NY Times Children's Middle Grade Books Bestsellers at Howard County Library

The care & keeping of you 2 : the body book for older girls /

Author: Natterson, Cara Familian,
ISBN: 9781609580421
Date added: 02/20/2013
Summary: "This thoughtful advice book will guide you through the next steps of growing up. With illustrations and expert contributors, this book covers new questions about periods, your growing body, peer pressure, personal care, and more! Written by Dr. Cara Natt
Subjects: Teenage girls - Health and hygiene. - Puberty. - Special collections - Health. - Girls - Life skills guides.
Call number: 613S

House of secrets /

Author: Columbus, Chris.
ISBN: 9780062192462
Date added: 04/29/2013
Summary: Cordelia, Brendan, and Eleanor Walker, aged fifteen to eight, must rely on a mysterious book to face the Wind Witch and her father, the Storm King, who have kidnapped Dr. and Mrs. Walker and brought them to a strange world of magic.
Subjects: Books and reading - Fiction. - Fantasy. - Adventure and adventurers - Supernatural - Dwellings - Brothers and sisters
Call number: YA COL

LEGO Ninjago masters of Spinjitzu character encyclopedia /

Author: Sipi, Claire.
ISBN: 9780756698126;075669812
Year: 2012
Date added: 11/02/2012
Summary: "Learn everything there is to know about the world of LEGO Ninjago. Meet all the amazing minifigures, from the brave Ninja to their deadly enemies, the Skeletons and the Serpents. Discover the secrets of their mystical weapons and amazing vehicles, and
Subjects: Ninja. - LEGO toys.
Call number: J688.725S

The one and only Ivan /

Author: Applegate, Katherine.
ISBN: 9780061992254
Year: 2012
Date added: 01/23/2012
Summary: When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
Subjects: Gorilla - Fiction. - Animals - Treatment - Elephants - Newbery Medal.
Call number: JF APP

Out of my mind /

Author: Draper, Sharon M.
ISBN: 9781416971702
Year: 2010
Date added: 03/12/2010
Summary: Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.
Subjects: People with disabilities - Fiction. - Interpersonal relations - Cerebral palsy - Genius - Communication
Call number: YA DRA

Raising the bar /

Author: Douglas, Gabrielle,
ISBN: 9780310740704
Date added: 05/02/2013
Subjects: Douglas, Gabrielle, - Women gymnasts. - Autobiography.
Call number: JB DOUGLAS

A tale dark & Grimm /

Author: Gidwitz, Adam.
ISBN: 9780142419670;9780525423348
Year: 2010
Date added: 11/30/2010
Summary: Follows Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story and into eight more tales, encountering such wicked creatures as witches, along with kindly strangers and other helpful folk. Based in part on the Grimms' fairy tales Faithful Johannes, Hansel
Subjects: Characters in literature - Fiction. - Brothers and sisters - Fiction - Fairy tales.
Call number: YA GID

Timmy Failure. Mistakes were made /

Author: Pastis, Stephan.
ISBN: 9780763660505
Year: 2013
Date added: 02/22/2013
Summary: Meet Timmy Failure, the founder, president, and CEO of the best detective agency in town, probably the nation. And his lazy sidekick, Total, a 1,500-pound polar bear.
Subjects: Polar bear - Fiction. - Friendship - Private investigators - Mystery and detective stories. - Humorous stories.
Call number: JF PAS

Wonder /

Author: Palacio, R. J.
ISBN: 9780375869020
Year: 2012
Date added: 09/12/2012
Summary: 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
Subjects: Self-acceptance - Fiction. - Schools - Abnormalities, Human - Middle schools
Call number: JF PAL