Whistling in the Dark
By: Shirley Hughes
3.66
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Legendary author Shirley Hughes draws on her young teenage memories for a compelling novel of frien…
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1. The Valley of Adventure (Adventure, #3)
By: Enid Blyton
3.37
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Nothing could be more exciting than a night flight on Bill's plane! But Philip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann, an… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
2. Looking Back: A Book of Memories
By: Lois Lowry
2.77
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
People are constantly asking two-time Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry where she gets her ideas. In this… read more
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- middle grade
3. Echo
By: Pam Muñoz Ryan
3.95
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Lost and alone in a forbidden forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himsel… read more
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- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
4. Mr. Popper's Penguins
By: Richard Atwater , Florence Atwater , Robert Lawson
3.97
Format: 139 pages, Paperback
The Poppers unexpectedly come into possession of a penguin, then get a penguin from the zoo who mat… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- juvenile
5. The Long Haul (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #9)
By: Jeff Kinney
3.79
Format: 477 pages, Hardcover
A family road trip is supposed to be a lot of fun . . . unless, of course, you're the Heffleys. The… read more
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6. Letters from the Lighthouse
By: Emma Carroll
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
We weren't supposed to be going to the pictures that night. We weren't even meant to be outside, no… read more
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7. Madeline
By: Ludwig Bemelmans
4.00
Format: 112 pages,
Madeline is one of the best-loved characters in children's literature. Set in picturesque Paris, th… read more
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8. Adventures Beyond Nutmouse Hall (Tumtum and Nutmeg #1-3)
By: Nick Price , Emily Bearn
3.96
Format: 236 pages, Hardcover
Deep inside the broom cupboard of Rose Cottage, two mice live in great style. Tumtum and Nutmeg lea… read more
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9. Geneva
By: Richard Armitage
3.64
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sarah Collier has started to show the same tell-tale signs of the Alz… read more
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- fiction
10. The Last Witch of Scotland
By: Philip Paris
3.95
Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition
Being a woman was her only crime. Scottish Highlands, 1727. In the aftermath of a tragic fire… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
11. Willodeen
By: Katherine Applegate
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The earth is old and we are not, and that is all you must remember . . . Eleven-year-old Willode… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- juvenile
"Mostly I avoided the Faire, with its teeming crowds that made me feel like I was being smothered. So much noise! So much forced merrymaking! Often I would see children there, ones I recognized from m…"-Katherine Applegate, Willodeen
12. A Stroke of the Pen
By: Terry Pratchett
4.03
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Far away and long ago, when dragons still existed and the only arcade game was ping-pong in black a… read more
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- fiction
"Dragons Invade The Crumbling Castle Area,’ shouted the first page (this was the headline), and then he said in an ordinary voice: ‘For full details hear Page Three."-Terry Pratchett, A Stroke of the Pen
13. The Night Raven (The Moonwind Mysteries #1)
By: Johan Rundberg
4.13
Format: 187 pages, Kindle Edition
Mika is not your average orphan—and she’s about to prove it.It’s 1880, and in the frigid city of St… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
14. This Lie Will Kill You
By: Chelsea Pitcher
3.18
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
“Will keep readers on edge from start to finish.” — Kirkus Reviews Tell the truth. Or face the con… read more
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- fiction
"Let go of the doll. The goddess too. Then she was herself. A girl with pale blue eyes and freckles on the nose. A long jagged scar across her heart and a chasm that kept her from happiness."-Chelsea Pitcher, This Lie Will Kill You
15. Lines of Courage
By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
4.30
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
The stories of five kids living through World War I, each of whom holds the key to the others' futu… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- war
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
16. A Night Divided
By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
4.34
Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition
With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. She, her… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- war
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light"-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided
"If I don't stand for freedom, then I must sit in chains."-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided
"If I cannot speak what I think, then it's a crime just to be me."-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided
"Courage isn't knowing you can do something; it's only being willing to try . . ."-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided
17. Dragon Skin
By: Karen Foxlee
4.24
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
How to save a dragon: 1) Assemble equipment. Water, Weet-Bix, sugar, syringe, sticky tape, scissor… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"He was dangerous. Dangerous like water. He could seem calm and glassy on top but underneath he was all dark silt and weed."-Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin
"[Pip] was wondering if the dragon was still alive in the little hoodie nest. It had been after the world’s fastest shower. She’d peeked into the wardrobe and seen its little belly rising and falling,…"-Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin
"Mika belIeved in Magic. One hundred per cent without a doubt. She learned that fast when he arrived. He knew the Dewey decimal 130s like the back of his hand and they went to the town library often t…"-Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin
18. Two Storm Wood
By: Philip Gray
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this thriller set on the battlefields of the Somme after the end of World War I, a woman investi… read more
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- historical
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
19. Trapped in Hitler's Web
By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
4.33
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (author of Making Bombs for Hitler and Stolen Girl) delivers a gripping sto… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- war
- middle grade
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
20. My Story: Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan
By: Sufiya Ahmed
4.19
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
My Story: Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan is the thrilling story of British-Indian World War Two heroine,… read more
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- middle grade
21. Whistling in the Dark
By: Shirley Hughes
3.66
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Legendary author Shirley Hughes draws on her young teenage memories for a compelling novel of frien… read more
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- childrens
- british literature
- historical
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- war
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
- juvenile
