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The Honest Truth
Dan Gemeinhart - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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The debut of a phenomenal new middle-grade talent.In all the ways that matter, Mark is a normal kid. He's got a dog named Beau and a best friend, Jessie. He likes to take photos and write haiku poems in his notebook. He dreams of climbing a mountain one day.But in one important way, Mark... |
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Mockingbird (Mok'ing-brd)
Kathryn Erskine - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover
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In Caitlin's world, everything is black or white. Things are good or bad. Anything in between is confusing. That's the stuff Caitlin's older brother, Devon, has always explained. But now Devon's dead and Dad is no help at all. Caitlin wants to get over it, but as an eleven-year-old girl... |
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Stella by starlight
Sharon M Draper - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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When the Ku Klux Klan's unwelcome reappearance rattles Stella's segregated southern town, bravery battles prejudice in this Depression-era tour de force from Sharon Draper, the New York Times bestselling author of Out of My Mind.Stella lives in the segregated South - in Bumblebee,... |
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Somewhere There Is Still a Sun: A Memoir of the Holocaust
Michael Gruenbaum - Aladdin
Format: Book
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Michael "Misha" Gruenbaum enjoyed a carefree childhood playing games and taking walks through Prague with his beloved father. All of that changed forever when the Nazis invaded Prague. The Gruenbaum family was forced to move into the Jewish Ghetto in Prague. Then, after a devastating... |
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Paper Things
Jennifer Richard Jacobson - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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"Will engender empathy and understanding of a serious and all-too-real problem. Jacobsons story is poignant but never preachy." - School Library Journal (starred review) . When forced to choose between staying with her guardian and being with her big brother, Ari chose her big brother.... |
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Fish in a Tree
Lynda Mullaly Hunt - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Bestseller!The author of the beloved One for the Murphys gives readers an emotionally-charged, uplifting novel that will speak to anyone who's ever thought there was something wrong with them because they didn't fit in. "Everybody is smart in different... |
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Waiting for Unicorns
Beth Hautala - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover
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A novel about one girl's journey to the arctic, where she discovers the power of letting go of pain and opening up to second chancesWhen twelve-year-old Talia - still reeling from the recent death of her mother - is forced to travel with her emotionally and physically distant whale-researcher... |
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A Night Divided
Jennifer A. Nielsen - Scholastic Press
Format: Book
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With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. She, her mother, and her brother Fritz live on the eastern side, controlled by the Soviets. Her father and middle brother, who had gone west in search of work, cannot return home. Gerta knows it is dangerous... |
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Wish Girl
Nikki Loftin - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover
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A dying girl gives a boy the strength to live in this lyrical novel that will break your heart and lift your spirit Peter Stone's parents and siblings are extroverts, musicians, and yellers - and the louder they get, the less Peter talks, or even moves, until he practically fits his last... |
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Finding Someplace
Denise Lewis Patrick - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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Reesie Boone just knows that thirteen is going to be her best year yet-this will be the year she makes her very first fashion design on her Ma Maw's sewing machine. She'll skip down the streets of New Orleans with her best friends, Ayanna and Orlando, and everyone will look at her in admiration.But... |
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George
Alex Gino - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl.George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really, really, REALLY wants... |
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The turn of the tide
Rosanne Parry - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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In Japan, you're always prepared for an earthquake. That's why Kai knows just what to do when the first rumbles shake the earth. But he does the exact opposite of what you're supposed to do: He runs. And then the tsunami hits.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Pacific,... |
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Some Kind of Courage
Dan Gemeinhart - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Joseph Johnson has lost just about everyone he's ever loved. He lost his pa in an accident. He lost his ma and his little sister to sickness. And now, he's lost his pony-fast, fierce, beautiful Sarah, taken away by a man who had no right to take her.Joseph can sure enough get her back,... |
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Pax
Sara Pennypacker - Balzer + Bray
Format: Book
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Pax and Peter have been inseparable ever since Peter rescued him as a kit. But one day, the unimaginable happens: Peter's dad enlists in the military and makes him return the fox to the wild.
At his grandfather's house, three hundred miles away from home, Peter knows he isn't... |
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Going Where It's Dark
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor - Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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Buck Anderson's life seems to be changing completely. His best friend, David, has moved away; his anxious parents are hounding him more than ever; he has reluctantly agreed to fill in for his uncle and do odd jobs for a grumpy old veteran in town; and his twin sister has a new boyfriend... |
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This Kid Can Fly: It's About Ability
Aaron Philip - Balzer + Bray
Format: Book
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In this heartbreaking and ultimately uplifting memoir, Aaron Philip, a fourteen-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, shows how he isn't defined so much by his disability as he is by his abilities.
Written with award-winning author Tonya Bolden, This Kid Can Fly chronicles Aaron's... |
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A Storm Too Soon: A Remarkable True Survival Story in 80 Foot Seas
Michael J Tougias - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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When a forty-seven-foot sailboat disappears in the Gulf Stream in the throes of a disastrous storm, it leaves behind three weary passengers struggling to stay alive. This middle-grade adaptation of an adult nonfiction book tells the story of the four intrepid Coast Guardsmen who braved... |
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Rising Above: How 11 Athletes Overcame Challenges in Their Youth to Become Stars
Gregory Zuckerman - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover
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Discover inspirational real-life stories of superstar athletes in this collection of sports biographies featuring LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Tim Howard, and more! Team USA goalkeeper Tim Howard was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome in 6th grade. He went on to become a national treasure... |
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One True Way
Shannon Hitchcock - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Welcome to Daniel Boone Middle School in the 1970s, where teachers and coaches must hide who they are, and girls who like girls are forced to question their own choices. Presented in the voice of a premier storyteller, One True Way sheds exquisite light on what it means to be different,... |
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The Someday Birds
Sally J Pla - HarperCollins
Format: Book
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Charlie's perfectly ordinary life has been unraveling ever since his war journalist father was injured in Afghanistan.
When his father heads from California to Virginia for medical treatment, Charlie reluctantly travels cross-country with his boy-crazy sister, unruly brothers, and a mysterious... |
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The End of the Wild
NICOLE HELGET - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A modern, beautifully written story set against the backdrop of the controversial issue of fracking that explores the timely themes of poverty, environmental protection, what makes a family, and finding your place in the world. |
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Nightingale's Nest
Nikki Loftin - Razorbill
Format: Book
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Twelve-year-old John Fischer Jr., or "Little John" as he's always been known, is spending his summer helping his father with his tree removal business, clearing brush for Mr. King, the wealthy owner of a chain of Texas dollar stores, when he hears a beautiful song that transfixes... |
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One-Handed Catch
MJ Auch - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Book
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Not even losing his hand can keep Norm from trying out for the baseball team What would life be like with only one hand? That's exactly what eleven-year-old Norm finds out when he loses his left hand in an accident at his family's store. It's July 4, 1946. World War II has ended,... |
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