Almost There and Almost Not
By: Linda Urban
4.04
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The story of a girl and her ghosts—and the welcoming home they find where they least expect it.Cali…
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1. 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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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
2. Rescue
By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
4.31
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
A World War II story of espionage and intrigue, as one girl races to save her father and aid the Fr… read more
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- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
3. Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)
By: Pari Thomson
4.20
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the… read more
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- middle grade
- fiction
- mystery
- fantasy
- audiobook
4. Ferris
By: Kate DiCamillo
4.30
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more
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- ghosts
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
5. The Book Smugglers (Pages & Co., #4)
By: Anna James
4.12
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Fourth in the modern-classic and bestselling bookwandering series for ages eight to twelve that cel… read more
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- middle grade
- fiction
- mystery
- fantasy
- audiobook
6. 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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- mystery
- middle grade
- audiobook
"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
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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- family
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- 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
8. 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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- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
9. The Unteachables
By: Gordon Korman
4.34
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A hilarious new middle grade novel from beloved and bestselling author Gordon Korman about what hap… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
"Kid, that was something!"-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables
"Everybody hates something,"-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables
"Only ten months until June."-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables
"It’s not just for little kids,"-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables
10. Across the Desert
By: Dusti Bowling
4.23
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
One girl sets out on a journey across the treacherous Arizona desert to rescue a young pilot strand… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
11. Tilly and the Map of Stories (Pages & Co., #3)
By: Anna James
4.19
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Third in the modern-classic and bestselling bookwandering series that celebrates all that is best i… read more
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- middle grade
- fiction
- mystery
- fantasy
- audiobook
"I have seen the same problems again and again, and reading is nothing but a merry distraction from it. A way to escape problems and cares, ay, but not a way to solve them. I wish it were otherwise."-Anna James, Tilly and the Map of Stories (Pages & Co., #3)
12. The Girl in the Locked Room: A Ghost Story
By: Mary Downing Hahn
3.79
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Ghost story master Mary Downing Hahn unrolls the suspenseful, spine-chilling yarn of a girl impriso… read more
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- ghosts
- middle grade
- fiction
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- mystery
- paranormal
- audiobook
13. Unraveller
By: Frances Hardinge
4.10
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A dark YA fantasy about learning to use your power and finding peace, from award-winning author Fra… read more
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- middle grade
- fiction
- mystery
- fantasy
- audiobook
"I don't think about "being happy" unless I'm with you, and then I never am. Humans are never happy."-Frances Hardinge, Unraveller
"Changing a law is like digging a new field. You'll break ancient roots and blunt your spade with a lot of stones, but eventually plants will grow in your furrows, and your new hedge will thrive and i…"-Frances Hardinge, Unraveller
"You'd know you were a boy, so she would too. If someone knows they're a man or boy, that's what matters. Outside appearences aren't important. It's what's inside that counts—who we are in our souls. …"-Frances Hardinge, Unraveller
"You'd be better at it than me' he told Nettle when he visited her. 'This sort of Unravelling doesn't feel like I'm using a magical gift. Sometimes it's like I'm a ghost walking alongside somebody on …"-Frances Hardinge, Unraveller
14. Thirst
By: Varsha Bajaj
4.14
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone. … read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
15. Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1)
By: Kelly Yang
4.46
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” ( Booklist … read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
16. 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
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
17. Dandelion
By: Gabbie Hanna
3.20
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
New York Times bestselling author Gabbie Hanna delivers everything from curious musings to gut-wren… read more
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- audiobook
18. Home Away From Home
By: Cynthia Lord
3.98
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From Newbery Honor Winner Cynthia Lord, a brilliant story about how to find home when everything ar… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
19. A-Okay (A-Okay #1)
By: Jarad Greene
3.86
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A-Okay by Jarad Greene is a vulnerable and heartfelt semi-autobiographical middle grade graphic no… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
20. Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods
By: Catherynne M. Valente
4.27
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A fantasy following a boy journeying away from the only home he’s ever known and into the magical r… read more
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- middle grade
- fantasy
- fiction
- audiobook
"And feeling someone else's feelings...' Never replied softly. 'It's still lonely, but it's so much bigger than lonely. It's not hitting five people or one with the trolley but flying it off the track…"-Catherynne M. Valente, Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods
"How dare they speak so unkindly of stories? Stories never did anything to them! Stories are only here to love you and look after you and show you a good time… Stories don’t even ask anything in retur…"-Catherynne M. Valente, Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods
21. Almost There and Almost Not
By: Linda Urban
4.04
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The story of a girl and her ghosts—and the welcoming home they find where they least expect it.Cali… read more
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- magical realism
- ghosts
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- family
- mystery
- fantasy
- paranormal
- audiobook
