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From debut author Lisa Moore Ramée comes this funny and big-hearted debut middle grade novel about friendship, family, and standing up for what’s right, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas' The Hate U Give and the novels of Renée Watson and Jason Reynolds.
Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and she’d also like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giant forehead.)
But in junior high, it’s like all the rules have changed. Now she’s suddenly questioning who her best friends are and some people at school are saying she’s not black enough. Wait, what?
Shay’s sister, Hana, is involved in Black Lives Matter, but Shay doesn't think that's for her. After experiencing a powerful protest, though, Shay decides some rules are worth breaking. She starts wearing an armband to school in support of the Black Lives movement. Soon everyone is taking sides. And she is given an ultimatum.
Shay is scared to do the wrong thing (and even more scared to do the right thing), but if she doesn't face her fear, she'll be forever tripping over the next hurdle. Now that’s trouble, for real.
"Tensions are high over the trial of a police officer who shot an unarmed Black man. When the officer is set free, and Shay goes with her family to a silent protest, she starts to see that some trouble is worth making." (Publishers Weekly, "An Anti-Racist Children's and YA Reading List")
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Let Me Hear a Rhyme
- By: Tiffany D. Jackson
- Narrated by: Korey Jackson, Nile Bullock, Adenrele Ojo, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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Brooklyn, 1998. Biggie Smalls was right: Things done changed. But that doesn’t mean Quadir and Jarrell are cool letting their best friend Steph’s music lie forgotten under his bed after he’s murdered - not when his rhymes could turn any Bed-Stuy corner into a party. With the help of Steph’s younger sister, Jasmine, they come up with a plan to promote Steph’s music under a new rap name: the Architect. Soon, everyone wants a piece of him. When his demo catches the attention of a hotheaded music label rep, the trio must prove Steph’s talent from beyond the grave.
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A Wonderful Experience.
- By Agnes Ohene on 10-02-19
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Tornado Brain
- By: Cat Patrick
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
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Things never seem to go as easily for 13-year-old Frankie as they do for her sister, Tess. Unlike Tess, Frankie is neurodivergent. In her case, that means she can't stand to be touched, loud noises bother her, she's easily distracted, she hates changes in her routine, and she has to go see a therapist while other kids get to hang out at the beach. It also means Frankie has trouble making friends. She did have one - Colette - but they're not friends anymore. It's complicated. Then, just weeks before the end of seventh grade, Colette unexpectedly shows up at Frankie's door.
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Relatable
- By Megan Kammerer on 10-10-21
By: Cat Patrick
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When You Were Everything
- By: Ashley Woodfolk
- Narrated by: Imani Parks
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
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It's been 27 days since Cleo and Layla's friendship imploded. Nearly a month since Cleo realized they'll never be besties again. Now Cleo wants to erase every memory, good or bad, that tethers her to her ex-best friend. But pretending Layla doesn't exist isn't as easy as Cleo hoped, especially after she's assigned to be Layla's tutor. Despite budding friendships with other classmates - and a raging crush on a gorgeous boy named Dom - Cleo's turbulent past with Layla comes back to haunt them both.
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I’m not crying… you are.
- By Tenisha on 07-18-23
By: Ashley Woodfolk
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The Assignment
- By: Liza Wiemer
- Narrated by: Emily Lawrence, Lincoln Hoppe, Julia Whelan, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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Would you defend the indefensible? That's what seniors Logan March and Cade Crawford are asked to do when a favorite teacher instructs a group of students to argue for the Final Solution - the Nazi plan for the genocide of the Jewish people. Logan and Cade decide they must take a stand, and soon their actions draw the attention of the student body, the administration, and the community at large.
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The Assignment
- By William Carson on 11-16-22
By: Liza Wiemer
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The Library of Lost Things
- By: Laura Taylor Namey
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
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From the moment she first learned to read, literary genius Darcy Wells has spent most of her time living in the worlds of her books. There, she can avoid the crushing reality of her mother’s hoarding and pretend her life is simply ordinary. But when a new property manager becomes more active in the upkeep of their apartment complex, the only home Darcy has ever known outside of her books suddenly hangs in the balance.
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loved it!
- By reader of books on 10-12-19
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Something to Say
- By: Lisa Moore Ramée
- Narrated by: Sisi Aisha Johnson
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
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Eleven-year-old Jenae doesn’t have any friends - and she’s just fine with that. She’s so good at being invisible in school, it’s almost like she has a superpower, like her idol, Astrid Dane. At home, Jenae has plenty of company, like her no-nonsense mama; her older brother, Malcolm, who is home from college after a basketball injury; and her beloved grandpa, Gee. Then a new student shows up at school - a boy named Aubrey with fiery red hair and a smile that won’t quit. Jenae can’t figure out why he keeps popping up everywhere she goes.
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why woke political junk is in middle grade book?
- By Kindle Customer on 10-03-20
By: Lisa Moore Ramée
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The Girl in the Lake
- By: India Brown
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
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Celeste knows she should be excited to spend two weeks at her grandparents' lake house with her brother, Owen, and their cousins Capri and Daisy, but she's not.
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You should read
- By erica edmondson on 07-08-23
By: India Brown
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Instructions for Dancing
- By: Nicola Yoon
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
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Evie Thomas doesn't believe in love anymore. Especially after the strangest thing occurs one otherwise ordinary afternoon: She witnesses a couple kiss and is overcome with a vision of how their romance began...and how it will end. After all, even the greatest love stories end with a broken heart, eventually.
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Cute.. but that ending :(
- By Doha on 06-06-21
By: Nicola Yoon
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Just Right Jillian
- By: Nicole D. Collier
- Narrated by: Imani Parks
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
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Fifth grader Jillian will do just about anything to blend in, including staying quiet even when she has the right answer. After she loses a classroom competition because she won't speak up, she sets her mind on winning her school's biggest competition. But breaking out of her shell is easier said than done, and Jillian has only a month to keep her promise to her grandmother and prove to herself that she can speak up and show everyone her true self.
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The Warrior Code
- 11 Principles to Unleash the Badass Inside of You
- By: Tee Marie Hanible
- Narrated by: Tee Marie Hanible
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
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In The Warrior Code, entrepreneur, philanthropist, reality star, and retired gunnery sergeant Tee Marie Hanible serves up 11 principles to awaken your inner badass and thrive in the face of adversity. With insightful honesty and wisdom and set against the backdrop of Tee’s life, The Warrior Code will help you understand that things can beat us back from realizing our true potential...but the key is finding the way to realize one’s own innate strength.
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Your mother wears combat boots
- By Juanita L. Jones on 04-04-20
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Fighting Words
- By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
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Ten-year-old Della has always had her older sister, Suki: When their mom went to prison, Della had Suki. When their mom's boyfriend took them in, Della had Suki. When that same boyfriend did something so awful they had to run fast, Della had Suki. Suki is Della's own wolf - her protector. But who has been protecting Suki? Della might get told off for swearing at school, but she has always known how to keep quiet where it counts.
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Amazing
- By Robert Zuker on 10-18-22
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Wildoak
- By: C.C. Harrington
- Narrated by: Camilia O'Grady
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
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Maggie Stephens’s stutter makes school especially hard. She will do almost anything to avoid speaking in class or calling attention to herself. So when her unsympathetic father threatens to send her away for so-called “treatment,” she reluctantly agrees to her mother’s intervention plan: a few weeks in the fresh air of Wildoak Forest, visiting a grandfather she hardly knows. It is there, in an extraordinary twist of fate, that she encounters an abandoned snow leopard cub, an exotic gift to a wealthy Londoner that proved too wild to domesticate.
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A Powerful Story
- By Meredith L. Burton on 02-04-23
By: C.C. Harrington
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A Wolf for a Spell
- By: Karah Sutton
- Narrated by: Beata Pozniak
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
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Since she was a pup, Zima has been taught to fear humans - especially witches - but when her family is threatened, she has no choice but to seek help from the witch Baba Yaga. Baba Yaga never does magic for free, but it just so happens that she needs a wolf's keen nose for a secret plan she's brewing... Before Zima knows what's happening, the witch has cast a switching spell and run off into the woods, while Zima is left behind in Baba Yaga's hut - and Baba Yaga's body!
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Loved the narration!
- By MalNyc on 12-16-20
By: Karah Sutton
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- I.C
- 07-12-21
Culturally Relevance
I loved this book as a teacher and as a mother. It allowed for conversation and internal growth.
This author is amazing and the narrator did an amazing job bringing this book to life.
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- Dora Kotsakis
- 06-28-20
AMAZING!!
I absolutely LOVED this book! I can't wait to listen to it again and again.
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- Diamon Hughes
- 03-21-23
Amazing
Very relatable, and loved how she looked up to her big sister and followed in her footsteps.👏🏽❤️
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- Olivia D.
- 11-12-20
5th grader loved this book
My 5th grader loved this book, then she was so excited to see it on the summer reading list for 6th grade. We listened to the book together while driving, and paused it to have discussions about the tough topics. Wonderful!
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- Anonymous User
- 09-09-20
For The Young and the Old
I really didn't think I would enjoy this book so much. Was reading it just for my young niece. Boy was I surprised! Great for all ages and so appropriate for this time in our struggle with racism.
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- Ldybg4u22
- 10-29-21
Great read for middle school kids
My daughter loved this book. It was so well done. She read it and I listened to it and then we would talk. We still talk about the characters. It is as if they really came alive to us. Great writing.
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- Jay Forman
- 05-22-19
Awesome and Real
I couldn’t stop listening to the book. For kids it made such a strong effort to consider the intersectionality if identity and how that impacts relationships. I can’t wait to read this with my students.
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- cameron simon
- 01-13-23
Amazing
Initially I thought Shayla was to laid back and let people walk all over her. I felt Ike she muted her voice so others could be heard. In the end Shayla definitely grew into the young lady we all knew she could be! Amazing read
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- Dale
- 04-23-20
The book was amazing
The book was fantastic I would never choice anorher fhe nattir was fabulous. My favorite part is when she trys to get in trouble in the end it was anazing everything about this book is anazing
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- Matthew T Novinger
- 05-21-20
Very interesting and could listen to it all day
Amazing and full of great writing
Good narrator and overall I loved it sooo much!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
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