NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover | East Hanover Township Library

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#1 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-01-19. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 17 week(s).

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway Wonderbook

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Christopher discovers the Archipelago, a world where mythological creatures were secreted away by magic long ago, but those creatures are now dying, and it is up to Christopher and Mal, a girl from the Archipelago, to save both of their worlds.

2) The complete cookbook for young chefs

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#2 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-01-19. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 231 week(s).

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"For the first time ever, America's Test Kitchen is bringing their scientific know-how, rigorous testing, and hands-on learning to KIDS in the kitchen! Using kid-tested and approved recipes, America's Test Kitchen has created THE cookbook every kid chef needs on their shelf. Whether you're cooking for yourself, your friends, or your family, The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs has delicious recipes that will wow!"--Publisher's description.

3) The last dragon on Mars

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Reintgen, Scott

Series

Dragonships volume 1

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#3 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-01-19. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 14 week(s).

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Thirteen-year-old Lunar Jones was born on Mars, with every day a struggle, until he stumbles into a restricted military zone where he learns dragons are real and a new dragon has chosen him as a rider--a role he needs to embrace quickly because this dragon could save the Martian colony.

4) Wings of fire: a guide to the dragon world

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Sutherland, Tui

Series

Wings of Fire

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#4 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-01-19. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 50 week(s).

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Wings of Fire series soars to even greater heights with an all-new collection of stories and art from readers' favorite dragon world! Tui T. Sutherland and Wings of Fire cover artist Joy Ang delve deeper into the legends of the ten dragon tribes, creating the ultimate collection for every FanWing.

5) Wonder

Author

Palacio, R. J

Series

Thorndike Press large print The literacy bridge

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#5 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-01-19. Last week it was ranked 8. It has been on the list for 474 week(s).

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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, Playaway Wonderbook, Playaway/Launchpad

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August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid -- but his classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. Wonder begins from Auggie's point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of...

6) The Bletchley riddle

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Sepetys, Ruta

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#6 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-01-19. Last week it was ranked 6. It has been on the list for 13 week(s).

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"A stunning collaboration between award-winning and bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin, this middle grade historical adventure follows two siblings at Bletchley Park, the home of WWII codebreakers, as they try to unravel a mystery surrounding their mother's disappearance. Remember, you are bound by the Official Secrets Act... Summer, 1940. Nineteen-year-old Jakob Novis and his quirky younger sister Lizzie share a love of riddles and...

7) Odder

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Applegate, Katherine

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#7 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-01-19. It has been on the list for 96 week(s).

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Book, eAudiobook, Playaway Wonderbook, Playaway/Launchpad

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"Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself--and about the humans who hope to save her"--

8) When we flew away: a novel of Anne Frank, before the diary

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Hoffman, Alice

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#8 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-01-19. Last week it was ranked 10. It has been on the list for 9 week(s).

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In May 1940, Anne Frank is a young girl not quite eleven with all the ordinary problems of a little sister, but Amsterdam is about to be invaded by Nazis and after that everything changes.

9) The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science

Author

McKinnon, Kate

Series

The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science

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#9 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-01-19. Last week it was ranked 5. It has been on the list for 14 week(s).

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"So, you want to be a young mad scientist. Congratulations! Admitting it is the first step. The second step is reading the (definitely true) tale of the Porch sisters… Gertrude, Eugenia, and Dee-Dee Porch do not belong. They don’t belong in the snooty town of Antiquarium, where all girls have to go to etiquette school and the only dog allowed is the bichon frise. They don’t belong with their adoptive family, where all their cousins are named...

10) Heroes

Author

Gratz, Alan

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#10 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-01-19. Last week it was ranked 9. It has been on the list for 43 week(s).

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"December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. Their dads are Navy pilots stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the boys get a front-row view of the huge battleships and the sparkling water. Yes, World War II is raging in Europe and in Asia, but the US isn't involved in the war, and the boys are free to dream about becoming comic book creators. They've even invented a superhero of their own, in the style of Batman, Superman, Captain...