Saturday, August 09, 2025

Top Heavy by Rhonda DeChambeau

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  Esme is a 15-year-old dancer who has worked her whole life to make the elite dance team. When she and her best friend get the coveted spot...

Not If I Save You First by Ally Carter

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  Maddie's Dad is a secret service agent, and when a plot to kill the First Lady of the United States goes wrong, he quits the secret se...

I Witnessed: The Lizzie Borden Story: A Graphic Novel by Jeramey Kraatz (Author)and Crystal Jayme (Illustrator)

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  Middle school kids are very interested in murder mysteries, so this graphic novel caught my attention. It features a 14-year-old boy who i...
Thursday, August 07, 2025

The Beat I Drum by Dusti Bowling

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  Dusti Bowling's latest novel is solidly  #youngteenlit  with a 14-year-old protagonist and strong disability representation. Connor ha...
Friday, July 25, 2025

Last Dragon on Mars by Scott Roentgen

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  Lunar Jones was born on Mars. But life outside of planet Earth is no picnic. Mars, which was cursed by its own dying dragon, is running ou...

The Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II by Candace Fleming

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Most kids probably don't know how important secret codes were during World War II. Germans, Japanese, and Allied forces had to send radi...
Thursday, July 24, 2025

The Scott Fenwick Diaries by Kristin Nilsen

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 Anyone who has ever had a crush on a real live person will see themselves in Millie, a 13-year-old girl who has only experienced love throu...

Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson

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This collection of poetry by the multitalented Renée Watson is exquisite. It weaves together stories of Black girls growing up in a neighbor...

Boy 2.0 by Tracey Baptiste

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Coal is a 13-year-old boy who has no idea that he has superpowers. Life isn't easy for him--he's a foster child and artist who has a...

This Book Kills by Ravena Guron

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  Jess Choudhary is a scholarship student at an elite British boarding school. She's one of very few Indian students, and she only has o...

We Are Big Time by Hana Khan

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  This graphic novel opens with a family moving from Florida to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Moving is always hard on kids, and Aliya is not happy ...
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang

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 Imagine going on a vacation across the world, and then finding out you are never going home again. That's what happens to Feng-Li and h...

Perfectly Parvin by Olivia Abtahi

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  Parvin is going into ninth grade and a boyfriend situation has developed over the summer. She is looking forward to entering high school w...
Monday, July 21, 2025

The Right Call by Tommy Greenwood

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  Cal is a 15-year-old pitcher who already has college scouts looking at him play. He's a great ball player, but the tension and stress ...

Game Changer by Tommy Greenwald

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  Teddy is in the hospital in a coma with a brain injury after a football training incident. While Teddy fights for his life, we get to read...