The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto
By: Adrianna Cuevas
4.04
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Rafa would rather live in the world of The Forgotten Age, his favorite role-playing game, than face…
Want to Read $ 9.99"Do librarians let you check out as many comics and graphic novels as you want and quit calling them dessert books?"-Adrianna Cuevas, The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto
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1. The Lost Library
By: Rebecca Stead
4.14
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more
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- childrens
- ghosts
- middle grade
- mystery
- fantasy
- audiobook
"But aren’t “parents"-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"That delicious book smell, his heart said."-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
2. 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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- mystery
- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
"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
3. A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)
By: Lisa Yee
3.82
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
When a notorious thief is out for priceless treasure (gems! cats! general decorum!)—who're you gonn… read more
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- mystery
- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
"They all perished. tragic deaths. sad parents. lawsuits.' Monica's words were met with stunned silence. ignoring the horrified looks on the student's faces, she shouted, 'Joking! We discovered that t…"-Lisa Yee, A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)
4. Simon Sort of Says
By: Erin Bow
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
5. Saving Sunshine
By: Saadia Faruqi
4.06
Format: 224 pages, ebook
It's hard enough being a kid without being teased for a funny sounding name or wearing a hijab. … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
6. Lasagna Means I Love You
By: Kate O'Shaughnessy
4.40
Format: 368 pages, Library Binding
What are the essential ingredients that make a family? Eleven-year-old Mo is making up her own reci… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
7. 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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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
8. Enemies in the Orchard
By: Dana VanderLugt
4.49
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Set against the backdrop of WWII, this achingly beautiful middle grade novel in verse based on Amer… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
"I may be blemished but I am not rotten to the core."-Dana VanderLugt, Enemies in the Orchard
"If I didn’t think too hard or ask too many questions, it was easy. p. 63"-Dana VanderLugt, Enemies in the Orchard
"Like the day I was captured, I want to raise my arms, show this woman and this girl my empty hands. p. 49"-Dana VanderLugt, Enemies in the Orchard
"Avoiding the truth, avoiding the responsibility that comes with admitting the truth, can seem a lot easier than being brave."-Dana VanderLugt, Enemies in the Orchard
9. 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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- middle grade
- childrens
- 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
10. Hamra and the Jungle of Memories
By: Hanna Alkaf
4.05
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A Malaysian spin on Little Red Riding Hood from the critically acclaimed author of The Girl and the… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fantasy
- audiobook
11. 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
- audiobook
12. 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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- mystery
- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
13. The Windeby Puzzle
By: Lois Lowry
3.53
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Newbery Medalist and New York Times bestselling author Lois Lowry transports readers to an Iron Ag… read more
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- mystery
- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
14. Bea and the New Deal Horse
By: L.M. Elliott
4.22
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction This lyrical middle grade historical novel… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
15. The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow (Milkweed Meadow #1)
By: Elaine Dimopoulos
4.35
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This timeless early middle-grade adventure about friendship and community will charm animal-loving … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fantasy
16. Half Moon Summer
By: Elaine Vickers
4.30
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Two seventh graders discover it takes more than grit and a good pair of shoes to run 13.1 miles. Yo… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
17. Not an Easy Win
By: Chrystal D. Giles
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Library Binding
FOUR STARRED REVIEWS! Twelve-year old Lawrence is new to chess--can he find a way to get on the bo… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
18. Farther Than the Moon
By: Lindsay Lackey
4.46
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Lindsay Lackey comes Farther Than the Moon, a heartfelt story about a boy… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
19. The Girl from Earth's End
By: Tara Dairman
4.31
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Gifted gardener Henna embarks from her island home to search for the plant that might save her papa… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fantasy
- audiobook
20. The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto
By: Adrianna Cuevas
4.04
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Rafa would rather live in the world of The Forgotten Age, his favorite role-playing game, than face… read more
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- childrens
- ghosts
- time travel
- science fiction fantasy
- middle grade
- fantasy
- science fiction
- paranormal
- mystery
- audiobook
"Do librarians let you check out as many comics and graphic novels as you want and quit calling them dessert books?"-Adrianna Cuevas, The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto
21. The Dreamatics
By: Michelle Cuevas
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this exhilaratingly original novel, a fantastical theatre and its troupe perform a young girl’s … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fantasy
- audiobook
"The light through a thin book page, the shadow of a hand behind ready to turn"-Michelle Cuevas, The Dreamatics
"YOU TURNIPHEADED, SLUDGELY, GORMLESS, BIFFLING, MANDRAKE-BRAINED, FLABWINKED FOOL!!!"-Michelle Cuevas, The Dreamatics
"She read about dreams made of sunlight and plums, and dreams made of ice; dreams that glowed in the dark, dreams made of unwound fingerprints, dreams that flew away like a lost kite string."-Michelle Cuevas, The Dreamatics
