Tornado Brain
By: Cat Patrick
4.14
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
A neurodivergent 7th grader is determined to find her missing best friend before it's too late. …
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1. The Fort
By: Gordon Korman
4.31
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five fri… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
2. Tornado Brain
By: Cat Patrick
4.14
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
A neurodivergent 7th grader is determined to find her missing best friend before it's too late. … read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- autistic spectrum disorder
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- disability
- audiobook
3. 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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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
4. Closer to Nowhere
By: Ellen Hopkins
4.25
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A novel in verse about coming to terms with indelible truths of family and belonging. For the mo… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
"Every kid deserves a friend."-Ellen Hopkins, Closer to Nowhere
"Comprehension means more than word count."-Ellen Hopkins, Closer to Nowhere
"Still, what can it hurt to maybe have a little extra luck on your side?"-Ellen Hopkins, Closer to Nowhere
"That home in the distance, the one I could never reach? Today, I’m much closer to it than I am to nowhere."-Ellen Hopkins, Closer to Nowhere
5. Millionaires for the Month
By: Stacy McAnulty
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
"After seventh graders Benji and Felix "borrow" $20 from a lost wallet, the billionaire owner chall… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
6. 96 Miles
By: J.L. Esplin
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Dad always said if things get desperate, it’s okay to drink the water in the toilet. I never though… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"But the thing is, if you do survive, when it's all said and done, you still have to live with yourself."-J.L. Esplin, 96 Miles
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
- mental health
- fiction
- audiobook
8. Fighting Words
By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
4.64
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Ten-year-old Della has always had her older sister, Suki: When their mom went to prison, Della had … read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Broken bones take a long time to heal. Why shouldn't brains?"-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Fighting Words
"Sometimes you've got a story you need to find the courage to tell."-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Fighting Words
"This is to remind me of the best day of my life." She looks down at me. For a wonder, she smiles back. "When was that?" she asks. "Tomorrow," I say."-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Fighting Words
9. Dust
By: Dusti Bowling
4.23
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A girl who struggles to breathe befriends a boy who seems shrouded in dust. After Avalyn nearly die… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- disability
- audiobook
10. Wink
By: Rob Harrell
4.27
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
A wrenching and hilarious story about embracing life's weirdness and surviving an unthinkable diagn… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
11. Glitch
By: Laura Martin
4.21
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A whirlwind adventure about a pair of kids who must break all the rules of time travel. Regan Fi… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- audiobook
"Albert Einstein one said that everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it would spend its whole life believing it's stupid."-Laura Martin, Glitch
12. Rain Rising
By: Courtne Comrie
4.35
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
This dazzling debut middle grade novel in verse is a riveting journey toward self-acceptance for fa… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
13. Ode to a Nobody
By: Caroline Brooks DuBois
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A devastating tornado tears apart more than just houses in this striking novel in verse about a gir… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"It's eighth grade - laugh or be laughed at."-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody
"I'm afraid to want it, but I want to be a writer"-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody
"Maybe tomorrow, I'll try to turn this into a poem."-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody
"(Maybe if more homes were concrete they wouldn't be damaged so easily.)"-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody
14. Splinters of Scarlet
By: Emily Bain Murphy
4.01
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
A YA historical fantasy set in nineteenth-century Denmark, where secrets can kill and magic is a de… read more
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- mystery
- fiction
- young adult
"Sometimes the biggest decisions you make come by doing absolutely nothing."-Emily Bain Murphy, Splinters of Scarlet
"But what is love if not life, siphoned out and given away and spent freely for others each day?"-Emily Bain Murphy, Splinters of Scarlet
"Forming friendships, I suppose, is a little like walking on ice that thickens underneath your feet with every step toward each other."-Emily Bain Murphy, Splinters of Scarlet
15. The Blackbird Girls
By: Anne Blankman
4.43
Format: None pages, None
On a spring morning in 1986, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry re… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- audiobook
"La distanza tra i veri amici non conta, quando l'amicizia continua nei loro cuori."-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls
"Distance between true friends doesn't matter when their friendship lives in their hearts"-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls
"Siamo su questa terra per essere gentili gli uni con gli altri. Gli esseri umani sono la lingua di Dio."-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls
16. Focused
By: Alyson Gerber
4.17
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
Clea can't control her thoughts. She knows she has to do her homework . . . but she gets distracted… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
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- contemporary
- disability
17. Concealed
By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez
3.92
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Ivette Joanna And now: Katrina Whatever her name is, it won't last long. Katrina doesn't k… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- mystery
- audiobook
18. Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero
By: Saadia Faruqi
4.19
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Yusuf Azeem has spent all his life in the small town of Frey, Texas—and nearly that long waiting fo… read more
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- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- 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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- mental health
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- contemporary
20. Carry Me Home
By: Janet Fox
4.28
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Twelve-year-old Lulu and her younger sister, Serena, have a secret. As Daddy always says, “it’s bes… read more
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21. AfterMath
By: Emily Barth Isler
4.30
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
This book is a gift to the culture. --Amy Schumer, writer, actor, and activist After her brothe… read more
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- mental health
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