Topical/Coming of Age
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Avocado Magic
$19.95 Add to cart“A tender and cozy tribute to the magic of growing up.” -Kirkus Reviews
Avocado seeds and slow growing! A young girl’s impatience turns to wonder as she and her avocado tree gradually change and grow- Author: Levi, Taltal
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0735844984
- Language: English
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Rare Birds
$8.99 Read moreJeff Miller’s heartbreaking, coming-of-age middle-grade novel–inspired by his personal experience living through his own parent’s heart transplant–invites readers into the world of a twelve-year-old… [more below]
- Author: Miller, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1454945052
- Language: English
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Click and Camp Set
$24.99 Add to cartTwo full-color illustrated graphic novels from The New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Kayla Miller!
In Click, Olive “clicks” with everyone in the fifth grade–until one day, a school varie- Series: A Click Graphic Novel
- Author: Miller, Kayla
- Binding: Boxed Set
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 22 2019
- ISBN10: 0358272645
- Language: English
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The Boys in the Back Row
$17.99 Read moreBest friends Matt and Eric are hatching a plan for one big final adventure together before Eric moves away: during the marching band competition at a Giant Amusement Park, they will sneak away to a ne… [more below]
- Author: Jung, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1646140117
- Language: English
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Middle School–Safety Goggles Advised: Exploring the Weird Stuff from Gossip to Grades, Cliques to Crushes, and Popularity to Peer Pressure
$14.99 Read more2023 Purple Dragonfly Book Award Winner
Take a large group of kids in puberty, send them to a new school, and add a generous dose of tests, homework, and hormones,
2023 Colorado Book Awards Finalist- Author: Speer, Jessica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 1641706635
- Language: English
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Sisters of the Mist
$15.99 Add to cartJoin Kyra and her sisters as they fight the mysterious forces of the forest, and the challenges of drifting apart with age. Perfect for fans of The Babysitters Club graphic novels and transitional rea… [more below]
- Author: Spaaij, Marlyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: July 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1838740740
- Language: English
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The Unbreakable Thread
$18.99 Read moreA bittersweet celebration of the everlasting bond between a mother and child through the changing phases of their lives.
The thread between a mother and child starts to unwind when the child begins
- Author: Joof, Emily
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1953859259
- Language: English
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The Outsiders
$19.99 Add to cartThree brothers struggle to stay together after their parents’ death, as they search for an identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society in which they find themselves outsiders.
Aut… [more below]
- Author: Hinton, S. E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 253
- Publish Date: March 23 2005
- ISBN10: 0786273623
- Language: English
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Fourth Grade Fairy
$7.99 Add to cartAll Willow Doyle wants is to be normal, to fit in at her new school, and to have a best friend. But there’s no way Willow will ever be normal. There isn’t anything normal about her or the Doyle family… [more below]
- Series: Fourth Grade Fairy #1
- Author: Cook, Eileen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 19 2011
- ISBN10: 141699811X
- Language: English
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Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer
$9.99 Read moreFrom Edgar Award winning author Katie Alender comes this delightfully creepy ghost story about Paris, murder, and one killer queen.
21st century girl. 18th century ghost. Heads will roll!
Colette Iselin
- Author: Alender, Katie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 20, 2022
- ISBN10: 1338837516
- Language: English
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Maniac Magee (Newbery Medal Winner)
$18.99 Add to cartA Newbery Medal winning modern classic about a racially divided small town and a boy who runs.
Jeffrey Lionel “Maniac” Magee might have lived a normal life if a freak accident hadn’t made him an orph- Author: Spinelli, Jerry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: April 02 1990
- ISBN10: 0316807222
- Language: English
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Sunny
$17.99 Read moreSunny tries to shine despite his troubled past in this third novel in the critically acclaimed Track series from National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds.
Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from w- Series: Track #3
- Author: Reynolds, Jason
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 10 2018
- ISBN10: 1481450212
- Language: English
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Step
$15.99 Add to cartIn this powerful collection of short stories, children around the world turn eleven and take a step into their futures. Each one is changed in ways both big and small.
Annoyed at having to walk his s
- Author: Ellis, Deborah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1773065947
- Language: English
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Heidi
$9.99 Add to cartWhen Heidi’s parents die and she can no longer live with her aunt, she must stay with her ill-tempered grandfather who lives alone in the Swiss Alps. The townspeople worry that such a young girl has b… [more below]
- Series: Children’s Signature Classics
- Author: Spyri, Johanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1454945664
- Language: English
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Oliver Twist
$18.99 Add to cartCharles Dickens’ classic story of a young boy who seeks his fortune on the streets of London.
After Oliver Twist asks nasty Mr Bumble for more food, he has to flee the workhouse for the streets of Lon- Author: Dickens, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 27 2018
- ISBN10: 0241331269
- Language: English
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Summer of Fear
$14.99 Add to cartFrom the moment Rachel’s family takes in her orphaned cousin Julia, strange things start to happen. Rachel grows suspicious but soon finds herself alienated from her own life. Julia seems to have ench… [more below]
- Author: Duncan, Lois
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 19 2011
- ISBN10: 0316099074
- Language: English
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The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales
$25.00 Add to cartThe stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have become part of the way children–and adults–learn about the vagaries of the real world. Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow-White, H nsel and … [more below]
- Series: Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
- Author: Brothers Grimm
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 880
- Publish Date: September 12 1976
- ISBN10: 0394709306
- Language: English
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Little Mountain, Big Trouble
$12.95 Add to cartLITTLE MOUNTAIN, BIG TROUBLE is an inspirational story about a young boy with a big dream and the courage to chase that dream no matter the obstacles.
Twelve-year-old EJ is a short, unpopular, shy, se… [more below]
- Author: Norbury, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: June 30 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987637609
- Language: English
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What’s Happening to My Body? Book for Girls: Revised Edition
$17.99 Add to cartEverything preteen and teen girls need to know about their changing bodies and feelings Written by an experienced educator and her daughter in a reassuring and down-to-earth style, The “What’s Happeni
- Series: What’s Happening to My Body?
- Author: Madaras, Lynda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1557047642
- Language: English
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Dough Boys
$9.99 Read moreIn the companion to her acclaimed So Done, Paula Chase follows best friends Simp and Rollie as their friendship is threatened by the pressures of basketball, upcoming auditions, middle school, and the
- Author: Chase, Paula
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 25 2020
- ISBN10: 0062691821
- Language: English
