NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover

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#1 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-05-18. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 491 week(s).

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Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.

2) Impossible creatures

Author

Rundell, Katherine

Series

Impossible creatures volume 1

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#2 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-05-18. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 34 week(s).

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Christopher discovers the Archipelago, a world where mythological creatures were secreted away by magic long ago, but those creatures are now dying, and it is up to Christopher and Mal, a girl from the Archipelago, to save both of their worlds

3) The trouble with heroes

Author

Messner, Kate

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#3 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-05-18. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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"Finn Connelly is nothing like his dad, a star athlete and firefighter hero who always ran toward danger until he died two years ago. Finn is about to fail seventh grade and has never made headlines...until now. Caught on camera vandalizing a cemetery, he's in big trouble for knocking down some dead old lady's headstone. Turns out that grave belongs to a legendary local mountain climber, and her daughter makes Finn an unusual offer: she'll drop all...

4) The complete cookbook for young chefs

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#4 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-05-18. It has been on the list for 247 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.

5) River of spirits

Author

Targosz, Shana

Series

Underwild volume 1

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#5 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-05-18. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 6 week(s).

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"Senka lives between the realm of the Living and the realm of the Dead. As ward to Charon, the Ferryer of the Underworld, Senka assists in ferrying recently departed souls across the river and into their afterlife. Although Charon has taught her many Rules about life in the Underworld, there is much he avoids telling her. Though she doesn't understand why the Rules are so important, she listens--she must heed them in order to become an official Ferryer,...

6) Odder

Author

Applegate, Katherine

Series

Thorndike Press youth large print

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#7 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-05-18. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 102 week(s).

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Odder spends her days playing underwater and learning life lessons from her mother. But when Odder's life takes a dramatic turn, she is rescued by humans. The people are kind, and introduce Odder to other rescues. Soon, it's clear that Odder has a talent for teaching other pups how to otter. A stunning picture book adapted from acclaimed author Katherine Applegate's #1 New York Times-bestselling middle-grade novel of the same name, and inspired by...

7) Heroes

Author

Gratz, Alan

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#8 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-05-18. It has been on the list for 56 week(s).

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"December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. Their dads are Navy pilots stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the boys get a front-row view of the huge battleships and the sparkling water. Yes, World War II is raging in Europe and in Asia, but the US isn't involved in the war, and the boys are free to dream about becoming comic book creators. They've even invented a superhero of their own, in the style of Batman, Superman, Captain...

8) The green kingdom

Author

Funke, Cornelia

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#9 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-05-18. Last week it was ranked 6. It has been on the list for 4 week(s).

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"All right, she had to admit it: it really was an adventure to be in a new place. A different Caspia emerged here. A Brooklyn-Caspia, just like the Brooklyn-dandelion. Twelve-year-old Caspia hates big cities, especially New York. So, she isn't thrilled by the news that her parents are taking her to Brooklyn for the whole summer. But everything changes when Caspia discovers a bundle of letters, written by a blind girl many years ago, and hidden in...

9) Resist: a story of D-Day

Author

Gratz, Alan

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#10 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-05-18. Last week it was ranked 9. It has been on the list for 9 week(s).

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"When French-Algerian Samira's mother is arrested by the Nazis, Samira must go on a journey through Nazi-occupied France to save her before it is too late...on the same day as D-Day"-- Provided by publisher.