NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover

1) THE MILLICENT QUIBB SCHOOL OF ETIQUETTE FOR YOUNG LADIES OF MAD SCIENCE

Author

McKinnon, Kate

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#1 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2024-10-20. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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2) Impossible creatures

Author

Rundell, Katherine

Series

Impossible creatures volume 1

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#2 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2024-10-20. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 4 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.

3) Spooky lakes: 25 strange and mysterious lakes that dot our planet

Author

Rutherford, Geo

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#3 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2024-10-20. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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"Some of Earth's strangest-and creepiest-wonders lie deep below the surface. There's Lake Natron, a Tanzanian lake so briny that its waters can mummify any creature that touches its surface; Lake Maracaibo, a Venezuelan tidal bay where a constantly brewing storm sends an average of 28 lightning bolts per second into the water; and at the bottom of Lake Superior, the crew of the USS Kamloops-which mysteriously disappeared in 1921-remains somehow almost...

4) The Hotel Balzaar: a Norendy tale

Author

DiCamillo, Kate

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#6 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2024-10-20. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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At the Hotel Balzaar, Marta's mother rises before the sun, puts on her uniform, and instructs Marta to roam as she will but quietly, invisibly like a little mouse. While her mother cleans rooms, Marta slips down the back staircase to the grand lobby to chat with the bellman, study the painting of an angel's wing over the fireplace, and watch a cat chase a mouse around the face of the grandfather clock, all the while dreaming of the return of her soldier...

5) The leadership journey: how four kids became president

Author

Goodwin, Doris Kearns

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#7 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2024-10-20. It has been on the list for 3 week(s).

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"Abraham Lincoln. Theodore Roosevelt. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Lyndon B. Johnson. They grew up and lived in very different worlds--Lincoln was poor and uneducated, his frontier cabin home deep in the harsh wilderness; Theodore Roosevelt hailed from an elegant home in the heart of New York City and traveled the world with his family; Franklin Roosevelt loved the outdoors surrounding his family's rural estate where he was the center of attention;...

6) The complete cookbook for young chefs

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#8 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2024-10-20. It has been on the list for 218 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.

7) Wonder

Author

Palacio, R. J

Series

Brilliance Audio on compact disc

Notes

#9 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2024-10-20. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 463 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.

8) Odder

Author

Applegate, Katherine

Series

Thorndike Press youth large print

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#10 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list for 2024-10-20. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 93 week(s).

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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"--Provided by publisher.