There are 26 books in the New York Times Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover Best Sellers 2023 list. Here are the 26 books ranked from 1 to 26.
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1. Wonder
Weeks on the list: 13
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by: R.J. Palacio Release date: Jan 01, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A boy with a facial deformity starts school.
2. The Complete Cookbook For Young Chefs
Weeks on the list: 13
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by: America’s Test Kitchen Kids Release date: Sep 15, 2018 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Over 100 kid-tested recipes from America’s Test Kitchen.
3. Odder
Weeks on the list: 13
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by: Katherine Applegate. Release date: Sep 20, 2022 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
After a shark attack, Odder recuperates at the aquarium with the scientists who raised her.
4. Two Degrees
Weeks on the list: 13
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by: Alan Gratz Release date: Sep 06, 2022 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Four kids simultaneously experience three natural catastrophes due to climate change.
5. Refugee
Weeks on the list: 10
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by: Alan Gratz Release date: Jan 01, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Three children in three different conflicts look for safe haven.
6. The Door Of No Return
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Kwame Alex, er Release date: Jan 01, 2022 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Kofi’s life is turned upside down after his brother accidentally kills a prince in a wresting match.
7. Little Leaders
Weeks on the list: 8
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by: Vashti Harrison Release date: Dec 05, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The biographies of 40 African-American women who made a difference.
8. Little Legends: Exceptional Men In Black History
Weeks on the list: 7
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by: Vashti Harrison , Kwesi Johnson Release date: Nov 12, 2019 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Biographies of trailblazing black men.
9. A Rover’s Story
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Jasmine Warga Release date: Jan 01, 2022 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A Mars rover named Resilience develops emotions.
10. Daughter Of The Deep
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Rick Riordan Release date: Jan 01, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Ana Dakkar faces the weekend trials at the Harding-Pencroft Academy.
11. The Swifts
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Beth Lincoln. Release date: Feb 07, 2023 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Shenanigan Swift investigates murders during a family reunion treasure hunt.
12. Amari And The Great Game
Weeks on the list: 3
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by: B.B. Alston Release date: Feb 01, 2022 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Amari agrees to participate in the Great Game after a magician with dangerous plans for the League steps forward.
13. The Last Cuentista
Weeks on the list: 3
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by: Donna Barba Higuera Release date: Aug 17, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Petra is one of the last people who have memories of the planet Earth.
14. The Christmas Pig
Weeks on the list: 3
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by: J.K. Rowling. Release date: Oct 12, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
When a young boy’s favorite toy goes missing, it’s Christmas Pig to the rescue!
15. The Complete Baking Book For Young Chefs
Weeks on the list: 3
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by: America’s Test Kitchen Kids Release date: Oct 01, 2019 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
One hundred plus kid-tested baking recipes.
16. Warriors: A Starless Clan: Sky
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Erin Hunter Release date: Nov 01, 2022 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Disaster strikes at the heart of RiverClan, and its survival depends on the young medicine cat apprentice Frostpaw.
17. Unstoppable Us, Vol. 1
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Yuval Noah Harari. Release date: Oct 18, 2022 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A look at the early history of humankind.
18. Stuntboy, In The Meantime
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Jason Reynolds. Release date: Nov 09, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
As a coping mechanism for his “frets,” a young boy creates a superhero alter ego.
19. The Official Harry Potter Baking Book
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Joanna Farrow Release date: Jan 08, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Forty-three tasty recipes inspired by the Harry Potter films.
20. Ground Zero
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Alan Gratz Release date: Feb 02, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Parallel storylines of Brandon and Reshmina take place on Sept. 11th, in 2001 and 2019.
21. On Air With Zoe Washington
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Janae Marks Release date: Feb 14, 2023 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
After clearing her father’s name for a crime he didn’t commit, Zoe now wants to help him open his own restaurant.
22. The Human Kaboom
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Adam Rubin Release date: Feb 21, 2023 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Six humorous tales, all with the same explosive title.
23. Finally Seen
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Kelly Yang Release date: Feb 28, 2023 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A young girl moves from China to America to be reunited with her family after five years apart.
24. The Windeby Puzzle
Weeks on the list: 1
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by: Lois Lowry Release date: Feb 14, 2023 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Estrild dreams of becoming the first female warrior in her village during the Iron Age.
25. Iceberg
Weeks on the list: 1
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by: Jennifer A. Nielsen Release date: Mar 07, 2023 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Hazel Rothbury stows away on the Titanic.
26. New From Here
Weeks on the list: 1
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by: Kelly Yang Release date: Mar 01, 2022 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Knox and his family return to California from Hong Kong.
Last updated on Sunday, March 19, 2023