NYT - Middle Grade Paperback | Round Rock Public Library

1) A long walk to water

Author

Park, Linda Sue

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#1 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2025-03-16.

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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.

2) Wish

Author

O'Connor, Barbara

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#2 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2025-03-16.

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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"-- Provided by publisher.

3) Restart

Author

Korman, Gordon

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#4 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2025-03-16.

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

4) The sun and the star

Author

Riordan, Rick

Series

Nico di Angelo adventures volume 1

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#5 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2025-03-16.

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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.

5) Alone

Author

Freeman, Megan E

Series

Alone (Megan E. Freeman) volume 1

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#6 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2025-03-16.

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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. She's alone--left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated and abandoned. With no one to rely on, no power, and no working phone lines or Internet access, Maddie slowly learns to survive on her own, her only companions being a Rottweiler named George and all the books she can read. Told in verse format.

6) Pax

Author

Pennypacker, Sara

Series

Pax volume 1

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#8 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2025-03-16.

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From bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes a beautifully wrought, utterly compelling novel about the powerful relationship between a boy and his fox. Pax is destined to become a classic, beloved for generations to come. Pax and Peter have been inseparable ever since Peter rescued him as a kit. But one day, the unimaginable happens: Peter's dad enlists in the military and makes him return the fox to the wild. At his grandfather's...

7) Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

Author

Riordan, Rick

Series

Percy Jackson Companion Books

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#9 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2025-03-16.

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"Percy Jackson, a modern-day demigod, tells the origin stories of the gods of Olympus and provides an insider's point of view - with plenty of attitude - in this illustrated collection"-- Provided by publisher.

8) A rover's story

Author

Warga, Jasmine

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#10 on the Middle Grade Paperback list for 2025-03-16.

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Book, Bluebonnet Books - 14 Days, Playaway, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook

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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.