The Shape of Thunder
By: Jasmine Warga
4.17
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other,…
Want to Read $ 9.49"I just want to be okay. I don't want to feel okay. I want to be okay."-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
"The more things you know, the less likely you are to be taken by surprise."-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
"Whenever I get a bad grade, I always try to explain to Mom that I did read the book. And just because I can't remember what color shirt the character was wearing in page six doesn't mean that I didn't read it. I mean, I was too busy crying about the dead dog at the end to remember what characters are wearing."-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
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1. The Shape of Thunder
By: Jasmine Warga
4.17
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other,… read more
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- childrens
- time travel
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- death
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- audiobook
"I just want to be okay. I don't want to feel okay. I want to be okay."-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
"The more things you know, the less likely you are to be taken by surprise."-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
"Whenever I get a bad grade, I always try to explain to Mom that I did read the book. And just because I can't remember what color shirt the character was wearing in page six doesn't mean that I didn'…"-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
2. Alone
By: Megan E. Freeman
4.14
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she … read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
3. City Spies (City Spies #1)
By: James Ponti
4.31
Format: 378 pages, Hardcover
Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose h… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong."-James Ponti, City Spies (City Spies #1)
4. The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1)
By: Shawn Peters
4.03
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Packed with superheroes, supervillains, and epic showdowns between good and evil, The Unforgettable… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
5. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
By: Pedro Martín
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- family
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
6. 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
- audiobook
"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
7. The Canyon's Edge
By: Dusti Bowling
4.22
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A novel in verse about a young girl's struggle for survival after a climbing trip with her father g… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- audiobook
8. 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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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- audiobook
"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
9. 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
- audiobook
"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
10. Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown
By: Steve Sheinkin
4.34
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
Author Steve Sheinkin presents a follow up to his award-winning book Bomb: The Race to Build--and S… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
11. Louder Than Hunger
By: John Schu
4.55
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- audiobook
12. 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
- audiobook
13. Turtle Boy
By: M. Evan Wolkenstein
4.31
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Seventh grade is not going well for Will Levine. Kids at school bully him because of his funny-look… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- death
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
14. What Happened to Rachel Riley?
By: Claire Swinarski
4.23
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
15. Ten Thousand Tries
By: Amy Makechnie
4.36
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A middle school soccer whiz’s determination to keep things from changing is tested when his father’… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- audiobook
"Slow makes smooth and smooth is fast."-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries
"I'm not gonna be most people. -Golden"-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries
"The world is short on finishers. FINISH."-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries
"The harder you work, the luckier you get!"-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries
16. 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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- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- audiobook
17. A Game of Fox & Squirrels
By: Jenn Reese
4.09
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
After an incident shatters their family, eleven-year old Samantha and her older sister Caitlin are … read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
18. Barakah Beats
By: Maleeha Siddiqui
4.17
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For fans of The First Rule of Punk and Save Me a Seat, Barakah Beats is a sweet, powerful, and joyo… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- audiobook
19. My Life in the Fish Tank
By: Barbara Dee
4.21
Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition
From the acclaimed author of Maybe He Just Likes You and Halfway Normal comes a “compassionate…touc… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
20. Frankie & Bug
By: Gayle Forman
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In the debut middle grade novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Gayle Forman comes a poig… read more
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- realistic fiction
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- audiobook
21. Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year
By: Nina Hamza
4.00
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An Indian Muslim #ownvoices debut about an underachiever who must start over in a new state with th… read more
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- contemporary
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- audiobook
