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1) The complete cookbook for young chefs

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#4 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2020-03-15. Last week it was ranked 9. It has been on the list for 46 week(s).

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Shares recipes for young cooks of all skill levels, including options for breakfasts, snacks, beverages, dinners, and desserts, along with step-by-step photographs of tips and techniques.

2) Little leaders: bold women in black history

Author

Harrison, Vashti

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#5 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2020-03-15. Last week it was ranked 5. It has been on the list for 32 week(s).

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Features female figures of black history, including abolitionist Sojourner Truth, pilot Bessie Coleman, chemist Alice Ball, politician Shirley Chisholm, mathematician Katherine Johnson, poet Maya Angelou, and filmmaker Julie Dash.

3) Little legends: exceptional men in black history

Author

Harrison, Vashti

Notes

#6 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2020-03-15. Last week it was ranked 6. It has been on the list for 10 week(s).

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Profiles thirty-five prominent men in African American history, including James Armistead Lafayette, Thurgood Marshall, Alvin Ailey, and Leland Melvin.

4) Ali Cross

Author

Patterson, James

Notes

#9 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2020-03-15. Last week it was ranked 10. It has been on the list for 14 week(s).

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Book, eBook, Kindle, Pre-loaded Audiobook

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When his best friend Gabe is reported missing, Ali Cross sets out to find him, but he soon learns that being a kid sleuth isn't easy and clues aren't always what they seem.

5) Wishtree

Author

Applegate, Katherine

Notes

#10 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2020-03-15. It has been on the list for 91 week(s).

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook

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A red oak tree and a crow help their human neighbors work out their differences-- An old red oak tree tells how he and his crow friend, Bongo, help their human neighbors get along after a threat against an immigrant family is carved into the tree's trunk.

6) Wonder

Author

Palacio, R. J

Notes

#1 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2020-03-15. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 237 week(s).

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Book, eBook, Kindle, Local Collection Book, Pre-loaded Audiobook

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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.

7) Refugee

Author

Gratz, Alan

Notes

#2 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2020-03-15. Last week it was ranked 8. It has been on the list for 87 week(s).

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.

8) Diary of an awesome friendly kid: Rowley Jefferson's journal

Author

Kinney, Jeff

Notes

#3 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2020-03-15. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 47 week(s).

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In his first journal, middle schooler Rowley Jefferson, Greg Heffley's sidekick, records his experiences and misguided decision to write a biography of Greg, who, in his own mind, is destined to become rich and famous.