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…
Want to Read $ 8.99"I am a girl who sees invisible things, but I am not invisible."-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger
"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
"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
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1. The Trouble With Chickens (J.J. Tully Mystery #1)
By: Doreen Cronin , Kevin Cornell
3.82
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
J.J. Tully is a former search-and-rescue dog who is trying to enjoy his retirement after years of p… read more
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- fantasy
- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
"The truth was somewhere between her brain and her beak. I wasn’t sure it would survive the trip."-Doreen Cronin, The Trouble With Chickens (J.J. Tully Mystery #1)
2. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
By: Simms Taback
4.24
Format: 36 pages, Hardcover
An old favorite as you've never seen it before! Everyone knows the song about the old lady who s… read more
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- fantasy
- childrens
- fiction
3. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
By: Kelly Barnhill
4.12
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in th… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"Sorrow is dangerous."-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon
"Magic and madness are link after all."-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon
"Death is always sudden, even when it isn't"-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon
"Some of us...choose love over power. Indeed, most of us do."-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon
4. Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (Heroes in Training, #1)
By: Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams , Craig Phillips
2.00
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
After pulling a magical thunderbolt from a stone, ten-year-old Zeus goes on the adventure of a life… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
5. Dragons Love Tacos
By: Adam Rubin , Daniel Salmieri
4.19
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
This scrumptious New York Times bestseller has a whole lot of kick!Dragons love tacos. They love ch… read more
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- fantasy
- childrens
- fiction
6. Fancy Nancy
By: Jane O'Connor , Robin Preiss Glasser
4.35
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the dazzling duo of Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser, welcome Fancy Nancy! This is the b… read more
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- family
- realistic fiction
- childrens
- fiction
7. After the Fall
By: Dan Santat
4.75
Format: 140 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times-bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of Beekle: The Unimagi… 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. 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
- young adult
- family
- fiction
- 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
10. The Higher Power of Lucky (The Hard Pan Trilogy, #1)
By: Susan Patron
4.27
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Believing that her French guardian is about to abandon her to an orphanage in the city, ten-year-ol… read more
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11. The Wild Robot (The Wild Robot, #1)
By: Peter Brown
4.05
Format: 12 pages, Hardcover
When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild… read more
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12. The Lost Library
By: Rebecca Stead
4.14
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more
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- magical realism
- childrens
- middle grade
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"But aren’t “parents"-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"That delicious book smell, his heart said."-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
13. 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
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
14. The Last Mapmaker
By: Christina Soontornvat
4.15
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. As assistant to Mangkon’s most celeb… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"I couldn't see it then, but I could see it now. I opened my eyes, releasing another stream of tears. I had been trying so hard to run from my past. But the past was like mottlefish ink. Even if it fa…"-Christina Soontornvat, The Last Mapmaker
15. 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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- childrens
- middle grade
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"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
16. Freewater
By: Amina Luqman-Dawson
4.18
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they … read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"Lord only knows how many of us they keep from running. How many of us stay in these hateful places out of love. I used to think it was from scaring us - beating, cutting, or whipping us that did it. …"-Amina Luqman-Dawson, Freewater
17. The Leaf Thief
By: Alice Hemming
4.15
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
A brilliantly funny picture book about seasons, written by Alice Hemming and illustrated by Nicola … read more
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- childrens
- fiction
18. Spy School Revolution (Spy School, #8)
By: Stuart Gibbs
4.40
Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition
Ben Ripley faces the Croatoan—a new evil organization that’s so mysterious, the only proof it exist… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
19. 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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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
20. Rez Dogs
By: Joseph Bruchac
4.05
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From the U.S.'s foremost indigenous children's author comes a middle grade verse novel set during t… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
"No one should feel guilty about the past. Unless they're not doing anything about the present."-Joseph Bruchac, Rez Dogs
21. A Rover's Story
By: Jasmine Warga
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- audiobook
22. 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
- audiobook
23. The Last Cuentista
By: Donna Barba Higuera
4.07
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abu… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Suma's eyes are still closed, and I can't tell if she's trying to forget, or to remember. Maybe stories are there to help us do both. I know stories can't always have happy endings. But if there are …"-Donna Barba Higuera, The Last Cuentista
24. 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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- magical realism
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
"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
25. Merci Suárez Changes Gears
By: Meg Medina
4.19
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
Thoughtful, strong-willed sixth-grader Merci Suarez navigates difficult changes with friends, famil… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
26. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure
By: Jeff Kinney
4.22
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
You’ve never seen the Wimpy Kid World like this before—an entirely new, awesome, friendly, truly fa… read more
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- fantasy
- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
27. Elf Dog and Owl Head
By: M.T. Anderson
3.92
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A Newbery Honor Book A magical adventure about a boy and his dog—or a dog and her boy—and a fore… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
28. Molly and the Twin Towers: A 9/11 Survival Story (Girls Survive)
By: Jessika Fleck
3.81
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
Life in lower Manhattan is normal for Molly, her dads, and younger sister. But on September 11, 200… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
29. Holly Jolly: Campfire Stories
By: JK Franko Junior
4.35
Format: 42 pages, Kindle Edition
*** Miami Youth Fair Blue Ribbon Winner *** For young teenagers. By a young teenager. Written by … read more
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- childrens
"It’s okay,"-JK Franko Junior, Holly Jolly: Campfire Stories
"What is it?"-JK Franko Junior, Holly Jolly: Campfire Stories
"Life is suffering, child."-JK Franko Junior, Holly Jolly: Campfire Stories
"Dead is dead; and cheap is cheap!"-JK Franko Junior, Holly Jolly: Campfire Stories
30. Bear Bottom (FunJungle, #7)
By: Stuart Gibbs
4.23
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Teddy Fitzroy returns as FunJungle’s resident sleuth to solve the disappearances of endangered biso… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
31. Flor and Miranda Steal the Show
By: Jennifer Torres
3.76
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Enjoy carnival rides and deep fried pickles in this warm, funny middle grade novel about family and… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
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