Middle Grade

Efrén Divided

While his father works two jobs, seventh-grader Efrén Nava must take care of his twin siblings, kindergartners Max and Mia, after their mother is deported to Mexico. Includes glossary of Spanish words.

Author: Cisneros, Ernesto Publisher: HarperCollins Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780062881687 eBook ISBN: 9780062881700

Print Price: $16.99

Buy Print

eBook Price: $16.99

Buy eBook

Turtle Boy

Seventh-grader Will's Bar Mitzvah community service project, visiting an incurably ill older boy in the hospital, leads to a friendship that is life-changing for both them and those around them.

Author: Wolkenstein, M. Evan Publisher: Delacorte Press Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780593121573 eBook ISBN: 9780593121580

Print Price: $16.99

Buy Print

eBook Price: $35.00

Buy eBook

Which Way Is Home?

In 1948, following World War II, 11-year-old Anna, her mother and older sister must flee Czechoslovakia after Russian Communists take over the government. Includes notes about the author's family history, on which the story is based.

Author: Kiely, Maria Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780525516804 eBook ISBN: 9780525516811

Print Price: $17.99

Buy Print

eBook Price: $35.00

Buy eBook

The Elephant's Girl

Twelve-year-old Lexington, a foundling raised in a zoo, spends a summer cementing friendships, growing closer to the elephant that saved her life and learning about her family and herself.

Author: Rimington, Celesta Publisher: Crown Pub Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780593121221 eBook ISBN: 9780593121245

Print Price: $16.99

Buy Print

eBook Price: $35.00

Buy eBook

What Happens Next

A young astronomy enthusiast, desperate to escape the pain of her sister's commitment to an eating-disorder treatment facility, teams up with a visiting astronomer to help track down a long-lost telescope. 30,000 first printing.

Author: Swinarski, Claire Publisher: Harpercollins Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780062912671 eBook ISBN: 9780062912695

Print Price: $16.99

Buy Print

eBook Price: $16.99

Buy eBook

Curse of the Night Witch, No. 1 (Emblem Island)

Born with the same leadership emblem as his mother on an island world where everyone's fate is predetermined, Tor Luna wishes for a different future before falling victim to a curse that requires the services of the notorious Night Witch.

Author: Aster, Alex Publisher: Sourcebooks Available: Now Print ISBN: 9781492697206 eBook ISBN: 9781492697213

Print Price: $16.99

Buy Print

eBook Price: $25.99

Buy eBook

Brother's Keeper

A historical novel based on a true story follows a refugee family's desperate efforts to escape their oppressive Communist village and make their way to safety through the napalm, frostbite, border guards, enemy soldiers and bombings marking the outbreak of the Korean War.

Author: Lee, Julie Publisher: Holiday House Available: 07/21/2020 Print ISBN: 9780823444946

Print Price: $17.99

Buy Print

The Unadoptables

Neil Gaiman meets Hans Christian Andersen in this delicious fairy tale full of mysterious spirits, daring escapes, and a beautiful message about the power of found families.

Author: Tooke, Hana Publisher: Viking Children's Books Available: 07/21/2020 Print ISBN: 9780593116937

Print Price: $17.99

Buy Print

Dan Unmasked

Fearing that he caused an accident on the baseball field that has rendered his best friend comatose, Dan immerses himself in the adventures of a favorite comic-book superhero for ideas on how to make things right. 30,000 first printing.

Author: Negron, Chris Publisher: Harpercollins Available: 07/28/2020 Print ISBN: 9780062943057 eBook ISBN: 9780062943064

Print Price: $16.99

Buy Print

eBook Price: $16.99

Buy eBook

Cattywampus

Magic is strictly forbidden in the McGill house, but Delpha McGill has found the family book of spells and plans to use it to make things a little easier for herself and her mother; Katybird Hearn comes from a rival family of witches, but her magic has been slow to emerge and she thinks a spell book is just what she needs to help things along--and when a quarrel between the two unleashes a graveyard full of angry zombies the two girls must work together to save Howler's Hollow, and themselves.

Author: Van Otterloo, Ash Publisher: Scholastic Press Available: 08/04/2020 Print ISBN: 9781338561593 eBook ISBN: 9781338561616

Print Price: $17.99

Buy Print

eBook Price: $17.99

Buy eBook

Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch

Eva must travel to a seaside town to complete her training and earn the rank of Novice Witch before her thirteenth birthday, or be banned from using magic forever.

Author: Abe, Julie Publisher: Little Brown Books For Young Readers Available: 08/04/2020 Print ISBN: 9780316493888 eBook ISBN: 9780316493864

Print Price: $16.99

Buy Print

eBook Price: $9.99

Buy eBook

Witches of Brooklyn, No. 1

Effie moves to Brooklyn to live with her strange aunt and soon discovers that she might be a witch.

Author: Escabasse, Sophie Publisher: Random House Childrens Books Available: 09/01/2020 Print ISBN: 9780593125281

Print Price: $20.99

Buy Print

Hide and Seeker

After 12-year-old Zee returns home after a year's absence, his friends soon learn that his disappearance is related to playing an odd game of hide-and-seek, and when his friends are pulled into a shadowy world ruled by a monstrous, shape-shifting Seeker, they are forced to play a terrifying game of hide-and-seek where they will have to confront their worst nightmares in order to find their way home.

Author: Hermon, Daka Publisher: Scholastic Press Available: 09/15/2020 Print ISBN: 9781338583625 eBook ISBN: 9781338583649

Print Price: $17.99

Buy Print

eBook Price: $17.99

Buy eBook

A Wolf for a Spell

The witch Baba Yaga and a wolf switch bodies and form an unlikely alliance to save the forest from an evil tsar.

Author: Sutton, Karah Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Available: 09/22/2020 Print ISBN: 9780593121658 eBook ISBN: 9780593121672

Print Price: $17.99

Buy Print

eBook Price: $35.00

Buy eBook

Spindlefish and Stars

When Clo's father goes missing, she takes the mysterious items he left behind and journeys across the sea to find him, but is stranded on a strange island and must learn to spin fish into yarn to unravel the secret of all that has happened.

Author: Andrews, Christiane M. Publisher: Little Brown Books For Young Readers Available: 09/22/2020 Print ISBN: 9780316496018 eBook ISBN: 9780316496025

Print Price: $16.99

Buy Print

eBook Price: $9.99

Buy eBook