Lizard's Tale
By: Weng Wai Chan
4.01
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
It’s Singapore in 1940, war is just around the corner—but twelve-year-old Lizard doesn’t know that.…
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1. Ice Dogs
By: Terry Lynn Johnson
4.02
Format: 426 pages, Hardcover
Victoria Secord, a 14-year-old Alaskan dogsled racer, loses her way on a routine outing with her do… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
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2. The Wind Singer (Wind on Fire, #1)
By: Peter Sís , William Nicholson
4.27
Format: 412 pages, Paperback
The first in a trilogy, The Wind Singer is a mesmerizing and remarkably realized fantasy novel full… read more
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3. Serafina's Promise
By: Ann E. Burg
4.67
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
A luminous novel in verse from the author of the Jefferson Cup award winner ALL THE BROKEN PIECES. … read more
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4. Hello, Universe
By: Erin Entrada Kelly
3.49
Format: 465 pages, Hardcover
In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and… read more
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5. 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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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
6. 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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- childrens
- adventure
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
7. Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)
By: A.J. Pearce
4.19
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
London, April 1943. A little over a year since she married Captain Charles Mayhew and he went away … read more
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- historical
- war
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
"You didn’t miss someone any less, you just made room for other things to surround the gap they had left."-A.J. Pearce, Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)
8. Our Castle by the Sea
By: Lucy Strange
4.16
Format: 6 pages, Audio CD
In this haunting and compelling follow-up to the instant classic The Secret of Nightingale Wood. Lu… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- war
- middle grade
- young adult
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
9. The Ogress and the Orphans
By: Kelly Barnhill
4.28
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
A fantasy about the power of generosity and love, and how a community suffers when they disappear. … read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
"The antidote to anger is tenderness, and the antidote to discord is reconciliation."-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans
"Life is long, after all. And over time, the paths we take tend to intertwine and overlap."-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans
"Books are funny things. The ideas and knowledge contained inside their pages have mass and velocity and gravity. They bend both space and time. They have minds of their own. There is a power in a boo…"-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans
"So maybe the Reading Room is magic because books really are magic. I read once that books bend both space and time, and the more books you have in one place, the more space and time will bend and twi…"-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans
10. 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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- childrens
- historical
- war
- middle grade
- young adult
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical 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
11. Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief
By: Katrina Nannestad
4.51
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning writer Katrina Nannestad transports us to Russia and the Great Patriotic War and into… read more
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- adventure
- historical
- war
- middle grade
- young adult
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
12. 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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- mystery
- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
13. The Book Haters' Book Club
By: Gretchen Anthony
3.47
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
All it takes is the right book to turn a Book Hater into a Book Lover… That was Elliott’s belief an… read more
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- fiction
14. The Eagle Huntress: The True Story of the Girl Who Soared Beyond Expectations
By: Aisholpan Nurgaiv
4.12
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The subject of the award-winning documentary The Eagle Huntress tells the true story of how she bec… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
15. Whatshisface
By: Gordon Korman
3.92
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Gordon Korman's next stand-alone novel, a fun, funny ghost story about a nobody kid who becomes a s… read more
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- childrens
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- young adult
- fiction
- mystery
16. The Way of Dog
By: Zana Fraillon
4.42
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A fiercely original verse novel from the ABIA and CBCA award-winning author of The Bone Sparrow. … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
" Be strong. Be fierce. Life is more than a concrete floor. "-Zana Fraillon, The Way of Dog
17. The Grimmelings
By: Rachael King
4.38
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Spellbinding middle-grade fantasy adventure of loyalty, courage, and being careful what you wish fo… read more
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- childrens
18. Worser
By: Jennifer Ziegler
3.93
Format: None pages, None
A bullied 12-year-old boy must find a new normal after his mother has a stroke and his life is turn… read more
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19. Troublemaker
By: John Cho
4.03
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
An instant New York Times bestselller!An Indiebound bestseller!Troublemaker follows the events of t… read more
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- historical fiction
20. The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-Mei (Holly-Mei #1)
By: Christina Matula
3.93
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
This debut middle grade series follows a girl finding her place in a brand-new world of private sch… read more
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- young adult
21. Lizard's Tale
By: Weng Wai Chan
4.01
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
It’s Singapore in 1940, war is just around the corner—but twelve-year-old Lizard doesn’t know that.… read more
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- childrens
- adventure
- historical
- war
- middle grade
- young adult
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
