Boy Bites Bug
By: Rebecca Petruck
3.87
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Will didn’t plan to eat a stinkbug. But when his friend Darryl called new kid Eloy Herrera a racial…
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1. Smile (Smile, #1)
By: Raina Telgemeier
4.23
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, … read more
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- childrens
- humor
- middle grade
- realistic fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Why don't you bang it against the wall a few times? That way, when you stop banging, it'll hurt less!"-Raina Telgemeier, Smile (Smile, #1)
2. Big Nate Makes the Grade
By: Lincoln Peirce
3.81
Format: 4 pages, Paperback
Self-described comic genius Big Nate keeps parents and teaching on their toes in this hilarious, Ne… read more
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- humor
- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
3. Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie (Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie, #1)
By: Jordan Sonnenblick
4.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
From first-time novelist Jordan Sonnenblick, a brave and beautiful story that will make readers lau… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
4. Beyond the Bright Sea
By: Lauren Wolk
3.83
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the author of the critically acclaimed Wolf Hollowcomes a moving story of identity and belongi… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
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. Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers
By: Gary Paulsen
3.67
Format: 128 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In June 1861, when the Civil War began, Charley Goddard enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteers.… read more
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- middle grade
- fiction
7. Sheets (Sheets, #1)
By: Brenna Thummler
3.84
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
Marjorie Glatt feels like a ghost. A practical thirteen year old in charge of the family laundry bu… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
"patience is the thread of healing."-Brenna Thummler, Sheets (Sheets, #1)
8. Swim Team
By: Johnnie Christmas
4.28
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Mana… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- sports
9. Long Lost
By: Jacqueline West
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Eleven-year-old Fiona has just read a book that doesn’t exist. When Fiona’s family moves to be … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
10. Wildoak
By: C.C. Harrington
4.34
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Maggie’s stutter makes going to school hard. She will do almost anything to avoid speaking in class… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
11. Dress Coded
By: Carrie Firestone
4.17
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
In this debut middle-grade girl-power friendship story, perfect for fans of Moxie , an eighth grade… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
"What if, instead of seeing us as covered or uncovered body parts, you saw us as people and you learned our names?"-Carrie Firestone, Dress Coded
12. Warrior Girl Unearthed
By: Angeline Boulley
4.34
Format: 396 pages, Hardcover
Perry Firekeeper-Birch was ready for her Summer of Slack but instead, after a fender bender that wa… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"Some friendships can endure anything."-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed
"Sometimes you need to protect your heart from the pain."-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed
"Everything is connected. The past. The future. The beginning and ending."-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed
"You jump, and I'll catch you. Every time. I'm your ride or die, niijiikwe."-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed
13. 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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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
"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
14. Play Like a Girl
By: Misty Wilson
4.29
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Debut author Misty Wilson chronicles her seventh-grade experience as the only girl on her town’s fo… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- sports
"There was no way the boys were gonna keep me on the sidelines. If they could play football, so could I. I was just gonna have to sign up, too."-Misty Wilson, Play Like a Girl
15. Glitch
By: Laura Martin
4.21
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A whirlwind adventure about a pair of kids who must break all the rules of time travel. Regan Fi… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
"Albert Einstein one said that everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it would spend its whole life believing it's stupid."-Laura Martin, Glitch
16. Ophie's Ghosts
By: Justina Ireland
4.28
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation makes her middle grade debut with a sweeping … read more
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- middle grade
- fiction
17. A Duet for Home
By: Karina Yan Glaser
4.24
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homel… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
18. A World Below
By: Wesley King
3.87
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A class field trips turns into an underground quest for survival.Mr. Baker’s eighth grade class tho… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
19. The Roof Over Our Heads
By: Nicole Kronzer
4.13
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A charming YA novel about a family who puts on an immersive, interactive play to save their histor… read more
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- humor
- realistic fiction
- contemporary
"Not everyone understands you only need two ingredients to make a family,"-Nicole Kronzer, The Roof Over Our Heads
"How was I supposed to expect everyone to give me a chance to be different if I wasn’t willing to let other people change, too?"-Nicole Kronzer, The Roof Over Our Heads
20. Elephant Secret
By: Eric Walters
4.23
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
We Bought a Zoo meets Jurassic Park in a gripping story featuring the evergreen appeal of human-ani… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- contemporary
21. Boy Bites Bug
By: Rebecca Petruck
3.87
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Will didn’t plan to eat a stinkbug. But when his friend Darryl called new kid Eloy Herrera a racial… read more
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- childrens
- teen
- realistic fiction
- humor
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- sports
