The View from the Very Best House in Town
By: Meera Trehan
3.81
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
This inventive debut combines the pleasures of a thriller, a school story, and a real estate listin…
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1. The Lost Library
By: Rebecca Stead
4.14
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more
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- audiobook
- middle grade
- fiction
- juvenile
"But aren’t “parents"-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"That delicious book smell, his heart said."-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
2. Freewater
By: Amina Luqman-Dawson
4.18
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they … read more
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- audiobook
- middle grade
- fiction
- juvenile
"Lord only knows how many of us they keep from running. How many of us stay in these hateful places out of love. I used to think it was from scaring us - beating, cutting, or whipping us that did it. …"-Amina Luqman-Dawson, Freewater
3. Odder
By: Katherine Applegate
4.25
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, s… read more
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- juvenile
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
4. 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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- audiobook
- middle grade
- fiction
- juvenile
5. 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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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- autistic spectrum disorder
- mental health
- fiction
- family
- disability
"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
6. 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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- audiobook
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- juvenile
7. 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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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- mental health
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
"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
8. Olivetti
By: Allie Millington
4.10
Format: 253 pages, Hardcover
Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and r… read more
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- family
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
9. New from Here
By: Kelly Yang
4.30
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An Asian American boy fights to keep his family together and stand up to racism during the initial … read more
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- audiobook
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- juvenile
"We're all connected to each other. We all breathe the same air into our lungs. None of us are immune to each other's problems, that's why we have to care about each other."-Kelly Yang, New from Here
10. The Midnight Children
By: Dan Gemeinhart
4.16
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary story about a family of runaways who take up residence in a small town, and the ou… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
"Stories, after all, are about choices."-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children
"And determined is nearly always a very good thing to be."-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children
"I’ll be your creep, Ravani Foster, if you’ll be my freak."-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children
"But the truth, sometimes, can be the cruelest thing of all."-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children
11. 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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- juvenile
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
"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
12. 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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- audiobook
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- 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
13. Across So Many Seas
By: Ruth Behar
4.12
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four… read more
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- juvenile
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
14. Keedie
By: Elle McNicoll
4.69
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more
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- coming of age
- autistic spectrum disorder
- middle grade
- mental health
- fiction
- disability
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."-Elle McNicoll, Keedie
"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."-Elle McNicoll, Keedie
"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."-Elle McNicoll, Keedie
"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."-Elle McNicoll, Keedie
15. The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel
By: Dan Santat
3.94
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Dive in to this whimsically adventurous graphic novel from Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat! Ever sinc… read more
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- family
- middle grade
- fiction
16. Omar Rising
By: Aisha Saeed
4.22
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
Omar knows his scholarship to Ghalib Academy Boarding School is a game changer, providing him - the… read more
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- juvenile
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
17. Thirst
By: Varsha Bajaj
4.14
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone. … read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
18. 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
- autistic spectrum disorder
- family
- fiction
- disability
- audiobook
19. Hummingbird
By: Natalie Lloyd
4.37
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl … read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- disability
- audiobook
20. Freddie vs. the Family Curse
By: Tracy Badua
3.99
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In this thrilling and hilarious middle grade adventure, a young Filipino-American boy must team up … read more
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- family
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
21. The View from the Very Best House in Town
By: Meera Trehan
3.81
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
This inventive debut combines the pleasures of a thriller, a school story, and a real estate listin… read more
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- audiobook
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- autistic spectrum disorder
- mental health
- fiction
- family
- disability
- juvenile
