Center of Gravity
By: Shaunta Grimes
3.91
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In Shaunta Grimes' middle-grade novel Center of Gravity, a girl loses her mom, and her dad remarrie…
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1. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1)
By: Jacqueline Kelly
3.99
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
"Y cuando algo es todo lo que sabes hacer, es fácil aguantar."-Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1)
"Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really."-Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1)
"It's amazing what you can see when you just sit quietly and look."-Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1)
"Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really."-Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1)
2. Because of Mr. Terupt (Mr. Terupt, #1)
By: Rob Buyea
4.35
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
It’s the start of fifth grade for seven kids at Snow Hill School. There’s . . . Jessica, the new gi… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"I didn't want anyone to get hurt."-Rob Buyea, Because of Mr. Terupt (Mr. Terupt, #1)
"We watched, and he taught us like he did every day we were with him. He showed us how to forgive."-Rob Buyea, Because of Mr. Terupt (Mr. Terupt, #1)
3. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
By: Karina Yan Glaser
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another mem… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- contemporary
4. Mr. Terupt Falls Again (Mr. Terupt, #2)
By: Rob Buyea
3.85
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The kids and teacher of Because of Mr. Teruptare back in this warm-hearted sequel. Fifth-grade was … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- contemporary
5. Once (Once, #1)
By: Morris Gleitzman
3.63
Format: 143 pages, Paperback
Onceby Morris Gleitzman is the story of a young Jewish boy who is determined to escape the orphanag… read more
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- childrens
- fiction
6. Saving Mr. Terupt (Mr. Terupt, #3)
By: Rob Buyea
4.48
Format: None pages, ebook
"An exciting story about what really matters, Saving Mr. Teruptis warm, wise, and packed with hope.… read more
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7. The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
By: Candace Fleming
4.00
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
Here is the tumultuous, heartrending, true story of the Romanovs--at once an intimate portrait of R… read more
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8. The Shape of Thunder
By: Jasmine Warga
4.17
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other,… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- death
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"I just want to be okay. I don't want to feel okay. I want to be okay."-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
"The more things you know, the less likely you are to be taken by surprise."-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
"Whenever I get a bad grade, I always try to explain to Mom that I did read the book. And just because I can't remember what color shirt the character was wearing in page six doesn't mean that I didn'…"-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
9. Alone
By: Megan E. Freeman
4.14
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
10. Bob
By: Wendy Mass
4.06
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
A classic middle-grade tale of magic and friendship, about a girl who helps an old friend find home… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- audiobook
"I squeeze my eyes shut and practice being not seen. I open one eye. “Well? Can you see me?"-Wendy Mass, Bob
11. The List of Things That Will Not Change
By: Rebecca Stead
4.22
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
After her parents' divorce, Bea's life became different in many ways. But she can always look back … read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"...life is like a trip. A very long one. And what matters most is the people you travel with."-Rebecca Stead, The List of Things That Will Not Change
"The thing about making butter is that it feels like it'll never be done, almost right up to the moment when it is done. If what you want is butter, you have to keep going, even if you only half belie…"-Rebecca Stead, The List of Things That Will Not Change
12. We Are Not Free
By: Traci Chee
4.32
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
“All around me, my friends are talking, joking, laughing. Outside is the camp, the barbed wire, the… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
"...I'm not guilty of anything but being born with this face."-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free
"We could do everything right, and they’d still think we were dangerous."-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free
"Tyranny is locking us up. Tyranny is taking our freedom. Tyranny is right here. Tyranny is American."-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free
"If someone always said, You have to do this for me before I do this for you, then nothing would ever get done"-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free
13. The Night War
By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- audiobook
14. Where You See Yourself
By: Claire Forrest
4.16
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Where You See Yourself combines an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, a swoon-worthy romance, and mu… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
15. The Black Kids
By: Christina Hammonds Reed
4.03
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
Ashley Bennett and her friends are living the charmed life. It’s the end of senior year and they’re… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
"Nobody calls boys sluts."-Christina Hammonds Reed, The Black Kids
"It's not just about Rodney. It's about all of us."-Christina Hammonds Reed, The Black Kids
"They don't fucking see us even when they're looking right at us."-Christina Hammonds Reed, The Black Kids
"Sometimes when you want to disappear, it's easiest to hide in music."-Christina Hammonds Reed, The Black Kids
16. We Are Wolves
By: Katrina Nannestad
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Sometimes it's good to be wild. Sometimes you have to be wild. When the Russian Army marches … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
"Books are treasure."-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves
"How do you thank someone for saving your sister?"-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves
"I don't want to stop because when the songs and rhymes and stories and all the German words are gone, I will be gone. Liesl Anna Wolf will be no more."-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves
17. Goodbye, Mr. Terupt (Mr. Terupt, #4)
By: Rob Buyea
4.50
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The seven kids who bonded in Mr. Terupt's fifth-grade class are in eighth grade now and reunited wi… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- contemporary
18. The Blackbird Girls
By: Anne Blankman
4.43
Format: None pages, None
On a spring morning in 1986, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry re… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- audiobook
"La distanza tra i veri amici non conta, quando l'amicizia continua nei loro cuori."-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls
"Distance between true friends doesn't matter when their friendship lives in their hearts"-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls
"Siamo su questa terra per essere gentili gli uni con gli altri. Gli esseri umani sono la lingua di Dio."-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls
19. Great or Nothing
By: Joy McCullough
3.79
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A reimagining of Little Women set in the spring of 1942, when the United States is suddenly embroil… read more
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- fiction
"But there is little room for anything but truth in the fresh gnaw of becoming."-Joy McCullough, Great or Nothing
20. What Comes Next
By: Rob Buyea
4.15
Format: 192 pages, Library Binding
A stand-alone middle-grade novel about a girl who is dealing with the tragic loss of her best frien… read more
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- contemporary
- middle grade
- childrens
- death
21. Center of Gravity
By: Shaunta Grimes
3.91
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In Shaunta Grimes' middle-grade novel Center of Gravity, a girl loses her mom, and her dad remarrie… read more
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- middle grade
- death
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
