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A girl with anxiety disorder finds an unlikely friend -- and emotional support animal -- in the for… read more
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- juvenile
12. Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1)
By: Kelly Yang
4.46
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” ( Booklist … read more
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13. Finally Heard (Finally Seen #2)
By: Kelly Yang
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes the sequel to Finally Seen in which … read more
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14. 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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15. The Ambassador of Nowhere Texas
By: Kimberly Willis Holt
4.06
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Kimberly Willis Holt's The Ambassador of Nowhere, Texas is a stunning post-9/11 companion to the Na… read more
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- audiobook
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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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- audiobook
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- juvenile
17. 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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- realistic fiction
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18. Barakah Beats
By: Maleeha Siddiqui
4.17
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For fans of The First Rule of Punk and Save Me a Seat, Barakah Beats is a sweet, powerful, and joyo… read more
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19. A Thousand Questions
By: Saadia Faruqi
4.20
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Set against the backdrop of Karachi, Pakistan, Saadia Faruqi’s middle grade novel tells the story o… read more
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- audiobook
20. Once Upon a Tim (Once Upon a Tim, #1)
By: Stuart Gibbs
3.96
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A middle grade series about a peasant boy who wants to be a knight.Tim is just a peasant, but he dr… read more
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- juvenile
- middle grade
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- audiobook
21. Dear Student
By: Elly Swartz
4.00
Format: None pages, None
When Autumn becomes the secret voice of the advice column in her middle school newspaper she is fac… read more
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22. Just Harriet
By: Elana K. Arnold
3.96
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of A Boy Called Bat comes a new young middle grade series in the trad… read more
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23. A Soft Place to Land
By: Janae Marks
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Follow a young girl reshaping her meaning of home. Joy Taylor has always believed home is the ho… read more
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- mystery
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- african american
- juvenile
24. Singing with Elephants
By: Margarita Engle
4.00
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A novel in verse about the friendship between a young girl and the poet Gabriela Mistral that leads… read more
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25. When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie (The Great Peach Experiment #1)
By: Erin Soderberg Downing
4.03
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A novel about a family searching for a way to reconnect as a family after the loss of the kids' mot… read more
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- contemporary
- family
- audiobook
26. Home Away From Home
By: Cynthia Lord
3.98
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From Newbery Honor Winner Cynthia Lord, a brilliant story about how to find home when everything ar… read more
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27. Something to Say
By: Lisa Moore Ramée
4.02
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the author of A Good Kind of Trouble, a Walter Dean Myers Honor Book, comes another unforgetta… read more
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28. Clarice the Brave
By: Lisa McMann
3.96
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The only good cat is a fed cat. Clarice, a young ship mouse, knows this to be true. She and her … read more
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29. The Comeback
By: E.L. Shen
4.10
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An #OwnVoices middle-grade debut about a young girl trying to be a champ--in figure skating and in … read more
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30. Where We Used to Roam
By: Jenn Bishop
4.27
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
When Emma starts sixth grade, things finally begin to change. She may still be in the shadow of her… read more
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31. Sunshine
By: Marion Dane Bauer
3.64
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Set in the northern Minnesota wilderness, a timeless novel about a boy and his imaginary dog explor… read more
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