A Man Called Horse: John Horse and the Black Seminole Underground Railroad
By: Glennette Tilley Turner
3.42
Format: 97 pages, Hardcover
An account of Black Seminole warrior, chief, and diplomat John Horse and the route he forged on the…
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1. Kira-Kira
By: Cynthia Kadohata
3.97
Format: 291 pages, Paperback
kira-kira (kee ra kee ra): glittering; shining Glittering. That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lyn… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
"The blue of the sky is one of the most special colors in the world, because the color is deep but see-through both at the same time."-Cynthia Kadohata, Kira-Kira
"I didn't care if I was a genius or if I was pretty or if I was good in sports. I just liked to listen to Lynn and to talk to Bera-Bera and to eat rice candies."-Cynthia Kadohata, Kira-Kira
"I cried and cried. But then I had to stop. One thing about me was that when I was having a serious wish session, I tried never to wish impossible wishes. I might have wished for sixteen crayons inste…"-Cynthia Kadohata, Kira-Kira
2. The Marrow Thieves
By: Cherie Dimaline
3.97
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
In a futuristic world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dre… read more
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"When we heal our land, we are healed also."-Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves
"I did have the longest hair of any of the boys... I braided it myself each morning, to keep it out of the way and to remind myself of things I couldn’t quite remember but that, nevertheless, I knew t…"-Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves
"We go to the schools and they leach the dreams from where our ancestors hid them, in the honeycombs of slushy marrow buried in our bones. And us? Well, we join our ancestors, hoping we left enough dr…"-Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves
"And I understood that as long as there are dreamers left, there will never be want for a dream. And I understood just what we would do for each other, just what we would do for the ebb and pull of th…"-Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves
3. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Make Your Loved Ones’ Lives Easier and Your Own Life More Pleasant
By: Margareta Magnusson
3.59
Format: 251 pages, Hardcover
Funny, wise, and deeply practical, Swedish artist Margareta Magnusson offers advice on how to declu… read more
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- nonfiction
4. The Smell of Other People's Houses
By: Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
3.70
Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition
In Alaska, 1970, being a teenager here isn't like being a teenager anywhere else. Ruth has a secret… read more
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5. All the Crooked Saints
By: Maggie Stiefvater
4.25
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Here is a thing everyone wants: a miracle. Here is a thing everyone fears: what it takes to get one… read more
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6. Sold
By: Patricia McCormick
3.72
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
Although Lakshmi's family is desperately poor her life still contains simple pleasures; but, when t… read more
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7. The Librarian of Crooked Lane (Glass Library, #1)
By: C.J. Archer
3.84
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
A librarian with a mysterious past, a war hero with a secret, and the heist of a magic painting. TH… read more
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- historical
8. The Medici Manuscript (Glass Library, #2)
By: C.J. Archer
4.03
Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition
One book can change your life. Finding an old manuscript in the attic has always been a fantasy … read more
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- historical
9. 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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"Home to the richest soil on Earth. A Great Place to Grow!"-Jas Hammonds, We Deserve Monuments
10. 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
- middle grade
- childrens
11. Abuela, Don't Forget Me
By: Rex Ogle
4.50
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In his memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle’s abuela features as a source of love and support. In this compa… read more
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- middle grade
- biography
- nonfiction
"These are my words! They matter! Hit me all you want. I will write. These are my words. They do matter. And she did hit me, all she wanted. But I wrote. And I still write. I will always write. No one…"-Rex Ogle, Abuela, Don't Forget Me
"She may forget. And one day, I may forget too. But for now, the memories are captured, like insects in amber, ready to survive for millions of years. My memories...are written in words and verses and…"-Rex Ogle, Abuela, Don't Forget Me
12. Melissa
By: Alex Gino
4.10
Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition
When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"Girl problems?"-Alex Gino, Melissa
"My dad’s cleaning!"-Alex Gino, Melissa
"Some of us take death very seriously."-Alex Gino, Melissa
"I still don’t see why I can’t just take the next bus,"-Alex Gino, Melissa
13. A Rover's Story
By: Jasmine Warga
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
14. Ain't Burned All the Bright
By: Jason Reynolds
4.42
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerall… read more
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"What is life in a house underwater?"-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright
"...and freedom to play without worry about the rules being rearranged"-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright
"...and she wipes weary from her eyes still glued to the no-good glued to the high definition glare of low-definition life"-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright
"And I'm sitting here wondering why my mother won't change the channel and why the news won't change the story and why the story won't change into something new instead of the every-hour rerun about h…"-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright
15. The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3)
By: Katherine Applegate
4.28
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
Ruby’s story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildli… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
16. We Are Not Free
By: Traci Chee
4.32
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
“All around me, my friends are talking, joking, laughing. Outside is the camp, the barbed wire, the… read more
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- historical
"...I'm not guilty of anything but being born with this face."-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free
"We could do everything right, and they’d still think we were dangerous."-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free
"Tyranny is locking us up. Tyranny is taking our freedom. Tyranny is right here. Tyranny is American."-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free
"If someone always said, You have to do this for me before I do this for you, then nothing would ever get done"-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free
17. We Ride Upon Sticks
By: Quan Barry
3.79
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
Set in the coastal town of Danvers, Massachusetts (which in 1692 was Salem Village, site of the ori… read more
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- historical
"We were taking one step for jocks, one giant leap for jock-kind."-Quan Barry, We Ride Upon Sticks
"It all makes you wonder what you would've done had you been kicking around back then. If a teen girl, would you have followed the herd? If the mother of eight dead babies like Ann Putnam Sr., would y…"-Quan Barry, We Ride Upon Sticks
18. Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)
By: Kelly Yang
4.42
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
Mia Tang thinks she’s going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"The pain broke my heart into a thousand pieces."-Kelly Yang, Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)
"the worry that if he didn’t take every single thing, a part of him would be lost forever."-Kelly Yang, Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)
"But you can't give up on people. It's one of the three keys of friendship. You gotta listen, you gotta care, and most importantly, you gotta keep trying."-Kelly Yang, Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)
19. The Summer of Bitter and Sweet
By: Jen Ferguson
4.05
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
In this complex and emotionally resonant novel, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful stor… read more
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- indigenous
20. Where Are the Constellations? (Where Is?)
By: Stephanie Sabol
4.03
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Calling all stargazers, this addition to the New York Times bestselling series is sure to be the pe… read more
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- middle grade
- nonfiction
- history
- childrens
21. Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)
By: Darcie Little Badger
4.00
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice crea… read more
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- indigenous
"Everyone loves pill-bugs. They're the insect version of hedgehogs."-Darcie Little Badger, Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)
"It's hard to know that you're flying too high until the feathers start dropping."-Darcie Little Badger, Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)
"She's say his name and tell his story. Maybe, someday, he'd follow the words home."-Darcie Little Badger, Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)
"She'd say his name and tell his story. Maybe, someday, he'd follow the words home."-Darcie Little Badger, Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)
22. Café Con Lychee
By: Emery Lee
3.63
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Sometimes bitter rivalries can brew something sweet Theo Mori wants to escape. Leaving Vermont f… read more
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23. Iveliz Explains It All
By: Andrea Beatriz Arango
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Library Binding
How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening? One girl takes on seventh grade while f… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"and it's important to stop, be kind to ourselves, and ask for help- ask for love."-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
"But you have to be somewhere I can find. You understand? Somewhere I can find. I nod, because I know what he is saying and what he is not saying. He can't find me if I'm not here. (p. 113 of the hard…"-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
"I am not okay, and sometimes I wish people wouldn't believe me when I say I am. I wish they would ask, just one more time, and I wish they wouldn't tiptoe around me like I'm a poem, so I could show t…"-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
24. The School for Whatnots
By: Margaret Peterson Haddix
3.79
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From master of suspense author Margaret Peterson Haddix comes another page-turning stand-alone adve… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
25. The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
By: Alexandra Robbins
4.19
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
The hit national bestseller - a New York Times Spring Nonfiction Pick, USA Today "Hottest New Book… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- history
"Teachers deserve a well-defined, realistic job description and enough protected school day planning time to fulfill that job within their paid contracted hours."-Alexandra Robbins, The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
"Teachers deserve to helm every committee determining school operations rather than policymakers who proclaim what should happen in the classroom despite never having taught in one."-Alexandra Robbins, The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
"Teachers deserve a safe working environment in which violence is not tolerated from students, parents, or staff, and educators can report it and other transgressions without fear of retaliation."-Alexandra Robbins, The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
"By the fall of 2021, schools across the country had lost a staggering number of teachers, paraeducators, substitutes, bus drivers, and other staff who quit, retired early, got sick, or died because o…"-Alexandra Robbins, The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
26. Falling Short
By: Ernesto Cisneros
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Isaac and Marco a… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
27. Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero
By: Saadia Faruqi
4.19
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Yusuf Azeem has spent all his life in the small town of Frey, Texas—and nearly that long waiting fo… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
28. Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II
By: Candace Fleming
4.15
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Candace Fleming, comes the powerful and fascinating story of the brave an… read more
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- history
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- nonfiction
29. Peacemaker
By: Joseph Bruchac
4.00
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A twelve-year-old Iroquois boy searches for peace in this historical novel based on the creation of… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
- indigenous
30. A Man Called Horse: John Horse and the Black Seminole Underground Railroad
By: Glennette Tilley Turner
3.42
Format: 97 pages, Hardcover
An account of Black Seminole warrior, chief, and diplomat John Horse and the route he forged on the… read more
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- biography
- history
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- indigenous
- nonfiction
31. Visions of the Crow (Dreams) (Volume 1)
By: Wanda John-Kehewin
3.69
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
“Your ancestors have called us to help you.” “I think y'all have the wrong number.” Damon Quinn jus… read more
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- indigenous
