NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover | North Miami Beach Public Library

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#1 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2024-05-26. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 442 week(s).

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Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.

2) Refugee

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Gratz, Alan

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#3 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2024-05-26. It has been on the list for 256 week(s).

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Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy livng in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.

3) Heroes

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Gratz, Alan

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#4 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2024-05-26. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 14 week(s).

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"A new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz (Refugee; Ground Zero; Two Degrees) is a major publishing moment. A new World War II novel from Alan Gratz? That's even bigger! Get ready for an action-packed, inventive, and powerful take on the attack on Pearl Harbor, as only Alan Gratz can tell it. December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. Their dads are Navy pilots stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the...

4) Odder

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Applegate, Katherine

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#5 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2024-05-26. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 73 week(s).

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"Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself--and about the humans who hope to save her"--.

5) The sun and the star

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Riordan, Rick

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A Nico di Angelo adventure volume 1

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#6 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2024-05-26. Last week it was ranked 5. It has been on the list for 54 week(s).

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Nico, the son of Hades, and his boyfriend Will, the son of Apollo, travel to Tartarus, the deepest, darkest part of the Underworld as they attempt to rescue an old friend. As the son of Hades, Nico di Angelo has been through so much, from the premature deaths of his mother and sister, to being outed against his will, to losing his friend Jason during the trials of Apollo. But there is a ray of sunshine in his life-literally: his boyfriend, Will Solace,...

6) The Eyes and the Impossible: (Newbery Medal Winner)

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Eggers, Dave

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#8 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2024-05-26. Last week it was ranked 8. It has been on the list for 18 week(s).