Perrot Library Young Critics' Club Favorites for 6th, 7th, & 8th Graders from 2024-2025Like this list

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• The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

  Choldenko, Gennifer, 1957-

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  *** The #1 Favorite Book of the Year! *** When eleven-year-old Hank's mother does not come home after a week, he and his toddler sister, Boo, seek out the stranger listed as their emergency contact, even though it means social workers, a new school,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bye Forever, I Guess

  Meadows, Jodi,

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  *** In Second Place *** Eighth-grader Ingrid runs a popular blog anonymously and has online personas more popular than she is, but when a wrong-number text message offers her a chance at connection, Ingrid opens herself to the opportunity to make a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Dragon on Mars

  Reintgen, Scott,

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  *** And in Third Place*** Thirteen-year-old Lunar Jones was born on Mars, with every day a struggle, until he stumbles into a restricted military zone. He learns dragons are real and a new dragon has chosen him as a rider-- a role he needs to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mystery of Locked Rooms

  Currie, Lindsay

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  #4... Sarah Greene wants nothing more from her seventh-grade year than to beat the hardest escape room left in her town with her best friends, West, and Hannah. But when a foreclosure notice shows up on Sarah's front door, everything changes. Since…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Not Nothing

  Forman, Gayle,

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  #5... When troubled twelve-year-old Alex is assigned to spend his summer volunteering at a senior living facility, he forms a unique bond with a Holocaust survivor and learns lessons that change the trajectory of his life.

• Code Name Kingfisher

  Kessler, Liz

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  #6... While helping her father empty her beloved grandmother's house, 13-year-old Liv finds an old chest that reveals Oma's involvement in the Dutch resistance during WWII and learns what it means to be brave and go above and beyond to offer someone…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Popcorn

  Harrell, Rob,

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  #7... Andrew's just trying to make it through Picture Day, which is easier said than done when it seems like the whole world is out to get him-- from a bully to a science experiment gone wrong to a someone else's juice snot (don't ask). But as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bletchley Riddle

  Sepetys, Ruta,

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  #8... Summer, 1940. Nineteen-year-old Jakob Novis and his quirky younger sister Lizzie share a love of riddles and puzzles. And now they’re living inside of one. The quarrelsome siblings find themselves amidst one of the greatest secrets of World…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Away

  An Alone Novel

  Freeman, Megan E.,

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  #9... After an imminent yet unnamed danger forces people across Colorado to leave their homes, a group of kids-- including an aspiring filmmaker and a budding journalist-- find themselves in the same evacuation camp. As they cope with the aftermath…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sherlock Society

  Ponti, James

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  And finally, #10... Twelve-year-old Alex Sherlock, his thirteen-year-old sister Zoe, and their friends Lina and Yadi decide to spend their summer in Miami investigating the many "cold cases" their grandfather accumulated during his years as a…Read moreRead more of this annotation