NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover

Author

Series

Amari volume 1

Notes

#5 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2021-08-22. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 27 week(s).

Formats:

Book, Audio, Playaway

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Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. Not even when the police told her otherwise, or when she got in trouble for standing up to bullies who said he was gone for good. So when she finds a ticking briefcase in his closet, containing a nomination for a summer tryout at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, she’s certain the secretive organization holds the key to locating Quinton—if only she can wrap her...

2) Ground Zero

Author

Gratz, Alan

Series

Thorndike Press large print middle reader

Notes

#9 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2021-08-22. Last week it was ranked 9. It has been on the list for 20 week(s).

Formats:

Book, Large Print, Playaway

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Brandon is visiting his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when the attack comes; Reshmina is a girl in Afghanistan who has grown up in the aftermath of that attack but dreams of peace, becoming a teacher and escaping her village and the narrow role that the Taliban believes is appropriate for women--both are struggling to survive, both changed forever by the events of 9/11.

3) The Ickabog

Author

Rowling, J. K

Notes

#7 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2021-08-22. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 39 week(s).

Formats:

Book, Audio

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As the legend of the fearsome Ickabog spreads terror in the peaceful kingdom of Cornucopia, best friends Bert and Daisy set out to discover the truth and bring happiness back to the kingdom.

4) The one and only Bob

Author

Applegate, Katherine

Series

One and only Ivan stories volume 2

Notes

#6 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2021-08-22. Last week it was ranked 8. It has been on the list for 66 week(s).

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, Playaway, Read Along

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Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.

5) Refugee

Author

Gratz, Alan

Series

Thorndike Press large print striving reader collection

Notes

#4 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2021-08-22. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 142 week(s).

Formats:

Book, Audio, Large Print, Playaway

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Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living 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.

6) Wonder

Author

Palacio, R. J

Series

Brilliance Audio on compact disc

Notes

#2 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2021-08-22. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 308 week(s).

Formats:

Book, Audio, Book on CD, eBook, Kindle, Playaway, Read Along, Wonderbook

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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.