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A young girl named Hanako is forced to relocate with her family to Japan after World War II. With the journey through Hiroshima to her...

Two girls, both displaced by the explosion at the Chernobyl power plant in 1986, form an unlikely friendship that will last them a...

For Nisha, the summer of 1947 will change everything. World War II has ended, and the British are now letting go of their rule over...

It is 2013 and Syria is falling apart. A young girl named Nadia lives in Aleppo, a large Syrian city, and she is right in the centre of...

When Esperanza's father is killed, she goes from a wealthy land-owner's daughter to a Mexican peasant in California. It is through many...

Sadako Sasaki was only two years old when Hiroshima was bombed. For years, her grandmother's death was the only way the bombing had...

In a world where magic has been outlawed and lost for hundreds of years, some secrets still lie hidden. The magical land of Ferenor is...

Amal lives in a small Pakistani village, and school is the highlight of her days. She wants to be a teacher when she is older, and her...

Lenora is having the most boring summer ever. Her parents have gone off travelling the world without her, and the nanny they hired to...

Greg Heffley is just going into middle school, and things aren't going very well for him. All of the other kids in his class are...

Zoe Washington has big plans for the summer. She is going to spend the summer practicing her baking and then audition for The Food...

Stella is a good dog. She has been trained by her handler Connie to sniff out explosives in airports. Stella has saved lives, and has a...

Annemarie Johansen is living in Denmark in the middle of the second world war. Her best friend, Ellen, is Jewish, and soon it becomes...

Ware, an eleven year-old boy, is staying with his grandmother at her retirement home for the summer. He thought he would hate the place,...

Gina wants to be rich. With idols like Bill Gates, she has a lot to live up to, but she knows she can do it. Her plan it to make her...

It is the second-to-last day before spring break and Quinn is in a school council meeting, trying to arrange for her middle school grad...

Claudia is on a field trip to an art museum when she first sees the boy, standing behind The Three Dutch Men in their painting. She...

The second world war is picking up speed in Tally's little town in England. Many children are being sent away from their families for...

This artful and mysterious book is a wonderful example of middle grade fantasy. With just the right mixture of thrill, humor, mystery,...

Mysterious, heartfelt, and exciting, The Invention of Hugo Cabret is sure to get the cogs turning in your head. The story centers around...

Funny, heartfelt, and exciting, The Islands of Chaldea is a wonderful novel for tweens. The story is of a young girl (Aileen) and her...