The Thing About Luck
By: Cynthia Kadohata , Julia Kuo
4.43
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
Summer knows that kouun means good luck" in Japanese, and this year her family has had none. Just w…
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1. Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger (Wayside School, #3)
By: Louis Sachar
4.21
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Before you enter Wayside School, you should know that it’s a thirty-story building with one classro… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
"What’s wrong with Louis?"-Louis Sachar, Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger (Wayside School, #3)
"Even the book I’m reading to my class,"-Louis Sachar, Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger (Wayside School, #3)
"No one’s ever brought me flowers before,"-Louis Sachar, Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger (Wayside School, #3)
"If a donkey could talk, and if the donkey had a sore throat, and if it spoke with a French accent—that was what Mr. Gorf’s voice sounded like."-Louis Sachar, Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger (Wayside School, #3)
2. The Skin I'm In
By: Sharon G. Flake
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
Miss Saunders, whose skin is blotched with a rare skin condition, serves as a mirror to Maleeka Mad… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
3. The Midwife's Apprentice
By: Karen Cushman
5.00
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
From the author of Catherine, Called Birdy comes another spellbinding novel set in medieval England… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
4. How It Went Down
By: Kekla Magoon
4.36
Format: 352 pages, ebook
When sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson dies from two gunshot wounds, his community is thrown into an u… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
5. The Thing About Luck
By: Cynthia Kadohata , Julia Kuo
4.43
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
Summer knows that kouun means good luck" in Japanese, and this year her family has had none. Just w… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- juvenile
6. Miracles on Maple Hill
By: Beth Krush , Virginia Sorensen
3.86
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Marly and her family share many adventures when they move from the city to a farmhouse on Maple Hil… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- juvenile
7. Shadow on the Mountain
By: Margi Preus
3.68
Format: 420 pages, Hardcover
Shadow on the Mountainrecounts the adventures of a 14-year-old Norwegian boy named Espen during Wor… read more
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8. 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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9. Fish in a Tree
By: Lynda Mullaly Hunt
3.66
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The author of the beloved One for the Murphysgives readers an emotionally-charged, uplifting novel … read more
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10. Mockingbird
By: Kathryn Erskine
3.57
Format: 432 pages,
In Caitlin's world, everything is black or white. Things are good or bad. Anything in between is co… read more
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11. New Kid (New Kid, #1)
By: Jerry Craft
4.16
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low and the struggle to fit … read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
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- young adult
- fiction
12. Red, White, and Whole
By: Rajani LaRocca
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An #ownvoices novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when he… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
"What does the sky do when the moon is gone forever?"-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months."-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"« We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months. »"-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"Her face is as bright as a full moon, always gentle, always changing, but predictable. Like our moon, she only shows us one face. The strong one."-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
13. Simon Sort of Says
By: Erin Bow
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
14. We Dream of Space
By: Erin Entrada Kelly
4.12
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
It's January 1986. The launch of the Challenger is just weeks away, and Cash, Fitch, and Bird Nelso… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
15. Finding Langston
By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
4.34
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
In a debut historical novel about the Great Migration a boy discovers Chicago's postwar South Side … read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- juvenile
"It's better to read in the library. Sitting at my favorite table by the window reading and listening to the sound of other folks turning pages makes me feel like I'm in a house full of company I don'…"-Lesa Cline-Ransome, Finding Langston
16. 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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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- juvenile
"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
17. Blended
By: Sharon M. Draper
4.16
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
"You’re so exotic!” “You look so unusual.” “But what are you really?” Eleven-year-old Isabella i… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
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"The doors of Target opened with a welcoming swoosh, and I was instantly distracted. Yeah. Target does that to me. I feel at home. They've got stuff I need. Stuff I don't need. Stuff I didn't even kno…"-Sharon M. Draper, Blended
18. 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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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
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"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
19. The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption
By: Katy Kelleher
3.57
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
Paris Review contributor Katy Kelleher explores our obsession with gorgeous things, unveiling the f… read more
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20. Roll with It
By: Jamie Sumner
4.07
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The story of an irrepressible girl with cerebral palsy whose life takes an unexpected turn when she… read more
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- young adult
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21. The Other Half of Happy
By: Rebecca Balcárcel
4.12
Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition
12-year-old Quijana likes to say that she used to be Pangaea. Unsplit. Not half white or half Latin… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
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- family
