Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming of Age
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The Edge of Forever
$18.99 Add to cartA delightful debut for fans of Kate DiCamillo and Dan Gemeinhart, this middle-grade novel has it all — heart, humor, healing from loss, and a life-changing friendship.
Maisie is still reeling from th- Author: Browne, Meghan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 1250410967
- Language: English
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The Sweet Spot
$18.99 Add to cartA home run of a novel about baseball and belonging, from the acclaimed author of Half Moon Summer.
Twelve-year-old Trip’s summer to-do list has exactly one thing on it: win the local Little League cha- Author: Vickers, Elaine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 1682637743
- Language: English
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The Summer Scrapbook
$19.99 Add to cartAva, Becca, and Cat have always been inseparable. But the summer after eighth grade, they’re forced to spend two months apart.
Outgoing Ava is dragged to London by her family.
Anxious Becca is sent to
- Author: Migga, Florence
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 9798765670927
- Language: English
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The Brand New Day
$19.95 Add to cartThe Brand New Day is a delightful picture book that whisks children back to a time when fun came from imagination, laughter, and friends-not glowing screens. When little Brookie tries to fit in, she l
- Author: Austin, Heather
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 14 2025
- ISBN10: 9798869085801
- Language: English
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Listen to the Girls
$17.99 Add to cartWhen Calla finds out her favorite teacher has been accused of inappropriate conduct, she decides to take action in this powerful story about growing up and speaking up, about listening to others and l… [more below]
- Author: Giles, Chrystal D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 0593651715
- Language: English
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Jazz Davies Skips a Beat
$14.95 Add to cartJazz’s life recently has been…a lot. After her mom left her dad for her yoga instructor (what a clich?), Jazz and her dad had to create a new normal. So when Jazz saw a chance to be one of her schoo
- Series: Lo and Jazz
- Author: Florence, Melanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 145984095X
- Language: English
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The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks
$9.99 Add to cartIn the second installment of the bestselling Lottie Brooks series, discover the friendships fails, flirtation fumbles, and fashion faux paus of an 11 (and 3/4!) year-old-girl trying to survive her fir… [more below]
- Series: Lottie Brooks
- Author: Kirby, Katie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217116669
- Language: English
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Rayana Johnson’s Giant Leap
$18.99 Add to cartA hilarious and heartfelt middle-grade novel about a STEM loving Black girl finding her place in the universe again after her first period knocks her out of orbit.
Rayana Johnson always thought that t- Author: Tew, Jill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 21 2026
- ISBN10: 1368104762
- Language: English
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La Hermanita de Las Ni?eras #6: El Cumplea?os de Karen (Karen’s Birthday)
$14.99 Add to cartOtra novela gr?fica de esta divertida serie derivada de El Club de las Ni?eras, protagonizada por la peque?a hermanastra de Kristy!
Es el cumplea?os de Karen! Karen est? impaciente por recibir todos … [more below]
- Series: La Hermanita de las Ni?eras
- Author: Martin, Ann M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 9798225030131
- Language: Spanish
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The Blue Dress
$19.99 Add to cartFor fans of Jasmine Warga and Starfish, an Iranian American girl navigates complicated relationships with her mother, her best friend, and her body image in this unflinching and ultimately uplifting m
- Author: Morrison, Rebecca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 24 2026
- ISBN10: 0374393605
- Language: English
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Orphanland
$16.95 Add to cartWill dark secrets from a small town’s past help orphans of the opioid crisis build a brighter future?
Eleven-year-old Willa Johnson has been living at the Southern Ohio Children’s Home ever since her m
- Author: Fischer, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 12 2025
- ISBN10: 1965278779
- Language: English
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Calliope Callisto Clark and the Search for Wisdom
$18.99 Add to cart“Difficult” student Callie joins a philosophy club seeking the wisdom she needs to keep her beloved but equally difficult dog in this hilarious, heartfelt middle grade novel for underdogs and dog-love… [more below]
- Author: Mills, Claudia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 0823460509
- Language: English
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Hail Mariam
$17.99 Add to cartHail Mariam is an interfaith Muslim take on Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret drawn from the author’s own experiences in Catholic school.
Sixth grade wasn’t supposed to be this complicated. Iraqi A- Author: Al-Marashi, Huda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217112968
- Language: English
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Anastasia at Your Service
$10.99 Add to cartTwelve-year-old Anastasia has a series of disastrous experiences when, expecting to get a job as a lady’s companion, she is hired to be a maid.
- Series: Anastasia Krupnik Story
- Author: Lowry, Lois
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 14 2015
- ISBN10: 0544439163
- Language: English
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Choir Grrrl
$19.99 Add to cartThirteen-year-old Alondra was born into a musical family.
Her dad, the former frontman of a famous alt-rock band, expects her and her sisters to follow in his footsteps. The girls have formed their ow
- Author: Granillo, Ashley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 9798765671351
- Language: English
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The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks
$18.99 Add to cartIn the second installment of the bestselling Lottie Brooks series, discover the friendships fails, flirtation fumbles, and fashion faux paus of an 11 (and 3/4!) year-old-girl trying to survive her fir… [more below]
- Series: Lottie Brooks
- Author: Kirby, Katie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217116652
- Language: English
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Smiles to Go
$10.99 Add to cartNinth grader Will Tuppence is in control.
He plans everything obsessively, from the perfect stargazing night with his crush, Mi-Su, to the regular Saturday-night games of Monopoly with his friends. He’
- Author: Spinelli, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: December 13 2013
- ISBN10: 0064471977
- Language: English
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TIG
$8.99 Add to cartA heartwarming middle-grade story from the critically acclaimed author Heather Smith featuring Tig, a young girl struggling to find peace within herself and in her new family. For fans of Rebecca Stea… [more below]
- Author: Smith, Heather
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 0735267510
- Language: English
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Birdy
$17.99 Add to cartAfter the death of their mother, Birdy and Mouse are forced to start over in this debut novel about discovering where you belong–for fans of Forever This Summer and The Remarkable Journey o… [more below]
- Author: Moss, N. West
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 17 2026
- ISBN10: 0316446416
- Language: English
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A Scar Like a River
$17.99 Add to cartFrom bestselling author Lisa Graff, this important coming-of-age story follows a thirteen-year-old with a mysterious scar on her face–and a big secret she feels pressured to keep
Fallon Little has a- Author: Graff, Lisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 031657080X
- Language: English
