From the tale of a sock detective to a story detailing four generations of a Jewish family to a heartwaming novel of finding joy after tragedy, among many other captivating books, these are the newest middle grade paperbacks your classroom has been waiting for!
Lexile Reading Level: 850L | Fountas/Pinnell Reading Level: T
An instant New York Times, USA Today, and indie bestseller!
A Newbery Honor Book!
New York Times bestselling author and artist Chanel Miller tells a fun, funny, and poignant story of friendship and community starring Magnolia Wu, a ten-year-old sock detective bent on returning all the lonely only socks left behind in her parents' NYC laundromat—now in paperback!
Lexile Reading Level: 830L | Fountas/Pinnell Reading Level: Y
NEWBERY HONOR WINNER
SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARD HONOR WINNER
Spanning over five hundred years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four girls from different generations of a Jewish family, many of them forced to leave their country and start a new life.
Lexile Reading Level: 730L | Fountas/Pinnell Reading Level: Y
A hopeful and heartwarming story about finding joy after tragedy, Amil and the After is a companion to the beloved and award-winning Newbery Honor novel The Night Diary, by acclaimed author Veera Hiranandani
Lexile Reading Level: 680L | Fountas/Pinnell Reading Level: Y
In this Walter Award-winning novel, National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson brings readers a powerful story that delves deeply into life’s burning questions about time and memory and what we take with us into the future.
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Lexile Reading Level: NP
A Coretta Scott King Honor Book
Winner of the Walter Dean Myers Award
A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson.
Lexile Reading Level: 680L | Fountas/Pinnell Reading Level: Y
An acclaimed Best Book of 2024!
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The first book in a duology, Max in the House of Spies is a thought-provoking World War II story as only acclaimed storyteller Adam Gidwitz can tell it—fast-paced and hilarious, with a dash of magic and a lot of heart.
Lexile Reading Level: 860L
Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village.
Lexile Reading Level: NP
A heart-rending novel-in-verse about a girl beginning to learn it is possible to go on even after a great loss. Now in paperback.
Eleven-year-old April Jackson loves playing the drums, almost as much as she loves her best friend, Zee, a violin prodigy. They both dream of becoming professional musicians one day. When Zee starts attending a new school that will nurture his talent, April decides it’s time for her to pursue her dreams, too, and finally take drum lessons. She knows she isn’t very good to start, but with Zee’s support, she also knows someday she can be just as good as her hero, Sheila E.
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