Spin
By: Lamar Giles
3.66
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Sixteen-year-old Paris Secord's (aka DJ ParSec) career--and life--has come to an untimely end, and …
Want to Read $ 7.99"She hung with hoodlums. So-called ‘rappers’ who really only write barely coherent poems about violence and debauchery."-Lamar Giles, Spin
"She hung with hoodlums. So-called ‘rappers’ who really only write barely coherent poems about violence and debauchery."-Lamar Giles, Spin
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1. Hold Fast
By: Blue Balliett
4.02
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
From NYT bestselling author Blue Balliett, the story of a girl who falls into Chicago's shelter sys… read more
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2. From Twinkle, with Love
By: Sandhya Menon
4.34
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
Aspiring filmmaker and wallflower Twinkle Mehra has stories she wants to tell and universes she wan… read more
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3. Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Méndez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
By: Duncan Tonatiuh
3.92
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Almost 10 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez and her parents helped end schoo… read more
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4. Ana on the Edge
By: A.J. Sass
4.38
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
Perfect for fans of George and Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the a heartfelt coming of age story about … read more
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- young adult
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5. The Accidental Apprentice (Wilderlore, #1)
By: Amanda Foody
4.26
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A boy who accidentally bonds with a magical Beast must set off on an adventure in the mysterious Wo… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
6. Raising Lumie
By: Joan Bauer
4.21
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, hopeful story of a girl and her puppy. Olive Hudson desperately wants a dog. But tha… read more
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- fiction
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- young adult
- audiobook
7. Chaos Theory
By: Nic Stone
4.16
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin, delivers a gripping romance about two tee… read more
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- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
8. The Mystery of Locked Rooms
By: Lindsay Currie
4.03
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Crack the codes. Find the treasure. Escape the house. From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch … read more
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- contemporary
- mystery
- audiobook
9. Dress Coded
By: Carrie Firestone
4.17
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
In this debut middle-grade girl-power friendship story, perfect for fans of Moxie , an eighth grade… read more
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- young adult
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- audiobook
"What if, instead of seeing us as covered or uncovered body parts, you saw us as people and you learned our names?"-Carrie Firestone, Dress Coded
10. School Trip (New Kid, #3)
By: Jerry Craft
4.20
Format: 247 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft is back with the newest adventures of Jordan, Drew, L… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
11. Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom (Cookie Chronicles)
By: Matthew Swanson
3.99
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Meet Ben, a literal-minded kid with a big heart and an even bigger sweet-tooth, who cracks open a f… read more
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12. All the Way to the Top: How One Girl's Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything (Inspiring Activism and Diversity Book About Children with Special Needs)
By: Annette Bay Pimentel
4.39
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Experience the true story of lifelong activist Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins and her participation in th… read more
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13. Scritch Scratch
By: Lindsay Currie
3.92
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
A ghost story about a malevolent spirit, an unlucky girl, and a haunting mystery that will tie the … read more
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14. Iveliz Explains It All
By: Andrea Beatriz Arango
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Library Binding
How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening? One girl takes on seventh grade while f… read more
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"and it's important to stop, be kind to ourselves, and ask for help- ask for love."-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
"But you have to be somewhere I can find. You understand? Somewhere I can find. I nod, because I know what he is saying and what he is not saying. He can't find me if I'm not here. (p. 113 of the hard…"-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
"I am not okay, and sometimes I wish people wouldn't believe me when I say I am. I wish they would ask, just one more time, and I wish they wouldn't tiptoe around me like I'm a poem, so I could show t…"-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
15. Playing the Cards You're Dealt (Scholastic Gold)
By: Varian Johnson
4.24
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Literary powerhouse and Coretta Scott King Honor- and Boston Globe / Horn Book Honor-winning author… read more
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16. The In-Between
By: Rebecca Ansari
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Cooper is lost. Ever since his father left their family three years ago, he has become distant from… read more
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- mystery
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17. The Elephants Come Home: A True Story of Seven Elephants, Two People, and One Extraordinary Friendship
By: Kim Tomsic
4.57
Format: 68 pages, Hardcover
The true story of a herd of elephants, the man who saved them, and the miracle of love that brought… read more
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18. Stowaway (The Icarus Chronicles, #1)
By: John David Anderson
3.93
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The first book in a coming-of-age sci-fi duology about Leo, a kid trying to navigate the galaxy in … read more
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19. What You Leave Behind
By: Wanda M. Morris
3.90
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Award-winning author Wanda Morris returns with a powerful, haunting thriller following a lawyer who… read more
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- contemporary
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- thriller
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20. Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen!
By: Sarah Kapit
4.08
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this epistolary middle grade novel, Vivy Cohen won't let autism stop her from playing baseball--… read more
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"I’ve always assumed that when someone acts mean to me it’s because I did something wrong. Maybe that’s not it at all, though. Sort of like how sometimes you throw your best pitch and the batter still…"-Sarah Kapit, Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen!
21. Spin
By: Lamar Giles
3.66
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Sixteen-year-old Paris Secord's (aka DJ ParSec) career--and life--has come to an untimely end, and … read more
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- music
- mystery thriller
- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
"She hung with hoodlums. So-called ‘rappers’ who really only write barely coherent poems about violence and debauchery."-Lamar Giles, Spin
