Middle Grade Readers Archives - Page 30 of 39

Blended Nation: Portraits and Interviews of Mixed-Race America, photographs and interviews by Mike Tauber, co-produced by Pamela Singh, foreword by Ann Curry, introduction by Rebecca Walker

19 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Hapa/Mixed-race, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

Stupendous and spectacular come immediately to mind when you look at this book. Not to mention a bit of "oof!" over its hefty size and weight – it's full of gravitas, after all! Mike Tauber's photographs are breathtaking, laid out simply to let the gorgeous...

T4: A Novel by Ann Clare LeZotte

09 Nov, by SIBookDragon in European, Fiction, Jewish, Middle Grade Readers, Poetry, Verse Novel/Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

In just over a hundred pages of sparse, haunting verse, LeZotte illuminates a part of the Holocaust tragedy that takes up little shelf space in libraries today: the organized mass murder of mentally ill and physically challenged people, as well as the massacre of European...

Animals Marco Polo Saw: An Adventure on the Silk Road by Sandra Markle, illustrated by Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini

29 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Biography, Children/Picture Books, Chinese, European, Middle Grade Readers, Mongolian, Nonfiction

Marco Polo sure got around in his time, way back in the 13th century! And what a great way to show our instant-access, Web-addicted kids just how incredible the Polo family's adventures were – for any generation! The latest in Chronicle Books' (that great indie San...

I Am Jack by Susanne Gervay, illustrated by Cathy Wilcox

24 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Australian, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific

"Did you know that thirty percent of children in American schools are either bullied, or bully other kids?" asks award-winning Australian author Susanne Gervay in her "Author's Note" for the first U.S. edition of her already bestselling novel. Inspired by her own son Jack's experiences...

The North Star by Peter H. Reynolds

22 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

Picking up a Peter H. Reynolds book is always transporting. "What wondrous things books can be," he writes in a lovely letter-as-introduction in his new edition to his 1977 classic, The North Star. "My favorites are the ones that move me – to laughter, to...

Humankind: An emotional journey by Yoshio Komatsu and Eiko Komatsu

19 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Japanese, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

The chapter titles of this splendiferous collection of images of people around the globe read like a poem: Touch / Feel / Love / Hope / Laugh / Hurt / Fear / Believe / Try / Play / Rest / Need ...

Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee (vol. 1) by Hiroyuki Asada, English adaptation by Rich Amtower, translated by JN Productions

18 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Middle Grade Readers, Translation, Young Adult Readers

In a barren wasteland of "perpetual night" called Amberground where only the capital city has access to light from an artificial sun, 18-year-old Gauche Suede works as a dedicated tegami bachi (literally 'letter bee'), a mail carrier whom people entrust "with their hearts." Living in a...

IraqiGirl: Diary of a Teenage Girl in Iraq by Hadiya, edited by Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, developed by John Ross

15 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Iraqi, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

"Hadiya's name is not really Hadiya," the editor's note introduces this harrowing, heartbreaking blog-turned-book. "We have used pseudonyms for every Iraqi in this story because each of their lives could be in danger if they were identified. But Hadiya is a real teenager in Mosul,...

Rose’s Garden by Peter H. Reynolds

09 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

Here's a joyful little gift to share with your children over the long weekend ...

Barefoot Gen (vols. 1-8) by Keiji Nakazawa, translated by Project Gen

04 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Volume One: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima Volume Two: The Day After Volume Three: Life After the Bomb Volume Four: Out of the Ashes Volume Five: The Never-Ending War Volume Six: Writing the Truth Volume Seven: Bones into Dust Volume Eight: Merchants of Death Atom bomb. Unimaginable horrors. Survival against all odds. Bearing...

So Few of Me by Peter H. Reynolds

30 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

Certain kiddie authors whose books that my children have outgrown I can't bear to part with – in fact, I keep buying their latest titles anyway, even as my children have moved on to Steinbeck (our now-teenage daughter) and Cisneros (our tween son) to keep...

Tofu Quilt by Ching Yeung Russell

16 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Chinese, Chinese American, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Poetry, Verse Novel/Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

Based on the Ching Yeung Russell's own path toward becoming a writer, Tofu Quilt is one delicious free-verse memoir. In the summer before she starts kindergarten, Yeung Ying is a rambunctious young child who cannot sit still, but can effortlessly recite the difficult classical poems...

Vermonia 1: Quest for the Silver Tiger by YoYo

14 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Middle Grade Readers

"At the center of the universe, at the beginning and end of all creation, sits the planet of Vermonia, ruled by Queen Frasinella." Thus begins the first of a 10-volume series that stars none other than a heroic skateboarding foursome of 12-year-old warriors-in-training. But I...

X-Men 1: Misfits by Raina Telgemeier and Dave Roman, art by Anzu

12 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

The already well-established X-Men franchise of books (and films) gets a somewhat peculiar makeover in the first of a new series designed for the middle grade/13+ crowd. "Don't fix what ain't broke," comes to mind. But that might be an old-age reaction ...

My Name is Phillis Wheatley: A Story of Slavery and Freedom by Afua Cooper

02 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Biography, Black/African American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers

At just age 19, in the year 1773, the American slave Phillis Wheatley made her literary debut to a welcoming London audience waiting to hear from her upcoming poetry collection. Born free in Senegal, the young poet – originally named Penda Wane – was captured...

My Name is Henry Bibb: A Story of Slavery and Freedom by Afua Cooper

02 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Biography, Black/African American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers

A fictionalized biography of a heroic young man born into slavery in 1814 and determined against all odds to be free. With the history of slaveowners abusing their women slaves reflected in his pale face, Henry Bibb could pass for white. Raised together with the...

Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally) by Lisa Yee, illustrated by Dan Santat

27 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Southeast Asian American, Thai American

Just in time for back-to-school, Lisa Yee (of the fabulous Millicent/Stanford/Emily trilogy) debuts her latest middle grade novel about two best friends who suddenly find each other on opposing sides ...

School of Fear by Gitty Daneshvari

10 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Iranian American, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

Logizomechanophobia: the fear of computers. That would be me! Of course, none of the four 12-year-old protagonists in this chuckling read suffer from such fears (young 'uns these days are all so wired!), but they do each have their own quirky phobias. As every chapter...

my little red book by Rachel Kauder Nalebuff

24 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

Every mother and daughter needs to share this book. Actually, every woman should have a copy of it. Given the incredible success of Eve Ensler's revolutionary play, The Vagina Monologues, "the menstruation monologues" are the natural next step! Of course, this funny, touching, memorable collection could...

Children of the Sea (vol. 1) by Daisuke Igarashi, translated by JN Productions

22 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Middle Grade Readers, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Ruka, a star handball player, gets a little too rough and ends up kicked off the team. Frustrated, she heads to big city Tokyo where she thinks she might find the sea, and instead meets a mysterious young boy named Umi (whose name happens to...

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