The Sky We Shared
By: Shirley Reva Vernick
3.93
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In southern Japan, Tamiko spends her time writing in her diary, dreaming of making theatrical costu…
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1. Curious Minds (Knight and Moon, #1)
By: Janet Evanovich , Phoef Sutton
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Timesbestselling author of the Stephanie Plum series, teams up with Em… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
2. The Night Diary
By: Veera Hiranandani
4.22
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal,… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
3. Ban This Book
By: Alan Gratz
4.41
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
-Readers, librarians, and all those books that have drawn a challenge have a brand new hero.... Sta… read more
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- childrens
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- fiction
- audiobook
"Probably because for all the amazing things books can do, they can't make you into a bad person"-Alan Gratz, Ban This Book
"She was disappointed, I could tell, and suddenly the only thing I wanted in the world was to please her."-Alan Gratz, Ban This Book
4. Okay for Now
By: Gary D. Schmidt
4.20
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Midwesterner Gary D. Schmidt won Newbery Honor awards for Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boysand… read more
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5. Slugfest
By: Gordon Korman
4.24
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School. So good, in fact, that's he's already been pla… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- audiobook
6. How to Find What You're Not Looking For
By: Veera Hiranandani
4.28
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
New historical fiction from a Newbery Honor-winning author about how middle schooler Ariel Goldberg… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
7. The Lost Girls
By: Sonia Hartl
3.49
Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition
Sonia Hartl’s The Lost Girls is laced with dark humor and queer love; it’s John Tucker Must Die wit… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
"Books had always been my bright spot away from the dark."-Sonia Hartl, The Lost Girls
"Her smile was infectious. Like a light that only glowed for me."-Sonia Hartl, The Lost Girls
"I’ve only recently gotten past thinking I didn’t need anyone. It might be a minute yet before I accept that people might need me."-Sonia Hartl, The Lost Girls
8. Safiyyah's War
By: Hiba Noor Khan
4.32
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews dur… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- war
- middle grade
- young adult
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
9. 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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- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
10. 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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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
"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
11. Red, White, and Whole
By: Rajani LaRocca
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An #ownvoices novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when he… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"What does the sky do when the moon is gone forever?"-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months."-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"« We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months. »"-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"Her face is as bright as a full moon, always gentle, always changing, but predictable. Like our moon, she only shows us one face. The strong one."-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
12. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)
By: Dan Gemeinhart
4.54
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the critic… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
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- audiobook
"But it's not the sandwich that matter Coyote. It's someone bringing you the sandwich."-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)
"I'm gonna go ahead a fast-forward the story a bit here. Because, basically some boring stuff happened and then some very exciting stuff happened, and I think it's best to just skip the crust and go s…"-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)
13. Uprising
By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
4.42
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Twelve-year-old Lidia is outside her grandfather's house when planes fly overhead, bearing the Nazi… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- war
- middle grade
- young adult
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
14. The Labors of Hercules Beal
By: Gary D. Schmidt
4.53
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal
"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal
15. Words on Fire
By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
4.27
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Danger is never far from Audra's family farm in Lithuania. She always avoids the occupying Russian … read more
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- war
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- historical fiction
- audiobook
"The words wouldn't lead to our independence - words, themselves, their very existence, were our independence"-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Words on Fire
16. 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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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
17. 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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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"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
18. Tree. Table. Book.
By: Lois Lowry
4.39
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Everyone knows the two Sophies are best friends. One is in elementary school, and one is . . . well… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
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- historical fiction
- audiobook
19. Butterfly Yellow
By: Thanhhà Lại
3.84
Format: 320 pages, ebook
In the final days of the Việt Nam War, Hằng takes her little brother, Linh, to the airport, determi… read more
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- historical
- war
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"The gray guilt had grown heavy, refusing to pause its relentless infusion into her joints and marrow. After all, it was her fault her brother was taken."-Thanhhà Lại, Butterfly Yellow
"Should 'sleep' be plural? No, sleep is an idea, like love, no s. So many decisions in a single simple sentence. Exhausting, this elaborate dance of words."-Thanhhà Lại, Butterfly Yellow
"Y'all have a song?' H nods. 'Bất-tơ-phơ-lai de-lồ.' 'Butterfly yellow? You mean yellow butterfly.' H starts to explain but pulls out her notebook. The most prepared notetaker on earth. Bướm = butterf…"-Thanhhà Lại, Butterfly Yellow
20. A Kind of Spark
By: Elle McNicoll
4.52
Format: 193 pages, Paperback
A neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"No horrible, awful, rubbish day is worth damaging a library book."-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark
"Autistic people have probably done so much for hundreds of years without any credit."-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark
"While you are neurotypical and I am autistic, I promise we are more alike than we are different."-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark
"Books are not medicine, they are food. You won't remember every bite but you will remember the taste."-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark
21. My Own Lightning (Wolf Hollow #2)
By: Lauren Wolk
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Lauren Wolk returns to the world of Wolf Hollow, in this sequel to her beloved, … read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
22. Three Strike Summer
By: Skyler Schrempp
4.32
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Four starred reviews! A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Selection A Horn Book Magazine Be… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
23. Code Name Kingfisher
By: Liz Kessler
4.58
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
When Liv finds a secret box from her grandmother’s childhood she uncovers an extraordinary war-time… read more
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- war
- middle grade
- young adult
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
24. First Test Graphic Novel (Protector of the Small, #1)
By: Devin Grayson
4.25
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
This eagerly awaited graphic novel adaptation of the iconic fantasy novel, First Test, reimagines t… read more
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25. Project F
By: Jeanne DuPrau
2.92
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The City of Ember comes a post-apocalyptic story set hundreds of yea… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- audiobook
26. Show Us Who You Are
By: Elle McNicoll
4.41
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
The second book from the author of A Kind Of Spark, with Neurodivergent characters you'll root for … read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
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- audiobook
"There are no useless facts, Cora."-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are
"Grief is just love asking for more time."-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are
"As soon as I gave up caring, everything got easier."-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are
"People's minds are all so different. All capable of different things."-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are
27. The Blood Years
By: Elana K. Arnold
4.32
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
The harrowing story of a young girl's struggle to survive the Holocaust in Romania. Frederieke T… read more
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- war
- young adult
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
28. The Sky We Shared
By: Shirley Reva Vernick
3.93
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In southern Japan, Tamiko spends her time writing in her diary, dreaming of making theatrical costu… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- war
- middle grade
- young adult
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
- japan
- audiobook
29. Clues to the Universe
By: Christina Li
4.22
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The only thing Rosalind Ling Geraghty loves more than watching NASA launches with her dad is buildi… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"Why had I ever thought my dad would be the superhero? Mom had been standing in front of me all along, holding our world up on her shoulders."-Christina Li, Clues to the Universe
"Those were just successes. But how many failures did the scientists have to see? How many times did their rockets not orbit the planet, or not take off at all? How many times had they dreamed about l…"-Christina Li, Clues to the Universe
30. Twilight Territory
By: Andrew X. Pham
3.64
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping first novel of love, war, and resistance in post–World War II Japanese-occupied Vietnam,… read more
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- historical
- war
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
31. The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel
By: Christopher Lincoln
3.93
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A graphic novel adventure in which two siblings, a mysterious Night Librarian, and a motley cast of… read more
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- childrens
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