NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover | Wadleigh Memorial Library

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#1 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-03-30. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 27 week(s).

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Book, Audiobook Playaway, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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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.

2) The complete cookbook for young chefs

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#2 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-03-30. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 241 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.

3) Resist: a story of D-Day

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Gratz, Alan

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#3 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-03-30. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 2 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.

4) Away: an alone novel

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Freeman, Megan E

Series

Alone (Megan E. Freeman) volume 2

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#4 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-03-30. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 5 week(s).

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Told from multiple points of view, four kids relocated to the same evacuation camp investigate the mysterious threat that forced the large-scale exodus.

5) Wonder

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Palacio, R. J

Series

Brilliance Audio on compact disc

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#6 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-03-30. Last week it was ranked 6. It has been on the list for 484 week(s).

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Book, Audiobook CD, Audiobook Playaway, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway Wonderbook

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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.

6) The last dragon on Mars

Author

Reintgen, Scott

Series

Dragonships volume 1

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#7 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-03-30. Last week it was ranked 8. It has been on the list for 21 week(s).

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Thirteen-year-old Lunar Jones was born on Mars, with every day a struggle, until he stumbles into a restricted military zone where he learns dragons are real and a new dragon has chosen him as a rider--a role he needs to embrace quickly because this dragon could save the Martian colony.

7) Heroes

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Gratz, Alan

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#8 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-03-30. Last week it was ranked 9. It has been on the list for 52 week(s).

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Book, Audiobook Playaway, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Aboard the battleship the USS Utah with their Navy pilot fathers during WWII when the ship is attacked by the Japanese, Frank and Stanley find their friendship--and dreams--in jeopardy when Stanley is seen as the "enemy" because his mother is Japanese American. "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...

8) The Bletchley riddle

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Sepetys, Ruta

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#9 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-03-30. It has been on the list for 19 week(s).

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"A house of secrets, a war of codes" . . . Remember, you are bound by the Official Secrets Act... Summer, 1940. Nineteen-year-old Jakob Novis and his quirky younger sister Lizzie share a love of riddles and puzzles. And now they're living inside of one. The quarrelsome siblings find themselves amidst one of the greatest secrets of World War II--Britain's eccentric codebreaking factory at Bletchley Park. As Jakob joins Bletchley's top minds to crack...

9) A guide to the dragon world

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Sutherland, Tui

Series

Wings of fire. Original series

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#10 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-03-30. Last week it was ranked 10. It has been on the list for 53 week(s).

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"Dive into the world of Wings of Fire like never before! The #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling Wings of Fire series soars to even greater heights with an all-new collection of stories and art from readers' favorite dragon world! Tui T. Sutherland and Wings of Fire cover artist Joy Ang delve deeper into the legends of the ten dragon tribes, creating the ultimate collection for every FanWing. Each chapter of A Guide to...