Yara's Spring
By: Jamal Saeed
4.29
Format: None pages, None
Coming of age against all odds in the midst of the Arab Spring. Growing up in Aleppo, Yara’s chi…
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1. The Crossover
By: Kwame Alexander
4.24
Format: 245 pages, ebook
"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all t… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- contemporary
"Basketball Rule #5 When you stop playing your game you've already lost."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
"He's no longer listening to music, but his tears are loud enough to dance to."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
"Basketball Rule #4 If you miss enough of life's free throws you will pay in the end."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
"Silence doesn't mean we have run out of things to say, only that we are trying not to say them."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
2. Counting by 7s
By: Holly Goldberg Sloan
4.14
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, … read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
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- contemporary
- juvenile
"books=comfort"-Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s
"[T]he deepest form of pain comes out as silence."-Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s
"I cut all my words out. My heart was too full of them."-Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s
"What we expect rarely occurs; what we don't expect is what happens."-Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s
3. Shattered Glass
By: Teresa Toten
4.36
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
Fake courage is better than no courage at all. Toni has always had nightmares about fire, and she a… read more
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4. Pax
By: Sara Pennypacker , Jon Klassen
3.98
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
Pax was only a kit when his family was killed, and "his boy" Peter rescued him from abandonment and… read more
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5. The Night Diary
By: Veera Hiranandani
4.22
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal,… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- historical fiction
- juvenile
6. Restart
By: Gordon Korman
2.50
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Chase's memory just went out the window. Chase doesn't remember falling off the roof. He doesn't re… read more
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7. Across Five Aprils
By: Irene Hunt
4.41
Format: 333 pages, Paperback
The Newbery Award winning author of Up a Road Slowlypresents the unforgettable story of Jethro Crei… read more
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8. Efrén Divided
By: Ernesto Cisneros
4.29
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the Pura Belpré Award! “We need books to break open our hearts, so that we might feel … read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- contemporary
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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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
10. Stolen Girl
By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
4.11
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Nadia is haunted by World War II. Her memories of the war are messy, coming back to her in pieces a… read more
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- canada
- historical
- middle grade
- war
- young adult
- historical fiction
11. City Spies (City Spies #1)
By: James Ponti
4.31
Format: 378 pages, Hardcover
Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose h… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
"Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong."-James Ponti, City Spies (City Spies #1)
12. 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
"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
13. Black Brother, Black Brother
By: Jewell Parker Rhodes
4.18
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning and bestselling author, Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age stor… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- contemporary
14. Red, White, and Whole
By: Rajani LaRocca
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An #ownvoices novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when he… read more
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- historical
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- historical fiction
"What does the sky do when the moon is gone forever?"-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months."-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"« We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months. »"-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"Her face is as bright as a full moon, always gentle, always changing, but predictable. Like our moon, she only shows us one face. The strong one."-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
15. 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
- young adult
- family
- contemporary
"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
16. Other Words for Home
By: Jasmine Warga
4.42
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
I am learning how to be sad and happy at the same time. Jude never thought she’d be leaving h… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
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- contemporary
"Americans are obsessed with murder"-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home
"You will belong here. . .You will make anywhere beautiful."-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home
"It seems like the kind of place where dreams could grow and live."-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home
"Mama hugs me and I hold her back. Sometimes all you can do is hold on."-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home
17. Before the Ever After
By: Jacqueline Woodson
4.18
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Jacqueline Woodson's novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have … read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
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- contemporary
18. Freestyle: A Graphic Novel
By: Gale Galligan
4.15
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
From New York Times bestselling author Gale Galligan, a fun, high-energy graphic novel about friend… read more
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- middle grade
- contemporary
19. The Line Tender
By: Kate Allen
4.22
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The Line Tender is the story of Lucy, the daughter of a marine biologist and a rescue diver, and th… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- contemporary
"My grief for her was like a circle. I always came around to missing her again."-Kate Allen, The Line Tender
20. Words on Fire
By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
4.27
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Danger is never far from Audra's family farm in Lithuania. She always avoids the occupying Russian … read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- war
- young adult
- historical fiction
"The words wouldn't lead to our independence - words, themselves, their very existence, were our independence"-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Words on Fire
21. The King of Jam Sandwiches
By: Eric Walters
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
★ “Tug at the heartstrings and tickle the funny bone…This warm tale is definitely one for the keepe… read more
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- canada
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- contemporary
- juvenile
22. A Night Divided
By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
4.34
Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition
With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. She, her… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- war
- young adult
- family
- historical fiction
"Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light"-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided
"If I don't stand for freedom, then I must sit in chains."-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided
"If I cannot speak what I think, then it's a crime just to be me."-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided
"Courage isn't knowing you can do something; it's only being willing to try . . ."-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided
23. They Went Left
By: Monica Hesse
4.24
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
Germany, 1945. The soldiers who liberated the Gross-Rosen concentration camp said the war was over,… read more
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- historical
- war
- young adult
- family
- historical fiction
"Choose to love."-Monica Hesse, They Went Left
"Our minds are nothing. That's the biggest nothing, the reason we are still in the hospital. Our minds are soft. Confused."-Monica Hesse, They Went Left
24. That's Not What Happened
By: Kody Keplinger
3.76
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
It's been three years since the Virgil County High School Massacre. Three years since my best frien… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
25. Genesis Begins Again
By: Alicia D. Williams
4.35
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
This is the story of a thirteen-year-old girl who is filled with self-loathing and must overcome in… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
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- contemporary
"Right now, for me, it's only about winning"-Alicia D. Williams, Genesis Begins Again
"Every family has some form of crazy, trust me."-Alicia D. Williams, Genesis Begins Again
"When mama does my hair, she spills all the tea."-Alicia D. Williams, Genesis Begins Again
"You've got your mama's smile. Never really noticed before."-Alicia D. Williams, Genesis Begins Again
26. Resistance
By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
4.32
Format: 400 pages, ebook
Chaya Lindner is a teenager living in Nazi-occupied Poland. Simply being Jewish places her in dange… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- war
- young adult
- historical fiction
"In the knowing, there was peace."-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Resistance
"But there is something a human can do that an animal never can. Create art."-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Resistance
27. A Thousand Questions
By: Saadia Faruqi
4.20
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Set against the backdrop of Karachi, Pakistan, Saadia Faruqi’s middle grade novel tells the story o… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- contemporary
28. A Good Kind of Trouble
By: Lisa Moore Ramée
4.24
Format: 384 pages, ebook
Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- contemporary
"And I like saying something, even if I'm saying it quietly."-Lisa Moore Ramée, A Good Kind of Trouble
"When I think too much about Jace, I feel happy and sad at the same time."-Lisa Moore Ramée, A Good Kind of Trouble
"That's the problem with a three-way friendship. When one of us is missing, it's hard to talk about anything important."-Lisa Moore Ramée, A Good Kind of Trouble
"In junior high, we run a mile every week and we're supposed to get faster each time. Logically, there has to be a point when this is physically impossible, but Coach West doesn't seem to think so."-Lisa Moore Ramée, A Good Kind of Trouble
29. An Emotion of Great Delight
By: Tahereh Mafi
3.68
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling and National Book Award-nominated author Tahereh Mafi comes a stunning novel about… read more
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- historical
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
- historical fiction
"I didn’t know how to tell people that I was just as stupid today as I was yesterday, and that I spent most of my time thinking about how my life was falling apart in ways that had nothing to do with …"-Tahereh Mafi, An Emotion of Great Delight
30. Yara's Spring
By: Jamal Saeed
4.29
Format: None pages, None
Coming of age against all odds in the midst of the Arab Spring. Growing up in Aleppo, Yara’s chi… read more
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- canada
- historical
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- war
- young adult
- family
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- juvenile
