Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
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WONDER
🖋️ R.J. Palacio
🏢 Knopf
A boy with a facial deformity starts school. (Ages 8 to 12)
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REFUGEE
🖋️ Alan Gratz
🏢 Scholastic
Three children in three different conflicts look for safe haven. (Ages 9 to 12)
🥉 03
IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES
🖋️ Katherine Rundell
🏢 Knopf
A young boy is enlisted to save a place where magical creatures reside. (Ages 10 and up)
04
BLOOD IN THE WATER
🖋️ Tiffany D. Jackson
🏢 Scholastic
Kaylani McKinnon investigates a mysterious death on Martha’s Vineyard. (Ages 9 to 12)
05
SNOOP
🖋️ Gordon Korman
🏢 Scholastic
Confined and bored at home after a skiing accident, Carter hacks into his town’s police cameras. (Ages 9 to 12)
06
GROWING HOME
🖋️ Beth Ferry
🏢 Simon & Schuster
Talking plants, a grumpy goldfish and an inquisitive spider save the Tupper family from utter ruin. (Ages 6 to 9)
07
ODDER
🖋️ Katherine Applegate
🏢 Feiwel & Friends
After a shark attack, Odder recuperates at the aquarium with the scientists who raised her. (Ages 8 to 12)
08
THE GATE, THE GIRL, AND THE DRAGON
🖋️ Grace Lin
🏢 Little, Brown
Three unlikely characters join forces to retrieve the lost Sacred Sphere. (Ages 8 to 12)
09
WINGS OF FIRE: A GUIDE TO THE DRAGON WORLD
🖋️ Tui T. Sutherland
🏢 Scholastic
A deeper dive into the legends of the 10 dragon tribes. (Ages 8 to 12)
10
HEROES
🖋️ Alan Gratz
🏢 Scholastic
The friends Frank and Stanley give a vivid account of the Pearl Harbor attack. (Ages 8 to 12)