Middle School

You can find all the books on this list at the Berkeley Public Library!

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Fantasy


Amari and the Night Brothers

by B. B. Alston


Audiobook Available!

Ebook en Español


Mirage

by Somaiya Daud


Curse of the Night Witch

by Alex Aster


Audiobook Available!



Science Fiction


A Spoonful of Time

by Flora Ahn


The Q 

by Amy Tintera

The Rhythm of Tinme

by Questlove with S. A. Cosby


Realistic Fiction


The Elephant in the Room

by Holly Goldberg Sloan


Rivals

by Tommy Greenwald


Find Layla

by Meg Elison


Novels in Verse


Ain't Burned All the Bright

by Jason Reynolds


Audiobook Available!



Starfish

by Lisa Fipps


Audiobook Available!


Blood Brothers

by Rob Sanders


Mystery/Thriller


They're Watching You

by Chelsea Ichaso


I Will Find You Again

by Sarah Lyu


The Black Queen

by Jumata Emill


Audiobook Available!



Historical Fiction


Coming Up Cuban

by Sonia Manzano


Weird Rules to Follow

by Kim Spencer


The Red Palace

by Jun Hur


Audiobook Available!



Graphic Novels


A First Time for Everything

by Dan Santat


Over My Dead Body

by Sweeney Boo


Yummy: A History of Desserts

by Victoria Grace Elliott


Non-Fiction


In Harm's Way (Young Readers Edition): The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Story of Its Survivors

by Doug Stanton and Michael J. Tougias


Unequal: A Story of America

by Michael Eric Dyson and Marc Favreau


Audiobook Available!


A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

by Ariel Henley


Audiobook Available!



Horror


Mirror Girls

by Kelly McWilliams


Audiobook Available!



The Honeys

by Ryan La Sala


Audiobook Available!



Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls

by Kaela Rivera

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