The Beautiful Something Else
By: Ash Van Otterloo
4.50
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Full of humor and heartbreak, this story about a nonbinary character navigating a binary world is p…
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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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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
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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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- contemporary
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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- childrens
- middle grade
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
"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. The Probability of Everything
By: Sarah Everett
4.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and fac… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
5. 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
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- 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
6. Saving Sunshine
By: Saadia Faruqi
4.06
Format: 224 pages, ebook
It's hard enough being a kid without being teased for a funny sounding name or wearing a hijab. … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- contemporary
7. 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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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
8. Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes, #1)
By: Rex Ogle
4.11
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic memoir about fitting in, facing bullies, and findi… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
9. The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables, #1)
By: Angie Thomas
4.19
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
Internationally bestselling superstar author Angie Thomas makes her middle grade debut with the lau… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
10. Alebrijes
By: Donna Barba Higuera
3.96
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The next stunning novel from Donna Barba Higuera, author of Newbery and Pura Belpré Award-winning T… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
11. No Matter the Distance
By: Cindy Baldwin
4.39
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An unexpected animal companion helps a girl with cystic fibrosis learn to write her own story in th… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
12. 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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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- contemporary
"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
13. 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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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- 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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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- contemporary
15. Two Tribes
By: Emily Bowen Cohen
3.87
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In her poignant debut graphic novel inspired by her own life, Emily Bowen Cohen embraces the comple… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
16. 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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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
17. 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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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- contemporary
18. Eb & Flow
By: Kelly J. Baptist
3.95
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A ten-day suspension has tweens De'Kari and Ebony seeing the world with a fresh perspective. Don't … read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
19. Dear Mothman
By: Robin Gow
4.25
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
Poet and author Robin Gow’s moving middle-grade novel in verse Dear Mothman is about a young trans … read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
20. Ellie Engle Saves Herself
By: Leah Johnson
4.13
Format: 288 pages, None
Ellie Engle doesn’t stand out. Not at home, where she’s alone with her pet fish since her dad moved… read more
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- childrens
- lgbt
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
21. The Song of Us
By: Kate Fussner
3.93
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
This stunning debut and wholly original queer middle grade novel-in-verse retelling of “Orpheus and… read more
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- lgbt
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
22. The Otherwoods
By: Justine Pucella Winans
3.96
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Otherwoods is calling. And it won't be ignored. Some would call River Rydell a 'chosen one':… read more
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- childrens
- lgbt
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- queer
23. Don't Want to Be Your Monster
By: Deke Moulton
4.12
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
Two vampire brothers must set aside their differences to solve a series of murders. Adam and Vic… read more
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- queer
- middle grade
- childrens
- lgbt
24. Green
By: Alex Gino
3.73
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of MELISSA, a new book putting a non-binary kid named Green at center s… read more
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- childrens
- lgbt
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
25. Jude Saves the World
By: Ronnie Riley
4.23
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Twelve-year-old Jude struggles with some things: focusing at school, feeling like everything rests … read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- middle grade
- young adult
- contemporary
- genderfluid
- queer
26. The Wrong Way Home
By: Kate O'Shaughnessy
4.34
Format: 336 pages, Library Binding
Twelve-year-old Fern believes she's living a noble life--but what if everything she's been told is … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- contemporary
27. A Bit of Earth
By: Karuna Riazi
3.97
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Maria Latif is used to not having a space of her own. But what happens when she feels the sudden ur… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
28. Turtles of the Midnight Moon
By: Maria Jose Fitzgerald
4.26
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
TURTLES OF THE MIDNIGHT MOON, by Honduran American debut author Maria Jose Fitzgerald, is a middle-… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- contemporary
29. 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
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- childrens
- lgbt
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
"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
30. The Beautiful Something Else
By: Ash Van Otterloo
4.50
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Full of humor and heartbreak, this story about a nonbinary character navigating a binary world is p… read more
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- childrens
- transgender
- lgbt
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- genderfluid
- queer
31. The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto
By: Adrianna Cuevas
4.04
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Rafa would rather live in the world of The Forgotten Age, his favorite role-playing game, than face… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"Do librarians let you check out as many comics and graphic novels as you want and quit calling them dessert books?"-Adrianna Cuevas, The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto
