Ghostlight
By: Kenneth Oppel
3.87
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
One teen's summer job scaring tourists with ghost stories takes a terrifying turn when he accidenta…
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1. Slugfest
By: Gordon Korman
4.24
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School. So good, in fact, that's he's already been pla… read more
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- middle grade
- fiction
2. Away With Words
By: Sophie Cameron
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2024… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- fantasy
- young adult
3. 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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- mystery
- middle grade
"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
4. The Superteacher Project
By: Gordon Korman
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From Gordon Korman, the bestselling author of Restart and The Unteachables, comes a hilarious new s… read more
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- middle grade
- fiction
"I understand," he announces finally. "It's because I'm‒different." Paul is amazed. "You learned that from the internet?" "Not directly Mr. Aidact explains. "But I accessed a database of books and mov…"-Gordon Korman, The Superteacher Project
"Your jokes aren't even funny. What is this thing, anyway?' 'That's the beauty of it!' Oliver crows. 'It's nothing‒just some piece of junk from he supply closet. But you're freaking out because it cou…"-Gordon Korman, The Superteacher Project
5. The Probability of Everything
By: Sarah Everett
4.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and fac… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
6. The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby
By: G.Z. Schmidt
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The Amadeuses were always considered somewhat strange. Even before the incident. When six-year-old… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- mystery
- paranormal
"Knowledge, someone once said, was power—and the fewer children with power, the better."-G.Z. Schmidt, The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby
7. Simon Sort of Says
By: Erin Bow
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
8. Beatrice and Croc Harry
By: Lawrence Hill
3.80
Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition
One of Canada's most celebrated author's debut novel for young readers Beatrice, a young girl of u… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- fantasy
- canada
"Friends are like books. You carry them with you forever, regardless of mundane impediments like geography."-Lawrence Hill, Beatrice and Croc Harry
9. The Raven's Revenge
By: Kevin Sands
4.62
Format: 512 pages, ebook
Christopher finally uncovers the Raven’s identity in this sixth novel of the award-winning Blacktho… read more
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- canada
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- mystery
- fantasy
10. The Bellwoods Game
By: Celia Krampien
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Perfect for fans of Doll Bones and Hocus Pocus , this “beautifully creepy” ( Kirkus Reviews ), high… read more
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- ghosts
- middle grade
- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- fantasy
- paranormal
11. Bad Influence
By: Tamsin Winter
3.99
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
A powerfully real and funny new story from the rising queen of teen, about first kisses, learning t… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
12. The Other Side of Perfect
By: Melanie Florence
3.81
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Two kids from two different worlds form an unexpected friendship in this lens into the interworking… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- canada
- young adult
13. Eight Days
By: Teresa Toten
3.85
Format: 298 pages, Paperback
Governor General's award-winning author Teresa Toten's story about one girl's transformative eight-… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- canada
- young adult
14. Let the Monster Out: A Novel
By: Chad Lucas
4.01
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An equal parts heart-pounding and heartfelt middle-grade mystery about facing––and accepting––your … read more
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- canada
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- horror
- mystery
15. War of the Wind
By: Victoria Williamson
4.13
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
AN ADVENTUROUS ECO-THRILLER FROM AWARD-WINNING CHILDREN’S AUTHOR VICTORIA WILLIAMSON On a remote… read more
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- mystery
- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
16. A Perfect Mistake
By: Melanie Conklin
4.13
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A moving, voice-driven novel about friendship, responsibility, and fighting against unfair expectat… read more
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- mystery
- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
17. Fly
By: Alison Hughes
3.84
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
A novel in free verse about a middle schooler who discovers he’s not the only one grappling with th… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
18. 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
- fiction
19. Ghostlight
By: Kenneth Oppel
3.87
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
One teen's summer job scaring tourists with ghost stories takes a terrifying turn when he accidenta… read more
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- canada
- ghosts
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- fantasy
- supernatural
- paranormal
20. Forever Birchwood
By: Danielle Daniel
3.97
Format: 304 pages, ebook
The middle-grade debut of star picture-book author and illustrator Danielle Daniel Adventurous, tr… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- canada
- young adult
21. ELECTRIC LIFE
By: Rachel Delahaye
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
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- young adult
22. Hidden on the High Wire
By: Kathy Kacer
4.10
Format: 254 pages, Paperback
In the summer of 1941, Irene Lorch must perform the most perilous balancing act of her life… Ire… read more
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- middle grade
- canada
23. Apartment 713
By: Kevin Sylvester
4.26
Format: 231 pages, Hardcover
Secret ballrooms, hidden artwork and unlikely friends—welcome to the Regency, where even time moves… read more
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- canada
- middle grade
- fiction
- mystery
- fantasy
24. The Stone Child (The Misewa Saga, #3)
By: David Alexander Robertson
4.24
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
It's a race against time to save Eli, in this third book in the award-winning, Narnia-inspired Indi… read more
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- canada
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
25. Berani
By: Michelle Kadarusman
4.39
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An honest and stirring novel about the choices made by young environmental activists, and the balan… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- canada
- young adult
26. How to Be a Goldfish
By: Jane Baird Warren
4.25
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
When her class is assigned a family tree project, Lizzie knows hers will become fodder for Scotch G… read more
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- middle grade
- canada
27. Peanut Butter and Chaos: The Mythic Adventures of Samuel Templeton
By: Anita Daher
3.11
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Nominated for a 2023/24 Red Cedar Award Nominated for the 2024 MYRCA Sundogs! When twelve-year-old … read more
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- middle grade
- fantasy
- canada
28. Fire on Headless Mountain
By: Iain Lawrence
4.01
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Separated from his siblings in the midst of a dangerous forest fire, 11-year-old Virgil must find a… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- canada
29. The Grave Thief
By: Dee Hahn
3.95
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
A twelve-year-old grave thief gets caught up in a royal heist in this compelling middle-grade fanta… read more
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- canada
- middle grade
- fiction
- mystery
- fantasy
30. The Bones of Me
By: Kel Duckhouse
3.81
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Told in dynamic verse and prose, The Bones of Me is a thrilling debut novel about friends and famil… read more
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- young adult
31. Ravenous Things
By: Derrick Chow
3.91
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Kieran Viola and Cassidy Leyendecker at Disney Hyperion have acquired at auction debut middle grade… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- horror
