Faraway Summer
By: Johanna Hurwitz
3.91
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Jewish New York City orphan Dossi is sent by the Fresh Air Fund to spend the summer of 1910 in a sm…
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1. Wishtree
By: Katherine Applegate , Charles Santoso
4.29
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Trees can't tell jokes, but they can certainly tell stories. . . . Red is an oak tree who is man… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"Here's an idea for you: ideas are a bad idea"-Katherine Applegate, Wishtree
"I'm not just a tree. I'm a home. A community. - Red"-Katherine Applegate, Wishtree
"Hollows are proof that something bad can become something good with enough time and care and hope."-Katherine Applegate, Wishtree
"My point," Bongo continued, "is that the world's a tough place. Doesn't matter if you're a bunny or a lizard or a kid."-Katherine Applegate, Wishtree
2. The Crossover
By: Kwame Alexander
4.24
Format: 245 pages, ebook
"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all t… read more
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- middle grade
"Basketball Rule #5 When you stop playing your game you've already lost."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
"He's no longer listening to music, but his tears are loud enough to dance to."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
"Basketball Rule #4 If you miss enough of life's free throws you will pay in the end."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
"Silence doesn't mean we have run out of things to say, only that we are trying not to say them."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
3. The Penderwicks in Spring (The Penderwicks, #4)
By: Jeanne Birdsall
4.01
Format: 175 pages, Hardcover
Springtime is finally arriving on Gardam Street, and there are surprises in store for each member o… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
4. The Poet's Dog
By: Patricia MacLachlan
4.26
Format: None pages, ebook
From Newbery Medal winner Patricia MacLachlan comes a poignant story about two children, a poet, an… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
5. The One and Only Ivan
By: Katherine Applegate , Patricia Castelao
3.52
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accu… read more
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6. Pat of Silver Bush (Pat, #1)
By: L.M. Montgomery
3.85
Format: None pages, Paperback
Patricia Gardiner loved Silver Bush more than anything else in the world. She was born and raised i… read more
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7. Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)
By: L.M. Montgomery
4.02
Format: 288 pages, School & Library Binding
Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away … read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
- historical fiction
"…hate's got to be a disease with me."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)
"We always hate people who surprise our secrets…"-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)
"A cold in the head in June is an immoral thing..."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)
"Today has been a day dropped out of June into April."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)
8. Twerp
By: Mark Goldblatt
4.43
Format: 63 pages, Hardcover
It's not like I meant for him to get hurt. . .. Julian Twerski isn't a bully. He's just made a big … read more
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9. Rainbow Valley (Anne of Green Gables, #7)
By: L.M. Montgomery
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
Anne Shirley is grown up, has married her beloved Gilbert and now is the mother of six mischievous … read more
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10. Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)
By: L.M. Montgomery
4.17
Format: 227 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780553213188 Anne's own true love, Gilbert Blythe, … read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
- historical fiction
"…but youth yearned to youth."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)
"We belong to the race that knows Joseph"-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)
"Death grows friendlier as we grow older."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)
"It takes all kinds of people to make a world."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)
11. Anne of Ingleside (Anne of Green Gables, #6)
By: L.M. Montgomery
3.88
Format: None pages,
Anne is the mother of five, with never a dull moment in her lively home. And now with a new baby on… read more
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12. Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)
By: L.M. Montgomery
4.22
Format: 276 pages, Mass Market Paperback
When twelve-year-old Anne Shirley came to Avonlea, she quickly won everyone’s heart. Now, she’s fiv… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
- historical fiction
"I've come home in love with loneliness"-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)
"Everything that's worth having is some trouble…"-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)
"I'm sure I shall always feel like a child in the wood."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)
"She looks just as music sounds, I think,' answered Anne."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)
13. The Penderwicks at Point Mouette (The Penderwicks, #3)
By: Jeanne Birdsall
4.36
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
With over one million copies sold, this series of modern classics about the charming Penderwick fam… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
14. 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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- middle grade
- childrens
"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
15. 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
16. Starfish
By: Lisa Fipps
4.46
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this debut novel-in-verse. Eve… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"I'm a starfish, taking p all the room I want."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
"I'm a starfish, taking up all the room I want."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
"DNA doesn't make you family. Love does. Actions do."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
"No matter what others say or do, embrace what makes you, you."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
17. Small Medium at Large (Small Medium, #1)
By: Joanne Levy
3.86
Format: 221 pages, Paperback
After she’s hit by lightning at a wedding, twelve-year-old Lilah Bloom develops a new talent: she c… read more
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- childrens
18. School Trip (New Kid, #3)
By: Jerry Craft
4.20
Format: 247 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft is back with the newest adventures of Jordan, Drew, L… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
19. Search
By: Michelle Huneven
3.87
Format: 393 pages, Hardcover
A sharp and funny novel of a congregational search committee, told as a memoir with recipes Dana… read more
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20. The Dollhouse: A Ghost Story
By: Charis Cotter
3.75
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
A creepy, mysterious dollhouse takes center stage in this atmospheric middle-grade mystery for fans… read more
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- childrens
21. Faraway Summer
By: Johanna Hurwitz
3.91
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Jewish New York City orphan Dossi is sent by the Fresh Air Fund to spend the summer of 1910 in a sm… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
- historical fiction
