Best Friends, Bikinis, and Other Summer Catastrophes
By: Kristi Wientge
4.16
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Barbara Dee and Shannon Hale , this poignant coming-of-age middle grade novel explores …
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1. Shug
By: Jenny Han
3.82
Format: None pages, Hardcover
SHUGis clever and brave and true (on the inside, anyway). And she's about to become your new best f… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
2. Lucky in Love
By: Kasie West
1.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Can't buy me love... Maddie's not impulsive. She's all about hard work and planning ahead. But one … read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
3. 11 Before 12
By: Lisa Greenwald
1.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this brand-new duology from acclaimed author Lisa Greenwald, two best friends kick-start middle … read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
4. Here's to You, Rachel Robinson
By: Judy Blume
3.61
Format: 8 pages, Paperback
Rachel's a straight-A student, on every teacher's wish list of Natural Helpers. But she grinds her … read more
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5. Sunny Side Up
By: Jennifer L. Holm , Matthew Holm , Lark Pien
3.70
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Sunny Lewin has been packed off to Florida to live with her grandfather for the summer. At first sh… read more
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6. Real Friends
By: Shannon Hale , LeUyen Pham
4.18
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
When best friends are not forever . . . Shannon and Adrienne have been best friends ever since the… read more
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7. Swim Team
By: Johnnie Christmas
4.28
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Mana… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- juvenile
8. Maybe This Time
By: Kasie West
3.69
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
One year. Nine events. Nine chances to . . . fall in love?Weddings. Funerals. Barbecues. New Year's… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
"Young man, this is the face of a woman who wants you to move along. Study it because I sense you see it a lot and are oblivious to what it means."-Kasie West, Maybe This Time
9. Rez Dogs
By: Joseph Bruchac
4.05
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From the U.S.'s foremost indigenous children's author comes a middle grade verse novel set during t… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
"No one should feel guilty about the past. Unless they're not doing anything about the present."-Joseph Bruchac, Rez Dogs
10. When You Trap a Tiger
By: Tae Keller
4.15
Format: 297 pages, Hardcover
Newbery Medal Winner (2021) Some stories refuse to stay bottled up... When Lily and her famil… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
"I am a girl who sees invisible things, but I am not invisible."-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger
"Does it get easier? Does the sadness go away? The sadness fades, yeah. Eventually. But the missing ... I don't know if that ever does."-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger
"If you put things off for later, you'll never do them. They'll become harder and scarier, and one day you'll realize you've run out of time."-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger
"It's hard to breathe. I know now: The moment when everything really falls apart--it's not during the big explosion. It's in the quiet after. And the feeling is not a shattering. Not quite"-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger
11. 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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- middle grade
- young adult
12. TBH, This Is So Awkward (TBH, #1)
By: Lisa Greenwald
3.61
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
To be honest, middle school is rough! Cecily, Gabby, and Prianka have been BFFAE since pre-K, so it… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- juvenile
13. 12 Before 13
By: Lisa Greenwald
4.22
Format: 304 pages, ebook
Fans of Lauren Myracle and Wendy Mass will adore the second book in this hilarious series about two… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
14. Camp Sylvania (Camp Sylvania #1)
By: Julie Murphy
3.88
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin’ and Dear Sweet Pea comes a hilarious and … read more
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- middle grade
15. Those Kids from Fawn Creek
By: Erin Entrada Kelly
4.11
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Every day in Fawn Creek, Louisiana, is exactly the same--until Orchid Mason arrives. This contempor… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- juvenile
16. 13 and 3/4 (Friendship List #4)
By: Lisa Greenwald
4.33
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
BFFs Ari and Kaylan make a new bucket list as they set out for different summer camps in the fourth… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
17. Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories
By: GennaRose Nethercott
3.76
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
From the author of the breakout fantasy novel Thistlefoot : a collection of dark fairytales and fra… read more
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18. All the Lovely Bad Ones: A Ghost Story. Graphic Novel
By: Mary Downing Hahn
3.80
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
In this eerie full-color graphic novel adaptation of one of award-winning author Mary Downing Hahn'… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
19. Unstuck
By: Barbara Dee
4.07
Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition
From critically acclaimed author Barbara Dee comes a middle grade novel about a girl whose struggle… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
"Remember, you don't write to win a trophy. You write because you love to, and because there's a story you want to tell. That's the prize you give yourself, and it's the only one that matters."-Barbara Dee, Unstuck
"I thought your writing was going better lately. So why are you forcing yourself to write something different? I mean besides your story, which is what you really want to write. What you need to write…"-Barbara Dee, Unstuck
"I guess if you're a superstar like Dahlia, people expect you to win every contest, get perfect grades, go to a fancy college, even if that's not who you really are. Maybe if you're Journey, people ex…"-Barbara Dee, Unstuck
20. 13 and Counting (Friendship List #3)
By: Lisa Greenwald
4.23
Format: 352 pages, ebook
Fans of Lauren Myracle and Rachel Renee Russo's Dork Diaries will adore the third book in this laug… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
21. Hot Dog Girl
By: Jennifer Dugan
3.47
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
Elouise (Lou) Parker is determined to have the absolute best, most impossibly epic summer of her li… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
"I’m not too big for this town, Dad. I never will be."-Jennifer Dugan, Hot Dog Girl
"I know I don’t have the face of a woman who walks into an office and demands answers - I have the faces of a girl trying to be too many things at once."-Jennifer Dugan, Hot Dog Girl
"And I get it now, I that’s all he could ever be, that’s all anyone else could ever be: a Band-Aid, a butterfly strip, a temporary measure, because this is the after, and all of the good stuff got lef…"-Jennifer Dugan, Hot Dog Girl
"I flick my eyes to the spot on her shoulder where her freckles match the constellations in the sky, and I smile. I get lost in her skin, sipping my drink and mapping the stars on her arm while everyo…"-Jennifer Dugan, Hot Dog Girl
22. The Many Masks of Andy Zhou
By: Jack Cheng
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
“Another beautiful book by Jack Cheng.” —Erin Entrada Kelly, Newbery Award-winning author of Hello,… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- juvenile
23. Go Hunt Me
By: Kelly deVos
3.23
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For Dracula lovers and fans of Diana Urban’s All Your Twisted Secrets, this spine-tingling thriller… read more
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- young adult
"I think that's what attracted me to horror films. The best scary movies were about people who faced their demons and emerged as something different."-Kelly deVos, Go Hunt Me
24. Ink Girls
By: Marieke Nijkamp
3.96
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Every secret is a story waiting to happen. From New York Times bestselling author Marieke Nijka… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
25. Pizza My Heart: A Wish Novel
By: Rhiannon Richardson
3.91
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
A slice-of-life rom-com about pizza and first crushes that readers will gobble up! Maya Reynolds… read more
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- middle grade
26. TBH, Too Much Drama (TBH, #3)
By: Lisa Greenwald
3.97
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Cece, Gabby, and Prianka can’t wait for Spirit Week, aka the last week of school before summer brea… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
27. TBH, You Know What I Mean (TBH, #6)
By: Lisa Greenwald
4.05
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
TBH, sometimes boys say dumb things about girls. And Cece is sick of it! When she leads a super-… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
28. Summer Nights and Meteorites (Golden Doors #3)
By: Hannah Reynolds
3.87
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the two-time Sydney Taylor Honor author comes another sweet Nantucket-set summer romance, perf… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
29. Best Friends, Bikinis, and Other Summer Catastrophes
By: Kristi Wientge
4.16
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Barbara Dee and Shannon Hale , this poignant coming-of-age middle grade novel explores … read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
- juvenile
30. Boy 2.0 (Boy 2.0, #1)
By: Tracey Baptiste
4.33
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Win “Coal” Keegan has just landed in his latest foster home, with a big, noisy, slightly nosy famil… read more
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- middle grade
