Black Boy Joy
By: Kwame Mbalia
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Celebrate the joys of Black boyhood with stories from seventeen bestselling, critically acclaimed B…
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1. The Last Mapmaker
By: Christina Soontornvat
4.15
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. As assistant to Mangkon’s most celeb… read more
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"I couldn't see it then, but I could see it now. I opened my eyes, releasing another stream of tears. I had been trying so hard to run from my past. But the past was like mottlefish ink. Even if it fa…"-Christina Soontornvat, The Last Mapmaker
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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- middle grade
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- audiobook
3. The Legend of Gravity: A Tall Basketball Tale
By: Charly Palmer
4.14
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
In his author-illustrator debut, Charly Palmer spins a tall tale about a neighborhood basketball he… read more
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- african american
- childrens
- fiction
4. Invisible
By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez
4.16
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who ar… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
5. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
By: Mac Barnett
4.12
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
As seen on The TODAY Show! New York Times bestselling Mac Barnett and Caldecott Honor award-winning… read more
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- fantasy
- middle grade
- childrens
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6. Gladys the Magic Chicken
By: Adam Rubin
4.11
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
A picture book about a chicken who unexpectedly finds herself on an epic journey during Ancient Tim… read more
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- fantasy
- childrens
- fiction
7. The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1)
By: Dhonielle Clayton
4.00
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Author Dhonielle Clayton makes her middle-grade debut with a fantasy adventure set in a global magi… read more
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- 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
- anthologies
- short stories
- 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. Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky
By: Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
4.42
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Discover a world of creativity and tradition in this fascinating picture book that explores the his… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
10. New Dragon City
By: Mari Mancusi
4.15
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
No one predicted the dragon apocalypse. The dragons came suddenly and decimated the world as we kne… read more
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- middle grade
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- audiobook
11. Thirst
By: Varsha Bajaj
4.14
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone. … read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
12. 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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- young adult
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- contemporary
- audiobook
13. Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott
By: Joyce Scott
4.54
Format: 48 pages, Library Binding
A moving and powerful introduction to the life and art of renowned artist, Judith Scott, as told by… read more
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- childrens
14. 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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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
15. Jovita Wore Pants
By: Aida Salazar
4.20
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Scholastic/Levine has acquired Aida Salazar's debut picture book, Jovita Wore Pants, the story of J… read more
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- childrens
16. The Last Beekeeper
By: Pablo Cartaya
3.84
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The Last Beekeeper follows twelve-year-old Yolanda Cicerón as she fights to the save the last known… read more
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- audiobook
17. 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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- childrens
- middle grade
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
18. Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs
By: Pam Muñoz Ryan
3.90
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Middle-grade fans of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s Esperanza Rising, will find a new Mexican heroine to love in … read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
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- fantasy
19. Haven: A Small Cat's Big Adventure
By: Megan Wagner Lloyd
4.00
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
When her cherished Ma Millie falls ill, a timid housecat ventures into the wild to seek help in thi… read more
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- audiobook
20. Leave It to Plum!
By: Matt Phelan
3.74
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
“An instant hit.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books “A splendid hullabaloo at the zoo.”… read more
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21. The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1)
By: Christina Soontornvat
4.18
Format: 151 pages, Hardcover
From two-time Newbery honor recipient Christina Soontornvat comes a compelling new young middle gra… read more
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- middle grade
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"There is no shortcut to becoming what you already are. Don't try to be powerful, be strong, be magical. You cannot be a Guardian-you cannot be anything -if you can't just be ."-Christina Soontornvat, The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1)
22. Black Boy Joy
By: Kwame Mbalia
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Celebrate the joys of Black boyhood with stories from seventeen bestselling, critically acclaimed B… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- anthologies
- young adult
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- fantasy
- audiobook
23. Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year
By: Nina Hamza
4.00
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An Indian Muslim #ownvoices debut about an underachiever who must start over in a new state with th… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
24. Tales to Keep You Up at Night
By: Dan Poblocki
3.79
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Magic Misfits, comes a spectacul… read more
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- short stories
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- fantasy
- audiobook
25. The Dirt Book: Poems About Animals That Live Beneath Our Feet
By: David L. Harrison
3.93
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
15 fun and fact-filled poems about soil--what makes it and who lives in it! Dirt! It's made of c… read more
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26. The Cursed Moon
By: Angela Cervantes
3.91
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Celebrated author Angela Cervantes' brand new novel combines a chilling ghost story with her award-… read more
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27. Indelible Ann: The Larger-Than-Life Story of Governor Ann Richards
By: Meghan P. Browne
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A folksy, larger-than-life picture book biography about Ann Richards, the late governor of Texas wh… read more
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28. Shermy and Shake, the Not-So-Nice Neighbor
By: Kirby Larson
3.42
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Will summer break be a drag or a blast for meticulous Shermy when rambunctious Shake moves in next … read more
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29. Daybreak on Raven Island
By: Fleur T. Bradley
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the critically acclaimed author of Midnight at the Barclay Hotel comes a thrilling new middle … read more
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30. How to Stay Invisible
By: Maggie C. Rudd
4.39
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
My Side of the Mountain meets How to Steal a Dog in this high-stakes and heartfelt middle-grade sto… read more
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31. The Polter-Ghost Problem
By: Betsy Uhrig
3.91
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Three best friends discover a haunted orphanage and get swept up in ghoulish shenanigans in this “l… read more
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