NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover

New York Times - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover

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1. Wonder

Book cover for Wonder.
Notes:
#1 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2024-07-07. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 448 week(s).
Description:
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...
Book cover for Refugee.
Notes:
#2 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2024-07-07. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 262 week(s).
Description:
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.