Middle Years Nominees
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Form Vote for 2023-2024 Middle Years Book Award is opened from March 18th - March 22nd
If you have any issues accessing books, please contact Ms. Hien (librarya@stpaulhanoi.com)
🌟 1. Stargazing 🌟
Call Number: F WAN
Author: Jen Wang
ISBN: 9781250183873
Publication Date: 2019
Summary: STARGAZING tells the unlikely friendship story of elementary schoolers Christine and Moon. Christine's friends warn her to stay away from Moon, who has a reputation for beating people up. But when Moon moves in next door to Christine, Christine finally meets someone very different from what she expected. Their friendship grows as the two girls ride to school together and start working on a talent-show routine. Moon is truly different, in many ways that Christine wishes she could be, too. So why does Christine betray Moon and draw away from her, just when a serious medical condition means Moon needs a friend more than ever?
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2. A wish in the dark
Call Number: F SOO
Author: Christina Soontornvat
ISBN: 9781536222975
Publication Date: 2020
Summary: A Wish In The Dark is a thought-provoking novel about elitism and justice, following two kids who are polar opposites – Pong, a boy with a kind heart and a bright mind who hopes to see the world; and Nok, a perfectionist who lives to make her parents proud.
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3. Stuntboy, in the Meantime
Call Number: F REY
Author: Jason Reynolds
ISBN: 9781534418165
Publication Date: 2021
Summary: Meet Stuntboy. He's the newest superhero in town. Or at least in his own head. He'll save you from baddies like Herbert Singletary The Worst and the Frets. Or at least he'll TRY to. And maybe someone will end up saving him too... From two superheroes, 2021 CILIP Carnegie Medal winning author Jason Reynolds and super illustrator Raul the Third, comes a never-before-seen tale featuring acts of daring and courage... and one mysterious cat.
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4. They Called Us Enemy
Call Number: Library Classroom Set
Author: George Takei
ISBN: 9781603094504
Publication Date: 2019
Summary: Actor, author, and activist George Takei recounts his childhood imprisoned within American relocation camps for Japanese Americans during World War II, and the impact the experience had on his later life.
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5. Class Act
Call Number: Library Classroom Set
Author: Jerry Craft
ISBN: 9780062885517
Publication Date: 2020
Summary: Eighth grader Drew Ellis recognizes that he isn't afforded the same opportunities, no matter how hard he works, that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted, and to make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids and is finding it hard not to withdraw, even as their mutual friend Jordan tries to keep their group of friends together.
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