Generation Misfits
By: Akemi Dawn Bowman
4.05
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An own voices story about an eleven-year-old Japanese-American girl who finds her true friends--thr…
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1. Vanished! (Framed, #2)
By: James Ponti
4.49
Format: 289 pages,
Florian Bates—the only kid on the FBI Director’s speed dial and several international criminals’ mo… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- juvenile
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
- childrens
- fiction
3. Hello, Universe
By: Erin Entrada Kelly
3.49
Format: 465 pages, Hardcover
In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and… read more
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4. Chains (Seeds of America, #1)
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
3.96
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? As the Revolutionary War begins, thirte… read more
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5. 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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- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
"Not every person fits neatly into categories. Life doesn't always stick to a planned itinerary."-A.J. Sass, Ellen Outside the Lines
6. City Spies (City Spies #1)
By: James Ponti
4.31
Format: 378 pages, Hardcover
Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose h… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
"Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong."-James Ponti, City Spies (City Spies #1)
7. We Deserve Monuments
By: Jas Hammonds
4.30
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Family secrets, a swoon-worthy romance, and a slow-burn mystery collide in We Deserve Monuments, a … read more
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- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Home to the richest soil on Earth. A Great Place to Grow!"-Jas Hammonds, We Deserve Monuments
8. Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)
By: Kelly Yang
4.38
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- juvenile
"It's going to be okay. I'll make friends, and if I don't, I'll borrow books from the library."-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)
"It was hard not to stare at Jason's mom, specifically the humongous diamond on her hand. I thought I might go blind."-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)
"It was hard not to stare at Jjason's mom, specifically the humongous diamond on her hand. I thought I might go blind."-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)
"At this point, my mom started crying. She let out a sob so thunderous, I wondered if my cousins in China could hear her."-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)
9. Frizzy
By: Claribel A. Ortega
4.48
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embra… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- juvenile
"We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe..."-Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy
10. 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
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
11. Trapped! (Framed, #3)
By: James Ponti
4.53
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
“A top-shelf test of courage, friendship, and ingenuity.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Floria… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
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- juvenile
12. Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
By: Lex Croucher
4.01
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Heartstopper meets A Knight’s Tale in this queer medieval rom-com YA debut about love, friendship, … read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- lgbt
"To be afraid you must have something you cannot bear to lose."-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
"You know fathers aren't always right just by virtue of being fathers."-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
"Not everybody lives for the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of the little black and white squares"-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
"The problem with compromise is that... you sit on the fence for so long that you discover you've built a kingdom on it."-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
13. Click (Click #1)
By: Kayla Miller
4.07
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Olive wants to get in on the act . . . . . . Any act! Olive “clicks” with everyone in the fifth… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- juvenile
14. Tidesong
By: Wendy Xu
3.90
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Perfect for fans of Studio Ghibli and The Tea Dragon Society, this is a magically heartwarming grap… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
15. 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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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- juvenile
16. The Girl Who Speaks Bear
By: Sophie Anderson
4.20
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Found abandoned in a bear cave as a baby, 12-year-old Yanka has always felt out of place in her sma… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
17. Imogen, Obviously
By: Becky Albertalli
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
With humor and insight, #1 New York Times bestseller Becky Albertalli explores the nuances of sexua… read more
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- contemporary
- fiction
- young adult
- lgbt
"Every breath she breathes feels like a love letter."-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously
"1987: the world’s biggest pancake ever (well, at the time). My parents actually got to eat part of it!"-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously
"So which one of us is more queer?" "Well," I pause, "I'd have to see the two of you trying to sit in chairs."-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously
"Tessa’s eyes catch mine, and her lips tug up at the corners, just barely. And the noise in my brain falls away. All the times I said I’m straight. All the times everyone’s said I’m straight. There it…"-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously
18. Beasts and Beauty
By: Soman Chainani
3.80
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
You think you know these stories, don’t you? You are wrong. You don’t know them at all. Tw… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
"Goodness is no weapon against the possessed."-Soman Chainani, Beasts and Beauty
"Get too used to glorious sunsets and it is easy to blame the sun for stealing the clouds' glory--but withhold the sun and there is nothing to see."-Soman Chainani, Beasts and Beauty
"No one looked like her, which she'd thought didn't matter, since skin shouldn't matter. Who cares if others judged her for it? Those who saw her only for her skin were themselves blind."-Soman Chainani, Beasts and Beauty
19. The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables, #1)
By: Angie Thomas
4.19
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
Internationally bestselling superstar author Angie Thomas makes her middle grade debut with the lau… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- juvenile
20. Across So Many Seas
By: Ruth Behar
4.12
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- juvenile
21. Loveboat, Taipei (Loveboat, Taipei, #1)
By: Abigail Hing Wen
3.68
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
When eighteen-year-old Ever Wong’s parents send her from Ohio to Taiwan to study Mandarin for the s… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"I don't care what baggage they dragged over the ocean. They have no right to make me carry it the rest of my life."-Abigail Hing Wen, Loveboat, Taipei (Loveboat, Taipei, #1)
"--and at every turn, he finds excuses to touch me, pushing money into my hand, running his palm down my back, around the curve of my waist."-Abigail Hing Wen, Loveboat, Taipei (Loveboat, Taipei, #1)
"He takes his time. A slow burn that builds and builds, until I am clawing at the stones and my back arches, and my toes splash and my body ripens under his grip."-Abigail Hing Wen, Loveboat, Taipei (Loveboat, Taipei, #1)
"I snatch my body as well as my bad from Rick. My heart pounds in my throat. His hand and arm have branded themselves through the fabric of my clothes into my skin."-Abigail Hing Wen, Loveboat, Taipei (Loveboat, Taipei, #1)
22. Rewind
By: Lisa Graff
3.75
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Back to the Future meets When You Reach Me in this powerful novel by National Book Award nominee Li… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- juvenile
"I don't think you can ever really know if what you're doing is the right thing or not. I mean, that's true for everyone…so what you gotta do now is ask yourself if you're more afraid of doing somethi…"-Lisa Graff, Rewind
"Even if you weren't a time traveler, anything you did in life was going to lead to some kind of change. And really, there was no way for you to know what that change would be before it happened. You …"-Lisa Graff, Rewind
23. The Deepest Breath
By: Meg Grehan
4.27
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
Stevie is eleven and loves reading and sea-creatures. She lives with her mum, and she's been best f… read more
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- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
"Not all bad things Are big bad things Not all sad things Are big sad things Sometimes they just come and go Just visitors And we don’t need to be Afraid of them"-Meg Grehan, The Deepest Breath
24. That Thing about Bollywood
By: Supriya Kelkar
3.67
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Bollywood takes over in this contemporary, magical middle grade novel about an Indian American girl… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
25. Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen!
By: Sarah Kapit
4.08
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this epistolary middle grade novel, Vivy Cohen won't let autism stop her from playing baseball--… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
"I’ve always assumed that when someone acts mean to me it’s because I did something wrong. Maybe that’s not it at all, though. Sort of like how sometimes you throw your best pitch and the batter still…"-Sarah Kapit, Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen!
26. Generation Misfits
By: Akemi Dawn Bowman
4.05
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An own voices story about an eleven-year-old Japanese-American girl who finds her true friends--thr… read more
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- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- juvenile
27. Spare Parts (Young Readers' Edition): The True Story of Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and an Impossible Dream
By: Joshua Davis
4.30
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A riveting true story about dreams, dedication, and an amazing robot named Stinky, based on Joshua … read more
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