NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover

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#1 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-04-27. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 31 week(s).

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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 2025-04-27. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 245 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) Wonder

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Palacio, R. J

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#3 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-04-27. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 488 week(s).

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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.

4) Refugee

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Gratz, Alan

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#4 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-04-27. It has been on the list for 283 week(s).

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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.

5) River of spirits

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Targosz, Shana

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#5 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-04-27. Last week it was ranked 5. It has been on the list for 3 week(s).

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"Senka lives between the realm of the Living and the realm of the Dead. As ward to Charon, the Ferryer of the Underworld, Senka assists in ferrying recently departed souls across the river and into their afterlife. Although Charon has taught her many Rules about life in the Underworld, there is much he avoids telling her. Though she doesn't understand why the Rules are so important, she listens--she must heed them in order to become an official Ferryer,...

6) The cursed campground

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Caramagna, Joe

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#7 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-04-27. Last week it was ranked 6. It has been on the list for 5 week(s).

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"It is a dark and stormy night, and the FGTeeV family is headed out to the woods for some old-fashioned, unplugged together time. But all is not as it seems at the cabin Duddy rented… strange mysteries are afoot. BIG-afoot. Provided by publisher.

7) Resist: a story of D-Day

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Gratz, Alan

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#8 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-04-27. Last week it was ranked 10. It has been on the list for 6 week(s).

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"When French-Algerian Samira's mother is arrested by the Nazis, Samira must go on a journey through Nazi-occupied France to save her before it is too late...on the same day as D-Day"-- Provided by publisher.

8) Rebellion 1776

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Anderson, Laurie Halse

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#9 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-04-27. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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"n the spring of 1776, thirteen-year-old Elsbeth Culpepper wakes to the sound of cannons. It’s the Siege of Boston, the Patriots’ massive drive to push the Loyalists out that turns the city into a chaotic war zone. Elsbeth’s father—her only living relative—has gone missing, leaving her alone and adrift in a broken town while desperately seeking employment to avoid the orphanage. Just when things couldn’t feel worse, the smallpox epidemic...

9) Heroes

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Gratz, Alan

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#10 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2025-04-27. It has been on the list for 54 week(s).

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Aboard the battleship the USS Utah with their Navy pilot fathers during WWII when the ship is attacked by the Japanese, Frank and Stanley find their friendship--and dreams--in jeopardy when Stanley is seen as the "enemy" because his mother is Japanese American.