All That Trash: The Story of the 1987 Garbage Barge and Our Problem with Stuff
By: Meghan Mccarthy
3.72
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
A garbage barge that can’t find a place to welcome it sparks a recycling movement in the United Sta…
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1. No Talking
By: Andrew Clements
3.97
Format: 146 pages, Hardcover
"You have the right to remain silent." However... The fifth-grade girls and the fifth-grade boys a… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- juvenile
"Okay heres the deal a whole day of NO TALKING IN SCJHOOL.Not in class,not in the halls, not on the plaground nowhere.No talking at all. And its a contest- BOYS AGAINST GIRLS. Whichever side talks les…"-Andrew Clements, No Talking
2. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
By: E.L. Konigsburg
3.76
Format: None pages,
When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from some… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
3. Unsinkable (Titanic, #1)
By: Gordon Korman
4.39
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The ultimate action/adventure trilogy begins, with #1 bestselling author Gordon Korman plunging rea… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
4. Rain Reign
By: Ann M. Martin
4.13
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Rose Howard has Asperger's syndrome, and an obsession with homonyms (even her name is a homonym). S… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
5. A Whole New Ballgame (Rip and Red, #1)
By: Phil Bildner
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Rip and Red are best friends whose fifth-grade year is nothing like what they expected. They have a… read more
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- middle grade
6. Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion
By: Chris Barton , Victo Ngai
4.50
Format: 87 pages, Unknown Binding
This nonfiction picture book explores art, desperation, and one man's incredible idea for saving sh… read more
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- history
- childrens
- historical
- picture books
- nonfiction
7. Hate That Cat (Jack, #2)
By: Sharon Creech
3.34
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Jack Room 204--Miss Stretchberry February 25 Today the fat black cat up in the tree by the bus st… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
8. Freak the Mighty (Freak The Mighty, #1)
By: Rodman Philbrick
4.16
Format: 422 pages, Paperback
Two boys - a slow learner stuck in the body of a teenage giant and a tiny Einstein in leg braces - … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
9. The Unfinished Angel
By: Sharon Creech
3.09
Format: None pages,
'Peoples are strange! The things they are doing and saying - sometimes they make no sense. Did thei… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- juvenile
10. Fever 1793
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
3.38
Format: None pages,
It's late summer 1793, and the streets of Philadelphia are abuzz with mosquitoes and rumors of feve… read more
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11. Al Capone Does My Shirts (Al Capone at Alcatraz, #1)
By: Gennifer Choldenko
4.00
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Today I moved to a twelve-acre rock covered with cement, topped with bird turd and surrounded by wa… read more
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12. Click'd
By: Tamara Ireland Stone
3.81
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Allie Navarro can't wait to show her best friends the app she built at CodeGirls summer camp. CLICK… read more
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13. El Deafo
By: Cece Bell , None
4.20
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Starting at a new school is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest! At… read more
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14. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
By: Ronald Himler , Eleanor Coerr
3.84
Format: 223 pages, Paperback
Hiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic--the star of her school's running team. And then the d… read more
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15. Inside Out & Back Again
By: Thanhhà Lại
3.92
Format: 594 pages, Hardcover
For all the ten years of her life, Ha has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of… read more
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16. Love That Dog (Jack, #1)
By: Sharon Creech
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
"I guess it does look like a poem when you see it typed up like that." Jack hates poetry. Only girl… read more
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17. The Wild Robot (The Wild Robot, #1)
By: Peter Brown
4.05
Format: 12 pages, Hardcover
When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild… read more
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18. New Kid (New Kid, #1)
By: Jerry Craft
4.16
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low and the struggle to fit … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
19. 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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- middle grade
20. Bridge to Terabithia
By: Katherine Paterson
4.05
Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition
The 40th anniversary edition of the classic Newbery Medal-winning title by beloved author Katherine… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"Impressed. Lord. He had nearly drowned."-Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia
"Just close your eyes and keep your mind wide open."-Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia
"It's like the smarter you are, the more things can scare you."-Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia
"You never know ahead of time what something's really going to be like."-Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia
21. A Rover's Story
By: Jasmine Warga
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- juvenile
22. Squished: A Graphic Novel
By: Megan Wagner Lloyd
4.17
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
From the Eisner-nominated duo behind the instant bestseller Allergic comes a fun new graphic novel … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- juvenile
23. Saving Winslow
By: Sharon Creech
3.86
Format: 176 pages, ebook
About a young boy who befriends an ailing newborn donkey and nurses him back to health. Louie d… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- juvenile
24. The Undefeated
By: Kwame Alexander
4.66
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
This poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma… read more
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- history
- childrens
- historical
- picture books
- nonfiction
25. Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)
By: Roshani Chokshi
4.09
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
Twelve-year-old Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. While he… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"It is not failure to fail."-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)
"Words had their own power."-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)
"Love looked different to everyone."-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)
"The world had a tendency to trick people."-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)
26. Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom (Cookie Chronicles)
By: Matthew Swanson
3.99
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Meet Ben, a literal-minded kid with a big heart and an even bigger sweet-tooth, who cracks open a f… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- juvenile
27. Maizy Chen's Last Chance
By: Lisa Yee
4.29
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to The Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota. . . until now. Her… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
- juvenile
"When you're in a position to help, that means you're in a good place in your own life."-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance
"Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being busy."-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance
28. The Maze of Bones (39 Clues Graphic Novel, #1)
By: Ethan Young
4.14
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
The graphic novel adaptation of the mega-bestseller that launched a global phenomenon! Minutes befo… read more
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- childrens
- juvenile
29. The Collector (The Collector, #1)
By: K.R. Alexander
3.86
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Josie always liked visiting her grandmother in the countryside. But when her mother loses her job i… read more
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- childrens
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30. Because of You, John Lewis
By: Andrea Davis Pinkney
4.35
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
An inspiring story of a friendship between Congressman John Lewis and 10-year-old activist Tybre Fa… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- picture books
- nonfiction
31. All That Trash: The Story of the 1987 Garbage Barge and Our Problem with Stuff
By: Meghan Mccarthy
3.72
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
A garbage barge that can’t find a place to welcome it sparks a recycling movement in the United Sta… read more
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- new york
- science
- history
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- picture books
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- environment
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