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Zoo island tomas rivera book2/24/2023 ![]() Insignificant Events in the Life of a CactusĪfter thwarting a notorious villain at an eco-summit in Paris, the City Spies are gearing up for their next mission. Packed with adventure and heart, Across the Desert speaks to the resilience, hope, and strength within each of us. With no one to turn to for help and armed with only a hand-drawn map and a stolen cell phone, it’s up to Jolene to find a way to save the Desert Aviator. Jolene knows that Addie won’t survive long in the extreme summer desert heat. Then, one day, it all goes wrong: Addie’s engine abruptly stops, and Jolene watches in helpless horror as the ultralight plummets to the ground and the video goes dark. And Addie, who is grieving the loss of her father, finds solace in her online conversations with Jolene, her biggest-and only-fan. While watching this daring girl fly through the sky, Jolene can dream of what it would be like to fly with her, far away from her own troubled home life where her mother struggles with a narcotic addiction. Welve-year-old Jolene spends every day she can at the library watching her favorite livestream: The Desert Aviator, where twelve-year-old “Addie Earhart” shares her adventures flying an ultralight plane over the desert. And if this wild creature has made a life for itself in the suburbs, then, just maybe, Rigel can too. until she befriends a crow living behind her school. Middle school is nothing like the wilderness, and she doesn’t connect with anyone. ![]() Her only hope is a secret pact that she made with her father: If she can stick it out in Connecticut for one year, he’ll bring her back home.Īt first, surviving the year feels impossible. It’s noisy, and crowded, and there’s no real nature. She doesn’t mind not having electricity or running water-instead, she’s got tall trees, fresh streams, and endless sky.īut then her parents divorce, and Rigel and her sisters have to move with their mom to the Connecticut suburbs to live with a grandmother they’ve never met. She hunts rabbits, takes correspondence classes through the mail, and plays dominoes with her family in their two-room cabin. But bartering with the trickster Anansi always comes at a price.Ĭan Tristan save this world before he loses more of the things he loves?Įleven-year-old Rigel Harman loves her life in off-the-grid Alaska. In order to get back home, Tristan and these new allies will need to entice the god Anansi, the Weaver, to come out of hiding and seal the hole in the sky. Tristan finds himself in the middle of a battle that has left black American folk heroes John Henry and Brer Rabbit exhausted. In a last attempt to wrestle the journal out of the creature’s hands, Tristan punches the tree, accidentally ripping open a chasm into the MidPass, a volatile place with a burning sea, haunted bone ships, and iron monsters that are hunting the inhabitants of this world. Tristan chases after it–is that a doll?–and a tug-of-war ensues between them underneath a Bottle Tree. But on his first night there, a sticky creature shows up in his bedroom and steals Eddie’s notebook. Tristan is dreading the month he’s going to spend on his grandparents’ farm in Alabama, where he’s being sent to heal from the tragedy. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. ![]() Seventh grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. Want to help by contributing to this list? Add book suggestions here or fill out the form at the bottom of the page. If you’re a fan of books set in specific locations, you’ll enjoy browsing our lists of middle grade books set in Europe, Asia, set in Africa, and set in New York. ![]() ![]() Many of the books listed mention specific spots in the towns/cities where they’re set and can be a joy for readers from those states/cities/towns. Not all authors mention or lend much credence to their book’s setting, so not every middle grade book can feature on this list. Some books are set in multiple states, and for those we’ve classed them under the state in which most of the story happens. For this list, we’ve included middle grade books set throughout the US (in all 50 states), from Alabama to Wyoming. I hope it will be an eternal work in progress - relying also on your contributions. If you’ve ever wanted to read across the United States by reading middle grade books set across the US, you’ll love this list/database. ![]()
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