Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the Hiding Place
By: Barbara Lowell
3.98
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Anne Frank’s diary is a gift to the world because of Miep Gies. One of the protectors of the Frank …
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1. The Crossover
By: Kwame Alexander
4.24
Format: 245 pages, ebook
"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all t… read more
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"Basketball Rule #5 When you stop playing your game you've already lost."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
"He's no longer listening to music, but his tears are loud enough to dance to."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
"Basketball Rule #4 If you miss enough of life's free throws you will pay in the end."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
"Silence doesn’t mean we have run out of things to say, only that we are trying not to say them."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
2. A Grief Observed
By: C.S. Lewis
4.22
Format: 76 pages, Paperback
Written with love, humility, and faith, this brief but poignant volume was first published in 1961 … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"Time itself is one more name for death."-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
"The death of a beloved is an amputation."-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
"I need Christ, not something that resembles Him."-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
"No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear."-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
3. 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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- childrens
"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
4. Straight On Till Morning
By: Liz Braswell
3.58
Format: 488 pages, Hardcover
What if Wendy first traveled to Neverland… with Captain Hook? Sixteen-year-old Wendy Darling's l… read more
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"I’ve had the best adventure a girl could ever want, and that is more than I ever dreamed was possible."-Liz Braswell, Straight On Till Morning
"He looked like the living embodiment of fearlessness, of seizing whatever the moment brought and assuming it would all work out somehow."-Liz Braswell, Straight On Till Morning
"When you're young, you think the world will make room for who you are and what you want.... And then you find the world of adults is even more limiting than the world of children. With no room for ad…"-Liz Braswell, Straight On Till Morning
"Where do fairies come from?" she asked, thinking it was the simplest entry into a complicated subject. The first laugh of a baby. A special baby. So they say. Tinker Bell smiled wryly. We are here, w…"-Liz Braswell, Straight On Till Morning
5. When Stars Are Scattered
By: Victoria Jamieson
4.62
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Heartbreak and hope exist together in this remarkable graphic novel about growing up in a refugee c… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- childrens
"Pass or fail—I’ve done my best. It’s in God’s hands now."-Victoria Jamieson, When Stars Are Scattered
6. 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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- childrens
7. A First Time for Everything
By: Dan Santat
4.39
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- childrens
8. 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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- childrens
"No one should feel guilty about the past. Unless they're not doing anything about the present."-Joseph Bruchac, Rez Dogs
9. 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
"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
10. The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich
By: Deya Muniz
4.40
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A funny, heartfelt YA romance about finding love—and lots of grilled cheese sandwiches—in the place… read more
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11. Borders
By: Thomas King
3.93
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A stunning graphic-novel adaptation based on the work of one of Canada’s most revered and bestselli… read more
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12. 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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- childrens
13. When You Wish Upon a Star
By: Elizabeth Lim
4.03
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
What if the Blue Fairy wasn’t supposed to help Pinocchio? This New York Times best-selling series t… read more
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"Ilaria knew better than anyone how to pull her brother's strings---when she put her mind to it. How to pull anyone's strings, really. That was her talent."-Elizabeth Lim, When You Wish Upon a Star
"Ily was certain she could detect the falsehood. After all, Mamma always liked to tell her: A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as plain as the nose on your face. "-Elizabeth Lim, When You Wish Upon a Star
"The water was as blue as before, as if nothing had happened. Bluer than the sky, really, and the cornflowers and bluebells that Mrs. Vaci sold in her chocolate shop. Chiara's favorite color."-Elizabeth Lim, When You Wish Upon a Star
"You have such pretty hair, Chia. I've always envied it, you know? The way it curls at your shoulders and every hair seems to be in place. Niccolo says it looks like noodles--- like angel hair."-Elizabeth Lim, When You Wish Upon a Star
14. White Rose
By: Kip Wilson
3.97
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
A gorgeous and timely novel based on the incredible story of Sophie Scholl, a young German college … read more
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- world war ii
- war
- holocaust
"I already know the idyll of my childhood is fading away, stomped flat by something that feels like doom."-Kip Wilson, White Rose
"I close my eyes and pray that the world will somehow change. But I know it isn't going to change on its own, so I know I must pray for the courage to bring it about."-Kip Wilson, White Rose
"We amble away from the city, away from all angst, into the heart of a fairy-tale forest that reminds me how very lucky we are to live and breathe on this great Earth flourishing with wonder."-Kip Wilson, White Rose
15. Acorn Was a Little Wild
By: Jen Arena
4.20
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Jory John’s Bad Seed series meets After the Fall by Dan Santat in this charming picture book about … read more
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- picture books
- childrens
16. Ride On
By: Faith Erin Hicks
4.04
Format: 224 pages, None
In Ride On, this middle grade graphic novel from Faith Erin Hicks, twelve-year-old Victoria is burn… read more
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17. The Night War
By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more
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- world war ii
- war
- childrens
- holocaust
18. The Keeper of Hidden Books
By: Madeline Martin
4.13
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
A heartwarming story about the power of books to bring us together, inspired by the true story of t… read more
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- world war ii
- war
- holocaust
19. Crunch (Click #5)
By: Kayla Miller
4.15
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Kayla Miller, the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of Click , Camp , Act , and Cla… read more
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- childrens
20. Digging For Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built
By: Angela Burke Kunkel
4.48
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Based on the life of Jose Alberto Gutierrez, a garbage collector in Bogota, Colombia who started a … read more
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- history
- biography
- childrens
- picture books
- nonfiction
21. The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
By: John E. Douglas
4.15
Format: None pages, Audiobook
The legendary FBI criminal profiler, number-one New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"I miss my dog,"-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
"I familiarize myself with every detail of their crimes and loathe what they did. At the same time, I may feel tremendous empathy and sorrow for what they went through in their young lives that contri…"-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
"Within just about every serial predator, there are two warring elements: A feeling of grandiosity, specialness, and entitlement, together with deep-seated feelings of inadequacy and powerlessness and…"-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
22. The Jetsetters
By: Amanda Eyre Ward
3.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
When seventy-year-old Charlotte Perkins submits a sexy essay to the "Become a Jetsetter" contest, s… read more
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"Somehow her later years had become a mirror of her lonely childhood."-Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
"Somehow she'd labeled those days a humiliation. She'd based her choices--her giant house, her daughters' schools, her constant attention to family life--on erecting a wall between her grim childhood …"-Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
23. Suburban Hell
By: Maureen Kilmer
3.52
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A Chicago cul-de-sac is about to get a new neighbor...of the demonic kind. Amy Foster considers he… read more
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24. My Strange Shrinking Parents
By: Zeno Sworder
4.53
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
It goes without saying that all children believe their parents to be strange. Mine were unusual for… read more
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- childrens
25. The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs
By: Chana Stiefel
4.63
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
A picture book biography of the woman who created The Tower of Faces, an exhibit at the US Holocaus… read more
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- history
- biography
- childrens
- jewish
- picture books
- nonfiction
- holocaust
26. Batter Royale: A Graphic Novel
By: Leisl Adams
3.62
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In Leisl Adams’s fun debut graphic novel, Batter Royale , a talented young chef is selected to part… read more
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27. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
By: Margot Lee Shetterly
4.44
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really g… read more
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- history
- biography
- childrens
- picture books
- nonfiction
28. I Cannot Draw a Horse
By: Charise Mericle Harper
3.88
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author and illustrator Charise Mericle Harper delivers a fantastically funny adventur… read more
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- picture books
- childrens
29. The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel
By: Christopher Lincoln
3.93
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A graphic novel adventure in which two siblings, a mysterious Night Librarian, and a motley cast of… read more
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- childrens
30. Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the Hiding Place
By: Barbara Lowell
3.98
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Anne Frank’s diary is a gift to the world because of Miep Gies. One of the protectors of the Frank … read more
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- biography
- childrens
- jewish
- picture books
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- social justice
- holocaust
31. Anne and Her Tower of Giraffes: The Adventurous Life of the First Giraffologist
By: Karlin Gray
4.29
Format: 44 pages, Hardcover
The remarkable true story of how a young girl’s never-wavering fascination with the world’s tallest… read more
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- biography
- childrens
- picture books
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