The Ruby Code
By: Jessica Khoury
4.10
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From Jessica Khoury comes a high-action sci-fi adventure about a video game AI come to life. Warcro…
Want to Read $ 10.99"Every enemy can be beaten. All you need is the right team at your back."-Jessica Khoury, The Ruby Code
"VR addictions take it to a new level. People are found dead everyday in their beds or couches, with their VR helmets still on, their games still running. They die of starvation, thirst, heart attacks. It's a big problem, and zombies —people with severe addictions—are as common as alcoholics or drug addicts these days. Many of them can't function in the real world anymore. They don't go to school or work or go outside. They couldn't even if they wanted to. The way Hakeem's mom explained it to us—in an effort to scare us from ever letting ourselves go that route, I guess—people with severe VR addictions have flipped the real and virtual worlds in their minds. To them, reality is the simulation, and VR is reality."-Jessica Khoury, The Ruby Code
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1. 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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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
2. 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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- juvenile
- middle grade
- fiction
- science fiction
- audiobook
"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
3. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor
By: Alan Gratz
4.24
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz ( Refugee ; Ground Zero ; Two Degr… read more
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- adventure
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
4. The Liars Society (The Liars Society #1)
By: Alyson Gerber
4.19
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A USA TODAY bestseller! Weatherby is a fish out of water. When she lands a scholarship to the pr… read more
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- audiobook
- middle grade
- adventure
5. Ride On
By: Faith Erin Hicks
4.04
Format: 224 pages, None
In Ride On, this middle grade graphic novel from Faith Erin Hicks, twelve-year-old Victoria is burn… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
6. 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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- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
"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!
7. 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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- adventure
- middle grade
- dystopia
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
8. The Girl in White
By: Lindsay Currie
3.82
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Sweet Molly once lived in Eastport Sweet Molly once loved the sea Sweet Molly lost Liam to the sh… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- fantasy
- young adult
"Life doesn't always give us the choices we want. All we can do is make the best of things."-Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White
"Speaking up for people who don’t have a voice is important...It's the right thing to do, even if it's hard."-Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White
9. 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
- middle grade
- fiction
- juvenile
10. Hear Me
By: Kerry O'Malley Cerra
4.30
Format: None pages, None
This #ownvoices contemporary middle-grade novel follows twelve-year-old Rayne who, at odds with her… read more
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- juvenile
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"Do you ever wish you could hear?" "I can hear. I just listen differently than you." hardcover page 270"-Kerry O'Malley Cerra, Hear Me
"Mr. Lazar says, "Hearing loss is just that, a loss. It can be just as traumatic as losing a loved one or a pet, and it takes time to move on. So I wonder, have you all really given yourselves, and es…"-Kerry O'Malley Cerra, Hear Me
11. Rewind
By: Lisa Graff
3.75
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Back to the Future meets When You Reach Me in this powerful novel by National Book Award nominee Li… read more
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- audiobook
- middle grade
- fiction
- science fiction
- fantasy
- juvenile
"I don't think you can ever really know if what you're doing is the right thing or not. I mean, that's true for everyone…so what you gotta do now is ask yourself if you're more afraid of doing somethi…"-Lisa Graff, Rewind
"Even if you weren't a time traveler, anything you did in life was going to lead to some kind of change. And really, there was no way for you to know what that change would be before it happened. You …"-Lisa Graff, Rewind
12. Fake
By: Ele Fountain
3.65
Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
A thrillingly paced, timely novel about identity and our digital lives from the award-winning autho… read more
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- science fiction
- dystopia
- middle grade
- young adult
13. Over and Out
By: Jenni L. Walsh
4.28
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The story of a young girl from Cold War East Berlin forced to spy for the secret police... but who … read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- adventure
14. Kelcie Murphy and the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts (Kelcie Murphy, #1)
By: Erika Lewis
4.06
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
Brimming with Celtic mythology, action, and danger, Erika Lewis's Kelcie Murphy and The Academy for… read more
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- adventure
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
15. The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle
By: Taryn Souders
4.11
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
When Grady and his dad learn that the town oddball, Eudora "Kooky" Klinch left something for them i… read more
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- juvenile
- adventure
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
16. The Ruby Code
By: Jessica Khoury
4.10
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From Jessica Khoury comes a high-action sci-fi adventure about a video game AI come to life. Warcro… read more
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- audiobook
- adventure
- middle grade
- young adult
- dystopia
- fiction
- science fiction
- action
- fantasy
- juvenile
"Every enemy can be beaten. All you need is the right team at your back."-Jessica Khoury, The Ruby Code
"VR addictions take it to a new level. People are found dead everyday in their beds or couches, with their VR helmets still on, their games still running. They die of starvation, thirst, heart attacks…"-Jessica Khoury, The Ruby Code
17. 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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- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- juvenile
18. Roll for Initiative
By: Jaime Formato
4.32
Format: 314 pages, Hardcover
Perfect for fans of Dungeons & Dragons, Raina Telgemeier, and Jessica Kim, a heartfelt coming-of-ag… read more
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- juvenile
- middle grade
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
19. 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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- adventure
- middle grade
- fiction
- juvenile
20. Winnie Zeng Unleashes a Legend (Winnie Zeng #1)
By: Katie Zhao
4.05
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An epic new fantasy series inspired by Chinese mythology that #1 New York Times bestselling author … read more
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- adventure
- middle grade
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
21. Adrift
By: Tanya Guerrero
3.91
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the author of All You Knead Is Love and How to Make Friends with the Sea, an upper middle grad… read more
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- juvenile
- adventure
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
