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The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA
Brenda Woods · Nancy Paulsen Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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The Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author tells the moving story of the friendship between a young white boy and a Black WWII veteran who has recently returned to the unwelcoming Jim Crow South.On Gabriel's twelfth birthday, he gets a new bike--and is so excited that he accidentally rides... |
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The Year I Didn't Eat
Samuel Pollen · Yellow Jacket
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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This heartfelt, captivating novel chronicles a year in the life of 14-year-old Max as he struggles with anorexia.Dear Ana,Some days are normal. Some days, everything is OK, and I eat three square meals, pretty much, even if those squares are ridiculously small squares.Some days, I can almost... |
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The Line Tender
Kate Allen · Dutton Books for Young Readers
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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Heartbreaking but also filled with wit and hope, The Line Tender is the story of Lucy, the daughter of a marine biologist and a rescue diver, and the summer that changes her life. If she ever wants to lift the cloud of grief over her family and community, she must complete the research... |
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The Last Last-Day-of-Summer
Lamar Giles · Versify
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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"The Last Last-Day-of-Summer reminds me that all children deserve to exist in magical spaces where their imaginations and familial bonds will them into heroism. Every single child should have the freedom to be one of The Legendary Alstons. And I, for one, am grateful to Giles, and this... |
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Katt vs. Dogg
James Patterson · jimmy patterson
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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For anyone who loves cats or dogs (or both!) , James Patterson's newest illustrated middle-grade story is set in an imaginative world populated entirely by animals, where society is defined by the oldest rivalry in the world: katts versus doggs! Oscar is a rambunctious dogg who loves... |
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Focused
Alyson Gerber · Scholastic Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Clea can't control her thoughts. She knows she has to do her homework . . . but she gets distracted. She knows she can't just say whatever thought comes into her head . . . but sometimes she can't help herself. She know she needs to focus . . . but how can she do that when the people around... |
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Tin
Pádraig Kenny · Chicken House
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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"Robots never seemed so human. One of a kind and utterly fantastic." -- Eoin ColferIn an alternative England of the 1930s where the laws of mechanics govern even the most talented engineers, a mismatched group of mechanicals want nothing more than to feel human. Under the guardianship... |
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The Astonishing Maybe
Shaunta Grimes · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Friendship, heartbreak, and defining what family means are rarely as sensitively, beautifully portrayed in middle-grade fiction. Shaunta Grimes is an extraordinary new talent. Gideon hates the idea of moving to Nevada from the East Coast. It's so empty and hot in his new neighborhood. Only... |
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Mostly the Honest Truth
Jody J. Little · HarperCollins
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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A pitch-perfect story exploring the many meanings of family, Jody J. Little's tough yet tender debut is perfect for fans of Leslie Connor and Katherine Paterson. After Pop is sent back to rehab, Jane Pengilly arrives at her newest foster home determined to stick to the straight and narrow... |
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The Afterwards
A.F. Harrold · Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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From the acclaimed team behind The Imaginary comes another powerful, poignant, and darkly fantastical story about friendship, perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman and Roald Dahl.Ember and Ness are best friends, completely inseparable. Ember can't imagine what life would be without Ness. Until... |
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Little Apocalypse
Katherine Sparrow · HarperCollins
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Monsters aren't real. Everyone knows that. Full of creepy-cool atmosphere and monstrous magic, this gripping middle grade debut will sink its claws into fans of supernatural adventures like Holly Black's Doll Bones and Ellen Oh's Spirit Hunters.When a sudden earthquake strands Celia's parents... |
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A Good Kind of Trouble
Lisa Moore Ramée · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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From debut author Lisa Moore Ramée comes this funny and big-hearted debut middle grade novel about friendship, family, and standing up for what's right, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give and the novels of Renée Watson and Jason Reynolds.Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic... |
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The Space Between Before and After
Sue Stauffacher · Margaret Ferguson Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Thomas learns to navigate his grief when his mother disappears by creating a fantasy story about his mother where she is safe.One morning 10-year-old Thomas's mother tells him about a dream she had about taking a trip by herself--which is odd because lately his mother has been too depressed... |
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