World Made of Glass
By: Ami Polonsky
4.24
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A girl channels her grief and pain into love and activism in this heartbreaking, heart-mending nove…
Want to Read $ 9.99"I’m not strong,"-Ami Polonsky, World Made of Glass
"I’m not strong,"-Ami Polonsky, World Made of Glass
"We are dying because we are gay."-Ami Polonsky, World Made of Glass
"We are dying because we are gay."-Ami Polonsky, World Made of Glass
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1. 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
- historical
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
2. 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
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
3. 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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- poetry
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- family
"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
4. 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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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
"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
5. The Labors of Hercules Beal
By: Gary D. Schmidt
4.53
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal
"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal
6. 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
- family
7. 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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- historical
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
8. 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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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
9. 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
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
"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!
10. 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
- family
- fiction
"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
11. 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
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
12. Mirror to Mirror
By: Rajani LaRocca
4.15
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In Rajani LaRocca’s breathtaking follow-up to the Newbery Honor– and Walter Award–winning Red, Whit… read more
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- poetry
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
13. Not Quite a Ghost
By: Anne Ursu
4.08
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy comes an unforgettable and … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
14. 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
- family
15. 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
- family
- fiction
16. Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II
By: Adam Gidwitz
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Max Bretzfeld doesn’t want to move to London. Leaving home is hard and Max is alone for the firs… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
17. 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
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- family
18. We Still Belong
By: Christine Day
4.16
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A thoughtful and heartfelt middle grade novel by American Indian Youth Literature Honor–winning aut… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
19. Gone Wolf
By: Amber McBride
4.12
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Amber McBride lays bare the fears of being young and Black in America, in this… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
20. Hands
By: Torrey Maldonado
4.06
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
The author of What Lane? and Tight delivers a fast-paced read that packs a punch about a boy figuri… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
21. World Made of Glass
By: Ami Polonsky
4.24
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A girl channels her grief and pain into love and activism in this heartbreaking, heart-mending nove… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Ami Polonsky's World Made of Glass book and Ami Polonsky's World Made of Glass
- poetry
- childrens
- lgbt
- historical
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
"I’m not strong,"-Ami Polonsky, World Made of Glass
"We are dying because we are gay."-Ami Polonsky, World Made of Glass
"I said, ‘Mom, I’m a homosexual,’ and she put down the glass that she was washing and said, ‘Jason Randolph Holmes, the world is going to try very hard to convince you that there’s something wrong wit…"-Ami Polonsky, World Made of Glass
"Julian felt both familiar and unfamiliar, like he understood maybe the tiniest thing about what I was going through while, at the same time, still being a total stranger. I imagined a paperweight hea…"-Ami Polonsky, World Made of Glass
