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PAT CUMMINGS · HarperCollins
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

In a debut novel that's perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Erin Entrada Kelly, award-winning author/illustrator and educator Pat Cummings tells a poignant story about grief, love, and the untold stories that echo across time....

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The Other, Better Me

Antony John · HarperCollins
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Mascot comes this heartfelt novel, perfect for fans of John David Anderson and Cammie McGovern, about a girl searching for the meaning of family.

Lola and Momma have always been a team of two. It hasn't always been easy for Lola, being one of the only...

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Dear Sweet Pea

Julie Murphy · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The first middle grade novel from Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin' (now a popular Netflix film) , is a funny, heartwarming story perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead, Ali Benjamin, and Holly Goldberg Sloan.

Patricia "Sweet Pea"...

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Cog

Greg Van Eekhout · HarperCollins
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Five robots. One unforgettable journey. Their programming will never be the same.

Wall-E meets The Wild Robot in this middle grade instant classic about five robots on a mission to rescue their inventor from the corporation that controls them all.

Cog looks like a normal...

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Diary of a 5th Grade Outlaw

Gina Loveless · Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Robin Loxley, the 5th grade outlaw of Nottingham Elementary, tells all! From Epic! Originals comes a comic-inspired illustrated novel series that treats growing up as an adventure.

Fifth grade has just started, and the school bully, Nadia, already rules recess with an unfair Playground...
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Surprise Lily

Sharelle Byars Moranville · Holiday House
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Ten-year-old Rose's perfect life is upended when her long-absent disaster of a mother turns up. Can she hold her family together as everything unravels?

Growing up on the farm it was always just Rose and grandma, working the land that had been in the Lovell family for generations....
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The Paris Project

Donna Gephart · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

"Gephart once again compassionately creates complex characters...Une histoire d'espoir - a story of hope." - Kirkus Reviews

Fans of the Nate series by Tim Federle and The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer Holm will love Cleveland Rosebud Potts in this poignant...
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Banjo

Graham Salisbury · Wendy Lamb Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

In the spirit of of Where the Red Fern Grows and Because of Winn Dixie, this is a contemporary classic in the making about a boy and his dog, and a choice that will test their loyalty and trust.

Danny Mack is a rising rodeo star in rural Oregon. He lives on a ranch...
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The Class

Frances O'Roark Dowell · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Twenty Kids. Twenty points of view. One rambunctious, brilliantly conceived novel that corrals the seeming chaos (c'mon, TWENTY points of view!) into one effervescent story.

Sixth grade is a MOST confusing time. Best friends aren't friends anymore. Worst enemies...
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Indian No More

Charlene Willing McManis · Tu Books
Format: Hardcover

Regina Petit's family has always been Umpqua, and living on the Grand Ronde reservation is all ten-year-old Regina has ever known. Her biggest worry is that Sasquatch may actually exist out in the forest. But when the federal government signs a bill into law that says Regina's tribe...

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I Can Make This Promise

Christine Day · HarperCollins
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

In her debut middle grade novel - inspired by her family's history - Christine Day tells the story of a girl who uncovers her family's secrets - and finds her own Native American identity.

All her life, Edie has known that her mom was adopted by a white couple. So, no matter how curious...

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The Last Human

Lee Bacon · Amulet Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Soon to be a major motion picture from the producers of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse! In a future when humans are believed to be extinct, what will one curious robot do when it finds a girl who needs its help?

In the future, robots have eliminated humans, and 12-year-old robot...
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Hazel's Theory of Evolution

Lisa Jenn Bigelow · HarperCollins
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The Thing About Jellyfish meets Raymie Nightingale in this tender middle grade novel from Lisa Jenn Bigelow, acclaimed author of Drum Roll, Please.

Hazel knows a lot about the world. That's because when she's not hanging with her best friend, taking care of her dog, or helping...

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The Wizards of Once: Knock Three Times

Cressida Cowell · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Cressida Cowell, author of How to Train Your Dragon, brings us the next thrilling installment in the internationally bestselling Wizards of Once series!

Xar and Wish are heroes with a huge task ahead--confronting the Nuckalavee is not for the faint hearted. But with Magic...
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The Dragon Warrior

Katie Zhao · Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

"An exhilarating tale. . . Readers will be enthralled." --J.C. Cervantes, New York Times bestselling author of The Storm Runner

A debut novel inspired by Chinese mythology, this middle-grade fantasy follows an outcast as she embarks on a quest to save the world...

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The 12th Candle

Kim Tomsic · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Middle school meets magic in this hilarious and heartfelt novel about a girl whose life flips when she wishes on an enchanted candle - perfect for fans of Sarah Mlynowski and Wendy Mass.

Sage Sassafras's life is cursed! No, really. Since birth, Sage has been plagued by the Contrarium...

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