NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover | East Central Regional Library

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#1 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2023-01-29. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 379 week(s).

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Auggie Pullman was born with a facial deformity that prevented him from going to a mainstream school, until now. He's about to start 5th grade at Beecher Prep, and is nervous about being the new kid at school. The thing is Auggie's just an ordinary kid, with an extraordinary face. But can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, despite appearances?

2) Refugee

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Gratz, Alan

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#2 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2023-01-29. It has been on the list for 203 week(s).

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Separated by decades, Josef, a Jew living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a girl trying to escape unrest in 1994 Cuba; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence, embark on journeys in search of refuge.

3) The complete cookbook for young chefs

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#3 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2023-01-29. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 136 week(s).

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"For the first time ever, America's Test Kitchen is bringing their scientific know-how, rigorous testing, and hands-on learning to KIDS in the kitchen! Using kid-tested and approved recipes, America's Test Kitchen has created THE cookbook every kid chef needs on their shelf. Whether you're cooking for yourself, your friends, or your family, The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs has delicious recipes that will wow!"--Publisher's description.

4) Little leaders: bold women in black history

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Harrison, Vashti

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#4 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2023-01-29. It has been on the list for 70 week(s).

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Based on her popular Instagram posts, debut author/illustrator Vashti Harrison shares the stories of 40 bold African American women who shaped history.

5) Little legends: exceptional men in black history

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Harrison, Vashti

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#5 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2023-01-29. It has been on the list for 33 week(s).

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Profiles thirty-five prominent men in African American history, including James Armistead Lafayette, Thurgood Marshall, Alvin Ailey, and Leland Melvin.

6) Two degrees

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Gratz, Alan

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#6 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2023-01-29. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 15 week(s).

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When three children endure separate climate change disasters--a wildfire in the California woods, a close encounter with a hungry polar bear in Canada, and a massive hurricane in Florida--they emerge from their experiences committed to changing the world.

7) Odder

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Applegate, Katherine

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#7 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2023-01-29. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 17 week(s).

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"Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself--and about the humans who hope to save her"--

8) The door of no return

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Alexander, Kwame

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#8 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2023-01-29. Last week it was ranked 5. It has been on the list for 11 week(s).

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"A novel in verse about a boy escaping slavers during the nineteenth century"--

9) A rover's story

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Warga, Jasmine

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#9 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2023-01-29. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 6 week(s).

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Built to explore Mars, Resilience begins to develop human-like feelings as he learns from the NASA scientists who assembled him, and as he blasts off and explores Mars, Resilience must overcome different obstacles as he explores the red planet.

10) Amari and the great game

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Alston, B. B

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#10 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2023-01-29. Last week it was ranked 6. It has been on the list for 16 week(s).

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"After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze. But between the fearsome new Head Minister's strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton's curse steadily worsening, Amari's plate is full. So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to stand up for magiciankind as its new leader, she declines....