The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls
By: James Bird
3.93
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A middle-grade novel by James Bird about a boy sent to his Ojibwe family to straighten out his life…
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1. Queen of the Tiles
By: Hanna Alkaf
3.71
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
They Wish They Were Us meets The Queen’s Gambit in the world of competitive Scrabble when a teen gi… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
2. The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen
By: Isaac Blum
4.01
Format: 218 pages, Hardcover
The Chosen meets Darius the Great in this irreverent and timely story of worlds colliding in friend… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
3. The Clackity (Blight Harbor)
By: Lora Senf
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Reminiscent of Doll Bones and Small Spaces , this “delightfully eerie” (Erin A. Craig, New York Tim… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
"Time made the missing different, but it didn't make it go away."-Lora Senf, The Clackity (Blight Harbor)
"I'd gotten so close, so close to being the hero of my own story..."-Lora Senf, The Clackity (Blight Harbor)
4. Tumble
By: Celia C. Pérez
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk, a dazzling novel about a young girl who co… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
5. Shot Clock (Shot Clock, 1)
By: Caron Butler
4.17
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Former NBA All-Star Caron Butler and acclaimed author Justin A. Reynolds tip off the first book in … read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
6. Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting (Serwa Boateng #1)
By: Roseanne A. Brown
4.26
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents best-selling YA author Roseanne A. Brown's middle grade d… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
7. The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1)
By: Dhonielle Clayton
4.00
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Author Dhonielle Clayton makes her middle-grade debut with a fantasy adventure set in a global magi… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
8. Rain Rising
By: Courtne Comrie
4.35
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
This dazzling debut middle grade novel in verse is a riveting journey toward self-acceptance for fa… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
9. 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
- contemporary
- family
10. 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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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"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
11. What Happened to Rachel Riley?
By: Claire Swinarski
4.23
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
12. 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
- indigenous
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
13. Falling Short
By: Ernesto Cisneros
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Isaac and Marco a… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
14. Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero
By: Saadia Faruqi
4.19
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Yusuf Azeem has spent all his life in the small town of Frey, Texas—and nearly that long waiting fo… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
15. The Last Beekeeper
By: Pablo Cartaya
3.84
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The Last Beekeeper follows twelve-year-old Yolanda Cicerón as she fights to the save the last known… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
16. Air
By: Monica Roe
4.24
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An action-packed, empowering middle grade novel about a girl who has to speak up when her wheelchai… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
17. The Language of Seabirds
By: Will Taylor
4.22
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
A sweet, tender middle-grade story of two boys finding first love with each other over a seaside su… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
18. Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)
By: Olivia Abtahi
3.92
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Fourteen-year-old Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to homecoming… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
19. In the Key of Us
By: Mariama J. Lockington
4.24
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the critically acclaimed novel For Black Girls Like Me, Mariama J. Lockington, c… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"When people tell you who they are, believe them, listen, and love them. (from Mama to Andi, p. 48 of the hardcover edition.)"-Mariama J. Lockington, In the Key of Us
"You don't know everything about me'.... 'I guess you're right, but I don't know everything about me either. That's the whole point."-Mariama J. Lockington, In the Key of Us
"Some people in this world don't know how to love themselves, let alone people who are different than them. (from Mama to Andi, p. 48 of the hardcover edition.)"-Mariama J. Lockington, In the Key of Us
20. Black Bird, Blue Road
By: Sofiya Pasternack
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this historical fantasy novel from Sydney Taylor Honor winner and National Jewish Book Award fin… read more
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- childrens
- fiction
21. The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls
By: James Bird
3.93
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A middle-grade novel by James Bird about a boy sent to his Ojibwe family to straighten out his life… read more
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- chapter books
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- native american
- young adult
- indigenous
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
