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1) The mystery of locked rooms

Author

Currie, Lindsay

Series

The Delta Games

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#1 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2025-02-16.

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From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch and What Lives in the Woods comes a action-packed adventure novel about three friends who team up to find a hidden treasure in an abandoned 1950's funhouse.

2) Restart

Author

Korman, Gordon

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#2 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2025-02-16.

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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 theChase that is being revealed, but can he take the opportunity amnesia has provided and restart his life?

3) The sun and the star: a Nico di Angelo adventure

Author

Riordan, Rick

Series

Nico di Angelo adventures volume 1

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#3 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2025-02-16.

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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.

4) A long walk to water: a novel : based on a true story

Author

Park, Linda Sue

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#4 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2025-02-16.

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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.

5) Dogtown

Author

Applegate, Katherine

Series

Dogtown books volume 1

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#5 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2025-02-16.

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"Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have outgrown them. Chance, a real dog, has been in Dogtown since her owners unwittingly left her with irresponsible dog-sitters who skipped town. Metal Head is a robot dog who dreams of being back in a real home. And Mouse is a mouse who has the run of Dogtown, pilfering kibble, and performing clever feats to protect the dogs he loves. When Chance and Metal...

6) Alone

Author

Freeman, Megan E

Series

Alone (Megan E. Freeman) volume 1

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#6 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2025-02-16.

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A New York Times bestseller!

Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, this harrowing middle grade debut novel-in-verse from a Pushcart Prize–nominated poet tells the story of a young girl who wakes up one day to find herself utterly alone in her small Colorado town.
When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare....

7) Wish

Author

O'Connor, Barbara

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#7 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2025-02-16.

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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"--

8) Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

Author

Riordan, Rick

Series

Percy Jackson Companion Books

Notes

#8 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2025-02-16.

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"A publisher in New York asked me to write down what I know about the Greek gods, and I was like, Can we do this anonymously? Because I don't need the Olympians mad at me again. But if it helps you to know your Greek gods, and survive an encounter with them if they ever show up in your face, then I guess writing all this down will be my good deed for the week. So begins Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, in which the son of Poseidon adds his own magic--and...

9) Pax

Author

Pennypacker, Sara

Series

Pax volume 1

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#9 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2025-02-16.

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"After being forced to give up his pet fox Pax, a young boy named Peter decides to leave home and get his best friend back"--

10) A rover's story

Author

Warga, Jasmine

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#10 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2025-02-16.

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Compact Disc, Playaway Pre-Loaded Audiobook Player

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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.