Listen, Slowly
By: Thanhhà Lại
4.20
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A California girl born and raised, Mai can't wait to spend her vacation at the beach. Instead, thou…
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1. When the Sea Turned to Silver (National Book Award Finalist)
By: Grace Lin
4.36
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Pinmei's gentle, loving grandmother always has the most exciting tales for her granddaughter and th… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
"Almost all men respect the Storyteller... You can mãe time disappear. You can bring us to places we have never dreamed of. You can make us feel sorrow and joy and peace. You have great magic."-Grace Lin, When the Sea Turned to Silver (National Book Award Finalist)
"Because stories are how we share our lives and what we truly mourn when they are lost. Stories are what connect us to our past and carry us to our future. They are what we cherish and what we remembe…"-Grace Lin, When the Sea Turned to Silver (National Book Award Finalist)
2. Amal Unbound
By: Aisha Saeed
4.18
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The compelling story of a girl’s fight to regain her life and dreams after being forced into indent… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"The thing is- those books made my days bearable."-Aisha Saeed, Amal Unbound
"Regret, I was learning, was the sharpest knife there was."-Aisha Saeed, Amal Unbound
"If everyone decided nothing would change, nothing ever would."-Aisha Saeed, Amal Unbound
"You always have a choice. Making choices even when they scare you because you know it's the right thing to do - that's bravery."-Aisha Saeed, Amal Unbound
3. Listen, Slowly
By: Thanhhà Lại
4.20
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A California girl born and raised, Mai can't wait to spend her vacation at the beach. Instead, thou… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Thanhhà Lại's Listen, Slowly book and Thanhhà Lại's Listen, Slowly
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
4. The Fourteenth Goldfish
By: Jennifer L. Holm , Tad Carpenter
3.83
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Galileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer. Science can change the world . . . but can it go too far? Eleve… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- fiction
5. Lucky Broken Girl
By: Ruth Behar
3.40
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Based on the author's childhood in the 1960s, a young Cuban-Jewish immigrant girl is adjusting to h… read more
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6. The Land of Forgotten Girls
By: Erin Entrada Kelly
3.75
Format: 166 pages, Hardcover
NAIBA Book of the Year finalist, Parents Choice Foundation Gold Fiction Award, and Winner of the AP… read more
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8. Orris and Timble: The Beginning
By: Kate DiCamillo
4.37
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
From beloved storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes the first book in a warm and funny early-reader trilo… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
9. Something Like Home
By: Andrea Beatriz Arango
4.31
Format: 256 pages, Library Binding
A novel in verse in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only f… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
10. Top Story (Front Desk, #5)
By: Kelly Yang
4.41
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling Front Desk series continues! Mia Tang is at the top of her game! … read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
11. Break (Click #6)
By: Kayla Miller
4.21
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Olive is less-than-excited to be spending Spring Break stuck with her dad...will she be able to mak… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
12. Just Like That
By: Gary D. Schmidt
4.37
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene'… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
"It’s hard to figure out how a friendship begins, she thought. Maybe sometimes it’s because someone you thought you knew - and that you didn’t really - turns out to be a whole lot more like a friend t…"-Gary D. Schmidt, Just Like That
"And Meryl Lee thought, I wonder how this happens. You live side by side for a while, and suddenly you realize you like living side by side, and you can’t imagine not living side by side because you’v…"-Gary D. Schmidt, Just Like That
13. The Bridge Home
By: Padma Venkatraman
4.27
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
When Viji and her sister, Rukku, whose developmental disability makes her overly trusting and vulne… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"If I wanted a better future, I needed to change the life we had .Now."-Padma Venkatraman, The Bridge Home
14. Maizy Chen's Last Chance
By: Lisa Yee
4.29
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to The Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota. . . until now. Her… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"When you're in a position to help, that means you're in a good place in your own life."-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance
"Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being busy."-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance
15. Finding Junie Kim
By: Ellen Oh
4.25
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A story of family, hope, and survival, inspired by the author's mother’s real-life experiences duri… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
16. Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1)
By: Kelly Yang
4.46
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” ( Booklist … read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
17. Finally Heard (Finally Seen #2)
By: Kelly Yang
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes the sequel to Finally Seen in which … read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
18. The Willoughbys Return
By: Lois Lowry
3.60
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
It's been 30 years and with rising temperatures melting icy mountain tops the previously frozen Wil… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
19. Sona and the Golden Beasts
By: Rajani LaRocca
4.22
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From Newbery Honor and Walter Award–winning author Rajani LaRocca comes a gripping middle grade fan… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
20. Stand Up, Yumi Chung!
By: Jessica Kim
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
One lie snowballs into a full-blown double life in this irresistible story about an aspiring stand-… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
21. Under the Broken Sky
By: Mariko Nagai
4.07
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A middle-grade novel-in-verse about a Japanese orphan’s experience in occupied rural Manchuria duri… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
