Battle of the Books - Grades 6-8

The Newbery Medal-winning tale of an orphan boy whose dream of becoming a master potter leads to unforeseen adventure in ancient Korea. Tree-ear is...

A Newbery Honor-winning installment of the Cynthia Voigt's classic Tillerman series is repackaged with a fresh new look. Jeff Greene was only seven...

In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke, an illegal third child, has lived all his twe...

In Gary Soto's acclaimed short story collection, the small events of daily life reveal big themes - love and friendship, youth and growing up, succ...

How a Candle-Maker's Son Helped Light the Flame of Liberty In 1723 Ben Franklin arrived in Philadelphia as a poor and friendless seventeen-year-old...

How a Photograph Helped End Child Labor Little boys, some as young as 6, spent their long days, not playing or studying, but sorting coal in dusty,...

AN ALA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS - AN ALA NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOK - AN IRA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD WINNER - NAMED TO 14 STATE AWARD LISTS The Newber...

A boy tries to overcome his fear of the sea in this treasured classic and winner of the Newbery Medal. Maftu was afraid of the sea. It had taken hi...

The Search for John Wilkes Booth Chasing Lincoln's Killer is based on James L. Swanson's New York Times bestselling book, Manhunt, also an Apple TV...

A New York Times Bestseller In the tradition of Out of My Mind, Wonder, and Mockingbird, this is an intensely moving middle grade novel about being...

In her first novel since The One and Only Ivan, winner of the Newbery Medal, Katherine Applegate delivers an unforgettable and magical story about ...

An afternoon hike in the Sierra Mountains turns into a struggle for survival when two teenage girls become hopelessly lost in an electrical storm a...

A recently orphaned girl meets her extended family - including seven rambunctious cousins - for the first time in this charming novel from Louisa M...

Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir In this poetic memoir, which won the Pura Belpré Author Award, was a YALSA Nonfiction Finalist, and was named a W...

A Newbery Honor Book A beautiful and moving novel from a three-time Newbery Honor-winning author "Hope is the thing with feathers" starts the poem ...

This young adult novel-in-verse tells the moving story of one boy's hard-won path to redemption. Timothy is a good kid who did a bad thing. Now he'...

A moving and heartfelt story about the lengths one would go to help their family When Oyuna was a baby, a horse accidentally crushed her foot, curs...

In the hilarious and awkward start to this mega-bestselling series, beloved misfit Rafe Khatchadorian takes on his first year of middle school ... ...

Two years ago, Sam ran away from New York City to live in the Catskill Mountains. Now his younger sister Alice has joined him and is quietly living...

Sammy Keyes must be a magnet for trouble... I mean it's bad enough that she has to live illegally in a seniors-only building with her grandmother w...

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Fish in a Tree comes a compelling story about perspective and learning to love the family you have...

A USA Today bestseller and award-winning novel about a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the journey ...

Award-winning author of Hope Was Here delivers another heartwarming tale of resilience and growth amidst life’s challenges. Tree is six foot three-...