29 best books for 7th graders
29 excellent books for 7th graders that will help them know they are not alone in getting through the emotional situations that come with being right in the middle of Middle Schools. It’s not easy to fit in, find friends, figure out how to share your thoughts and feelings, and still try to get through the homework and tests of 7th grade. L
This is a perfect time to start thinking about taking care of yourself, even while you’re making new friends. Figure out what makes you feel happy, what you like and don’t like, and how you can be a good friend! Listening to these audibooks may help bring you comfort and give you a chance to relax. It might also give you insights into how other kids in 7th grade have dealt with their situations!
Enjoy these 29 great books for 7th graders!
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Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World
- By: Ashley Herring Blake
- Narrator: Chloe Cannon
- Length: 6 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: March 06, 2018
- Language: English
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4.38(5889 ratings)
4.38(5889 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDIn the wake of a destructive tornado, one girl develops feelings for another in this stunning, tender novel about emerging identity, perfect for fans of The Thing About Jellyfish. When a tornado rips through town, twelve-year-old IvyIn the wake of a destructive tornado, one girl develops feelings for another in this stunning, tender novel about emerging identity, perfect for fans of The Thing About Jellyfish.
When a tornado rips through town, twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen’s house is destroyed and her family of five is displaced. Ivy feels invisible and ignored in the aftermath of the storm–and what’s worse, her notebook filled with secret drawings of girls holding hands has gone missing.
Mysteriously, Ivy’s drawings begin to reappear in her locker with notes from someone telling her to open up about her identity. Ivy thinks–and hopes–that this someone might be her classmate, another girl for whom Ivy has begun to develop a crush. Will Ivy find the strength and courage to follow her true feelings?
Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World exquisitely enriches the rare category of female middle-grade characters who like girls–and children’s literature at large.
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Nikki on the Line
- By: Barbara Carroll Roberts
- Narrator: Christine Lakin
- Length: 7 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: March 05, 2019
- Language: English
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4.33(560 ratings)
4.33(560 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDNikki wants to be a basketball star . . . but between school stress, friend drama, and babysitting woes, will she be able to make it on her new team? Judy Blume meets Mike Lupica in this pitch-perfect, action-packed, and funny novel.... Read moreNikki wants to be a basketball star . . . but between school stress, friend drama, and babysitting woes, will she be able to make it on her new team? Judy Blume meets Mike Lupica in this pitch-perfect, action-packed, and funny novel.Thirteen-year-old Nikki Doyle’s dreams of becoming a basketball great feel within reach when she’s selected to play on an elite-level club team. But in a league with taller, stronger, and faster girls, Nikki suddenly isn’t the best point guard. In fact, she’s no longer a point guard at all, which leaves her struggling to figure out who she is and how she fits in.
The stress piles on as Nikki’s best friend spends more and more time with another girl on the team, and when her science teacher assigns a family tree project that will be impossible to complete unless Nikki reveals her most embarrassing secret. As if that’s not enough to deal with, to cover the costs of her new team, Nikki has agreed to take care of her annoying younger brother after school to save money on childcare.
As the stakes rise on the basketball court, at school, and at home, Nikki’s confidence plummets. Can she learn to compete at this new, higher level? And how hard is she willing to work to find out?
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Darius & Twig
- By: Walter Dean Myers
- Narrator: Walter Dean Myers
- Length: 4 hours 9 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: April 23, 2013
- Language: English
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3.65(999 ratings)
3.65(999 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0012.99 USDNew York Times bestselling author and Printz Award winner Walter Dean Myers once again connects with teenagers everywhere in Darius & Twig, a novel about friendship and needing to live your own dream. Darius and Twig are an unlikely pair:New York Times bestselling author and Printz Award winner Walter Dean Myers once again connects with teenagers everywhere in Darius & Twig, a novel about friendship and needing to live your own dream. Darius and Twig are an unlikely pair: Darius is a writer whose only escape is his alter ego, a peregrine falcon named Fury, and Twig is a middle-distance runner striving for athletic success. But they are drawn together in the struggle to overcome the obstacles that Harlem life throws at them. The two friends must face down bullies, an abusive uncle, and the idea that they’ ll be stuck in the same place forever in this touching and raw new teen novel from Walter Dean Myers, award-winning author of Monster, Kick, We Are America, Bad Boy, and many other celebrated literary works for children and teens.
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Breda’s Island
- By: Jessie Ann Foley
- Narrator: Megan Trout
- Length: 5 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Quill Tree Books
- Publish date: July 12, 2022
- Language: English
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4.33(92 ratings)
4.33(92 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDIn the vein of When You Trap a Tiger and Shouting at the Rain, this is the story of the journey one girl undertakes to find herself. After Breda Moriarity gets caught stealing one too many times, Breda’s mom sends her to Ireland, a place sheIn the vein of When You Trap a Tiger and Shouting at the Rain, this is the story of the journey one girl undertakes to find herself.
After Breda Moriarity gets caught stealing one too many times, Breda’s mom sends her to Ireland, a place she has never been, to live with the grandfather she has never met.
While Breda doesn’t want to be in this strange land, she finally gets to meet Granda, her mom’s father. He’s a grumpy farmer who is also a seanchai, a traditional Gaelic storyteller. But the most important story is the one nobody will talk about: what happened to her absent father. If nothing else this summer, Breda is determined to figure out the truth about her family’s history–and herself.
This powerfully poignant middle grade novel, the first from award-winning author Jessie Ann Foley, asks questions about estranged relationships, immigration, and family secrets.
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A Gift of Magic
- By: Lois Duncan
- Narrator: Casey Holloway
- Length: 4 hours 53 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: June 19, 2012
- Language: English
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3.78(3693 ratings)
3.78(3693 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.98 USDWhen the old woman died, she left her grandchild Nancy with the extraordinary gift of magic. Nancy can read people’s minds, know their thoughts, and make them do what she wants. Will she use her gift for good, or satisfy her own selfish... Read moreWhen the old woman died, she left her grandchild Nancy with the extraordinary gift of magic. Nancy can read people’s minds, know their thoughts, and make them do what she wants. Will she use her gift for good, or satisfy her own selfish desire?Lois Duncan presents a paranormal rollercoaster ride with goosebumps at every turn. -
“Who Could That Be at This Hour?”
- By: Lemony Snicket
- Narrator: Liam Aiken
- Length: 3 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: October 23, 2012
- Language: English
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3.84(24392 ratings)
3.84(24392 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.98 USDBefore the Baudelaires became orphans, before he encountered A Series of Unfortunate Events, even before the invention of Netflix, Lemony Snicket was a boy discovering the mysteries of the world. In a fading town, far from anyone he knew orBefore the Baudelaires became orphans, before he encountered A Series of Unfortunate Events, even before the invention of Netflix, Lemony Snicket was a boy discovering the mysteries of the world.
In a fading town, far from anyone he knew or trusted, a young Lemony Snicket began his apprenticeship in an organization nobody knows about. He started by asking questions that shouldn’t have been on his mind. Now he has written an account that should not be published, in four volumes that shouldn’t be read. This is the first volume.
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“Shouldn’t You Be in School?”
- By: Lemony Snicket
- Narrator: Liam Aiken
- Length: 5 hours 52 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: September 30, 2014
- Language: English
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4.18(6372 ratings)
4.18(6372 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.98 USDBefore the Baudelaires became orphans, before he encountered A Series of Unfortunate Events, even before the invention of Netflix, Lemony Snicket was a boy discovering the mysteries of the world. Is Lemony Snicket a detective or a smoke detector? DoBefore the Baudelaires became orphans, before he encountered A Series of Unfortunate Events, even before the invention of Netflix, Lemony Snicket was a boy discovering the mysteries of the world.
Is Lemony Snicket a detective or a smoke detector?
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Do you smell smoke? Young apprentice Lemony Snicket is investigating a case of arson but soon finds himself enveloped in the ever-increasing mystery that haunts the town of Stain’d-by-the-Sea. Who is setting the fires? What secrets are hidden in the Department of Education? Why are so many schoolchildren in danger? Is it all the work of the notorious villain Hangfire? How could you even ask that? What kind of education have you had?
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Six Impossible Things
- By: Fiona Wood
- Narrator: David Atlas
- Length: 6 hours 34 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: August 11, 2015
- Language: English
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3.73(3542 ratings)
3.73(3542 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.98 USDIn this charming story of one guy’s efforts to get it together when his life is falling apart, award-winning author Fiona Wood introduces an irresistible voice and a delightfully awkward character who is impossible to forget. 1. KissIn this charming story of one guy’s efforts to get it together when his life is falling apart, award-winning author Fiona Wood introduces an irresistible voice and a delightfully awkward character who is impossible to forget.
1. Kiss Estelle.
2. Get a job.
3. Cheer my mother up.
4. Try not to be a complete nerd/loser.
5. Talk to my father when he calls.
6. Figure out how to be good.
Nerd-boy Dan Cereill is not quite coping with a whole heap of problems, including a reversal of family fortune, moving, new-school hell, a mother with a failing wedding cake business, a just-out gay dad, and a massive crush on Estelle, the girl next door. His life is a mess, but for now he’s narrowed it down to just six impossible things….
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Small Town Pride
- By: Phil Stamper
- Narrator: Vikas Adam
- Length: 5 hours 29 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: May 31, 2022
- Language: English
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4.2(975 ratings)
4.2(975 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDFrom acclaimed author Phil Stamper (The Gravity of Us and As Far as You’ll Take Me) comes a poignant coming-of-age, contemporary middle grade debut novel about finding your place, using your voice, and the true meaning of pride. Perfect forFrom acclaimed author Phil Stamper (The Gravity of Us and As Far as You’ll Take Me) comes a poignant coming-of-age, contemporary middle grade debut novel about finding your place, using your voice, and the true meaning of pride. Perfect for fans of Rick by Alex Gino and The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy.
Jake is just starting to enjoy life as his school’s first openly gay kid. While his family and friends are accepting and supportive, the same can’t be said about everyone in their small town of Barton Springs, Ohio.
When Jake’s dad hangs a comically large pride flag in their front yard in an overblown show of love, the mayor begins to receive complaints. A few people are even concerned the flag will lead to something truly outlandish: a pride parade.
Except Jake doesn’t think that’s a ridiculous idea. Why can’t they hold a pride festival in Barton Springs? The problem is, Jake knows he’ll have to get approval from the town council, and the mayor won’t be on his side. And as Jake and his friends try to find a way to bring Pride to Barton Springs, it seems suspicious that the mayor’s son, Brett, suddenly wants to spend time with Jake.
But someone that cute couldn’t possibly be in league with his mayoral mother, could he?
AN ALA RAINBOW LIST PICK!
SMALL TOWN PRIDE is a 2022 Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist for Best Middle Grade and Children’s Book!
A School Library Journal Best Book of 2022!
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So Hard to Say
- By: Alex Sanchez
- Narrator: Barrie Kreinik
- Length: 5 hours 9 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2012
- Language: English
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3.84(4093 ratings)
3.84(4093 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDFrederick is the shy new boy in school, and Xio is the bubbly chica who lends him a pen on the first day of class. They become fast friends–but when Xio decides she wants to be more than friends, Frederick isn’t so sure. He loves hangingFrederick is the shy new boy in school, and Xio is the bubbly chica who lends him a pen on the first day of class. They become fast friends–but when Xio decides she wants to be more than friends, Frederick isn’t so sure. He loves hanging out with Xio and her crew, but he doesn’t like her in that way. Instead he finds himself thinking more and more about Victor, the captain of the soccer team. But does that mean Frederick is gay? He hopes not–he sees how everyone makes fun of Iggy, a boy all the other kids think is gay. Frederick has to deal with some tough choices: even though he is curious about Iggy, he has just started fitting in at his new school, and he doesn’t want to lose Xio, his best friend.
In So Hard to Say, Alex Sanchez, acclaimed author of the groundbreaking novels Rainbow High and Rainbow Boys, of which School Library Journal said, “It can open eyes and change lives,” helps younger readers look at self-discovery, come to terms with being gay, and accept people who are different from them.
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Sunny
- By: Jason Reynolds
- Narrator: Guy Lockard
- Length: 3 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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4.11(6958 ratings)
4.11(6958 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDSunny tries to shine despite his troubled past in this third novel in the critically acclaimed Track series from National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds.Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds, with personalitiesSunny tries to shine despite his troubled past in this third novel in the critically acclaimed Track series from National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds.
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Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds, with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team–a team that could take them to the state championships. They all have a lot to lose, but they all have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves. Sunny is the main character in this novel, the third of four books in Jason Reynold’s electrifying middle grade series.
Sunny is just that–sunny. Always ready with a goofy smile and something nice to say, Sunny is the chillest dude on the Defenders team. But his life hasn’t always been sun beamy-bright. You see, Sunny is a murderer. Or at least he thinks of himself that way. His mother died giving birth to him, and based on how Sunny’s dad treats him–ignoring him, making Sunny call him Darryl, never “Dad”–it’s no wonder Sunny thinks he’s to blame. It seems the only thing Sunny can do right in his dad’s eyes is win first place ribbons running the mile, just like his mom did. But Sunny doesn’t like running, never has. So he stops. Right in the middle of a race.
With his relationship with his dad now worse than ever, the last thing Sunny wants to do is leave the other newbies–his only friends–behind. But you can’t be on a track team and not run. So Coach asks Sunny what he wants to do. Sunny’s answer? Dance. Yes, dance. But you also can’t be on a track team and dance. Then, in a stroke of genius only Jason Reynolds can conceive, Sunny discovers a track event that encompasses the hard beats of hip-hop, the precision of ballet, and the showmanship of dance as a whole: the discus throw. But as he practices for this new event, can he let go of everything that’s been eating him up inside? -
The Star That Always Stays
- By: Anna Rose Johnson
- Narrator: Elise Randall Modica
- Length: 8 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: August 23, 2022
- Language: English
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4.22(359 ratings)
4.22(359 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USD“Growing up on Beaver Island, Grand-pere told Norvia stories–stories about her ancestor Migizi, about Biboonke-o-nini the Wintermaker, about the Crane Clan and the Reindeer Clan. He sang her songs in the old language, and her“Growing up on Beaver Island, Grand-pere told Norvia stories–stories about her ancestor Migizi, about Biboonke-o-nini the Wintermaker, about the Crane Clan and the Reindeer Clan. He sang her songs in the old language, and her grandmothers taught her to make story quilts and maple candy. On the island, Norvia was proud of her Ojibwe heritage. Things are different in the city. Here, Norvia’s mother forces her to pretend she’s not Native at all–even to Mr. Ward, Ma’s new husband, and to Vernon, Norvia’s irritating new stepbrother. In fact, there are a lot of changes in the city: ten-cent movies, gleaming soda shops, speedy automobiles, ninth grade. It’s dizzying for a girl who grew up on the forested shores of Lake Michigan. Despite the move and the looming threat of world war, Norvia and her siblings–all five of them–are determined to make 1914 their best year ever. Norvia is certain that her future depends upon it…and upon her discretion. But how can she have the best year ever if she has to hide who she is? Sensitive, enthralling, and classic in sensibility (perfect for Anne of Green Gables fans), this coming-of-age story about an introspective and brilliant Native American heroine addresses assimilation, racism, and divorce, as well as everygirl problems like first crushes, making friends, and the joys and pains of a blended family. Often funny, often heartbreaking, The Star That Always Stays is a fresh, vivid story directly inspired by Anna Rose Johnson’s family history.”
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What Happens Next
- By: Christina Suzann Nelson
- Length: 9 hours 32 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: January 17, 2023
- Language: English
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4.47(82 ratings)
4.47(82 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDEveryone has a story, and maybe everyone needs a little help toward healing. Popular podcaster and ex-reporter Faith Byrne made a name for herself telling stories of greatness after tragedy–but her real life does not mirror the stories sheEveryone has a story, and maybe everyone needs a little help toward healing.
Popular podcaster and ex-reporter Faith Byrne made a name for herself telling stories of greatness after tragedy–but her real life does not mirror the stories she tells. While her daughters spend the summer in Hawaii with her ex-husband and
his new wife, she must manage life on her own. All of that changes when she’s asked to spotlight her childhood best friend’s missing person case on her podcast.Dora Crane has never accepted that her younger daughter could be dead, keeping her home looking the same as when her daughter disappeared. But when her husband leaves her and her older daughter intervenes, she agrees to counseling
and to pack up her missing daughter’s belongings under one condition: Faith Byrne comes to Deep Valley and sheds light on the cold case.As the long-abandoned investigation moves forward, old wounds and long-buried secrets are exposed. Will these two women, whose lives have never been the same, finally get the answers they need to reconcile the past and the future?
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The Incredible Talking Machine
- By: Jenni Spangler
- Narrator: Nicky Diss
- Length: 5 hours 59 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.26(43 ratings)
4.26(43 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0013.99 USDPull back the curtain and enter a world where mystery and magic take centre stage . . . Twelve-year-old Tig works at the Theatre Royale, cleaning, selling tickets and doing anything else that is asked of her by her tyrannical boss, Mr Snell. ButPull back the curtain and enter a world where mystery and magic take centre stage . . .
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Twelve-year-old Tig works at the Theatre Royale, cleaning, selling tickets and doing anything else that is asked of her by her tyrannical boss, Mr Snell. But Tig will do whatever it takes to get closer to her dream – to become a Stage Manager and spend her days inventing new ways to imagine and build the intricate machinery and props that bring the exciting productions to life!
But when a strange new act – a talking machine – arrives at the Theatre Royale, it moves and behaves in a way that Tig just can’t work out. It’s as though it’s alive somehow . . . And when the machine appears to be hiding a dangerous secret, Tig must race against time to solve the mystery, before everything and everyone she cares about is lost forever.
A gloriously gothic adventure from an original new voice in middle-grade.
A gloriously gothic adventure with a magical twist from an original new voice in middle-grade. Perfect for fans of Michelle Harrison, Sophie Anderson and Emma Carroll.
Praise for Jenni Spangler’s debut novel, THE VANISHING TRICK:
A thrilling, original, evocative and eerie tale – I adored it!’ Michelle Harrison, author of A Pinch of Magic
‘A thrilling page-turner. Madame Pinchbeck is a gloriously Dickensian villain’ Abi Elphinstone, author of Sky Song
‘Ghosts, gadgets, likeable villains and unlikely heroes: The Vanishing Trick is a dark and dazzling adventure’ Emma Carroll, author of Letters from the Lighthouse
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Graduation Day
- By: Joelle Charbonneau
- Narrator: Joelle Charbonneau
- Length: 8 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: June 17, 2014
- Language: English
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3.83(24699 ratings)
3.83(24699 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDShe wants to put an end to the Testing In a scarred and brutal future, The United Commonwealth teeters on the brink of all-out civil war. The rebel resistance plots against a government that rules with cruelty and cunning. Gifted student and TestingShe wants to put an end to the Testing In a scarred and brutal future, The United Commonwealth teeters on the brink of all-out civil war. The rebel resistance plots against a government that rules with cruelty and cunning. Gifted student and Testing survivor, Cia Vale, vows to fight. But she can’t do it alone. This is the chance to lead that Cia has trained for – but who will follow? Plunging through layers of danger and deception, Cia must risk the lives of those she loves–and gamble on the loyalty of her lethal classmates. Who can Cia trust? The stakes are higher than ever– lives of promise cut short or fulfilled; a future ruled by fear or hope–in the electrifying conclusion to Joelle Charbonneau’s epic Testing trilogy. Ready or notit’ s Graduation Day. The Final Test is the Deadliest!
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The Adventurer’s Guide to Successful Escapes
- By: Wade Albert White
- Narrator: Linda Henning
- Length: 7 hours 21 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: September 13, 2016
- Language: English
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4.11(693 ratings)
4.11(693 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.98 USDA thrilling debut novel where fantasy and science fiction meet, dragons aren’t as innocent as they look, and nothing is quite what it seems. Anne has spent most of her thirteen years dreaming of the day she and her best friend Penelope willA thrilling debut novel where fantasy and science fiction meet, dragons aren’t as innocent as they look, and nothing is quite what it seems.
Anne has spent most of her thirteen years dreaming of the day she and her best friend Penelope will finally leave Saint Lupin’s Institute for Perpetually Wicked and Hideously Unattractive Children. When the big day arrives, a series of very curious happenings lead to Anne being charged with an epic quest. Anne, Penelope, and new questing partner Hiro have only days to travel to strange new locales, solve myriad riddles, and triumph over monstrous foes–or face the horrible consequences.
Packed with action, humor, and endless heart, this debut novel marks the first volume in an irresistible and original fantasy series.
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The Trouble with Robots
- By: Michelle Mohrweis
- Length: 7 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: October 18, 2022
- Language: English
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4.32(49 ratings)
4.32(49 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDEighth-graders Evelyn and Allie are in trouble. Evelyn has a constant need for perfection that’s blown some fuses among her robotics teammates, and she’s worried nobody’s taking the upcoming competition seriously. Allie is newEighth-graders Evelyn and Allie are in trouble.
Evelyn has a constant need for perfection that’s blown some fuses among her robotics teammates, and she’s worried nobody’s taking the upcoming competition seriously.
Allie is new to school, and she’s had a history of short-circuiting on teachers and other kids.
So when Allie is assigned to the robotics team as a last resort, all Evelyn can see is just another wrench in the works! But as Allie confronts a past stricken with grief and learns to open up, the gears click into place as she discovers that Evelyn’s
teammates have a lot to offer–if only Evelyn allowed them to participate in roles that played to their strengths.Can Evelyn learn to let go and listen to what Allie has to say? Or will their spot in the competition go up in smoke, along with their school’s robotics program and Allie’s only chance at redemption?
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Just Another Hero
- By: Sharon M. Draper
- Narrator: Sharon M. Draper
- Length: 7 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: May 14, 2010
- Language: English
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4.27(1958 ratings)
4.27(1958 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDA two-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, Sharon Draper has penned numerous modern classics of youth literature. The third installment of her acclaimed Jericho trilogy, Just Another Hero returns to familiar territory for a new spin on herA two-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, Sharon Draper has penned numerous modern classics of youth literature. The third installment of her acclaimed Jericho trilogy, Just Another Hero returns to familiar territory for a new spin on her indelible characters. Arielle Gresham is faced with numerous problems at home, and a rash of petty crimes has beset her school. After alienating just about everyone who could help her, Arielle makes a fateful decision to help solve these crimes.
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Home Games
- By: Benjamin Markovits
- Narrator: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 7 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: February 04, 2020
- Language: English
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3.43(24 ratings)
3.43(24 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDAward-winning adult author Benjamin Markovits delivers a poignant coming-of-age middle grade story that will give comfort to anyone feeling like a small fish in a Texas-size sea. Perfect for fans of Kevin Henkes, Rebecca Stead, and KateAward-winning adult author Benjamin Markovits delivers a poignant coming-of-age middle grade story that will give comfort to anyone feeling like a small fish in a Texas-size sea. Perfect for fans of Kevin Henkes, Rebecca Stead, and Kate DiCamillo.
Twelve-year-old Ben is a shy, quiet kid. His life isn’t perfect, but he feels at home in his New York City apartment. Then his dad takes a job in London, and everything changes. His parents separate, and Ben’s mom moves them back to her hometown of Austin, Texas. Ben’s simple life is suddenly complicated. He misses his apartment, his best friend, Jake, and his dad.
Then he meets Mabley, who becomes a bright spot to Ben’s day. But when his mom starts working at his new school and making friends with his teacher, Ben finds himself at the center of all the problems the adults around him can’t resolve–and even some of his own. That includes joining the school’s basketball team, where Mabley’s best friend is the star player. After being pushed around, looking for his place, Ben will have to learn how to stand his ground.
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Summer at Meadow Wood
- By: Amy Rebecca Tan
- Narrator: Kelsey Navarro
- Length: 7 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: May 19, 2020
- Language: English
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4.06(197 ratings)
4.06(197 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDFrom the author of A Kind of Paradise comes a beautiful and heartfelt middle grade novel for fans of Ali Standish and Sally J. Pla, about a girl who finds comfort in the warm traditions and unexpected friendships of summer camp. Vic Brown did notFrom the author of A Kind of Paradise comes a beautiful and heartfelt middle grade novel for fans of Ali Standish and Sally J. Pla, about a girl who finds comfort in the warm traditions and unexpected friendships of summer camp.
Vic Brown did not want to go to camp this summer.
Even though it’s nice being back with her friends at Meadow Wood, Vic still can’t forget about the secret reason her mom wanted her and her brother out of the house–or how much her family is going to change. When her home life is blowing up, it can be hard to focus on campfires and canoeing.
But there is something about summer and surprises that go together like blueberry pancakes and maple syrup. And soon, Vic starts to feel like–just maybe–a summer at Meadow Wood was exactly what she needed.
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Wave
- By: Diana Farid
- Length: 3 hours 32 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: April 05, 2022
- Language: English
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4.16(294 ratings)
4.16(294 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0010.99 USDDare the ocean to dance and it’ll flow flip throw me back, tease with swells so I keep watching waiting hoping for the bigger wave, that might take me all the way to the shore. Thirteen-year-old Ava loves to surf and to sing.Dare the ocean to dance and it’ll
flow
flip
throw
me back,
tease with swells so I keep
watching
waiting
hoping
for the bigger wave,
that might take me all
the way to
the shore.Thirteen-year-old Ava loves to surf and to sing. Singing and reading Rumi poems settle her mild OCD, and catching waves with her best friend, Phoenix, lets her fit in–her olive skin looks tan, not foreign. But then Ava has to spend the summer
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before ninth grade volunteering at the hospital, to follow in her single mother’s footsteps to become a doctor. And when Phoenix’s past lymphoma surges back, not even surfing, singing, or poetry can keep them afloat, threatening Ava’s hold
on the one place and the one person that make her feel like she belongs. With ocean-like rhythm and lyricism, this novel in verse is about a girl who rides the waves, tumbles, and finds her way back to the shore. -
Breaking Sky
- By: Cori McCarthy
- Narrator: Caitlin Davies
- Length: 9 hours 23 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDIn this high-flying, adrenaline-fueled thriller, America’s best hope is the elite teen fighter pilots of the United Star Academy. Fly to the last drop of fuel. Fight to the last drop of blood. Showoff, reckless, maverick–Chase Harcourt,In this high-flying, adrenaline-fueled thriller, America’s best hope is the elite teen fighter pilots of the United Star Academy.
Fly to the last drop of fuel. Fight to the last drop of blood.
Showoff, reckless, maverick–Chase Harcourt, call sign “Nyx,” isn’t one to play it safe. In the year 2048, America is locked in a cold war, and the country’s best hope is the elite teen fighter pilots of the United Star Academy. Chase is one of only two daredevil pilots chosen to fly an experimental “Streaker” jet. But few know the pain and loneliness of her past. All anyone cares about is that Chase ace the upcoming Streaker trials, proving the prototype jet can knock the enemy out of the sky.
But as the world tilts toward war, Chase cracks open a military secret. There’s a third Streaker, whose young hotshot pilot, Tristan, can match her on the ground and in the clouds. And Chase doesn’t play well with others. But to save her country, she just may have to put her life in the hands of the competition.
Cori McCarthy’s taut, romantic action-adventure will shoot your pulse straight into overdrive with her brilliantly imagined and frighteningly possible future.
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The Truth About Twinkie Pie
- By: Kat Yeh
- Narrator: Cassandra Morris
- Length: 7 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: January 27, 2015
- Language: English
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4.09(2229 ratings)
4.09(2229 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.98 USDThere’s something about asking for Impossible Things. For one little second, they feel Possible. Take two sisters making it on their own: brainy twelve-year-old GiGi and junior-high-dropout-turned-hairstylist DiDi. Add a million dollars inThere’s something about asking for Impossible Things. For one little second, they feel Possible.
Take two sisters making it on their own: brainy twelve-year-old GiGi and junior-high-dropout-turned-hairstylist DiDi. Add a million dollars in prize money from a national cooking contest and a move from the trailer parks of South Carolina to the North Shore of Long Island. Mix in a fancy new school, new friends and enemies, a first crush, and a generous sprinkling of family secrets.
That’s the recipe for The Truth About Twinkie Pie, a voice-driven middle-grade debut about the true meaning of family and friendship.
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A Home for Goddesses and Dogs
- By: Leslie Connor
- Narrator: Patricia Santomasso
- Length: 8 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
- Publish date: February 25, 2020
- Language: English
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4.2(675 ratings)
4.2(675 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDA unique masterpiece about loss, love, and the world’s best bad dog, from award winner Leslie Connor, author of the National Book Award finalist The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle. This novel sings about loss and love and finding joy in newA unique masterpiece about loss, love, and the world’s best bad dog, from award winner Leslie Connor, author of the National Book Award finalist The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle.
This novel sings about loss and love and finding joy in new friendships and a loving family, along with the world’s best bad dog. An uplifting middle grade novel about recovery featuring strong female characters, an adorable dog, and the girl who comes to love him.
It’s a life-altering New Year for thirteen-year-old Lydia when she uproots to a Connecticut farm to live with her aunt following her mother’s death.
Aunt Brat and her jovial wife, Eileen, and their ancient live-in landlord, Elloroy, are welcoming–and a little quirky. Lydia’s struggle for a sense of belonging in her new family is highlighted when the women adopt a big yellow dog just days after the girl’s arrival.
Wasn’t one rescue enough?
Lydia is not a dog person–and this one is trouble! He is mistrustful and slinky. He pees in the house, escapes into the woods, and barks at things unseen. His new owners begin to guess about his unknown past.
Meanwhile, Lydia doesn’t want to be difficult–and she does not mean to keep secrets–but there are things she’s not telling…
Like why the box of “paper stuff” she keeps under her bed is so important…
And why that hole in the wall behind a poster in her room is getting bigger…
And why something she took from the big yellow dog just might be the key to unraveling his mysterious past–but at what cost?
* Junior Library Guild Selection *
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- By: Cynthia Kadohata
- Narrator: Cynthia Kadohata
- Length: 7 hours 58 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: February 06, 2018
- Language: English
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3.85(879 ratings)
3.85(879 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USDFrom Newbery Medalist Cynthia Kadohata comes a brilliantly realized sports novel about a hockey player who must discover who he is without the sport that defines him. Hockey is Conor’s life. His whole life. He’ll say it himself,From Newbery Medalist Cynthia Kadohata comes a brilliantly realized sports novel about a hockey player who must discover who he is without the sport that defines him. Hockey is Conor’s life. His whole life. He’ll say it himself, he’s a hockey beast. It’s his dad’s whole life too-and Conor is sure that’s why his stepmom, Jenny, left. There are very few things Conor and his dad love more than the game, and one of those things is their Doberman, Sinbad. When Sinbad is diagnosed with cancer, Conor chooses to put his hockey lessons and practices on hold so they can pay for Sinbad’s chemotherapy. But without hockey to distract him, Conor begins to notice more. Like his dad’s crying bouts, and his friend’s difficult family life. And then Conor notices one more thing: Without hockey, the one thing that makes him feel special, is he really special at all?
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Freeing Finch
- By: Ginny Rorby
- Length: 7 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: October 01, 2019
- Language: English
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3.99(93 ratings)
3.99(93 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDFrom the author of Hurt Go Happy, winner of ALA’s Schneider Family Book Award, comes Freeing Finch, the inspiring story of a transgender girl and a stray dog who overcome adversity to find love, home, and a place to belong. When her fatherFrom the author of Hurt Go Happy, winner of ALA’s Schneider Family Book Award, comes Freeing Finch, the inspiring story of a transgender girl and a stray dog who overcome adversity to find love, home, and a place to belong. When her father leaves and her mother passes away soon afterward, Finch can’t help feeling abandoned. Now she’s stuck living with her stepfather and his new wife. They’re mostly nice, but they don’t believe the one true thing Finch knows about herself: that she’s a girl, even though she was born in a boy’s body. Thankfully, she has Maddy, a neighbor and animal rescuer who accepts her for who she is. Finch helps Maddy care for a menagerie of lost and lonely creatures, including a scared, stray dog who needs a family and home as much as she does. As she earns the dog’s trust, Finch realizes she must also learn to trust the people in her life-even if they are the last people she expected to love her and help her to be true to herself.
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Naked Mole Rat Saves the World
- By: Karen Rivers
- Length: 5 hours 52 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: October 15, 2019
- Language: English
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3.51(80 ratings)
3.51(80 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USDCan Kit’s super-weird superpower save her world? Kit-with-a-small-k is navigating middle school with a really big, really strange secret: When she’s stressed, she turns into a naked mole rat. It first happened after kit watched her bestCan Kit’s super-weird superpower save her world? Kit-with-a-small-k is navigating middle school with a really big, really strange secret: When she’s stressed, she turns into a naked mole rat. It first happened after kit watched her best friend, Clem, fall and get hurt during an acrobatic performance on TV. Since then, the transformations keep happening-whether kit wants them to or not. Kit can’t tell Clem about it, because after the fall, Clem just hasn’t been herself. She’s sad and mad and gloomy, and keeping a secret of her own: the real reason she fell. A year after the accident, kit and Clem still haven’t figured out how to deal with all the ways they have transformed-both inside and out. When their secrets come between them, the best friends get into a big fight. Somehow, kit has to save the day, but she doesn’t believe she can be that kind of hero. Turning into a naked mole rat isn’t really a superpower. Or is it?
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On My Honor
- By: Marion Dane Bauer
- Narrator: Marion Dane Bauer
- Length: 2 hours 5 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: December 15, 2008
- Language: English
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3.69(5429 ratings)
3.69(5429 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0010.99 USDThe sun beats down on 7th-graders Joel and his best friend as they pedal up and down the hills outside of town. Before leaving home, Joel had solemnly promised his father-on his honor-they would only go to the state park. He didn’t explainThe sun beats down on 7th-graders Joel and his best friend as they pedal up and down the hills outside of town. Before leaving home, Joel had solemnly promised his father-on his honor-they would only go to the state park. He didn’t explain they were planning a daring climb on the sheer river bluffs there. But on the way, when the boys reach the bridge over the raging Vermillion River, they change their minds. They will cool off in the water instead of pedaling so many miles. After all, isn’t swimming safer than rock climbing? Critically-acclaimed author Marion Dane Bauer creates a compelling story of choices and their consequences. On My Honor is not only a soul-stirring novel, but an exciting adventure book as well. With his compassionate performance, narrator Johnny Heller provides the perfect voice for Joel as he struggles with his conscience.
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Thanks a Lot, Universe
- By: Chad Lucas
- Length: 7 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: June 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.24(1325 ratings)
4.24(1325 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDHe went silent again, until he asked the question I knew was coming. Why are you doing this? I took a breath before I replied. Because you’re my friend. Brian has always been anxious, whether at home or in class or on the basketball court.He went silent again, until he asked the question I knew was coming. Why are you doing this? I took a breath before I replied. Because you’re my friend.
Brian has always been anxious, whether at home or in class or on the basketball court. His dad tries to get him to stand up for himself, and his mom helps as much as she can, but after he and his brother are placed into foster care,
Brian starts having panic attacks. And he doesn’t know if things will ever be “normal” again …Ezra’s always been popular. He’s friends with most of the kids on his basketball team–even Brian, who usually keeps to himself. But now, some of his friends have been acting differently, and Brian seems to be pulling away. Ezra wants to
help, but he worries if he’s too nice to Brian, his friends will realize that he has a crush on him …But when Brian and his brother run away, Ezra has no choice but to take the leap and reach out. Both boys have to decide if they’re willing to risk sharing parts of themselves they’d rather hide. But if they can be brave, they might just find the
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