Half Moon Summer
By: Elaine Vickers
4.30
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Two seventh graders discover it takes more than grit and a good pair of shoes to run 13.1 miles. Yo…
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1. 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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- middle grade
- childrens
"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
2. Something Like Home
By: Andrea Beatriz Arango
4.31
Format: 256 pages, Library Binding
A novel in verse in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only f… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
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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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- sports
4. Remember Us
By: Jacqueline Woodson
4.27
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson brings readers a powerful story that delves deeply in… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- sports
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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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- death
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- juvenile
6. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
By: Pedro Martín
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- family
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
7. 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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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- juvenile
8. The Night War
By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
9. And Then, Boom!
By: Lisa Fipps
4.69
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!
10. No Matter the Distance
By: Cindy Baldwin
4.39
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An unexpected animal companion helps a girl with cystic fibrosis learn to write her own story in th… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- disability
11. Enemies in the Orchard
By: Dana VanderLugt
4.49
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Set against the backdrop of WWII, this achingly beautiful middle grade novel in verse based on Amer… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
"I may be blemished but I am not rotten to the core."-Dana VanderLugt, Enemies in the Orchard
"If I didn’t think too hard or ask too many questions, it was easy. p. 63"-Dana VanderLugt, Enemies in the Orchard
"Like the day I was captured, I want to raise my arms, show this woman and this girl my empty hands. p. 49"-Dana VanderLugt, Enemies in the Orchard
"Avoiding the truth, avoiding the responsibility that comes with admitting the truth, can seem a lot easier than being brave."-Dana VanderLugt, Enemies in the Orchard
12. Barely Floating
By: Lilliam Rivera
3.94
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling story full of heart about how one twelve-year-old channels her rage into synchronized sw… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- sports
- juvenile
13. 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
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- juvenile
"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
14. 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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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
15. 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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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- disability
16. What Happened to Rachel Riley?
By: Claire Swinarski
4.23
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- juvenile
17. 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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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- sports
- disability
- juvenile
18. Bea and the New Deal Horse
By: L.M. Elliott
4.22
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction This lyrical middle grade historical novel… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- sports
19. Opinions and Opossums
By: Ann Braden
4.21
Format: 163 pages, Hardcover
Agnes has been raised to keep her opinions to herself, but how do you keep silent when you’re full… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
20. Half Moon Summer
By: Elaine Vickers
4.30
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Two seventh graders discover it takes more than grit and a good pair of shoes to run 13.1 miles. Yo… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- death
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- sports
- disability
- juvenile
21. Not an Easy Win
By: Chrystal D. Giles
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Library Binding
FOUR STARRED REVIEWS! Twelve-year old Lawrence is new to chess--can he find a way to get on the bo… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- juvenile
