Code Red
By: Joy McCullough
4.04
Format: 240 pages, ebook
In the spirit of Judy Blume, this empowering and heartfelt middle grade novel celebrates finding yo…
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1. 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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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
2. 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
3. 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
- social justice
- fiction
- contemporary
4. 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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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
"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
5. The Probability of Everything
By: Sarah Everett
4.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and fac… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- juvenile
6. 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
- childrens
"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
7. The First State of Being
By: Erin Entrada Kelly
4.14
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- juvenile
8. Duel
By: Jessixa Bagley
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A rivalry between sisters culminates in a fencing duel in this funny and emotional debut graphic no… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- juvenile
9. Lasagna Means I Love You
By: Kate O'Shaughnessy
4.40
Format: 368 pages, Library Binding
What are the essential ingredients that make a family? Eleven-year-old Mo is making up her own reci… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- juvenile
10. Hoops: A Graphic Novel
By: Matt Tavares
4.36
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares’s debut graphic novel dramatizes the histo… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
11. 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
- 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!
12. Barely Floating
By: Lilliam Rivera
3.94
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling story full of heart about how one twelve-year-old channels her rage into synchronized sw… read more
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- childrens
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- juvenile
13. 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
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- juvenile
"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
14. 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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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
15. 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
16. What Happened to Rachel Riley?
By: Claire Swinarski
4.23
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- juvenile
17. Final Word (The Winterton Deception, #1)
By: Janet Sumner Johnson
3.97
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Thirteen-year-old twins Hope and Gordon enter a spelling bee in a last-ditch effort to save their f… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- juvenile
18. Just Lizzie
By: Karen Wilfrid
4.35
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this beautifully written contemporary middle grade debut, an eighth grader's study of asexuality… read more
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- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- juvenile
"How do you “start"-Karen Wilfrid, Just Lizzie
"I thought having a name for myself, asexual, would be the answer. It isn’t, though. I don’t just want to know myself. I want other people to know me, understand me, believe me. So that I can actually…"-Karen Wilfrid, Just Lizzie
"Sarah Nan takes me by the wrist and pulls me away. 'Lizzie, you were talking to a boy !' 'It's no big deal,' I tell her. Maybe it was--because it didn't feel like talking to a boy. It felt like talki…"-Karen Wilfrid, Just Lizzie
" Asexual . The prefix 'a-' means 'not.' Hasn't my life always been about what I'm not? Not pretty, not athletic, not interested, not ready--but now here's this word that tells me that what I am not i…"-Karen Wilfrid, Just Lizzie
19. Unstuck
By: Barbara Dee
4.07
Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition
From critically acclaimed author Barbara Dee comes a middle grade novel about a girl whose struggle… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
"Remember, you don't write to win a trophy. You write because you love to, and because there's a story you want to tell. That's the prize you give yourself, and it's the only one that matters."-Barbara Dee, Unstuck
"I thought your writing was going better lately. So why are you forcing yourself to write something different? I mean besides your story, which is what you really want to write. What you need to write…"-Barbara Dee, Unstuck
"I guess if you're a superstar like Dahlia, people expect you to win every contest, get perfect grades, go to a fancy college, even if that's not who you really are. Maybe if you're Journey, people ex…"-Barbara Dee, Unstuck
20. Cross My Heart and Never Lie (Cross My Heart, #1)
By: Nora Dåsnes
4.34
Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition
In this fresh, sensitive, diary-style graphic novel, 12-year-old Tuva's questions about becoming a … read more
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- lgbt
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
21. Code Red
By: Joy McCullough
4.04
Format: 240 pages, ebook
In the spirit of Judy Blume, this empowering and heartfelt middle grade novel celebrates finding yo… read more
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- childrens
- lgbt
- politics
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- social justice
- fiction
- contemporary
- juvenile
