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Aniana del Mar Jumps In
Jasminne Mendez - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Beautiful in its honesty and vulnerability, this is a powerful story about dreams and bodily agency that sings from the heart." - Natalia Sylvester, award-winning author of Breathe and Count Back From Ten. A powerful and expertly told novel-in-verse by about a 12-year-old Dominican... |
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Patina
Jason Reynolds - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Audiobook
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A newbie to the track team, Patina must learn to rely on her teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons in this follow-up to the National Book Award finalist Ghost by New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds. Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds... |
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Lily and the Night Creatures
Nick Lake - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A young girl sets out to defeat the evil spirits inhabiting her home in this delightfully dark middle grade adventure perfect for fans of Coraline and Margaret Peterson Haddixs The Strangers.Lily is used to hospitals - shes spent more time in them than out of them thanks to her recent health... |
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Will on the Inside
Andrew Eliopulos - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover
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After dedicated soccer player Will is sidelined from the season - and his friend group - due to complications from his newly diagnosed Crohn's disease, he finds himself figuring out who he really is on the inside in this heartfelt and thoughtful middle grade novel that's perfect... |
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The Truth About Stacey (The Baby-Sitters Club, No.3)
Ann M. Martin
Format: Book
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A fresh new look for the beloved series -- set to relaunch just after a brand-new prequel hits stores!The truth about Stacey is that she has diabetes, a fact she keeps secret from everyone except her new friends in the Baby-sitters Club. But Stacey's condition causes a lot of problems,... |
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Sincerely, Harriet
Sarah Winifred Searle - Graphic Universe
Format: Library Binding
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Harriet Flores struggles with boredom and an unrequited crush while learning to manage her chronic illness through a long, hot, 1990s summer in Chicago. She uses her imagination to cope, which sometimes gets her into trouble, as she makes up fantastical fibs and wonders if there are ghosts... |
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Another D for DeeDee
BIBI BELFORD - Sky Pony Press
Format: Paperback
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Life for Dinora Diaz, DeeDee for short, is full of D's. Missing her dad, who's disappeared. Being diagnosed with diabetes. Feeling dumb in fourth grade at her new school, which she transferred into -- leaving behind Sandro Zapote and all her other friends in Miss Hamilton's... |
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The Truth According to Blue
Eve Yohalem - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A heartfelt middle grade adventure about one girl's search for sunken treasure, friendship, and her place in the world. Thirteen-year-old Blue Broen is on the hunt for a legendary ship of gold, lost centuries ago when her ancestors sailed to New York. Blue knows her overprotective parents... |
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Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier - Graphix
Format: Print book
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Catrina and her family are moving to the coast of Northern California because her little sister, Maya, is sick. Cat isn't happy about leaving her friends for Baha de la Luna, but Maya has cystic fibrosis and will benefit from the cool, salty air that blows in from the sea. As the girls... |
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The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet
Jake Maia Arlow - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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A hilariously honest book about surviving middle school while navigating a chronic illness from the Stonewall Honor-winning author of Almost Flying.. Twelve-year-old Al Schneider is too scared to talk about the two biggest things in her life:. 1. Her stomach hurts all the time and she has no idea... |
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Fight Flight
Jules Machias - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover
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Jules Machias, author of Indie Next List Pick Both Can Be True, delivers another inspiring story about how an unexpected friendship transforms the lives of two middle schoolers.Avery Hart lives for the thrill and speed of her dirt bike and the pounding thump of her drum kit. But after she's... |
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Not Quite a Ghost
Anne Ursu - Walden Pond Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the award-winning author of The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy comes an unforgettable and deeply personal story of the ghosts that surround us - and the ones we carry inside.The house seemed to sit apart from the others on Katydid Street, silent and alone, like it didn't fit among... |
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Sal and Gabi Break the Universe
Carlos Hernandez - Rick Riordan Presents
Format: Hardcover
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Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents a brilliant sci-fi romp with Cuban influence that poses this question: What would you do if you had the power to reach through time and space and retrieve anything you want, including your mother, who is no longer living (in this universe, anyway)... |
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Roll with It
Jamie Sumner - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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"A big-hearted story thats as sweet as it is awesome." - R.J. Palacio, author of Wonder "An honest, emotionally rich take on disability, family, and growing up." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) In the tradition of Wonder and Out of My Mind, this big-hearted middle... |
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How to Disappear Completely
Ali Standish
Format: electronic resource
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"When Emma discovers the first spot, 'like a tiny bright moon' on her left foot, she's at the funeral of her grandmother, who had been her best friend as well. The diagnosis is vitiligo, a skin condition triggered by stress. Creating a large multigenerational cast, Standish knits an absorbing... |
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Dancing in the Storm
Amie Darnell Specht - Rocky Pond Books
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Out of My Mind and Rules, and inspired by the co-author's own life, this is a heartfelt, candid, and illuminating story of a girl learning to live fully with a rare genetic disorder.. Kate's life in Baton Rouge, full of friends and family, gymnastics and Girl... |
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