Return to Sender
By: Julia Alvarez
3.78
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family hires migrant Mexican workers to …
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1. Say What You Will
By: Cammie McGovern
3.64
Format: 218 pages, ebook
John Green's The Fault in Our Stars meets Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park in this beautifully writt… read more
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"WHY DID YOU TELL PEOPLE MY ESSAY WASN’T TRUE?"-Cammie McGovern, Say What You Will
"This feeling will pass. The fear is real but the danger is not."-Cammie McGovern, Say What You Will
"JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO SCARED TO TAKE ANY RISKS DOESN'T MEAN THE REST OF US SHOULD BE."-Cammie McGovern, Say What You Will
"Let's don't wait forever for our lives to start. Let's begin them ourselves. Let's be fearless for once and say, we can do this."-Cammie McGovern, Say What You Will
2. Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team
By: Steve Sheinkin , None
4.18
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Jim Thorpe: super athlete, Olympic gold medalist, Native American. Pop Warner: indomitable coach… read more
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- middle grade
"Harvard coach Bill Reid would later credit Teddy Roosevelt with saving football. But words in a rule book are one thing. Someone had to show the nation a new way to play the game. The Carlisle Indian…"-Steve Sheinkin, Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team
3. Summerlost
By: Ally Condie
3.86
Format: 249 pages, Hardcover
It's the first real summer since the devastating accident that killed Cedar's father and younger br… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
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- fiction
- family
"I understood why Leo called the fountain Baby Niagara. Because once you see something big, you can't help seeing it in everything small."-Ally Condie, Summerlost
"You're not my girlfriend. You're my person." I knew right away what he meant. I thought he was cute and he though ti was cute but was different than it was when people have crushes. With Leo I'd fall…"-Ally Condie, Summerlost
4. Ms. Bixby's Last Day
By: John David Anderson
4.27
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
Everyone knows there are different kinds of teachers. The good ones. The not-so-good ones. The bori… read more
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- childrens
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"... stories are everywhere, just waiting to be found..."-John David Anderson, Ms. Bixby's Last Day
5. Because of Mr. Terupt (Mr. Terupt, #1)
By: Rob Buyea
4.35
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
It’s the start of fifth grade for seven kids at Snow Hill School. There’s . . . Jessica, the new gi… read more
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- chapter books
- childrens
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- fiction
"I didn't want anyone to get hurt."-Rob Buyea, Because of Mr. Terupt (Mr. Terupt, #1)
"We watched, and he taught us like he did every day we were with him. He showed us how to forgive."-Rob Buyea, Because of Mr. Terupt (Mr. Terupt, #1)
6. Paper Things
By: Jennifer Richard Jacobson
3.10
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
When forced to choose between staying with her guardian and being with her big brother, Ari chose h… read more
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- childrens
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7. Well, That Was Awkward
By: Rachel Vail
3.95
Format: 768 pages, Hardcover
Gracie has never felt like this before. One day, she suddenly can't breathe, can't walk, can't anyt… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
8. Bronx Masquerade
By: Nikki Grimes
4.16
Format: 331 pages,
Using the structure of a poetry slam, Nikki Grimes' award-winning novel is a powerful exploration o… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
9. A House of My Own: Stories from My Life
By: Sandra Cisneros
4.36
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved author of The House on Mango Street:a richly illustrated compilation of true stori… read more
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10. The Thing About Luck
By: Cynthia Kadohata , Julia Kuo
4.43
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
Summer knows that kouun means good luck" in Japanese, and this year her family has had none. Just w… read more
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11. The Only Road
By: None
4.20
Format: 445 pages, Hardcover
PURA BELPRE HONOR BOOK ALA NOTABLE BOOK "Powerful and timely." --Booklist(starred review) "An impor… read more
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- cultural
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12. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child
By: Francisco Jiménez
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
These independent but intertwined stories follow a migrant family through their circuit, from picki… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
- spanish literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
13. Liar & Spy
By: Rebecca Stead
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When seventh grader Georges (the Sis silent) moves into a Brooklyn apartment building, he meets Saf… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
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- fiction
14. A Nest for Celeste: A Story About Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home
By: Henry Cole
3.59
Format: 83 pages, Hardcover
Celeste is not your average mouse. She lives alone, quietly weaving baskets with creative flair und… read more
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16. Marcelo in the Real World
By: Francisco X. Stork
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Marcelo Sandoval hears music no one else can hear--part of the autism-like impairment no doctor has… read more
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17. Surviving the Applewhites (Applewhites, #1)
By: Stephanie S. Tolan
3.74
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Will anyone take on Jake Semple? Jake Semple is notorious. Rumor has it he burned down his old scho… read more
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18. Save Me a Seat
By: Sarah Weeks , Gita Varadarajan
4.36
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Joe and Ravi might be from very different places, but they're both stuck in the same place: SCHOOL.… read more
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19. Flying Lessons & Other Stories
By: Matt de la Peña , Sherman Alexie , Soman Chainani , Walter Dean Myers , Grace Lin , Ellen Oh , Jacqueline Woodson , Kwame Alexander , Tim Federle , Tim Tingle , Meg Medina , Kelly J. Baptist
4.04
Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio
For the hardback, see ISBN13: 9781101934593. Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, fi… read more
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- cultural
- childrens
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- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
20. 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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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
21. A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)
By: Lisa Yee
3.82
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
When a notorious thief is out for priceless treasure (gems! cats! general decorum!)—who're you gonn… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
"They all perished. tragic deaths. sad parents. lawsuits.' Monica's words were met with stunned silence. ignoring the horrified looks on the student's faces, she shouted, 'Joking! We discovered that t…"-Lisa Yee, A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)
22. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
By: Jason Reynolds
3.94
Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition
From National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a nove… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
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"Got it. Here's the thing. Kenzi here got a big heart. But that big heart happens to be in a small body. Now, I don't know about you, but I would hate for that heart to be broken because that body was…"-Jason Reynolds, Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
"Difference: Then I think about Ms Broome's assignment. What could I be? What do I wish I could become to change the world? I think about telling Benni I might want to be wet cement to fill the cracks…"-Jason Reynolds, Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
"A school bus is many things. A school bus is a substitute for a limousine. More class. A school bus is a classroom with a substitute teacher. A school bus is the students' version of a teachers' loun…"-Jason Reynolds, Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
23. Letters from Cuba
By: Ruth Behar
4.27
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The story of a young Jewish girl who escapes Poland to make a new life in Cuba, while she works to … read more
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24. Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring
By: Angela Cervantes
4.02
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A room locked for fifty years.A valuable peacock ring.A mysterious brother-sister duo.Paloma Marque… read more
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- realistic fiction
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25. Running
By: Natalia Sylvester
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
When fifteen-year-old Cuban American Mariana Ruiz’s father runs for president, Mari starts to see h… read more
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26. The Conditions of Unconditional Love (Isabel Dalhousie, #15)
By: Alexander McCall Smith
4.19
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In this latest installment of the beloved Isabel Dalhousie series, Isabel finds herself navigating … read more
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27. Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino”
By: Héctor Tobar
4.29
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A new book by the Pulitzer Prize – winning writer about the twenty-first-century Latino experience … read more
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28. What We've Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms
By: Jonathan M. Metzl
3.77
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A searing reflection on the broken promise of safety in America. When a naked, mentally ill white m… read more
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29. Ruptured
By: Joanne Rossmassler Fritz
4.21
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The sensitive, suspenseful story of a family coping with a life-changing tragedy, told in stunning … read more
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30. Return to Sender
By: Julia Alvarez
3.78
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family hires migrant Mexican workers to … read more
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- chapter books
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- spanish literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
