Samira Surfs
By: Rukhsanna Guidroz
3.82
Format: 411 pages, Hardcover
A middle-grade novel in verse about Samira, a twelve-year-old Rohingya refugee living in Cox's Baza…
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1. How to Find What You're Not Looking For
By: Veera Hiranandani
4.28
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
New historical fiction from a Newbery Honor-winning author about how middle schooler Ariel Goldberg… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
- audiobook
2. Prairie Lotus
By: Linda Sue Park
4.29
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Prairie Lotus is a book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an educat… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
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- historical fiction
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- audiobook
3. Alone
By: Megan E. Freeman
4.14
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she … read more
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- poetry
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
4. 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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- middle grade
- childrens
5. 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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- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
6. 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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- poetry
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- family
- audiobook
"No one should feel guilty about the past. Unless they're not doing anything about the present."-Joseph Bruchac, Rez Dogs
7. Ghost Book
By: Remy Lai
4.09
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Perfect for fans of Spirited Away, Coco, and Ghosts comes a contemporary fantasy graphic novel abou… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
8. Red, White, and Whole
By: Rajani LaRocca
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An #ownvoices novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when he… read more
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- poetry
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
- audiobook
"What does the sky do when the moon is gone forever?"-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months."-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"« We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months. »"-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"Her face is as bright as a full moon, always gentle, always changing, but predictable. Like our moon, she only shows us one face. The strong one."-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
9. Things in the Basement
By: Ben Hatke
4.23
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
From New York Times bestselling author Ben Hatke comes Things in the Basement, a young readers grap… read more
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- childrens
- fiction
10. Unsettled
By: Reem Faruqi
4.20
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, hopeful immigration story of Nurah and her family, who move from Karachi, Pakistan, to … read more
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- childrens
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- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- audiobook
11. 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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- poetry
- childrens
12. Tumble
By: Celia C. Pérez
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk, a dazzling novel about a young girl who co… read more
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13. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)
By: Kwame Alexander
4.32
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more
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- childrens
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- young adult
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- historical fiction
- family
- audiobook
"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)
14. 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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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
"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
15. Finding Junie Kim
By: Ellen Oh
4.25
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A story of family, hope, and survival, inspired by the author's mother’s real-life experiences duri… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
16. 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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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- audiobook
17. Iveliz Explains It All
By: Andrea Beatriz Arango
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Library Binding
How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening? One girl takes on seventh grade while f… read more
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"and it's important to stop, be kind to ourselves, and ask for help- ask for love."-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
"But you have to be somewhere I can find. You understand? Somewhere I can find. I nod, because I know what he is saying and what he is not saying. He can't find me if I'm not here. (p. 113 of the hard…"-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
"I am not okay, and sometimes I wish people wouldn't believe me when I say I am. I wish they would ask, just one more time, and I wish they wouldn't tiptoe around me like I'm a poem, so I could show t…"-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
18. Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero
By: Saadia Faruqi
4.19
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Yusuf Azeem has spent all his life in the small town of Frey, Texas—and nearly that long waiting fo… read more
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- young adult
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- historical fiction
- audiobook
19. Anne of West Philly
By: Ivy Noelle Weir
3.88
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Anne of Green Gables, with a twist: in this follow-up to Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy and The Secret Ga… read more
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20. Worst-Case Collin
By: Rebecca Caprara
4.42
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
This poignant middle grade novel in verse follows twelve-year-old Collin who manages his anxiety by… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
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"Gravity might always win, but I've got a choice: fall or dive. And I choose to dive."-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin
"Discovery is a messy process, Mom would say. Your father works best in a state of creative chaos."-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin
"there is space inside the human heart for infinite love and infinite sadness and all the messiness in between."-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin
"Back then, our house felt full. Bursting, even. But never crowded, cluttered, claustrophobic. Because Love doesn't take up too much room."-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin
21. Samira Surfs
By: Rukhsanna Guidroz
3.82
Format: 411 pages, Hardcover
A middle-grade novel in verse about Samira, a twelve-year-old Rohingya refugee living in Cox's Baza… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
- sports
- audiobook
