NYT - Children’s Middle Grade | Cook Memorial Library

1) Wonder

Author

Palacio, R. J

Series

Wonder volume 1

Notes

#2 on the Children’s Middle Grade list for 2015-08-23. It has been on the list for 141 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 clasassmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.

2) A long walk to water: a novel

Author

Park, Linda Sue

Notes

#5 on the Children’s Middle Grade list for 2015-08-23. It has been on the list for 61 week(s).

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Book, eAudiobook

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When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.

3) The care & keeping of you: the body book for younger girls

Author

Schaefer, Valorie Lee

Notes

#7 on the Children’s Middle Grade list for 2015-08-23. It has been on the list for 106 week(s).

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"Our best-selling body book for girls just got even better! With all-new illustrations and updated content for girls ages 8 and up, it features tips, how-tos, and facts from the experts. You'll find answers to questions about your changing body, from hair care to healthy eating, bad breath to bras, periods to pimples, and everything in between. Once you feel comfortable with what's happening, you'll be ready to move on to the The Care & Keeping of...

4) The princess in black

Author

Hale, Shannon

Series

Princess in black volume 1

Notes

#8 on the Children’s Middle Grade list for 2015-08-23. It has been on the list for 11 week(s).

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"Who says princesses don't wear black? When trouble raises its blue monster head, Princess Magnolia ditches her flouncy dresses and becomes the Princess in Black!" --

5) Counting by 7s

Author

Sloan, Holly Goldberg

Notes

#9 on the Children’s Middle Grade list for 2015-08-23. It has been on the list for 17 week(s).

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Book, eAudiobook

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Twelve-year-old genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out how to connect with other people and find a surrogate family for herself after her parents are killed in a car accident.

6) The one and only Ivan

Author

Applegate, Katherine

Series

The One and Only Ivan

Notes

#13 on the Children’s Middle Grade list for 2015-08-23.

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When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.

7) Out of my mind

Author

Draper, Sharon M

Notes

#14 on the Children’s Middle Grade list for 2015-08-23.

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A brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy, considered by many to be mentally retarded, discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.

8) Goodbye stranger

Author

Stead, Rebecca

Notes

#15 on the Children’s Middle Grade list for 2015-08-23.

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As Bridge makes her way through seventh grade on Manhattan's Upper West Side with her best friends, curvacious Em, crusader Tab, and a curious new friend--or more than friend--Sherm, she finds the answer she has been seeking since she barely survived an accident at age eight: "What is my purpose?"