NYT - Middle Grade Paperback

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#1 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2024-11-17.

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"Jack loves his childhood toy, Dur Pig. DP has always been there for him, through good and bad. Until one Christmas Eve something terrible happens -- DP is lost. But Christmas Eve is a night for miracles and lost causes, a night when all things can come to life... even toys. And Jack's newest toy -- the Christmas Pig (DP's replacement) -- has a daring plan: Together they'll embark on a magical journey to seek something lost, and to save the best friend...

2) A long walk to water

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Park, Linda Sue

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#2 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2024-11-17.

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When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.

3) The Bellwoods Game

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Krampien, Celia

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#3 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2024-11-17.

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A group of sixth graders participating in an annual Halloween tradition to pacify the ghost of Abigail Snook quickly realize that the Bellwoods contains an even bigger threat to their town.

4) Restart

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Korman, Gordon

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#4 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2024-11-17.

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Chase does not remember falling off the roof, in fact he does not remember anything about himself, and when he gets back to middle school he begins to learn who he was through the reactions of the other kids--trouble is, he really is not sure he likes the Chase that is being revealed, but can he take the opportunity amnesia has provided and restart his life?

5) Wish

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O'Connor, Barbara

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#5 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2024-11-17.

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"A story about a girl who, with the help of the dog of her dreams, discovers that family doesn't always have to be related--they are simply people who love you for who you are"--

6) The Sun and the Star

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Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro

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#6 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2024-11-17.

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Nico, the son of Hades, and his boyfriend Will, the son of Apollo, travel to Tartarus, the deepest, darkest part of the Underworld, as they attempt to rescue an old friend.

7) A wolf called Wander

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Parry, Rosanne

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#7 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2024-11-17.

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I have a brother. Sharp. Bigger than me, and all growl. I have sisters. Pounce, who loves to wrestle, and Wag, who talks with her tail. And best of all, my brother Warm, who likes to curl up under my chin, the only pup smaller than me. Swift, a wild wolf cub, lives with his pack in the mountains. When a rival pack attacks, Swift and his family scatter, and Swift sets out on an incredible journey through dense forests, into barren wilderness, and across...

8) Haunted heist

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Blabey, Aaron

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#8 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2024-11-17.

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"The Bad Guys are back in another holiday adventure! This time, Mr. Wolf and the team are taking on the spookiest day of the year... Halloween! Heists, candy, and maybe a few hilarious costumes. Join the Bad Guys in this novelisation based on the new Netflix Halloween special"--

9) A whale of the wild

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Parry, Rosanne

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#9 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2024-11-17.

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Publisher Annotation: In the stand-alone companion to the New York Times-bestselling A Wolf Called Wander, a young orca whale must lead her brother on a tumultuous journey to be reunited with their pod. This gorgeously illustrated animal adventure novel explores family bonds, survival, global warming, and a changing seascape. Includes information about orcas and their habitats.

10) A rover's story

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Warga, Jasmine

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#10 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2024-11-17.

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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.