The Bluest Sky
By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez
4.22
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A boy and his family must decide whether to remain in Cuba under a repressive government or risk ev…
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1. Ellen Outside the Lines
By: A.J. Sass
4.37
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A novel about a neurodivergent thirteen-year-old navigating changing friendships, a school trip, an… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
"Not every person fits neatly into categories. Life doesn't always stick to a planned itinerary."-A.J. Sass, Ellen Outside the Lines
2. 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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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
"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
3. The Last Mapmaker
By: Christina Soontornvat
4.15
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. As assistant to Mangkon’s most celeb… read more
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- juvenile
- adventure
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
"I couldn't see it then, but I could see it now. I opened my eyes, releasing another stream of tears. I had been trying so hard to run from my past. But the past was like mottlefish ink. Even if it fa…"-Christina Soontornvat, The Last Mapmaker
4. 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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- historical
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
- audiobook
5. Mascot
By: Charles Waters
4.02
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade n… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
6. And Then, Boom!
By: Lisa Fipps
4.69
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!
7. Rain Rising
By: Courtne Comrie
4.35
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
This dazzling debut middle grade novel in verse is a riveting journey toward self-acceptance for fa… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
8. Dream, Annie, Dream
By: Waka T. Brown
4.19
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this empowering deconstruction of the so-called American Dream, a twelve-year-old Japanese Ameri… read more
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- historical
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
- juvenile
9. 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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- audiobook
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- juvenile
10. 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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- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
11. 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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- juvenile
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
12. A Duet for Home
By: Karina Yan Glaser
4.24
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homel… read more
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- audiobook
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- juvenile
13. Yonder
By: Ali Standish
4.29
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Danny Timmons has looked up to Jack Bailey ever since the older boy saved two small children from d… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
14. Playing Through the Turnaround
By: Mylisa Larsen
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In a timely, insightful story told with sparkling wit and heart, young musicians protesting plans f… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
15. Camp Famous
By: Jennifer Blecher
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The Princess Diaries meets Harriet the Spy when Abby—the most ordinary girl in the world—finds hers… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
16. We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963
By: Shelia P. Moses
4.19
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
The powerful story of an eleven-year-old Black boy determined to stand up for his rights, who's pul… read more
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- audiobook
- historical
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
- juvenile
17. Black Bird, Blue Road
By: Sofiya Pasternack
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this historical fantasy novel from Sydney Taylor Honor winner and National Jewish Book Award fin… read more
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- adventure
- historical
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
18. The Bluest Sky
By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez
4.22
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A boy and his family must decide whether to remain in Cuba under a repressive government or risk ev… read more
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- audiobook
- survival
- adventure
- historical
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
- juvenile
19. The Whispering Fog
By: Landra Jennings
3.93
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In this spooky and atmospheric debut contemporary fantasy, Snow White and Rose Red meets the moder… read more
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- family
- middle grade
- fiction
- adventure
20. Meet Me Halfway
By: Anika Fajardo
3.94
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“A romp of a read!” —Rebecca Balcárcel, Pura Belpré Honor–winning author of The Other Half of Happy… read more
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- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- juvenile
21. Where the Sky Lives
By: Margaret Dilloway
3.97
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
When the private preserve adjacent to Zion National Park is sold, Tuesday's park archeologist mothe… read more
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- realistic fiction
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