Olive Blackwood Takes Action!
By: Sonja Thomas
4.29
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An anxious aspiring filmmaker bands together with an unlikely friend group to protect their beloved…
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1. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1)
By: Chris Grabenstein
4.12
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times BestsellerKyle Keeley is the class clown, popular with most kids, (if not the teac… read more
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- middle grade
"Knowledge not shared remains unknown"-Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1)
2. Framed! (T.O.A.S.T. Mystery #1)
By: James Ponti
3.70
Format: 640 pages, Kindle Edition
Get to know the only kid on the FBI Director's speed dial and several international criminals' most… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
3. Spy School (Spy School #1)
By: Stuart Gibbs
4.06
Format: None pages,
Can a normal, average kid become a superstar secret agent? Maybe not, but it'll be fun to watch him… read more
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- middle grade
4. Savvy (Savvy, #1)
By: Ingrid Law
0.00
Format: 126 pages,
For generations, the Beaumont family has harbored a magical secret. They each possess a "savvy" -a … read more
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5. The False Prince (The Ascendance Trilogy #1)
By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
3.43
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of t… read more
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6. The Moth Keeper
By: Kay O'Neill
4.08
Format: 257 pages, Paperback
Being a Moth Keeper is a huge responsibility and a great honor, but what happens when the new Moth … read more
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- middle grade
7. The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)
By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
4.06
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Get caught up in the puzzles, games, danger, romance, and riches of this lush new chapter in the #1… read more
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"Congratulations, by the way," he called after Nash. "On the babies."-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)
"Trying to write trick questions backfires if the person taking the test knows how to look for tricks."-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)
"Trying to write trick questions backfires if the person taking the test knows who to look for tricks."-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)
"Beside Avery, Jameson was looking at her like she was the sun and the moon and the stars and eternity, all rolled into one."-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)
8. The Christmas Pig
By: J.K. Rowling
4.17
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A heartwarming, page-turning adventure about one child's love for his most treasured thing, and how… read more
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- middle grade
"Nobody's heart broke when we disappeared. We're easy to replace."-J.K. Rowling, The Christmas Pig
"I may not shine as brightly as my friend Happiness, but my flame is harder to extinguish."-J.K. Rowling, The Christmas Pig
9. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
By: Nicholas Day
4.15
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more
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- middle grade
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
10. Everywhere Blue
By: Joanne Rossmassler Fritz
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A brother's disappearance turns one family upside down, revealing painful secrets that threaten the… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
11. When You Trap a Tiger
By: Tae Keller
4.15
Format: 297 pages, Hardcover
Newbery Medal Winner (2021) Some stories refuse to stay bottled up... When Lily and her famil… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
"I am a girl who sees invisible things, but I am not invisible."-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger
"Does it get easier? Does the sadness go away? The sadness fades, yeah. Eventually. But the missing ... I don't know if that ever does."-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger
"If you put things off for later, you'll never do them. They'll become harder and scarier, and one day you'll realize you've run out of time."-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger
"It's hard to breathe. I know now: The moment when everything really falls apart--it's not during the big explosion. It's in the quiet after. And the feeling is not a shattering. Not quite"-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger
12. Olivetti
By: Allie Millington
4.10
Format: 253 pages, Hardcover
Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and r… read more
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- middle grade
13. Miracle
By: Karen S. Chow
4.33
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
When her father dies, Amie's ability to play music dies, too. Nothing short of a miracle can bring … read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
14. 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
"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!
15. No Matter the Distance
By: Cindy Baldwin
4.39
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An unexpected animal companion helps a girl with cystic fibrosis learn to write her own story in th… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
16. Deep Water
By: Jamie Sumner
4.21
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An impactful, gripping middle grade novel in verse from acclaimed author Jamie Sumner that spans on… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
17. Dancing with Daddy
By: Anitra Rowe Schulte
4.42
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Elsie can’t wait to go to her first father-daughter dance. She picked out the perfect dress and has… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
18. Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II
By: Adam Gidwitz
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Max Bretzfeld doesn’t want to move to London. Leaving home is hard and Max is alone for the firs… read more
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- middle grade
19. Unstuck
By: Barbara Dee
4.07
Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition
From critically acclaimed author Barbara Dee comes a middle grade novel about a girl whose struggle… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
"Remember, you don't write to win a trophy. You write because you love to, and because there's a story you want to tell. That's the prize you give yourself, and it's the only one that matters."-Barbara Dee, Unstuck
"I thought your writing was going better lately. So why are you forcing yourself to write something different? I mean besides your story, which is what you really want to write. What you need to write…"-Barbara Dee, Unstuck
"I guess if you're a superstar like Dahlia, people expect you to win every contest, get perfect grades, go to a fancy college, even if that's not who you really are. Maybe if you're Journey, people ex…"-Barbara Dee, Unstuck
20. The Secret Library
By: Kekla Magoon
3.84
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Travel through time with National Book Award Finalist Kekla Magoon in a page-turning fantasy advent… read more
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- middle grade
21. Egypt's Fire (The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves, #1)
By: Tom Phillips
4.01
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Accused of stealing a rare ruby, a down-on-his luck twelve-year-old is swept into the orbit of the … read more
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- middle grade
22. Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)
By: Katryn Bury
4.09
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
In this modern take on Harriet the Spy , twelve-year-old Drew uses her true crime expertise to catc… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
23. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
By: Gennifer Choldenko
4.55
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko’s gr… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
24. The Ghost of Spruce Point
By: Nancy Tandon
4.11
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
A young boy must unravel a curse to save his family’s beloved Maine motel in this spooky, “tightly … read more
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- middle grade
25. Finding Normal
By: Stephanie Faris
3.73
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Perfect for fans of Jamie Sumner and Barbara Dee, this heartfelt middle grade novel about friendshi… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
26. Gigi Shin Is Not a Nerd (Gigi Shin #1)
By: Lyla Lee
3.87
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The Baby-Sitters Club meets Kelly Yang in this first book in a sparkling middle grade series about … read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
27. Audrey Covington Breaks the Rules
By: Karina Evans
4.17
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A grandmother-granddaughter duo set off on the Hollywood adventure of a lifetime in this funny midd… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
28. Olive Blackwood Takes Action!
By: Sonja Thomas
4.29
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An anxious aspiring filmmaker bands together with an unlikely friend group to protect their beloved… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
29. Etta Invincible
By: Reese Eschmann
4.30
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A girl with hearing loss and a boy adjusting to life in a new country connect through their love of… read more
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- middle grade
"I’ll be honest, Etta. The last few days have been hard for me. I think I’m just sick of all this rain. Sometimes storms… they get inside. We all need the sun."-Reese Eschmann, Etta Invincible
30. Eowulf: Of Monsters & Middle School
By: Mike Cavallaro
4.01
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Eowulf Wegmund just had the most amazing summer ever. She travelled to a magical supply shop, rescu… read more
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- middle grade
31. Away (Alone)
By: Megan E. Freeman
4.47
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A group of children investigate the threat that prompted large-scale evacuations in this powerful a… read more
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- middle grade
