Summer of Brave
By: Amy Noelle Parks
4.38
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Twelve-year-old Lilla Baxter-Willoughby doesn't lie. She's just a little bit...selective. To keep h…
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1. Ghosts
By: Raina Telgemeier
4.22
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
Catrina and her family are moving to the coast of Northern California because her little sister, Ma… read more
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- family
- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
2. Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World
By: Ashley Herring Blake
3.15
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the wake of a destructive tornado, one girl develops feelings for another in this stunning, tend… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
3. Hideout
By: Watt Key
4.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Twelve-year-old Sam has been given a fishing boat by his father, but he hates fishing. Instead he u… read more
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4. Attack of the Black Rectangles
By: Amy Sarig King
4.21
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
5. The Shape of Thunder
By: Jasmine Warga
4.17
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other,… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"I just want to be okay. I don't want to feel okay. I want to be okay."-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
"The more things you know, the less likely you are to be taken by surprise."-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
"Whenever I get a bad grade, I always try to explain to Mom that I did read the book. And just because I can't remember what color shirt the character was wearing in page six doesn't mean that I didn'…"-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
6. 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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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
7. The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4)
By: Katherine Applegate
4.46
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
For more than a decade, readers have been enchanted by the modern classic The One and Only Ivan , a… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- juvenile
8. Death Behind Every Door (The Blackbird Files #1)
By: Heather Graham
3.62
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
In the shadows of a Scottish castle, something deadly is lurking in every corner… When FBI speci… read more
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- romance
- fiction
9. Wildoak
By: C.C. Harrington
4.34
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Maggie’s stutter makes going to school hard. She will do almost anything to avoid speaking in class… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
10. Invisible
By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez
4.16
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who ar… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- juvenile
11. Across the Desert
By: Dusti Bowling
4.23
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
One girl sets out on a journey across the treacherous Arizona desert to rescue a young pilot strand… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
12. Answers in the Pages
By: David Levithan
4.32
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A bold, timely novel about speaking up and coming out as parents lobby to ban a beloved book from t… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
"We are who we are, and we'll be who we'll be. A book can make us feel that, but it can't invent that. It's already inside us."-David Levithan, Answers in the Pages
13. Starfish
By: Lisa Fipps
4.46
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this debut novel-in-verse. Eve… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"I'm a starfish, taking p all the room I want."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
"I'm a starfish, taking up all the room I want."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
"DNA doesn't make you family. Love does. Actions do."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
"No matter what others say or do, embrace what makes you, you."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
14. 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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- family
- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
"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)
15. 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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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- 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
16. Violets Are Blue
By: Barbara Dee
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the acclaimed My Life in the Fish Tank and Maybe He Just Likes You comes a movin… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- divorce
- juvenile
17. The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane
By: Kate O'Shaughnessy
4.24
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Maybelle Lane is looking for her father, but on the road to Nashville she finds so much more: coura… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
18. Hold Back the Tide
By: Melinda Salisbury
3.95
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Everyone in this quiet lakeside community knows that Alva's father killed her mother all those year… read more
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- fiction
19. King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold)
By: Kacen Callender
4.32
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid … read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
"Burst and swirl and fly around, their wings shining with all the colors of the universe."-Kacen Callender, King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold)
20. Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1)
By: Kelly Yang
4.46
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” ( Booklist … read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- juvenile
21. The Firefly Summer
By: Morgan Matson
4.38
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The Penderwicks meets The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street in a story about a young girl who gets to k… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- juvenile
22. The School for Whatnots
By: Margaret Peterson Haddix
3.79
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From master of suspense author Margaret Peterson Haddix comes another page-turning stand-alone adve… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- juvenile
23. What Happened to Rachel Riley?
By: Claire Swinarski
4.23
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- juvenile
24. The Road to After
By: Rebekah Lowell
4.42
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This poignant debut novel in verse is a portrait of healing, as a young girl rediscovers life and t… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- juvenile
25. Wave: A Novel in Verse
By: Diana Farid
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A coming-of-age novel in verse set in 1980s Southern California, about a Persian American girl who … read more
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- family
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
26. Tune It Out
By: Jamie Sumner
4.31
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
A 2020 BookExpo Book Buzz Pick From the author of the acclaimed Roll with It comes a moving nove… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
27. Deep Water
By: Watt Key
4.18
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
A middle grade survival story about a scuba dive gone wrong and two enemies who must unite to survi… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"When do we give up, Julie?" he said. "I don't know," I said. "Maybe you can't even if you want to."-Watt Key, Deep Water
28. The Golden Hour
By: Niki Smith
4.28
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
From the author of The Deep & Dark Blue comes a tender graphic novel, perfect for our time, that ge… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
29. Carry Me Home
By: Janet Fox
4.28
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Twelve-year-old Lulu and her younger sister, Serena, have a secret. As Daddy always says, “it’s bes… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- juvenile
30. The Way of the Hive: A Honey Bee's Story
By: Jay Hosler
4.18
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Experience the life of a honeybee in this coming-of-age story about a bee named Nyuki, in this full… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
31. Summer of Brave
By: Amy Noelle Parks
4.38
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Twelve-year-old Lilla Baxter-Willoughby doesn't lie. She's just a little bit...selective. To keep h… read more
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- romance
- childrens
- feminism
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- divorce
- juvenile
