Topical/Coming of Age
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The Space Between Us
$17.99 Read moreThrity Umrigar, who “displays an impressive talent for conceiving multidimensional, sympathetic characters with life-like emotional quandaries and psychological stumbling blocks,” (Washington Post Boo
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Umrigar, Thrity
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 06 2007
- ISBN10: 006079156X
- Language: English
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I Rise
$15.99 Read more“A love letter to Harlem and hope. I Rise is smart and funny and full of heart.*”
Fourteen-year-old Ayo who has to decide whether to take on her mother’s activist role when her mom is shot by police. A
- Author: Arnold, Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0063312662
- Language: English
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How High the Moon
$8.99 Add to cartTo Kill a Mockingbird meets One Crazy Summer in this powerful, bittersweet debut about one girl’s journey to reconnect with her mother and learn the truth about her father in the tumultuous times of t… [more below]
- Author: Parsons, Karyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 316484016
- Language: English
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An Abundance of Katherines
$19.99 Read moreFrom the #1 bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars
Michael L. Printz Honor Book
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist Katherine V thought boys were gross
Katherine X just wanted to be friends
Kath- Author: Green, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 21 2006
- ISBN10: 0525476881
- Language: English
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Jiu-Jitsu Girl
$14.99 Read moreWhat’s more terrifying than being forced into a coed combat wrestling martial art by your own mother? Sixth grade. Angie Larson hates Jiu-Jitsu. Like many twelve-year-old girls, she fails to find the … [more below]
- Author: Dutton, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1631636928
- Language: English
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How to Win a Breakup
$16.99 Read moreAn “it” couple’s breakup becomes a sporting event in a deliciously charming novel about the games people play in the name of love.
First, math genius and gamer-nerd Samaya gets dumped by her boyfriend.
- Author: Heron, Farah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1542036097
- Language: English
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Right by My Side
$22.00 Add to cartMove over, Holden Caulfield, and meet Marshall Field Finney, in the 30th anniversary edition of Right by My Side, by a celebrated chronicler of Black middle class life in the American Midwest
A Pengui- Author: Haynes, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 31 2023
- ISBN10: 0143137557
- Language: English
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Fake Blood
$24.99 Add to cart“LOL funny.” –Girls Life
A Huffington Post Best Children’s Book of 2018 A middle schooler comes head-to-head with his vampire slayer crush in this laugh-out-loud funny graphic novel that’s a perfect c- Author: Gardner, Whitney
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1481495569
- Language: English
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Oh My Gods!
$24.99 Add to cartOh My Gods!, the first in a new middle grade graphic novel series, reads as if Raina Telgemeier and Rick Riordan teamed up to write a comic, and offers a fresh and funny spin on Greek mythology. When … [more below]
- Series: Omgs #1
- Author: Cooke, Stephanie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 05 2021
- ISBN10: 0358299519
- Language: English
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A-Okay
$23.99 Add to cartA-Okay by Jarad Greene is a vulnerable and heartfelt semi-autobiographical middle grade graphic novel about acne, identity, and finding your place.
When Jay starts eighth grade with a few pimples he d
- Author: Greene, Jarad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 63032856
- Language: English
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F.A.R.T.: Top Secret! No Kids Allowed!
$13.99 Read moreWhen a young teen discovers a top-secret parenting manual, it’s kids versus grown-ups in this kooky, illustrated middle grade thriller with nonstop, seat-of-your-pants action that will delight fans of… [more below]
- Series: The F.A.R.T. Diaries #1
- Author: Bakalian, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1534436197
- Language: English
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The Last Queen: A Novel of Courage and Resistance
$18.99 Read moreWINNER of the 2022 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WORKING WOMEN AWARD for BEST FICTION OF THE YEAR!
LONGLISTED for 2022 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD!
She rose from commoner to become the last reigning queen of I
- Author: Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0063161877
- Language: English
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Mendel
$16.95 Add to cartImagine the mid 1980’s, last day of school, summer break. A teen rushes to meet his mother, who is being released from the hospital after cancer surgery. When the teen arrives, he finds out his mother
- Author: Bester, Damone
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1611883261
- Language: English
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The Empress
$17.00 Read more“Sumptuous . . . Nothing in this story disappoints.” –Publishers Weekly
“A fresh, fast-paced take on a legendary woman.” –Evie Dunmore, USA Today bestselling author of Bringing Down the Duke
As seen o- Author: Griffis, Gigi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1638930163
- Language: English
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Blubber
$19.99 Read moreWhat happens when teasing goes too far? This classic middle grade novel from Judy Blume addresses the timeless topic of bullying and has a fresh new look.
“Blubber is a good name for her,” the note fr- Author: Blume, Judy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 29 2014
- ISBN10: 1481414402
- Language: English
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The Incorrigible Optimists Club
$15.95 Read moreParis, 1959. As dusk settles over the immigrant quarter, 12-year-old Michel Marini–amateur photographer and compulsive reader–is drawn to the hum of the local bistro. From his usual position at the … [more below]
- Author: Guenassia, Jean-Michel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: April 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1848875428
- Language: English
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Scouts
$8.99 Read moreStranger Things meets The Goonies in this suspenseful yet heartwarming adventure story about a group of friends who set out to find a crashed meteor…but find mystery and danger instead as their clos… [more below]
- Author: Greenland, Shannon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 0316704121
- Language: English
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Crossing the Stream
$9.95 Read moreAto hasn’t visited his grandmother’s house since he was seven. He’s heard the rumors that she’s a witch, and his mother has told him he must never sit on the old couch on her porch. Now here he is, on
- Author: Baitie, Elizabeth-Irene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1324030399
- Language: English
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Junie
$20.00 Read moreLonglisted for the 2023 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
A riveting exploration of the complexity within mother-daughter relationships and the dynamic vitality of Vancouver’s former Hogan’s Alley neighb
- Author: Knight, Chelene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 334
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1771667680
- Language: English
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane
$28.00 Read moreA brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is Neil Gaiman’s first new novel for adults since his #1 New York Times
- Author: Gaiman, Neil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 18 2013
- ISBN10: 0062255657
- Language: English
