The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp
By: Kathi Appelt , Lyle Lovett
3.91
Format: 160 pages, Audio
Meet Bingo and J'miah, raccoon brothers on a mission to save Sugar Man Swamp in this tale from Newb…
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1. The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp
By: Kathi Appelt , Jennifer Bricking
3.94
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
Meet Bingo and J’miah, raccoon brothers on a mission to save Sugar Man Swamp in this rollicking tal… read more
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- magical realism
- childrens
- middle grade
- animals
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"They say that lightning never strikes in the same place twice, but the same is not true for courage. As it turns out, when courage strikes, it almost always begets more courage."-Kathi Appelt, The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp
2. Spoiled Brats
By: Simon Rich
3.97
Format: 211 pages, Hardcover
In his collection SPOILED BRATS, Simon Rich takes his absurd, culture-skewering style to new height… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
"The Benders had died in a helicopter explosion but were otherwise in perfect health."-Simon Rich, Spoiled Brats
3. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1)
By: Jacqueline Kelly
3.99
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
"Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really."-Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1)
"Y cuando algo es todo lo que sabes hacer, es fácil aguantar."-Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1)
"It's amazing what you can see when you just sit quietly and look."-Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1)
"Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really."-Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1)
4. Secrets at Sea
By: Richard Peck , Kelly Murphy
4.14
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Helena is big-sister mouse to three younger siblings, living a snug and well-fed life within the an… read more
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- childrens
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- animals
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5. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, #1)
By: Judi Barrett , Ron Barrett
4.18
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
An imaginative story of amazing food weather that inspired the hit movie, Cloudy with a Chance of M… read more
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- fantasy
- childrens
- fiction
6. The Magician's Elephant
By: Kate DiCamillo , Yoko Tanaka
3.35
Format: 520 pages, Hardcover
In a highly awaited new novel, Kate DiCamillo conjures a haunting fable about trusting the unexpect… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- animals
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- fantasy
7. The Lemonade War (The Lemonade War, #1)
By: Jacqueline Davies
3.67
Format: 44 pages, Hardcover
For a full hour, he poured lemonade. The world is a thirsty place, he thought as he nearly emptied … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
8. The Year of Billy Miller
By: Kevin Henkes
4.11
Format: 288 pages, ebook
Award-winning, nationally bestselling author Kevin Henkes introduces second-grader Billy Miller in … read more
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9. Chasing Lincoln's Killer
By: James L. Swanson
3.50
Format: 364 pages,
Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the co… read more
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10. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
By: Kate DiCamillo , K.G. Campbell
3.88
Format: 231 pages, Hardcover
It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequence… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
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- fantasy
"So many miracles have not yet happened."-Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
"She liked the way the words sounded. She imagined them floating above her in a comic-strip bubble"-Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
"I love your round head, the brilliant green, the watching blue, these letters, this world, you. I am very, very hungry."-Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
"He would write and write. He would make wonderful things happen. Some of it would be true. All of it would be true. Most of it would be true."-Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
11. Save Me a Seat
By: Sarah Weeks , Gita Varadarajan
4.36
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Joe and Ravi might be from very different places, but they're both stuck in the same place: SCHOOL.… read more
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12. Nightbird
By: Alice Hoffman
3.71
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
Twig lives in Sidwell, where people whisper that fairy tales are real. After all, her town is rumor… read more
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13. Chasing Vermeer (Chasing Vermeer, #1)
By: Brett Helquist , Blue Balliett
4.00
Format: 191 pages, Hardcover
When a book of unexplainable occurrences brings Petra Andalee and Calder Pillay together, strange t… read more
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14. The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot, #2)
By: Peter Brown
3.45
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
The sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Wild Robot, by award-winning author Peter Brown. S… read more
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15. The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)
By: S.D. Smith
4.28
Format: 400 pages, Perfect Paperback
Heather and Picket are extraordinary rabbits with ordinary lives until calamitous events overtake t… read more
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- middle grade
- animals
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- fantasy
- audiobook
"Was Father getting sadder, or was she just getting old enough to see it?"-S.D. Smith, The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)
"You can choose what you believe, Shuffler, but you can't change what's true."-S.D. Smith, The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)
16. The Eyes and the Impossible
By: Dave Eggers
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johanne… read more
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- middle grade
- animals
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"What monster would turn up his snout at the thought-through help of all the friends he had?"-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible
"Every reasonable creature knows that the worst thing any creature can do all day is think of themselves. If there are troubles in your mind, you should think first of the troubles of others; it is th…"-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible
17. The Puppets of Spelhorst
By: Kate DiCamillo
4.19
Format: 149 pages, Hardcover
From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale—with enchanting illustrations b… read more
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"The moon has no master," said the owl. "The moon is its own king." "Or queen," said the girl. The moon rose higher."-Kate DiCamillo, The Puppets of Spelhorst
18. Ferris
By: Kate DiCamillo
4.30
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more
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19. The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3)
By: Peter Brown
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The action-packed third installment in Peter Brown's internationally bestselling The Wild Robot ser… read more
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20. Odder
By: Katherine Applegate
4.25
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, s… read more
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21. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor
By: Alan Gratz
4.24
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz ( Refugee ; Ground Zero ; Two Degr… read more
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- audiobook
22. Willodeen
By: Katherine Applegate
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The earth is old and we are not, and that is all you must remember . . . Eleven-year-old Willode… read more
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"Mostly I avoided the Faire, with its teeming crowds that made me feel like I was being smothered. So much noise! So much forced merrymaking! Often I would see children there, ones I recognized from m…"-Katherine Applegate, Willodeen
23. 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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24. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)
By: Dan Gemeinhart
4.54
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the critic… read more
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"But it's not the sandwich that matter Coyote. It's someone bringing you the sandwich."-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)
"I'm gonna go ahead a fast-forward the story a bit here. Because, basically some boring stuff happened and then some very exciting stuff happened, and I think it's best to just skip the crust and go s…"-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)
25. Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods
By: Grace Lin
4.21
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times bestseller! Newbery and Caldecott honoree and New York Times bestselling autho… read more
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26. When You Trap a Tiger
By: Tae Keller
4.15
Format: 297 pages, Hardcover
Newbery Medal Winner (2021) Some stories refuse to stay bottled up... When Lily and her famil… read more
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"I am a girl who sees invisible things, but I am not invisible."-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger
"Does it get easier? Does the sadness go away? The sadness fades, yeah. Eventually. But the missing ... I don't know if that ever does."-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger
"If you put things off for later, you'll never do them. They'll become harder and scarier, and one day you'll realize you've run out of time."-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger
"It's hard to breathe. I know now: The moment when everything really falls apart--it's not during the big explosion. It's in the quiet after. And the feeling is not a shattering. Not quite"-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger
27. The Labors of Hercules Beal
By: Gary D. Schmidt
4.53
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more
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"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal
"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal
28. Plain Jane and the Mermaid
By: Vera Brosgol
4.38
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
From Eisner Award winner Vera Brosgol comes an instant classic about courage, confidence, and inner… read more
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29. The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1)
By: David Alexander Robertson
3.90
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brough… read more
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"Stories always lead people somewhere, To a place, to a memory."-David Alexander Robertson, The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1)
"Humans...The land provides everything that anybody would need. If you take only what you need, the land renews itself so that it can provide more. Medicines, water, plants, meat. In exchange, because…"-David Alexander Robertson, The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1)
30. Billy Miller Makes a Wish (A Miller Family Story)
By: Kevin Henkes
3.75
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The stand-alone companion to two-time Newbery Honor author Kevin Henkes’s award-winning, acclaimed,… read more
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- childrens
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31. Henry, Like Always
By: Jenn Bailey
4.19
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
A beginning chapter book series based on the award-winning picture book A Friend for Henry. Henr… read more
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