The Other Half of Happy
By: Rebecca Balcárcel
4.12
Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition
12-year-old Quijana likes to say that she used to be Pangaea. Unsplit. Not half white or half Latin…
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1. The Thing About Luck
By: Cynthia Kadohata , Julia Kuo
4.43
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
Summer knows that kouun means good luck" in Japanese, and this year her family has had none. Just w… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
2. Afternoon on the Amazon (Magic Tree House, #6)
By: Mary Pope Osborne , Salvatore Murdocca
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
Jack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series--t… read more
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- middle grade
- fiction
3. 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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- school
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
4. Ferris
By: Kate DiCamillo
4.30
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- death
- family
- fiction
5. A Work in Progress
By: Jarrett Lerner
4.40
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A young boy struggles with body image in this poignant and “perceptive” ( Publishers Weekly , starr… read more
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- school
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
6. Red, White, and Whole
By: Rajani LaRocca
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An #ownvoices novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when he… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
"What does the sky do when the moon is gone forever?"-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months."-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"« We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months. »"-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"Her face is as bright as a full moon, always gentle, always changing, but predictable. Like our moon, she only shows us one face. The strong one."-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
7. Lotería
By: Karla Arenas Valenti
3.85
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
It is the hottest hour of the hottest day in Oaxaca City when Life and Death walk into town, ready … read more
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- family
- middle grade
- fiction
- death
"To believe, despite everything, to have hope- that was a choice."-Karla Arenas Valenti, Lotería
8. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)
By: Kwame Alexander
4.32
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more
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- family
- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)
9. Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring
By: Angela Cervantes
4.02
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A room locked for fifty years.A valuable peacock ring.A mysterious brother-sister duo.Paloma Marque… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
10. Finding Langston
By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
4.34
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
In a debut historical novel about the Great Migration a boy discovers Chicago's postwar South Side … read more
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- family
- middle grade
- fiction
"It's better to read in the library. Sitting at my favorite table by the window reading and listening to the sound of other folks turning pages makes me feel like I'm in a house full of company I don'…"-Lesa Cline-Ransome, Finding Langston
11. Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom (Cookie Chronicles)
By: Matthew Swanson
3.99
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Meet Ben, a literal-minded kid with a big heart and an even bigger sweet-tooth, who cracks open a f… read more
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- family
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
12. Echo Mountain
By: Lauren Wolk
4.26
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
A young heroine in Depression-era Maine is navigating the rocky terrain of her new life on Echo Mou… read more
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- family
- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
"You want to know?"-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain
"Blame comes from the Greek for “curse"-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain
"The things we need to learn to do, we learn to do by doing."-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain
"Maybe she’ll wake up soon and come back to what she used to be...or what she’ll be next"-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain
13. Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim
By: Patricia Park
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A multicultural teen struggles to fit into her elite prep school, her diverse Queens neighborhood, … read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
14. Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna (Petra Luna, #1)
By: Alda P. Dobbs
4.26
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
It is 1913, and twelve-year-old Petra Luna's mama has died while the Revolution rages in Mexico. Be… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
15. 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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- school
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
16. Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers
By: Caela Carter
4.31
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An own voices story that shines a light on how one girl's learning differences are neither right no… read more
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- school
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
17. Roll with It
By: Jamie Sumner
4.07
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The story of an irrepressible girl with cerebral palsy whose life takes an unexpected turn when she… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
18. The Other Half of Happy
By: Rebecca Balcárcel
4.12
Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition
12-year-old Quijana likes to say that she used to be Pangaea. Unsplit. Not half white or half Latin… read more
Want to Read $ 4.99Similar categories in Rebecca Balcárcel's The Other Half of Happy book and Rebecca Balcárcel's The Other Half of Happy
- school
- lgbt
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- death
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
19. The Moon Within
By: Aida Salazar
4.09
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Celi Rivera's life swirls with questions. About her changing body. Her first attraction to a boy. A… read more
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- lgbt
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
20. Merci Suárez Plays It Cool
By: Meg Medina
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In a satisfying finale to her trilogy, Newbery Medalist Meg Medina follows Merci Suárez into an eig… read more
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- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
21. The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejía
By: Alexandra Alessandri
4.09
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
“An exceptionally well-crafted story brimming with mythological creatures, captivating characters, … read more
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- middle grade
- fiction
