100 Amazing Middle Grade Books to Read in 2022 (2022 Middle Grade)

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It’s that time of year again where (this time) I’m sharing middle grade books to read in 2022! I am delighted to bring you this excellent list of books that match my interests. In this list, you’ll find 100 books I have on my radar as a contemporary, science fiction, fantasy (but not magic), and realist mid-grade fiction reader. If our interests align, then you’ll be quick to add many of these picks to your TBR!

note: As with all advance book lists, I haven’t read all of these books (more like 1-5 of them), but I’ve done some research using in-depth information from the editor and these are stories that pique my interest.

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hope you find some awesome middle grade books to read in 2022! I’ve added a table of contents to help you quickly jump between months, as this is a very informative summary. If you’re wondering what my favorite middle grade books were in 2021, I’ll be sharing that list real soon!

100 Best Middle Grade Books to Read in 2022

here are 100 of the best middle grade books to read in 2022:

January

the unforgettable logan foster

January 4, 2022

logan foster has pretty much given up on the idea of ​​being adopted. It could have something to do with his awkward manner, his photographic memory, or his penchant for reciting fun facts, but whatever the cause, Logan and his “pp’s” (future parents) have never hit it off.

then everything changes when gil and margie arrive. While they’re not exactly perfect themselves (Gil has a hilarious sense of humor and Margie’s cooking would make anyone jump), they seem to really care.

But it doesn’t take long for Logan to notice some very strange things about them. they’re out all the time, they never seem to eat, and there’s one part of the house that’s protected by some pretty elaborate security.

No matter what Logan may have imagined, nothing prepared him for the truth: his friends are actually superheroes, and they’re being hunted by cowardly forces. Logan found himself caught in the middle of a great battle and the fate of the world may hang in the balance. Can Logan find a way to save the day and his new family?

guild operation

January 4, 2022

bo and his mom always had their own rhythm. But ever since they moved to Harlem, Bo’s world is out of sync. she and mom now live with mom’s boyfriend bill, ella sunday’s daughter, the twins, lili and lee, the twins’ parents…along with a dog, two cats, a bearded dragon, a turtle, and chickens . all in one brownstone! With so many people crammed together, Bo isn’t so sure there’s room for her. Set against the burst of energy of a summer in New York City, award-winning author Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich delivers a light-hearted novel about a new family that hits all the right notes.

hide and geek

January 4, 2022

geeks:gina, edgar, elena, and kevin have been best friends since that they can remember. so when their archenemy points out that their initials literally make them geeks, they decide to go along with it. The problem: The geeks’ hometown of Elmwood was once the headquarters of famous toymaker Maxine van Houten. his popular puzzle sphere, the trickster, put the city on the map. But Maxine passed away a long time ago. now the toy factory is closing and elena’s mom and kevin’s dad are losing their jobs. they may have to move, and that would mean dividing the geeks! The Quest: Maxine left behind one final puzzle, a treasure hunt that could save the city and keep the friends together. But only those who know and love Elmwood best will be able to figure it out. geeks to the rescue!

pizza my heart: a novel of desires

January 4, 2022

maya reynolds practically grew up in her family’s brooklyn pizzeria, soul slice, and she’s a true city girl. When her family moves to a small town in Pennsylvania to open another pizzeria, everything changes.

Being the new girl is hard enough. In Soul Slice 2.0, Maya is assigned the delivery task. and her first birth is a disaster. Can you make a worse impression than tripping… and falling face-first into a rude guy’s pizza order?

When the same rude and, well, cute boy shows up at her school, Maya is convinced that nothing can go right. but she may be in for some surprises. Could good friends, secret crushes, and creative pizza toppings turn Maya’s new home into her own slice of heaven?

when the winter coat arrived

January 11, 2022

When Eden’s cousin Winter comes to visit, it turns out she’s not just there to sightsee. He wants to find out what happened to his father, who disappeared ten years earlier from the Watts area of ​​Los Angeles. so the cousins ​​set out to investigate together, and what they discover brings them both joy and heartbreak. it also opens up a whole new understanding of his world, just as the area they’re targeting explodes into a standoff between police and black residents. For six days, Watts is like a war zone, with Eden and Winter becoming heroes in their own part of the drama. eden hopes to be a songwriter one day, and the only way she can describe that summer is a song with an unexpected ending, full of changes in tempo and mood, totally unforgettable.

rebellious creatures

January 18, 2021

Twelve-year-old Gabe no longer knows where he belongs. his family is caught up in their own lives and his friends hardly have time for him now that they are stars on the football team. In a desperate plea for attention to impress his friends after school, Gabe sets off fireworks in the woods near his house, starting a small forest fire that destroys several acres of land.

In the chaos of destruction, a coyote named rill, tired of her family and eager for adventure, finds herself far from home. Already under animal control surveillance for wandering into a backyard and biting a child, Rill crawls into a cave, where she tends to her wounds on her own.

Gabe and Rill’s paths irrevocably cross when Gabe is tasked with clearing the forest through the court’s restorative justice program. the damage to the earth and the life of both is beyond what the two can imagine. But together they discover that sometimes it just takes a friend to find where you belong.

repeat operation

January 18, 2022

mason and ty were once best friends, like two nerdy sides of the same coin. . . until seventh grade, when ava petrakis appeared. now mason can trace everything bad in her life back to that terrible fight they had over the new girl. the only thing he would give anything for is an encore. but that can’t happen in real life, can it?

As a kid scientist, Mason knows that replays are impossible, so he can’t believe it when he wakes up from a freak accident to find himself magically transported back to seventh grade. His parents are not yet divorced and his beloved sheepdog is still alive. best of all, he and ty haven’t had their fight yet.

It doesn’t make logical sense, but Mason is determined to use this second chance not only to save his friendship (and his dog!), but also to do other things differently, like try out for the football team. and give new friends a chance. There is only one person he will avoid at all costs: Ava. But despite his best efforts, can he stop the chain of events that imploded his previous life?

dream, annie, dream

January 25, 2022

As the daughter of immigrants who came to the United States in search of a better life, Annie Inoue was raised to dream big. And by the start of seventh grade, she’s channeling that irrepressible hope to become the lead in her school play.

so when annie lands an impressive role in the production of me and the king, she gets excited. . . until she starts hearing complaints from his mostly white classmates that she only got the part because it’s an Asian play with Asian characters. Is this what all people see from her when they see her? Is this the only kind of success they’ll allow you to have, one they can take down or use race to belittle?

Disheartened but determined, Annie channels her pain into a new dream: to show everyone what she’s made of.

the supervillain’s guide to being a fat kid

January 25, 2022

max’s first year of high school hasn’t been easy. Eighth grade hotshot Johnny Pro torments Max constantly, for no reason other than Max is fat and an easy target. max wishes he could fight back, but he doesn’t want to hurt johnny. . . just make it feel how it feels max.

Desperate, Max writes to the only person he thinks will understand: the imprisoned supervillain’s master plan, a “gentleman of size.” to his surprise, the master plan wants to help! He suggests a way for Max to get back at Johnny Pro and change the way the other kids at school see them both.

and it works! When the Master Plan’s help pays off for Max in ways he couldn’t have imagined, he begins to gain confidence, enough to finally talk to Marina, the girl he likes in class who shares his passion for baking. With the master plan in her corner, anything seems possible. . . but is there a price to pay for the supervillain’s help?

sophia acosta makes a scene

January 25, 2022

It’s a good thing that Sofía Acosta likes to dream about costumes, because otherwise she’s a ballet disaster, unlike her parents, who danced with prima ballerina Alicia Alonso before emigrating to suburban New York. Luckily, when the Acosta host her friends, dancers from Cuba, for a special performance with the American Ballet Theatre, Sofía learns that there is more to dance than keeping her family together. Between exchanging stories about Cuba and sharing Christmas celebrations, the Acostas have never been more of a team.

Sofia then finds out about the dancers’ secret plans to defect to the US and makes a serious mistake: trusting her best friend, only to find out that Tricia doesn’t want “outsiders” moving into her community. . Now Sofia wonders what the other neighbors in her tight-knit suburban town really think of immigrant families like hers. Ella Sofia doesn’t want to make a scene, but if she doesn’t talk, how will she know if her family really belongs?

February

maizy chen’s last chance

February 1, 2022

maizy has never been to last chance, minnesota. . . until now. Her mother’s plan is to stay for a couple of weeks, until her grandfather gets better. But plans change, and as Maizy spends more time at Last Chance (where she and her family are the only Asian-Americans) and at the Golden Palace, the restaurant she has been in her family for generations, she makes some discoveries. for example: • you can tell a lot about someone by the way she orders food. • and people can surprise you. sometimes in a good way, sometimes disappointingly.• and the golden palace has secrets.

But the more Maizy discovers, the more questions she has. like, why are her mom and her grandma always fighting? who are the people in the photographs on the office wall? And when she discovers that a beloved family treasure has gone missing and someone has left a racist note, Maizy decides it’s time to find the answers.

wishing on the same stars

February 1, 2022

When twelve-year-old Yasmeen Khoury moves her family to San Antonio, all she wants to do is fit in. But his classmates in Texas are nothing like his friends in the predominantly Arab neighborhood of Detroit where he grew up. Almost immediately, Ella Yasmeen feels like a strange girl, and when she confronts bad girls from high school and tries to make new friends, she feels more alone than ever.

Yasmeen then meets her neighbor, Ayelet Cohen, a first generation Israeli American. As the two girls grow closer, Yasmeen is grateful to meet someone who understands what it feels like when your parents’ idea of ​​home is half a world away.

But when Yasmeen’s grandmother moves in after her home in Jerusalem is destroyed, Yasmeen and Ayelet must grapple with how close the events of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are to what they thought. As Yasmeen begins to develop her own understanding of home, heritage, and most importantly herself, can the two girls learn that there is more that unites them than could ever tear them apart? . . and that peace begins with them?

the boy who met a whale

February 1, 2022

razi, a local fisherman, is watching the hatching of turtle eggs when he sees a boat rocking in sight. With a shiver, he notices a small, motionless hand dangling by his side.

Inside is zheng, who escaped from a shipwreck and is full of stories of sea monsters and lost treasures. but the villains who are after zheng are also after razi and his sister shifa. And so begins an exciting adventure in the shadow of the biggest sea monster of all.

Author Nizrana Farook has created another fast-paced, action-packed self-voiced quest filled with sympathetic heroes, lost treasures, and a great beast lurking below. Set in a vibrant Sri Lankan-inspired landscape, this delightful caper will thrill young fans of adventure and fantasy.

swallowtail legacy: wrack at ada’s reef

February 1, 2022

Twelve-year-old heron finch lark is preparing to spend the summer on Swallowtail Island on the shores of Lake Erie. it is the first time that she and her sister will see the old house since her mother passed away. and although her stepfather and her children are fine, the island has always been full of happy memories, and now everything is different. fascinated with history. Nadine is working on a book about Dinah Purdy, the oldest resident of Swallowtails who had a connection to the accident, and she’s sure the accident wasn’t what it seemed. Impressed by Lark’s keen eye, she hires her as her research assistant for the summer, and then Lark discovers something surprising. something that could change dina’s life. something related to the accident and even to the history of her own family with a swallowtail. but there are others on the island who would do anything to keep the truth buried in the watery depths of the past. A compelling and complex mystery with a classic feel, Shipwreck on Ada Reef is perfect for fans of Parker’s legacy, Holes, the game of the West, and anyone looking for a satisfying puzzle that spans decades. /p>

wild ride

February 1, 2022

The adults are out of town, and for Charley Decker that means one thing: one last epic weekend with her big brother Greg before heading off to college. bring burgers, milkshakes and movie marathons!

so when greg dumps charley for a date night downtown, she’s a little gutted. Worse yet, she has her mom’s boyfriend’s super-rare, super-expensive Mustang towed away and she needs Charley’s help to get it back. what should a seventh grade student do without supervision? she grabs her best friends, sneak into town, pull off the ultimate car heist, and then make greg pay, of course!

only now the mustang has a new feature in the trunk: a stowaway named mitch who harbors a secret that will change the world. and a couple of really big, really scary guys are after him.

What follows is an all-night race as Charley and his friends try to dodge the twin terrors, save Mitch, settle a sibling feud…and get the mustang home before morning!

each of us a universe

February 1, 2022

what do you do when faced with the impossible?

since the day everything changed, cal scott’s response has been to run away: running away from his mother battling cancer, running away from his father whom he can’t forgive, and running away from his classmates who never seemed” to understand”. her anyway. the only thing lime runs towards is near mt. meteorite, named for the magical meteorite that some say crashed there fifty years ago. Cal spends her afternoons plotting her way to the top of the mountain, so she can find the magic that she believes will make the impossible possible and heal her mother. But no one has ever successfully peaked out of it, no one who’s lived to tell the tale, anyway.

Then, Cal meets Rosine Kanambe, a girl who has faced more impossibles than anyone should. Rosine has her own secret plan for the mountain and her magic, and she convinces Cal that they can make it to the top if they work together. As the girls climb high and dig deep to face the mountain’s challenges, Cal learns from Rosine what true courage looks like and begins to question if the magic she’s been searching for is really what she needs.

omar ascending

February 1, 2022

omar knows his scholarship to ghalib academy boarding school is a game changer, giving him, the son of a servant, the opportunity to improve his station in life. he is eager to experience all the school has to offer, especially the science club and hopefully the soccer team; but when he arrives, his hopes are dashed. scholarship freshmen are not allowed to join clubs or teams, and not only that, they have to earn a living by doing housework. At first, Omar is despondent, but then he gets angry when he learns something even worse: The school deliberately “eliminates” kids like him by requiring them to get significantly higher grades than kids who can afford tuition, which makes it almost impossible for scholarship students. graduate. it’s a good thing that in his favorite class he learned the importance of being doggedly optimistic. So with the help of his new tight-knit group of friends, and with the threat of expulsion looming, he sets out to do the seemingly impossible: change a rigged system.

right, jillian

February 1, 2022

Jillian, a fifth grader, will do almost anything to be inconspicuous, including keeping quiet even when she has the right answer. after losing a classroom competition because she doesn’t want to talk, she sets out to win the school’s biggest competition from her. But coming out of her shell is easier said than done, and Jillian has just one month to keep the promise she made to her grandmother and prove to herself that she can speak up and show everyone the real me of she.

A warm and family-friendly middle-grade debut novel about family, friendship, and finding the confidence to break free from the crowd and be who you really are.

ready or not! #1 (abby in the middle)

February 15, 2022

for nine-year-old abby mcadams, everything seems to be changing.

her cousin and best friend, zoe, has moved across the country, her mom is going back to work, and abby is stuck with the only after-school activity still available to her, running, which she absolutely detests. her perspective of her world is also changing, after an encounter in her community shed light on the problem of homelessness in her city. On top of everything, the sudden changes in Abby’s body mean she has to deal with things like deodorant, bras, and awkward conversations. And without her best friend by her side, she’s not sure she can handle it all.

She’s not an adult yet, but she definitely doesn’t feel like a little girl anymore. this is abby, in the middle.

dear student

February 15, 2022

Starting high school is tough for the fall after her only friend moves to California. insecure and anxious, she struggles to connect with her new classmates. The two potential friends she meets couldn’t be more different: bold Logan, who has big ideas, and quiet Cooper, who’s a bit of a mystery. but autumn has a dilemma: what do you do when the new friends you make don’t like each other?

When Autumn is chosen to be the secret voice of the beloved student letters at the Hillview newspaper, she finds herself right in the middle of a problem with Logan and Cooper on opposite sides. But before Autumn can decide what to do, the unthinkable happens. her secret identity as a beloved student is threatened. now, it’s time for autumn to find her voice, her courage, and follow her heart, even when divided.

has anyone here seen frenchie?

February 15, 2022

eleven-year-old aurora petrequin’s best friend has never spoken to her. in fact, frenchie livernois doesn’t speak.

Aurora is lively, loud, and impulsive, “a big braggart.” making friends has never been easy. when frenchie, who is autistic, quietly chose aurora as her persona in her third grade, she chose him again. They make a great team and share their love of the natural world in coastal maine.

In the woods, Aurora and Frenchie encounter a Pied Deer, a strange creature with fur like a patchwork quilt. Every time she appears, Aurora feels compelled to follow her.

at school, aurora takes care of frenchie, who has been her classmate until this year. One morning, Frenchie doesn’t make it to her classroom. Aurora feels that she is to blame. The whole town begins to search, and everyone wonders: how come no one has seen Frenchie?

At the center of this story is the friendship between hyper-talkative Aurora and non-vocal Frenchie. conflict arises when aurora is better able to expand her social skills and find new friends. When Frenchie goes missing, Aurora must figure out how to use her voice to help find him and pick him up when he’s found.

golden girl

February 22, 2022

7th grader aafiyah qamar loves playing tennis, reading weird but true facts, and hanging out with her best friend, zaina. However, Ella Aafiyah has a bad habit that worries her: she is attracted to pretty things and can’t help but “borrow” them from time to time.

But when her father is falsely accused of a crime he didn’t commit and is taken away by the authorities, Aafiyah knows she has to do something to help. When he thinks of a way to bring his father back, he turns to the strange but true facts about him and devises the perfect plan.

But what if your plan is to give in to your bad habit, the one you’ve been trying to stop? Aafiyah wants to reunite her family, but discovers that her plan may not be so perfect after all. . .

a song called home

February 22, 2022

Lou and her family don’t have much, but for Lou it’s enough. breast. her sister, casey. her apartment in the city. her best friend, beth. it would be better if dad could stop drinking and be there for her and casey, and if they didn’t have to worry about money all the time. but lou doesn’t need better, she just needs enough.

which is enough for lou, however, is not enough for mom. Mom’s boyfriend Steve isn’t a bad guy, he’s just not what Lou is used to. and now, he and mom are getting married, and that means moving. packing up life as they’ve known it and storing it in steve’s garage. Lou will be cut off from everything in her small but predictable life, further away from Dad than ever.

On her last night in town, Lou receives a mysterious birthday present: a guitar, left for her at the front door. There’s nothing to say who left it, but it must be Dad’s. And when he leaves the only place he’s ever known, he begins to believe that if he can learn to play it, maybe he can bring a part of him and his old life home.

marching

honestly elliot

March 1, 2022

elliott has been struggling ever since his closest friend moved out, and he’s not quite sure where he fits into his own family, especially since his newlywed father and stepmother are expecting a baby. his grades are not very good, he always forgets things and he doesn’t like sports very much. together, the result is someone who is the complete opposite of his father, a fact they are both well aware of. Elliott’s only solace is cooking, where he can control the outcome, trying interesting recipes and watching his favorite cooking shows.

When he’s paired with the super smart and popular Maribel for a school-wide project, Elliott worries they won’t agree. But Maribel is also looking for a new way to show others her true self, and this project could be the opportunity they’ve both been waiting for. sometimes less likely friends help you see a new side of things. . . and sometimes you have to make a few mistakes before you figure out what’s right.

the aquanaut

March 1, 2022

Dive into this whimsically adventurous graphic novel from Caldecott-winning author and illustrator Dan Santat!

ever since her father was lost at sea, sophia has been depressed at aqualand, a marine theme park. But Sophia’s world is turned upside down when an “aquanaut” breaks into the park’s research lab.

To her amazement, Sophia discovers that the aquanaut is not what it seems: a gang of goofy sea creatures lives inside! And when everyone realizes that Aqualand is more sinister than advertised, Sophia is determined to help the Aquanaut crew free the park’s captive marine life before it’s too late.

best friends-enemies forever

March 1, 2022

sophie dailey is not looking forward to starting high school. For one thing, she doesn’t look like other kids. instead of trendy tank tops, she wears high-tech shirts that block ultraviolet rays. (Sunscreen is serious business!) And she definitely doesn’t sound like other kids either. (She can’t say “holla” or “hot take” without making a weird face). Needless to say, this is probably why her best friend, Ella, abandoned her for Queen Bee Morgan.

sophie is comfortable with who she is and doesn’t want to change. but she also feels quite lonely without her. What’s worse, Morgan seems determined to make seventh grade miserable for Sophie, and she’s unfazed by the bullying. Later, a new girl moves in next door to Sophie. kaytee ray is everything sophie is not: fashionable and super confident.

sophie can’t believe that kaytee wants to spend the last days of summer with her. Determined to keep Kaytee as a friend, Sophie lies about her social status and claims to be best friends with her and Morgan. As long as Kaytee attends Villa Academy, a private school across town, she’ll never find out that her first friend in New Jersey is a loser.

anne from west philly

March 1, 2022

When Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert decide to take in a teenage girl for the first time, their lives change forever. Her red-haired adopted daughter, Anne Shirley, is looking for an exciting life and has decided that West Philly is where she will find it. Armed with a big personality and unstoppable creativity, Anne conquers her new home as she joins the Robotics Club, makes new friends in Diana and Gilbert, experiences first love, and turns the ordinary into the extraordinary. But as Anne begins to get comfortable, she discovers something she wasn’t looking for: a family.

school for everything else

March 1, 2022

that’s what the note that max finds under his keyboard says.

he knows his best friend, josie, wrote it. she would recognize her handwriting anywhere. but why she wrote it, and what it means, remains a mystery.

ever since they met in kindergarten, max and josie have been inseparable. until the summer after fifth grade, when Josie disappears, leaving only a note and whispering something about “some rules.”

but why would max ever think josie wasn’t real? And what are those things?

As Max prepares to find out what happened to Josie, and what it is or isn’t, little does he know that she, too, is struggling to find him again. But there are forces trying to prevent Max and Josie from seeing each other again. because josie wasn’t supposed to be real.

This mid-grade thriller from Margaret Peterson Haddix delves into the power of privilege, the importance of true friendship, and the question of humanity and identity. because when anyone could be anything, what makes a person a real friend, or real at all?

drew leclair has a clue

March 1, 2022

drew leclair knows what it takes to be a great detective. He has pored over the cases solved by his heroine, criminal profiler Lita Miyamoto. he tracked down the graffiti artist at school and even solved the mystery of his neighbor’s missing rabbit. But when his mom leaves for Hawaii with the school counselor, Drew is shocked. how did he miss all the clues?

drew is determined to keep her family life a secret, even from her best friend. But when a cyber bully starts posting embarrassing rumors about other students at school, it’s only a matter of time before Drew’s secret is out.

Armed with her notebooks full of observations about her classmates, Drew knows what she has to do: profile all the bullies in her grade to find the culprit. but being a detective is more complicated when the suspects can be your friends. Will draw solve the case if it means losing the people he cares about the most?

coming of age: 13 b’nai mitzvah stories!

March 1, 2022

What does it mean to become an adult in your faith? Join thirteen diverse characters as they experience anxiety, self-doubt, and self-discovery as they prepare for their b’nai mitzvah. and whether celebrating with a lavish party or in the reception room with an accordionist, the Jewish rite of passage remains the same. Full of humor, hope, and history, there is something in this anthology for all readers, regardless of faith.

join the maggie diaz club

March 1, 2022

“maybe I’m good at something I don’t even know yet.”

everyone in maggie diaz’s life seems to be finding their true passion. the only thing that defines them as a person. Ella’s best friends, Zoey and Julian, are too busy to hang out after school thanks to the band and comic book club. mom is finishing her last semester in college. and maggie’s perfect older sister, caro, is perfectly perfect at sports and tutoring.

So Maggie comes up with a plan to join as many clubs as she can! But trying to fit in with future A-type leaders, gardening geniuses, and intrepid wood shop kids is intimidating, exhausting, and very confusing. And juggling homework, friends, and all your extracurricular activities is a lot harder than it sounds.

Seventh grade is all about discovering who you are. Good thing Maggie Diaz has the perfect plan!

new from here

March 1, 2022

When the coronavirus hits hong kong, the mother of ten-year-old knox wei-evans makes a last-minute decision to move him and his siblings to california, where they think they’ll be safe. Suddenly, Knox has two days to prepare for an international move and to leave his father, who has to stay for work.

At his new school in California, Knox struggles to be the new kid. His classmates think that since he is from Asia, he must have brought the virus. At home, Mom just got laid off and is panicking about losing her health insurance, and Dad doesn’t even know when he’ll see them again since their flights have been cancelled. and everyone struggles with the problem of dropping things from knox.

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As racism soars during COVID-19, Knox tries to confront hate as he finds his place in his new country. you can belong if you are feared; can you protect if you are new? And how do you keep a family together when they’re separated by oceans? Sometimes when the world is out of control, the best way to get through it is to embrace our own lovable uniqueness.

whim

March 1, 2022

from the groundbreaking author of tyrell, a stunning middle grade novel about a girl overcoming the secrets and abuse of her past.

This should be an exciting time for quirk. She has been offered a place at the school of her dreams, where she has just spent a fantastic summer. But this great opportunity coincides with many internal doubts and the disturbing news that his grandmother, from whom he has been estranged for a long time, has fallen ill and may be on the verge of death. As Caprice tries to figure out her future, she is drawn back to her past and the abuse she suffered from her uncle when she was little, abuse she has never told anyone about.

With extreme sensitivity and honesty for middle grade readers, Coe Booth has written a painful but ultimately healing novel about finding the support of your parents and friends, articulating your truth, and choosing your own path.

team objectives (hearts and crafts #1)

March 1, 2022

mackenzie miller has big goals

for example, conquering the seventh grade with projects. there’s the mom project (find her a boyfriend, even if she says she’s not interested), the friend project (get back the best friends who dumped her and make a new friend), and the band project (so what if she never planned a fundraiser, how hard can it be?).

but finding romance in real life is much more complicated than your mother’s favorite movies seem. And friends from last year still won’t tell Mackenzie what she did wrong. and fundraising? It’s got to be more than impressive, since mackenzie accidentally promised a live band so amazing she’ll “make everyone shit their pants.”

The harder Mackenzie works to design the perfect school year, the more she feels like she’s failing. she can do it all, right? Or do her big goals require something more, like a little help from her friends?

where the sky lives

March 8, 2022

when life doesn’t make sense, twelve-year-old amateur astronomer tuesday beals has always gazed at the stars above zion national park, where she lives. hers beloved and late hers uncle hers ezra taught him astronomy, but now hers special sites for stargazing hers is all he has left, along with her ashes and a poem that can be a riddle.

then a new housing development next door threatens to ruin the night skies and your favorite astronomical spots. Desperate to focus on something other than the uncle-sized chasm growing between her and her mother, the park’s archaeologist, Tuesday takes pictures with her best friend, Carter, after finding an abandoned camera. With this new way of looking at the universe, she tries to solve her uncle’s riddle to save the earth.

But one day, a photo reveals clues to an endangered animal, one that could stop construction. Will the discovery be enough to save the park and keep the rest of his world from falling apart?

in honor of broken things

March 8, 2022

At West Beacon High School, eighth graders Oscar Villanueva, Ellie Baptiste, and Noah Wright make unlikely friends during introduction to clay class. Oscar, a soccer star, has just lost her little sister to cancer. Ellie has been swept away from Philadelphia by Ella’s single mother to a new life in West Beacon, a small Pennsylvania coal town that’s smaller than Ellie’s old school. Noah has spent her entire life as a homeschooler and has just started West Beacon High School as a result of her parents’ divorce derailing. Through art, football, failure, faith and trust, the friends help each other put things back together. in true friendship, they also discover that some wounds never heal, some things can never be recovered, and that’s okay too.

those kids from fawn creek

March 8, 2022

there are twelve boys in seventh grade at fawn creek high school. they have been together all their lives. And in this small industrial town where everyone knows everything about everyone, that’s not necessarily a big deal.

There are thirteen desks in the seventh grade classroom. That’s because Renni Dean’s father got a promotion and the family moved to Grand Saint Lodge, the nearest big city. Renni’s desk is empty, but Renni still knows her secrets; he keeps pulling the strings on him.

When Orchid Mason arrives and gracefully slides into Renni’s chair, the other seventh graders don’t know what to think. orchid, who was born in new york city but just moved to fawn creek from paris, seems to float. his dress brushes the ground. she wears a flower behind her ear.

fawn creek middle may be small, but it has its close-knit groups: the self-proclaimed “god squad”, the jocks, the outsiders, just like everywhere else. who will claim the orchid mason? who will save orchid mason? Or will Orchid Mason save them?

change course

March 8, 2022

Mimi has a plan for her seventh grade: play the piano in the Carnegie Hall Young Artists Competition with her best friend, Lee; enjoy a day or two of snow in massachusetts; and work in her community garden with her father. But all that changes when her family’s Greek restaurant falls on hard times.

The laskarise’s relocation to wilford island, florida, is a big key change for mimi. Where does she fit in this shell-covered paradise without Lee? mimi is captivated by the beauty of the island and alarmed by the plastic pollution she sees on the beaches. then her science teacher, mrs. miller shows her class a ted talk by melati and isabel wijsen. At twelve and ten years old, they lobbied to ban single-use plastic bags on their home island of Bali, and won. Her story strikes a chord with Mimi. she is twelve, could a girl like her make such a big change in a place where she still isn’t sure she feels at home? Will she be able to keep up with her piano, schoolwork and activism? And does Carmen Alvarez-Hill, confident and flawless, really want to help her with the move?

sir fig newton and the science of persistence

March 15, 2022

Twelve-year-old Mira’s summer seems pretty grim. Ella’s best friend Thomas just moved a billion and one miles from Florida to Washington, DC. His father is looking for a job and has been very depressed lately. his phone screen cracked after a home science experiment went wrong. And of all the people who could have moved into Thomas’s old house down the street, Mira gets stuck with Tamika Smith, her know-it-all nemesis who has kept Mira in second place at the school science fair for years. four consecutive years.

mira’s beloved cat, sir fig newton, has been the most stable thing in her life lately, but now he seems off too. With his phone no phone and no internet over the weekend at his strict grandmother’s house, Mira must research fig symptoms the old-fashioned way: at the library. she determines that he has diabetes “the silent killer of cats”. A visit to the vet confirms his diagnosis, but that appointment stretched the family’s funds to the limit: they’ll never be able to afford insulin injections for cats.

when mira’s parents tell her they may have to give money to people who can afford her treatment, mira insists she can earn the $2000 she needs in a month. Armed with wit, determination, and a surprising ally, can Mira save her four-legged best friend before it’s too late?

come short

March 15, 2022

isaac and marco already know that sixth grade is going to change their lives. but it won’t change things at home, not without the help of others.

This year, basketball star Isaac plans to finally keep up with his schoolwork. Better grades will surely keep Isaac’s parents from arguing all the time. Meanwhile, straight-a Marco vows to finally earn her father’s approval by earning a spot on the school basketball team.

But will friendship and mutual support be enough to keep the two boys from falling short?

for the record

March 15, 2022

Twelve-year-old Justine’s parents recently divorced. she and her little sister, bea, go back and forth between her parents’ houses in montreal. Her mother, whose anxiety manifests as a need to control, believes that her father and her beloved half-sister are a bad influence on Justine and Bea. So, she enlists Justine to collect evidence that would lead to sole custody of her.

justine accepts her mother’s opinion of her father at first and begins to write detailed notes about his behavior: she doesn’t stick to bea’s strict bedtime. she is late to drop them off at school. he makes sandwiches with white bread. But when Justine concocts an outright lie for her mother’s court case, she begins to question her mother’s behavior and her own.

This thoughtful and supportive look at parental alienation and its impact on children tenderly balances this difficult subject with moments of joy, love and connection. Throughout the book, Justine’s intelligent and unique voice guides readers as she navigates complicated family dynamics and musters the courage to tell the truth, no matter the consequences.

meant to be

March 15, 2022

ivy loves living in applewood heights. The family’s apartment is small, and her older sister, Rachel, keeps complaining about sharing a room after her old house was lost to foreclosure. but for the first time, ivy has friends. Lucas and Alice live nearby, and every week the three of them watch their favorite cooking show and practice baking together (even if Ivy has to find creative substitutes for expensive ingredients). but the ivy is a concern, and this summer there is much to be anxious about. her parents are anxious to move to a nicer, bigger place, which is the last thing ivy wants. Then Alice gets devastating news and Ivy somehow manages to say the wrong thing. will alice ever stop being mad at her?

ivy finds some much-needed reassurance and a confidence boost when she begins working with the building superintendent, who teaches her how to fix things. ivy is naturally talented, but she realizes that some things, like hurt feelings, are harder to fix than others. Fortunately, Ivy is pretty good at making up her own recipes as she goes along. In an honest and hopeful companion to Where Her Heart Is, Jo Knowles puts the quirky and tenacious Ivy in the spotlight as she tries to figure out exactly where she belongs.

Louisa June and the Nazis in the waves

March 22, 2022

Days after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, Hitler declared war on the United States. uu. and launched underwater submarines to attack American ships. Suddenly, the waves outside Louisa June’s farm aren’t for eel fishing or marveling at wild swans or learning to make skulls on her family’s boat, they’re dangerous, full of hidden enemies.

The ships of his older brothers are at risk of coming face to face with submarines. her sister leaves home to weld hulls on liberty ships. And then her dad, a tugboat captain, and his dearest brother, the butler, get caught in the crossfire.

Her mom has always swum in a sea of ​​melancholy, but now she really needs louisa june to find moments of beauty or inspiration to lift her up. like sun-yellow daffodils, good books, or news stories about daring rescues of torpedoed passengers.

Determined to help her mother and eager to fight the Nazis herself, Louisa June turns to her quirky friend Emmett and the indomitable Cousin Belle, who have war stories of their own and a pack of cats to share. In the end, after a dangerous voyage, Louisa June discovers that the best lifeline is love.

me three

March 22, 2022

eleven-year-old rodney starts sixth grade at a new school, in a new home in a new state. the new school is very old and smells like someone ate a couple of pounds of glue and then vomited it back up, and he’s in a class with a bunch of kids who seem to hate him. even his best friend won’t reply to him. It’s weird, because just a couple of months ago, Rodney was one of the most popular kids in his fifth grade class. He lived in Las Vegas with his mom, older sister, and his dad, who was a successful professional poker player.

now his old life is over; her mother even says that she shouldn’t tell anyone her real last name. because of something her father did. or something people said he did. his dad says it’s all a big misunderstanding, but now he’s housed in a center “for people who are having problems, like being addicted to drugs or gambling, or because other people don’t understand that you’re just fun and friendly and Sometimes you’re giving people hugs or hugging them and they accuse you of taking liberties and screwing everything up.” Rodney is confident that it won’t be long until the misunderstanding is cleared up and everyone can go back to their old lives. but he can only keep the truth at bay for so long…

oneApril

Miss Quinces: A Graphic Novel

April 5, 2022

Sue just wants to spend the summer reading and making comics at summer camp with her friends, but instead she gets stuck going to Honduras to visit relatives with her parents and two sisters. they live in the country which means no texting, no cable and no internet! The trip takes a turn for the worse when Sue’s mom announces that they’re having a surprise quinceañera for Sue, which is the last thing she wants. She can’t imagine wearing a big, voluminous, colorful dress! what is sue going to do? And how will she survive all this “quality” time with her boisterous family?

the chilling stone prisoner

April 5, 2022

In the debut of Linette Moore, a mid-grade graphic novel, eleven-year-old Shiverstone prisoner Helga Sharp is found unconscious in a rowboat adrift off the coast of Utley Island. Utley, as Helga discovers when she wakes up in the hospital, is forbidden territory: it’s a prison island to which the mainland has exiled troublesome mad scientists for generations. Helga is questioned by the island guards, and although they are suspicious of her story, they agree to let her stay until they find her family.

the truth is that it is no coincidence that helga has landed here. she is a great inventor, but the mainland is suspicious of all scientists and inventors. While she was secretly working on her projects, Helga made radio contact with Erasmus Lope, a mad genius who everyone thought had died in a lab experiment gone spectacularly wrong. But Lope is alive and Helga is on a mission to rescue him from the prison island.

Now, Helga must find a way to escape, right under the nose of the family of famous heroes who run Utley Island. There’s just one big problem: Lope is trapped inside a giant crystal in the Mad Scientists’ Museum!

Fans of the red planet and suee and the shadow will love Prisoner of the Chilling Stone, a charismatically illustrated wacky science adventure for readers of all ages.

the zee files

April 5, 2022

13-year-old mackenzie blue carmichael, aka “zee,” has never had fish and chips, never slept away from home more than a few nights, and knows nothing about london. But when her family moves because of her dad’s new job, Zee has to leave her old life in California behind for a new one in England.

Now at her new boarding school, Hollows Creative Arts Academy, Zee hopes to find new friends and launch her music career. But things are not so easy. Some classes are harder than expected, and between a cold roommate, a best friend gone wild, and the distractions of the hottest, most stylish student in her grade, Zee has to wonder: will she ever find her place? in london?

catch that dog

April 5, 2022

When Joanie first encounters the masterpiece, he’s huddled in an alley and she mistakes him for (of all things!) a cat. She soon, however, cleans him up and takes him home and discovers that he is, in fact, a poodle.

What Joanie doesn’t know is that this masterpiece is not just any poodle. No, the showpiece is a world-famous poodle, who has appeared in movies and commercials and been seen rubbing shoulders with celebrities. So how did the masterpiece go from a palatial apartment in New York City to an alley in a small town in New Jersey? He was kidnapped! And now not only does the kidnapper want him back, but his former owner is offering a huge reward.

masterpiece knows you should want to return home to the luxury of your old life. but no one has ever loved him like joanie loves him.

what should a dog do?

the explorer is not a gang boy

April 5, 2022

When scout learns her favorite author is hosting an exclusive autograph session at the end of the year, she’s determined to be there! she officially needs a plan…and when she finds out her school band is headed to the same place for their annual trip, an idea takes shape. Being a kid in the gang can’t be that hard, right? It turns out that learning to play an instrument when you can’t even read music is much, much, much harder than expected. And it’s even harder for the scout when her friends don’t agree with her new hobby. Will she be able to master the trombone, make new friends in the band, and attend her favorite author’s book signing? tackling it all seems like a challenge for a supercool supermusic superfriend, and she’s just an explorer.

karthik offers

April 5, 2022

karthik raghavan is good at remembering things. Like your bike routes. or all the reasons why he likes juhi shah, even if she doesn’t even know he exists. It doesn’t help that she appears to be in love with her archenemy, Jacob Donnell, whose only job is to humiliate Karthik (and misuse her name). Then Karthik’s luck changes when she secretly agrees to be in a play about famous musician Leonard Bernstein. but she can’t tell her parents. the family store is in danger and they need him to deliver groceries on her bike to help save her. His mom is also worried about the financial crisis and she is convinced that studying hard and staying focused is the only way to be successful. but karthik has fun being lenny. Also, what if acting is Karthik’s special talent? What if acting is the only way to get Juhi Shah’s attention? With all the pressure from his family to succeed, can Karthik really imagine and wait when he’s not sure what happens next?

supertroop

April 5, 2022

Cooper just wants to spend the summer before seventh grade drawing and having adventures with his best friend, Nacho. anything to take his mind off the fact that his father’s new girlfriend and his mother’s announcement that he will start dating.

But when one of his adventures with Nacho goes too far, Cooper’s parents freak out. Or does he join the boy rangers, a goofy club that’s all about discipline and rules, or that dream cartoon camp at the end of his summer? he will be deleted.

It’s not that bad at first, the troop is a disorganized mess. but then a new scoutmaster starts. Mr. Pierce is a gruff ex-Marine who’s never worked with kids before, especially a ragtag team of misfits like Troop 19. As he tries to turn them into a lean, mean badge-earning machine, Cooper yearns for freedom. he doesn’t want to break the rules, but the rules are going to break him!

behind the mountains

April 5, 2022

It’s election time in Haiti and bombs are exploding in the capital, Port-au-Prince. During a visit from her home in rural Haiti, Celiane Espérance and her mother were nearly killed. Looking at her country with new eyes, Celiane gains a new determination to join her father in Brooklyn, New York.

The harsh winter and concrete landscape of her new home come as a shock to Celiane, as she witnesses her parents’ struggle to make ends meet and her brother’s awkward adjustment to American society, while at the same time faces its own challenges with learning and school violence.

consider the octopus

April 5, 2022

jeremy “jb” barnes is looking forward to spending the summer before seventh grade at the beach. but her mother, a scientist, has called him to join her aboard a research ship where, instead, he will spend the summer seasick and bored looking at the endless plastic, microbeads and other floating debris, both visible as visible. no, they make up the great pacific garbage patch.

Miles and miles away, twelve-year-old Sidney Miller is trying to come up with an alternative activity worthy of convincing her overprotective parents that she can skip summer camp.

When jeremy is asked to find contact information for a list of top international scientists and invite them to attend a last-minute emergency global summit, he’s excited to get the chance to do something really important for the mission. . how could he know that the sidney miller he’s texting isn’t the famous marine biologist he’s been tasked with contacting, but a girl who podcasts from her bedroom, much less would want to sneak aboard the ship?

it’s the end of the world and I’m in a bathing suit

April 5, 2022

a fun new middle grade from justin a. reynolds who asks: what happens when five unsupervised kids face the apocalypse under outrageously silly circumstances?

Twelve-year-old eddie gordon holloway has come up with his most ingenious plan to avoid chores…especially the dreaded l-a-u-n-d-r-y. if she can wear all the clothes she owns, he will only have to do the laundry once during the school break.

On the day of the long-awaited beach party, his mother finds Eddie’s monstrous pile of laundry. and eddie’s day just got worse. him now he’s stuck home alone, missing the party and doing his whole pile of laundry. but halfway through the cycle, the power goes out!

With her first load of wet laundry and the rest of her stuff still dirty, she sets out to explore the seemingly empty neighborhood in her glow-in-the-dark swimsuit, flip-flops, and a beach towel. He soon runs into other kids from the neighborhood: newcomer Xavier (who was half cut and has half his head shaved), Eddie’s ex-friend Sonia (who spent her entire break trying to win a video game and was in the middle of from the last boss battle) and brothers trey and sage (who are dealing with some serious sibling drama).

As they band together to cover more ground and find out what happened, they realize their families aren’t coming back anytime soon. And as night falls, the team realizes that they’re not just the only people left in the neighborhood, they could be the only people left…anywhere.

the repetition

April 5, 2022

the mendoza sisters need a makeover!

raquel and lucinda used to be inseparable. But ever since her parents split up, Raquel has been acting as editor-in-chief of Ella’s lives. To avoid her overbearing sister, Lucinda spends most of her time with her headphones on, practicing her skating routine.

Then a pandemic hits and the sisters are forced to spend lockdown at their father’s ranch house. Suddenly, Raquel sees an opportunity to get back everything they’ve lost. If they can convince his mother to come along, maybe they can make their parents fall in love all over again and give their family a second chance, a second chance.

But at the ranch, they get a not-so-pleasant surprise: their dad’s new girlfriend and her daughter are already living there! Ella lucinda discovers that she really likes them, which makes Raquel more desperate to get rid of them. And as Rachel’s plans spiral further and further out of control, Lucinda begins to wonder what they’re really fighting for. Is she trying to bring the Mendoza family back together to further separate them?

a duet for home

April 5, 2022

It’s the first day of June at the Huey House, and as if losing your home wasn’t bad enough, you can’t take your prized viola inside either. Before last year’s accident, her dad saved tips for a year to buy her viola, and she’s not about to give that up now. Tyrell has been at Huey House for three years and gives June a taste of the good things about living there: friendship, hot meals, and a classical musician next door. Can he and June work together to oppose the government, or will the families be forced to leave Huey House before they’re ready?

the boy who missed the dodgeball

April 5, 2022

sixth grade is the worst…and also the best, as jordan deals with the ups and downs of high school life in hilarious ways.

The funny and outrageous things didn’t stop for Jordan Sonnenblick after he dropped out of fourth grade. no, in many ways the events detailed to hilarious effect on the boy who failed to show and tell were just a prelude to sixth grade, a time jordan would have to deal with…

holly-mei’s not-so-uniform life

April 5, 2022

This middle grade debut series follows a girl who finds her place in a new world of private school and friends when her family moves to Hong Kong. holly-mei jones couldn’t be more excited to move to hong kong for her mom’s job. her new school is right on the beach and her family’s apartment is beyond beautiful. everything will be perfect. . . TRUE? maybe not. she feels like everywhere she looks, there are new rules to follow and expectations to meet. On top of that, the most popular girl in her grade is quickly becoming an enemy. And without the guidance of Ella’s loving Ella Ah-ma, who stayed behind in Toronto, Holly-mei can’t seem to get it right. ) to finish seventh grade and turn her life in Hong Kong into the ultimate adventure.

moon walk

April 12, 2022

It seems that punk rock-loving JJ Pankowski can’t fit in at his new school in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, as one of the only white kids. Pie Velez, a math and history geek by day and a graffiti artist by night, is eager to follow in the footsteps of his idol, Jean-Michel Basquiat. The boys stumble upon an unlikely friendship, exchanging notes about their love of music and art, which helps them get through a tough semester at school and at home. but a run-in with the police threatens to spoil everything.

grow up, tahlia wilkins!

April 19, 2022

Twelve-year-old Tahlia Wilkins is ready to kick off the perfect summer at the popular kids’ pool party. But when the red panty goddess, aka her first period, arrives 24 hours before the pool party, she ruins all of her plans. To make matters worse, her mom is out of town, and there’s no way she’s going to ask her dad for help! Tahlia always feared growing up would be hard, but this isn’t fair.

To save themselves from total embarrassment, Tahlia and her best friend Lily will need all their scheming to keep their reputations – and their favorite jeans – from being ruined. Sneak off to the grocery store only to have the clerk check the price of your “ware” over the loudspeaker? check. Trick your mature teen neighbor into letting you use her bathroom to “relocate” some tampons? check. take a dip in a fountain to “borrow” some coins for a bath product dispenser? check, check, check!

undying

April 19, 2022

bella “unfadeable” fades is determined to stay out of trouble. A wiser-than-her-age graffiti artist known for tagging walls and bridges in her Indianapolis neighborhood, Earth, Bella plans to spend her summer vacation lying down and away from anyone who might tip off social services that she’s living on her own.

But keeping a low profile is nearly impossible when Bella discovers that people in high places are trying to defund the land. she has to find a way to defend herself.

getting involved will mean exposing yourself, making connections with unlikely friends, and attracting potential enemies. But if Bella doesn’t trust her neighbors and learns to unite her community, her home and her future will never be the same.

zara’s rules for unprecedented fun

April 19, 2022

meet zara saleem, the queen of the neighborhood.

zara is in charge of everything: she organizes the games, chooses the teams and makes sure everyone has a good time…and they always do.

When a new family moves in across the street, Zara’s reign is suddenly threatened by Naomi, who has her own ideas about how the neighborhood kids can have fun. To bring everyone’s attention back to her, Zara decides that he’s going to break a Guinness World Record, if her little brother Zayd doesn’t mess things up.

But as she finds herself increasingly alone in her quest to break records, Zara begins to wonder if sharing the crown and making a new friend might end up being the best rule of all.

jennifer chan is not alone

April 26, 2021

Thanks to her best friend, Reagan, Mallory Moss knows the rules of high school. the most important? you have to fit in to survive. But then Jennifer Chan moves across the street, and that rule doesn’t seem to apply. Jennifer doesn’t care about the laws of high school or the laws of the universe. she believes in aliens and believes that she can find them.

then jennifer disappears. Using clues from Jennifer’s diaries, Mallory goes searching. But the closer she gets, the more she has to confront Mallory about why Jennifer might have run away. . . and face the truth within herself.

tae keller lights up the sky with this revealing story about changing friendships, good and bad, and the power we all have to influence and change each other. no one is alone.

may

pea farm #2 apple crushing

May 3, 2022

jen is getting used to her life on the pea farm with her new stepsisters, andy and reese. But when she starts the school year, even more changes await her. Jen has new friends to face and new challenges to face, but at least he’ll have andy with her, right? As sixth grade begins, she discovers her stepsister seems much more interested in boys and girls than hanging out with her, while Jen wants to know when the world decided that boys and girls couldn’t be “just” anymore. friends.”

little sister

May 3, 2022

lucy has always looked up to her older sister, olivia, even though the two are polar opposites. But then Lucy notices Olivia starting to change. she no longer wants to play with lucy, she is not happy with her appearance and refuses to eat dinner. Eventually, Lucy finds out that her sister isn’t just growing up: Olivia is battling an eating disorder.

While her family focuses on her sister’s recovery, Lucy is left alone to navigate school and friendships. and just like her older sister, she begins to shrink.

but with time, work and a dose of self-love, both sisters begin to heal and let themselves grow. Soon enough, Olivia and Lucy find their way back, because sisters are the only friends you can never leave.

mr. the first set of lemoncello

May 3, 2022

Go back to the beginning and meet Luigi Lemoncello, a thirteen-year-old boy obsessed with puzzles!

luigi has a knack for games and puzzles. but he sometimes feels like the cards are stacked against him. Until a carnival comes to town and Luigi gets the chance of a lifetime, the chance to work for the world famous Professor Marvelous, a dazzling barker in a banana hat who puts on the showman! When the carnival closes, Professor Marvelmous leaves behind a mysterious puzzle box along with a clue. a clue that will guide luigi and his friends on a fantastic treasure hunt towards a prize beyond their imagination, if they can even find it!

Can Luigi crack the codes and unlock the box’s secrets? will there be puzzles? of course! balloons? bet! it will be fun? hello! It’s a lemon cello! cousin! Can you crack the hidden puzzle inside?!

keep shining, suitcase light!

May 3, 2022

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Have you ever been the best at something? . . only to lose it all?

luz véliz is a soccer star, or rather, he was a soccer star. with his serious knee injury, it is unlikely that he will return to the field any time soon. but without football, who is she? even her father treats her differently from her now, as if he doesn’t know her or, worse yet, doesn’t even like her. when she light finds out that she has a knack for coding, she feels like a lifesaver to get better. if she alone she can succeed in the may exhibition, she not only she will skip a level in her coding courses and impress mrs. Freeman and Ella’s scheming and brilliant Trevor: She’ll have her parents cheering her on from the sidelines, just the way she likes it.

but something, someone, is about to enter the lives of suitcases. and when solana arrives, nothing will ever be the same, never again.

Unforgettable characters, family drama, and fearless determination illuminate Light’s journey as she gathers her inner strength and learns to accept others and embrace the enduring connection of family. through it all, the light of light is a constant: a guide to others, a path through the darkness, and an ineffable celebration of your own eternal self.

the game master: summer school

May 3, 2022

rebecca zamolo is on a mission to save her summer. Instead of going to camp like she had planned, she got stuck in summer school. but today is the day! she’s going to present her latest science homework, using the ancient zoetrope her nanny lent her, and then she can have fun.

But as Becca and her classmates wait for their teacher to arrive, a menacing voice comes over the intercom claiming to be the game master! The kids quickly discover that the game master locked the doors, scared the teachers, and made it clear to them that if Becca and her friends don’t solve the clues left behind, they’ll never get Becca’s irreplaceable zoetrope back. they never finish summer school and they never enjoy the rest of their summer vacation.

Becca doesn’t know who’s behind this, but she won’t let the game master win. But will she and her classmates be able to work together and solve the puzzles and escape the school before the time runs out? Join YouTube’s favorite mystery-solving team as they go toe-to-toe with the master of the game in the first book in this action-packed series from beloved YouTube creators Matt and Rebecca Zamolo, stars of the hugely popular Masters Network. of the game.

morning sun in wuhan

May 10, 2022

Grieving the death of her mother and feeling left out at school, thirteen-year-old Mei seeks solace in cooking and computer games. When an online friend admits that her grandmother is sick, Mei turns to her father, a doctor, for help and discovers a crowded hospital. As the virus spreads, Mei finds herself alone in a closed city trying to find a way to help.

A genuine and uplifting description, this novel explores our resilience in the face of great loss and the ways people come together to heal and survive. weaving recipes, author ying compestine draws on her own experiences growing up in wuhan.

dear friends

May 10, 2022

eleni tries to get over her worst best friend breakup by revisiting her top five friendships and failing to see if she can learn from past mistakes or if she’s doomed to be friendless forever in this fun and uplifting middle grade novel from the beloved author of the friendship list and the tbh series.

When Eleni comes home from a lonely summer at camp and is dumped by her best friend since kindergarten, she realizes there has to be something wrong with her. who loses two friends in the span of a couple of months? So, Eleni decides to review her top five friendship fallout to find out what went wrong and how to be a better friend, all before she has to pick a roommate for her high school’s big night.

Along the way, Eleni reconnects with her neighbor across the street, a friend who became a mean girl from Hebrew school and a friend who moved in pre-K, and finds herself making new friends along the way. along the way. road. but will she ever get over the burn of losing her best friend?

In the vein of hi-fi and to all the boys I’ve loved before, lisa greenwald uses her exceptional skills in capturing the social dynamic between teens to explore the ins and outs of friendship in a humorous and insightful novel that affirms that we are all innately capable and worthy of friendship.

famous camp

May 10, 2022

The Princess Diaries meets Harriet the Spy when Abby, who thinks she’s the most ordinary girl in the world, finds herself undercover at a summer camp for celebrity kids. From acclaimed author Jennifer Blecher, Camp Celebrity is a fun and accessible summer adventure about fitting in, being brave, and letting others see who you really are. Camp Famous is perfect for tweens who love Disney’s Camp Rock.

Eleven-year-old Abby Herman is normal, normal, normal. he has never stood out, and never quite knows how to find his place in a group of friends, although he notices everything and writes it all down in his notebook. When Abby finds out that she will be attending summer camp, she is beyond excited at the thought of a fresh start and a place where she could find what she has always wanted: a best friend. but she, surprise!, she will not go to any summer camp, she will go to the celebrity camp, the exclusive one for famous children who escape from the spotlight.

Desperate to fit in with pop stars, princesses and genies, Abby creates a false identity as a famous author. everything goes according to plan: the other girls welcome her, she participates in the activities of the camp, and she even inspires a pop star! But when the camp draws to a close, Abby finds herself torn between who she has pretended to be and who she really is.

best friends, bikinis and other summer catastrophes

May 17, 2022

For fans of Barbara Dee and Shannon Hale, this heartwarming coming-of-age novel explores the ups and downs of best friends, crushes, and backyard projects during a summer filled with change and possibility.

alex has always known that her best friend and next door neighbor, will, will be there for her. that’s how she’s always been. Until a pool girl named Rebekah walks up to them and says hello. Suddenly, Will is changing his clothes, doing his hair, and breaking all of his summer plans, and Alex isn’t happy about it. Every summer, she and Will will have a new challenge. this year, it’s a tree house. Now Alex is organizing summer jobs and keeping an eye on the new girl, hoping that by completing her tree house, she can prevent losing her best friend and her summer from falling apart.

swim team

May 17, 2022

Perfect for fans of Jerry Craft and Kwame Alexander, this striking mid-grade contemporary graphic novel debut from cartoonist Johnnie Christmas follows young Bree as she faces her fear of swimming head-on while simultaneously facing barriers. long standing of systemic racism established within the public pool system.

Bree is looking forward to her first day at her new high school, Enith Brigitha, home of the mighty manatees, until she comes across the only elective that fits into her schedule, the dreaded Swimming 101.

The idea of ​​swimming makes Bree feel a little queasy, but she’s forced to dive headfirst into one of her biggest fears. Luckily for her, etta, an elderly occupant of her apartment building and former captain of the swim team, is willing to help.

With training from etta and a lot of hard work, bree suddenly finds her swim-crazed community is counting on her to turn around the failing school team. But that’s easier said than done, especially when her rival, the prestigious Holyoke High School, has everything she needs to put the mighty manatees in her wake.

In this mid-grade graphic novel debut, Johnnie Christmas demonstrates how, through friendship, courage, and heart, the wave of change can begin with the smallest ripple.

cookies and milk

May 17, 2022

ellis johnson, age eleven, has summer blues. he dreamed of spending the summer of 1976 hanging out with friends, listening to music and playing his harmonica. Instead, he’ll sleep on a lumpy couch in Dad’s dreary little post-divorce bungalow and help make Dad’s latest wacky, sure-fire idea come true: opening the world’s first chocolate chip cookie shop. world. They have six weeks to perfect their recipe, bring a dilapidated frame on Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard into tip-top shape, and attract customers. but of course nothing is as easy as dad makes it seem, even with grandma by his side. as she says, they have to get in shape and make things work. Along the way, Ellis discovers a family mystery he’s determined to solve, the power of community, and a newfound belief in himself.

sweet and bitter

May 17, 2022

revenge is sweet!

For as long as she can remember, Mai has spent every summer in Mystic, Connecticut, visiting family friends. and hanging out with her best friend since she was born, zach koyama, she was always the best part.

Then, two summers ago, everything changed. Zach humiliated Mai, proving that he wasn’t a friend at all. So when Zach’s family moved to Japan, Ella Mai was relieved. no more summers together. no more headaches.

but this year, the koyama are back and family vacations are back. And if Mai has to spend the summer with Zach, the least she can do is erase the memory of her betrayal… by hatching the perfect plan for revenge!

Only Zach isn’t the boy he used to be, and Mai’s memories of her last fateful summer aren’t the whole truth of what happened between them. now he will have to decide if he can forgive zach, even if he can never forget.

unhappy camper

May 24, 2022

Would you rather go unnoticed or stand out?

Claire and Michelle used to be best friends, but now the two sisters couldn’t be more different. Michelle will do anything to fit in, even if it means denying her Taiwanese culture. while claire is proud of who she is. So much so that she decides to become a junior counselor at a Taiwan American summer camp.

sensing a rift between the two, her parents decide to send them both to camp, much to michelle’s dismay. As the summer continues, both sisters learn more about their culture and each other. But Michelle must ultimately decide to embrace her culture and her family or assimilate into the popular crowd at school. Which one will she choose?

From lily lamotte and ann xu, the brilliant creators of measuring up, comes a moving story about the importance of being true to yourself and standing up for what you believe in.

meet me halfway

May 24, 2022

mattie gomez feels aimless after being uprooted from her beloved minnesota and forced to move in with her new adoptive family in california. So when she meets a girl at her new high school who looks exactly like her, she’s not sure what to make of it.

but her double, the popular mercedes miller, doesn’t like it at all.

mercedes is used to getting what she wants, when she wants; Mattie would rather be invisible and unnoticed. Mercedes lives in a big empty house with her nanny; Mattie’s new home is filled with chaos, 24/7. mercedes has a short fuse; mattie is a planner. Although they may look alike, the two couldn’t be more different.

Pretty soon, though, Mattie and Mercedes discover they have at least one thing in common: a father neither of them knows. Determined to meet the father they never knew, these polar opposites suddenly have to work together to fake sleepovers, evade their friends, and plot daring escapes from school field trips in an effort to track him down.

If only they could stop arguing long enough to get the show going.

fight + flight

May 24, 2022

avery hart lives for the thrill and speed of his motocross and the pounding of his drums. But after she’s diagnosed with ehlers-danlos hypermobility syndrome, a disease that affects his joints, Avery divides her time between endless physical therapy and worrying that his fun and independence are over forever. sarah bell is also familiar with worry. For months, she has been having intense panic attacks. No matter how much she pours her anxiety into making art, she can’t seem to control it and she begins to wonder if it will be like this forever.

Just as both girls are reaching their peak of fear about what the future holds, their present takes a terrifying turn when their school is apparently attacked by armed men. though they later learn it was an active shooter drill, the traumatic experience bonds the girls in a friendship that will change the way they view their perceived weaknesses and help them find strength, and more, in each other.

the summer of June

May May 31, 2022

Twelve-year-old June Delancey is starting the summer off strong. he shaves his head and sets two goals: beat his anxiety and be the lion he knows he can be, instead of the mouse everyone sees. and she and her single mother will own her power as fierce, independent women. With the help of Homer Juarez, the football star she quotes poetry and believes in June even when she doesn’t believe in herself, she starts a secret library garden and hatches a plan to make her dreams come true. but when her anxiety becomes too much, everything begins to fall apart. she will need more than a haircut and some flowers to fix things. she’s going to take courage and friends and watermelon cake. she forgets second chances. this is the summer of new beginnings.

furry friends forever (must love pets #1)

May 31, 2022

A new middle grade teen series that combines the heart and friendship of the Babysitters Club, with the irresistible appeal of the lovable animals!

pet sitters for rent!

Imaan Bashir loves dogs, but he doesn’t have one. even. If only there was a sure way to demonstrate his special canine connection to his mother. she would then be well on her way to pampering her own pup.

When one of Imaan’s neighbors needs a last-minute pet sitter for her dog, Mr. Teddy, a great idea comes up. Imaan and her friends london and olivia will take care of the pets! Imaan’s mother will be so impressed with Imaan’s amazing animal skills that she will beg him to adopt her own dog. or something like that. . . But the reality of pet-sitting is a bit more complicated: Imaan soon finds out that Sir Teddy is a real fanatic!

June

out of range

June 7, 2021

Sisters Abby, Emma and Ollie have gone from forever best friends to deadly enemies. it will return to “back to nature”, which means no cell phones, no internet, no communication with the outside world. for two whole weeks. during that time, they had better learn to get along again, their parents tell them. otherwise. the sisters see no way to forgive each other for what they’ve done, no matter how many campfire hikes and songs they’re forced to partake in. but then disaster strikes and they find themselves lost. and alone in the desert. They will have to escape from a raging forest fire, cross a turbulent river, escape from bears, cougars and ticks. they don’t have enough training, food, or supplies. all they have is each other. And maybe, just maybe, it’ll be enough to survive.

in the beautiful country

June 14, 2021

Inspired by the author’s own experiences, this emotional first verse novel is about a young Taiwanese woman who immigrates to the United States and finds a stark difference between her dreams and her reality.

anna is counting down the days until her family moves to the united states, the so-called beautiful country, although she has only known life in taiwan.

but the beautiful country is nothing like what anna imagined. her family can only afford a small one-bedroom apartment. Anna is bullied and lost at school because she doesn’t understand the new language. and the restaurant her father invested her savings in is struggling to stay afloat. Why is the version of America that Anna and her family are experiencing anything but beautiful?

Perfect for fans of inside out and back again, this lyrical and emotionally nuanced story is about fighting for your place in the world and what it really means to have a home.

chunky goes to camp

June 14, 2022

sports put hudi to the test.

Now you are about to face your greatest test. . . summer camp.

hudi has finally embraced his love of art and comedy, but his class antics keep getting him into trouble. After Hudi’s artwork lands him in detention again, Hudi’s parents decide a change is needed come summer and sentence him to four weeks at summer camp.

hudi wonders about the greene family camp, a jewish sleeping camp in the scorching texas desert. at least it still has thickness. Hudi then meets Pepe, a fellow camper who is also Latino, Jewish, and a comedian like Hudi, and who, get this, can see thick too! what?! The rest of Hudi’s bunkmates are also a motley bunch of misfits. Did Hudi finally find the people from him?

This new friendship with Pepe leads Hudi and Chunky into all sorts of mischief, including a prank war with some rival campers: Josh’s rich and posh trio. hudi soon realizes that pepe is motivated by more than just making people laugh, and he’s not telling hudi the truth. As the pranks escalate beyond what Hudi wants, he risks being labeled a troublemaker again. Can Chunky help Hudi save this new friendship? Or will he turn off?

not starring zadie louise

June 21, 2022

zadie loves tae kwon do, comics and outer space. She also loves visiting the community theater her mother runs, especially the lighting grid above the stage and the stage manager’s booth, which is packed with levers and buttons like a spaceship’s control panel. So when the family’s finances take a hit and Zadie has to ditch her usual activities to spend the summer at the theater, she doesn’t care too much. after all, she has always wanted to work as a technician on a show. she knows she’d be great at it, but her mom and the new stage manager are totally opposed to the idea of ​​a kid doing technology. instead, zadie was left handing out sandwiches and folding flyers. But the future of theater depends on this show, and Ella Zadie is determined to help. she’s going to make spinderella the hit of the season, unless she accidentally turns him into a disaster.

hanna hsu and the ghost crab nation

June 21, 2022

hana hsu is eager to be networked. If he can beat out half his classmates at the start-up, a tech school for the city’s most talented twelve-year-olds, he’ll connect to the multi-grid via a neural implant like his mother and daughter. sister. But the competition is fierce, and when her passion for playing bots mixes her up with dangerous junkyard rebels, she knows her future on the show is at risk. Even scarier, she begins to notice that something is not right at first: some of her friends are getting sick, and no matter what she does, her technology never seems to work right. With an ominous warning from her grandmother about the mesh, Hana begins to wonder if getting the implant early is really a good idea. Desperate to find out what’s going on, Hana and her friends find themselves spying on one of the most powerful corporations in the country, and the answers to the startup’s mystery might be closer to home than Hana is willing to give. to accept. Can she save her friends, and herself, from a conspiracy that threatens everything she knows?

lies I tell myself

June 21, 2022

In this heartwarming and hilarious companion to the acclaimed To Tell The Truth, Raymond has a life-changing summer when he’s sent to Maine to stay with the grandparents he never knew.

Raymond has always preferred to keep life simple and leave the adventures to other people. but then he is sent across the country, against his will, to spend the summer before fifth grade with grandparents who think he has “issues” and needs playdates. Determined to show everyone how brave, confident, and calm he can be, Raymond hatches a three-step plan: 1) Learn to ride a bike. his mom never got to teach him before she left. 2) learn to swim. 3) make friends. on his own, but can he really change raymond, or is this whole plan just a bunch of lies he tells himself? With the help of his great-grandfather’s old diary, a wild chicken, and a possibly imaginary new friend, Raymond could overcome his fears and find out who he really wants to be.

golden ticket

June 21, 2022

Eleven-year-old Ash McNulty is one of the “gifted and talented” kids at his school, spending most of his day in a special class with a few other advanced students. as she nears the end of fifth grade, she should be on top of the world. By all accounts, she’s going to make it in high school!

But ash has a secret: he can no longer keep up with his advanced classmates. the moment she asks for help, everyone will know that she is not who they think she is. she is not so special. she may not even be that smart. And her parents will be devastated if they find out the truth.

however, if he can win the contest, it will prove to everyone that ash is still on top. if she has a lucky break ahead of time, all the better.

except the “lucky break” goes wrong…

And Ash must question everything he thought he knew about school, friends, and success.

come short

June 21, 2022

Bea’s parents believe she can accomplish absolutely anything, and she’s determined to prove them right. But at the end of seventh grade, the same day she makes a brave play to send her softball team to the league championship and Xander, the boy she likes, makes it clear that he likes her too, a scandal rocks her world. bea’s dad made a big mistake, taking money that belonged to a client. he is now suspended from practicing law, and another lawyer spread the news online. to make matters worse, that other lawyer is xander’s dad.

Bea doesn’t want to be mad at her dad, especially since he’s feeling terrible and trying to fix things. but she can’t face the pitying looks from all her friends, and then she starts missing shots at softball because she’s stuck in her own head. she what she best she gives it seems that she is slipping out of her hands along with her old family happy for her. she’s not sure which will be harder: learning to pitch again or forgiving her father. How can she be the best version of herself when everything she loves is falling apart?

gabe in the after

June 28, 2022

It’s fourteen-year-old gabe sweeney’s day to search for survivors. . .

Two years after a global pandemic, twenty survivors (mostly children) moved from their off-shore Maine island filled with sad memories to a mansion on a small neighboring island where they run school and farm. When Gabe and her dog, Mud, find Relle Douglas alone in the woods on the mainland, they take the strange new girl across the channel to live with them. relle changes the island with her hopeful attitude. she tells great stories and makes plans for activities like talent shows. Despite his growing crush on her, Gabe doesn’t quite get the point of it all; why have a talent show at the end of the world? But when tragedy strikes, Gabe embarks on a dangerous journey to try to find other survivors where the world could be normal. as before.

high score

June 28, 2022

For fans of Gordon Korman, Varian Johnson, and Celia Perez, High Score is a thrilling heist adventure with a diverse cast of intelligent characters and fast-paced, entertaining writing.

darius james, dj to his friends, has a head for cons and a heart of gold. he pulled the latest scam on him months ago at his old school. Now safely enrolled at Fitz (Ella Fitzgerald High School) he is determined to keep his head down. But when Conor, his best friend from old school, suddenly shows up, DJ knows his anonymous days are numbered.

Sure enough, a week after arriving at Fitz, Conor is confronted by Lucky, the seventh-grade bully who runs a tricky contest based on tickets from Starcade, the arcade and pizza place across the street from the school. . . lucky has the power to ruin any kid’s life, including conor’s, unless dj agrees to get 100,000 starcade tickets in two weeks.

It’s impossible! or is that it? If anyone can stay on track and pull off the biggest ticket heist of all time, it’s DJ. In the process, he might save his friend, and maybe even the entire school, from the doom.

kaya girl

June 28, 2022

Writing in effortlessly engaging prose, Wolo shows the interlocking layers of Ghanaian culture to create a multifaceted, prismatic world in which two girls, against all odds, can meet. when faiza, a migrant muslim girl from northern ghana, and abena, the daughter of a wealthy doctor from the south, meet by chance at accra’s largest market, where faiza works as a porter or kaya, they strike up an unlikely and powerful friendship that transcends their social inequalities and opens new worlds for both of them. Set against a backdrop of class disparity in Ghana, Kaya Girl is both kite-runner in her unlikely friendship, and tramp millionaire as Faiza’s life takes unexpected turns that propels her thrillingly forward. As Abena awakens to the world outside of her sheltered and privileged life over the course of the novel, the novel explores a multitude of awakenings and the opportunities that lie beyond the breaking down of barriers. This is a wonderfully captivating work, offering a vivid glimpse into two startlingly diverse young lives in Ghana.

July

repairing the world

July 5, 2022

daisy and ruby, twelve years old, are totally inseparable. They’ve grown up together, and Daisy has always counted on having Ruby there to pave her way, encourage her to try new things and see the magic in the world. Ruby is then killed in a tragic accident while she was on vacation, and Daisy’s life is shattered.

Now, Daisy is forced to face the big things in her life, like starting high school and becoming a big sister, without her best friend. It’s hard when you feel sad all the time. But thanks to new friends, new insights, and supportive family members, Daisy gets to see what life will be like after Ruby. And as she goes above and beyond to help repair the world around her, she is reminded that friendship is eternal and that magic can be found in the presence of anyone who chooses to embrace it.

bright

July 5, 2022

In this heartwarming middle-grade novel, a struggling student joins her school’s celebrated testing team in an attempt to avoid flunking out of eighth grade.

marianne blume knows she is one of the stupid girls. after years of trying and trying and feeling like she always fails, she has mastered the art of turning off her brain whenever questions or lectures come up. she gets by in school on a combination of luck, deviance, and charisma, that is, until she lands in mr. garcia. to avoid failing mr. In Garcia’s class, Marianne joins her school’s quiz search team, hoping her move will ingratiate her with him, the team’s coach. Can Marianne learn to be smart if she puts her mind to it? and what does she really mean to be her “brilliant” anyway? Brilliant is an engaging and empowering story about challenging labels, overcoming preconceptions, and learning to find—and stand up for—your own worth.

the walk home

July 5, 2022

lin moser is not looking forward to this summer. after living on the road her entire life, climbing mountains and traveling the country in an RV with her parents who moved house, she is now stuck in newbridge, new jersey for her longest stay Until now. With her mom away from her on a year-long naturalist assignment, Lin has resigned herself to having the most boring summer of her life. but she then learns of a local legend: an ancient ruined castle in the woods that no one has been able to find. hiking to this castle would be like a quest. . . such an amazing quest that mom might even come home and they could adventure together like they used to.

Determined to create her own adventure, Lin embarks on her biggest yet: braving the wilds with her two new friends, searching for the castle, and maybe discovering a new idea of ​​home along the way.

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be real, macy weaver

July 12, 2022

Eleven-year-old Macy Weaver knows that relationships are complicated. fresh from her latest friendship breakup, she has spent most of her summer vacation alone. So when Macy’s mom decides to go back to college three states away, she seizes the opportunity to move, whatever it takes to start over. But Macy’s new home isn’t exactly what she expected. her mother is never close to her and her father is always working. Alone than ever, Macy sets her sights on finding a new best friend. When she meets Brynn, who is smart and kind and already seems to have her whole life figured out, right down to her future as a couture model, Macy knows she is. the only problem is that brynn already has a bff and as everyone knows you can only have one. Falling back on old habits, Macy’s turns a little lie into a whole new life, filled with fantastical fashion and couture, but it’s not long before it all falls apart. Ultimately, Ella Macy must determine how to do the right thing and stay true to herself, instead of chasing after the person she thinks she should be.

a perfect mistake

July 12, 2022

max wishes he could go back in time: before he was diagnosed with adhd, before he became the tallest kid in his class, and before he and his best friends wandered into the woods in the middle of the night. Max doesn’t remember what happened after he dropped off his friends Will and Joey and the older kids who took them there. he’s not sure if he wants to remember. knowing won’t make joey talk to him again, nor will it bring will out of his coma.

When the local authorities run out of leads, Max realizes that without his help, they may never know what really happened to Will. Charged with the idea that he may be the key to uncovering the truth, Max is paired with his classmate and aspiring journalist Sam to investigate what really happened that night. but not everyone in the community wants that night to be remembered.

flip forward turning backwards

July 12, 2022

Claire is by far the best gymnast on her team and is on her way to qualifying for the state championships. the gym is where claire shines. but at school, she is known as a troublemaker. she seems to spend more time in the office than in class, which is fine with her as it allows her to hide the fact that she can’t read. she has never been able to make sense of the jumble of wobbly letters on a page. no one except her best friend knows. But when a sympathetic director questions if Claire is misbehaving because she’s dyslexic, her mother balks. She is afraid Claire will be labeled “stupid” and refuses to get tested. Claire has always assumed that she is dumb; she never imagined that her reading problem could have a solution. Is she strong enough to take on both her reading challenges and her mother’s denial? Is it worth risking her place in the playoffs? Told in clear, moving verse and black-and-white illustrations, Claire’s struggle with something that seems easy to everyone else will resonate with readers and have them cheering her on.

August

shelter: a great adventure for small cats

August 2, 2022

a warm and welcoming lap. the toasty smell of baked bread. tasty food served in bright blue bowl. these make haven life an indoor pet paradise. all thanks to his beloved human and savior, ma millie. But when Mom gets too sick to care for her, the cat’s cozy life is turned upside down and Haven decides she must find another human to help her. anything for mama millie! her vow leads her out of her safe nest into the gloomy forest and down unknown and dangerous paths.

When their first plan fails, Haven meets an expert fox in the wild who volunteers as an ally, and their perilous journey together brings a few victories. But Haven finds himself facing creatures far wilder than he could ever be, testing his strength and spirit to the limit. Will his loyalty to Ma Millie, and her newfound self-confidence, be enough to help Haven see the search to its conclusion? Will he be able to face the ferocious predator that follows his every move?

isaiah dunn saves the day

August 2, 2022

Things are looking up for super kid isaiah dunn. he and his little sister, charlie, are getting used to staying with miz rita, and mom is feeling better. Isaiah’s poetry business with Angel is taking off, and his best friend, Foxy, always has a new hustle. also, isaiah has his dad’s diaries for a story or if he needs advice…

maybe now, because starting high school is hard. Especially when his Kobe mentee won’t stop causing trouble. isaiah knows something is up, but to get to the bottom of kobe’s secret, he will have to trust every hero he knows, including himself! Discover the poignant and humorous sequel to the award-winning novel Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero.

big platform

August 9, 2022

life on the road with dad is as good as it gets for hazmat. Together, they have been taking jobs and touring America for years. now dad is talking about putting down roots, some place where hazardous materials can go to a real school and make friends. Somewhere Dad doesn’t have to mail-order textbooks on “nature’s promise to all women.” somewhere mom’s ashes can rest on a mantle and not on a board. While everything keeps changing, sometimes in ways she can’t control, Hazmat isn’t ready to give up the freedom of long-distance transportation. sure the road is full of surprises, from plane crashes and robotic trucks to runaway hitchhikers and abandoned babies, but it all makes for great stories! So Hazmat hatches a plan to make sure Dad’s dream never comes true. because there’s only one place hazardous materials belong: in the driver’s seat, right next to dad, with the whole country flying by, and every day is different from the last.

there they are: 100 of the best middle grade books to read in 2022! I’d love to know which ones excite you the most!

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