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Middle-Grade Books
GRADES 5-6 The Smartest Kid in the Universe (Book 1) by Chris Grabenstein
REALISTIC FICTION/HUMOR
What would happen if you could learn everything just by eating jellybeans?! Meet the Smartest Kid in the Universe and find out in this exciting new series from the bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library and coauthor of the Max Einstein series.
The City of Ember (Book 1) by Jeanne DuPrau
FANTASY/DYSTOPIAN
Ember is the only light in a dark world. But when its lamps begin to flicker, two friends must race to escape the dark. This highly acclaimed adventure series is a modern-day classic—with over four million copies sold!
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From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Book 1) by Janae Marks
REALISTIC FICTION
Three Keys
by Kelly Yang (Book 2 of the Front Desk series; many students read Book 1 in fourth grade)
From debut author Janae Marks comes a captivating story full of heart, as one courageous girl questions assumptions, searches for the truth, and does what she believes is right—even in the face of great opposition.
HISTORICAL FICTION
Gold Rush Girl
Invisible
HISTORICAL FICTION
GRAPHIC NOVEL
Newbery Medalist Avi brings us mudcaked, tent-filled San Francisco in 1848 with a willful heroine who goes on an unintended—and perilous—adventure to save her brother.
For fans of New Kid by Jerry Craft and Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd, this must-have graphic novel tells the story of five very different students who are forced together by their school to complete community service...and they may just have more in common than they thought.
by Avi
Spy School Project X (Book 10) by Stuart Gibbs MYSTERY
In the 10th book in the New York Times bestselling Spy School series, Ben Ripley races against time and across state lines—by car, train, boat, and plane—to avoid his new cyber enemies and track down Murray Hill.
The story of Mia and her family and friends at the Calivista Motel continues in this powerful, hilarious, and resonant sequel to the award-winning novel Front Desk.
by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
