A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Biography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama
By: Ray Anthony Shepard
4.30
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
This YA biography-in-verse of six important Black Americans from different eras, including Ona Judg…
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1. The Eyes and the Impossible
By: Dave Eggers
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johanne… read more
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- middle grade
"What monster would turn up his snout at the thought-through help of all the friends he had?"-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible
"Every reasonable creature knows that the worst thing any creature can do all day is think of themselves. If there are troubles in your mind, you should think first of the troubles of others; it is th…"-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible
2. Black Girl You Are Atlas
By: Renée Watson
4.61
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In thi… read more
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- poetry
- african american
- middle grade
- teen
3. Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust
By: Neal Shusterman
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
National Book Award winner Neal Shusterman presents a graphic novel exploring the Holocaust through… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
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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- historical
- middle grade
- history
- nonfiction
"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. 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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- poetry
- middle grade
6. 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
7. 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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- poetry
- middle grade
- social justice
8. Timid
By: Jonathan Todd
3.57
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
A semiautobiographical middle-grade graphic novel about frenemies, fitting in, and finding your voi… read more
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- middle grade
9. Remember Us
By: Jacqueline Woodson
4.27
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson brings readers a powerful story that delves deeply in… read more
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- african american
- middle grade
10. Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam
By: Thien Pham
4.29
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in Amer… read more
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- middle grade
- biography
- nonfiction
- biography memoir
11. Lunar New Year Love Story
By: Gene Luen Yang
4.41
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com ab… read more
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- teen
12. 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
"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)
13. Simon Sort of Says
By: Erin Bow
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more
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- middle grade
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
14. 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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- historical
- middle grade
15. The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables, #1)
By: Angie Thomas
4.19
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
Internationally bestselling superstar author Angie Thomas makes her middle grade debut with the lau… read more
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- middle grade
16. All the Fighting Parts
By: Hannah V. Sawyerr
4.44
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, a searing and defiant novel in verse about reclaiming agency a… read more
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- poetry
- teen
17. 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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- poetry
- middle grade
"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!
18. Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed
By: Dashka Slater
4.30
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to… read more
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- social justice
- nonfiction
- teen
19. 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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- middle grade
20. 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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- poetry
- middle grade
21. Wings in the Wild
By: Margarita Engle
3.67
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
This romantic contemporary novel-in-verse tells the love story of two teens fighting for climate ac… read more
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- poetry
- middle grade
22. 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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- middle grade
23. Aniana del Mar Jumps In
By: Jasminne Mendez
4.07
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A novel-in-verse by about a 12-year-old Dominican American swimmer who is diagnosed with Juvenile A… read more
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- poetry
- middle grade
24. This Book Won't Burn
By: Samira Ahmed
4.28
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens… read more
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- social justice
- teen
"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn
25. Kin: Rooted in Hope
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
4.21
Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition
A powerful portrait of a Black family tree shaped by enslavement and freedom, rendered in searing p… read more
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- poetry
- historical
- middle grade
- african american
26. The Song of Us
By: Kate Fussner
3.93
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
This stunning debut and wholly original queer middle grade novel-in-verse retelling of “Orpheus and… read more
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- poetry
- middle grade
27. 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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- poetry
- middle grade
28. America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History
By: Ariel Aberg-Riger
4.48
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A critical, unflinching cultural history and fierce beacon of hope for a better future, America Red… read more
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- history
- teen
- historical
- nonfiction
- social justice
29. Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself
By: Monica Edinger
4.04
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Millions of Africans were enslaved during the transatlantic slave trade, but few recorded their per… read more
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- poetry
- history
- biography
- historical
- middle grade
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- african american
30. Mid-Air
By: Alicia D. Williams
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wa… read more
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- poetry
- middle grade
31. A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Biography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama
By: Ray Anthony Shepard
4.30
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
This YA biography-in-verse of six important Black Americans from different eras, including Ona Judg… read more
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- poetry
- history
- biography
- teen
- historical
- middle grade
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- social justice
- african american
