The Brave
By: James Bird
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The Brave is about a boy with an OCD issue and his move to a reservation to live with his biologica…
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1. How to Become a Planet
By: Nicole Melleby
4.25
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For Pluto, summer has always started with a trip to the planetarium. It’s the launch to her favorit… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
2. Attack of the Black Rectangles
By: Amy Sarig King
4.21
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
3. The Shape of Thunder
By: Jasmine Warga
4.17
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other,… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"I just want to be okay. I don't want to feel okay. I want to be okay."-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
"The more things you know, the less likely you are to be taken by surprise."-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
"Whenever I get a bad grade, I always try to explain to Mom that I did read the book. And just because I can't remember what color shirt the character was wearing in page six doesn't mean that I didn'…"-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
4. 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
"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
5. The Lost Year
By: Katherine Marsh
4.50
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
6. 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
- young adult
- indigenous
- fiction
- contemporary
7. Good Different
By: Meg Eden Kuyatt
4.52
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A extraordinary novel-in-verse about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate he… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"Fight for words, even if it's hard."-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different
"You may have different needs than some folks in your class, but that doesn't make you the «wrong» version and other people the «normal» version. You are Selah. And you are not the only one feeling t…"-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different
8. 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
- 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
9. The Canyon's Edge
By: Dusti Bowling
4.22
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A novel in verse about a young girl's struggle for survival after a climbing trip with her father g… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- family
10. Just Like That
By: Gary D. Schmidt
4.37
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene'… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
"It’s hard to figure out how a friendship begins, she thought. Maybe sometimes it’s because someone you thought you knew - and that you didn’t really - turns out to be a whole lot more like a friend t…"-Gary D. Schmidt, Just Like That
"And Meryl Lee thought, I wonder how this happens. You live side by side for a while, and suddenly you realize you like living side by side, and you can’t imagine not living side by side because you’v…"-Gary D. Schmidt, Just Like That
11. Starfish
By: Lisa Fipps
4.46
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this debut novel-in-verse. Eve… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"I'm a starfish, taking p all the room I want."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
"I'm a starfish, taking up all the room I want."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
"DNA doesn't make you family. Love does. Actions do."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
"No matter what others say or do, embrace what makes you, you."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
12. Dust
By: Dusti Bowling
4.23
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A girl who struggles to breathe befriends a boy who seems shrouded in dust. After Avalyn nearly die… read more
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- middle grade
- realistic fiction
- magical realism
- fiction
13. 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!
14. The Faint of Heart
By: Kerilynn Wilson
3.89
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
What would you do if you were the only person left with a heart? The only person left who felt anyt… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- mental health
"Ama duygulara karşı hissizleştirmek, kalbi zayıflatıyor."-Kerilynn Wilson, The Faint of Heart
15. Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown
By: Steve Sheinkin
4.34
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
Author Steve Sheinkin presents a follow up to his award-winning book Bomb: The Race to Build--and S… read more
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- middle grade
16. Louder Than Hunger
By: John Schu
4.55
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- family
17. Violets Are Blue
By: Barbara Dee
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the acclaimed My Life in the Fish Tank and Maybe He Just Likes You comes a movin… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
18. Deep Water
By: Jamie Sumner
4.21
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An impactful, gripping middle grade novel in verse from acclaimed author Jamie Sumner that spans on… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
19. Turtle Boy
By: M. Evan Wolkenstein
4.31
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Seventh grade is not going well for Will Levine. Kids at school bully him because of his funny-look… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
20. 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
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
21. Tune It Out
By: Jamie Sumner
4.31
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
A 2020 BookExpo Book Buzz Pick From the author of the acclaimed Roll with It comes a moving nove… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
22. Playing the Cards You're Dealt (Scholastic Gold)
By: Varian Johnson
4.24
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Literary powerhouse and Coretta Scott King Honor- and Boston Globe / Horn Book Honor-winning author… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
23. The In-Between
By: Rebecca Ansari
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Cooper is lost. Ever since his father left their family three years ago, he has become distant from… read more
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- middle grade
- magical realism
- family
- fiction
24. Yonder
By: Ali Standish
4.29
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Danny Timmons has looked up to Jack Bailey ever since the older boy saved two small children from d… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
25. All He Knew
By: Helen Frost
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
"A novel in verse about a young deaf boy during World War II, the sister who loves him, and the con… read more
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- family
- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
26. 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
27. The Brave
By: James Bird
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The Brave is about a boy with an OCD issue and his move to a reservation to live with his biologica… read more
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- magical realism
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- native american
- young adult
- mental health
- indigenous
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
28. Haven Jacobs Saves the Planet
By: Barbara Dee
4.17
Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition
Twelve-year-old Haven Jacobs can’t stop thinking about the climate crisis. In fact, her anxiety abo… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
29. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
By: Gennifer Choldenko
4.55
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko’s gr… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
30. Santiago's Road Home
By: Alexandra Diaz
4.32
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A young boy gets detained by ICE while crossing the border from Mexico to the United States in this… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
31. How to Disappear Completely
By: Ali Standish
4.27
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
" When Emma discovers the first spot, 'like a tiny bright moon' on her left foot, she's at the fune… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
