Matilda Bone
By: Trina Schart Hyman , Karen Cushman
3.71
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Newbery medalist Karen Cushman assembles a cast of unforgettable characters in a fascinating and pu…
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1. The Witch of Blackbird Pond
By: Elizabeth George Speare
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Newbery Medal Winner (1959) Orphaned Kit Tyler knows, as she gazes for the first time at the col… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
"People are afraid of things they don’t understand."-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
"Hannah's magic cure for every ill," he teased. "Blueberry cake and a kitten."-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
"She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read."-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
"She and Prudence sat on a cool grassy carpet. A pale green curtain of branches just brushed the grasses and threw a filigree of shadows, as delicate as the wrought silver, on the child’s face."-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
2. The Saturdays (The Melendy Family, #1)
By: Elizabeth Enright
4.17
Format: 177 pages, Hardcover
Saturdays can make dreams come true when the Melendy children take turns to spend their pooled al… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
"All over the city lights were coming on in the purple-blue dusk. The street lights looked delicate and frail, as though they might suddenly float away from their lampposts like balloons. Long twirlin…"-Elizabeth Enright, The Saturdays (The Melendy Family, #1)
3. Book of a Thousand Days
By: Shannon Hale , James Noel Smith
3.97
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
When Dashti, a maid, and Lady Saren, her mistress, are shut in a tower for seven years because of S… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- historical fiction
"I do like the world quite a lot."-Shannon Hale, Book of a Thousand Days
"He raised his bowl of milk tea. "Let's drink to stubborn mothers."-Shannon Hale, Book of a Thousand Days
"I think sometimes, being silent and watching, can change a person."-Shannon Hale, Book of a Thousand Days
"You have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul."-Shannon Hale, Book of a Thousand Days
4. Eleanor
By: Barbara Cooney
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Though she came from a wealthy and privileged family, Eleanor Roosevelt grew up in a cheerless hous… read more
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- historical
- childrens
5. Mara, Daughter of the Nile
By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw
3.16
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Mara is a proud and beautiful slave girl who yearns for freedom. In order to gain it, she finds her… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- young adult
- historical fiction
6. Strangers on a Train (Nancy Drew Diaries #2)
By: Carolyn Keene
4.00
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
Nancy and her friends take their detective skills on an Alaskan adventure in this second book of th… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
7. Mystery of the Midnight Rider (Nancy Drew Diaries #3)
By: Carolyn Keene
3.71
Format: 101 pages, Paperback
Some equestrians are up to more than horseplay in this third book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fres… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
8. Matilda Bone
By: Trina Schart Hyman , Karen Cushman
3.71
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Newbery medalist Karen Cushman assembles a cast of unforgettable characters in a fascinating and pu… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- medieval
9. The Lacemaker and the Princess
By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
4.48
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
10. 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
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
11. Charmed (Fairy Tale Reform School, #2)
By: Jen Calonita
3.43
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Charmed is the exciting sequel to the wildly popular Flunked -- second in the brand new Fairy Tale … read more
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12. Pennyroyal Academy (Pennyroyal Academy, #1)
By: M.A. Larson
3.56
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Without any memory of her life before her dragon family took her in, Evie leaves home when she find… read more
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13. Flunked (Fairy Tale Reform School, #1)
By: Jen Calonita
3.86
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
Would you send a villain to do a hero's job? An exciting new twisted fairy tale series from award-w… read more
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15. Shiva's Fire
By: Suzanne Fisher Staples
3.07
Format: None pages, Paperback
Newbery Honor author Suzanne Fisher Staples turns to India for her newest novel, published to starr… read more
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16. The Cabin Faced West
By: Jean Fritz
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
Ann Hamilton's family has moved to the western frontier of Pennsylvania, and she misses her old hom… read more
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17. The Moorchild
By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Half moorfolk and half human, and unable to shape-shift or disappear at will, Moql threatens the sa… read more
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18. Clementine (Clementine, #1)
By: Sara Pennypacker , Marla Frazee
3.44
Format: 330 pages, Hardcover
Clementine is having not so good of a week. -On Monday she's sent to the principal's office for cut… read more
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19. Salt Magic
By: Hope Larson
4.17
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
When a jealous witch curses her family's well, it's up to Vonceil to set things right in an epic jo… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
"...some wounds aren't easy to see."-Hope Larson, Salt Magic
"Papa always says, you can fix soil, and you can build houses, but there's no point if the land don't have water."-Hope Larson, Salt Magic
"I know you feel too big for this place. But when you get out of here, you'll see how small you are in the world."-Hope Larson, Salt Magic
"No one stays young forever. And me? I lost my youth in the battlefield. If I have my way, I'll never leave this country again. Hell, I'll never leave the county. And if you think I'm the kind of man …"-Hope Larson, Salt Magic
20. The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
By: Daniel Nayeri
3.96
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A new all-ages adventure tale from Printz Medal Winner, Daniel Nayeri This is the tale of an exciti… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
"He had betrayed God and wanted to hide from him, the way children hide, sitting in the open and covering their eyes."-Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
"To everyone we love we give a knife. The knife is shaped to pass through the bones of our chests like a key in a lock. Nothing else can cut our hearts so deeply."-Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
"Wouldn't it be nice if love was always around us like life and death? Wouldn't it be nice if love was inevitable like the other two? That you could be sure you'd find someone to love and love you in …"-Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
