Middle School and YA

Fiction
Confessions of a So-Called Middle Child - Maria T. Lennon
Charlie C. Cooper, reformed bully, gifted hacker, and middle child wants to make "cool" friends at her new school in Los Angeles, but her psychologist tasks her with becoming friends with the school's "biggest loser".

The Lord of Opium - Nancy Farmer
Sequel to The House of the Scorpion. In 2137, fourteen-year-old Matt is stunned to learn that, as the clone of El Patrón, he is expected to take over as leader of the corrupt drug empire of Opium, where there is also a hidden cure for the ecological devastation faced by the rest of the world.

Insignia - S.J. Kincaid
Tom, a fourteen-year-old genius at virtual reality games, is recruited by the United States Military to begin training at the Pentagon Spire as a Combatant in World War III, controlling the mechanized drones that do the actual fighting off-planet.

Vortex - S.J. Kincaid
Sequel to Insignia. While serving as a superhuman government weapon during World War III, teenager Tom Raine's loyalties are tested by corruption and nefarious enemies.

The War Within These Walls - Aline Sax
Misha and his family do their best to survive in the appalling conditions of the Warsaw ghetto during World War II, and ultimately make a final, desperate stand against the Nazis.

Rose Under Fire - Elizabeth Wein
Companion book to Code Name Verity. When young American pilot Rose Justice is captured by Nazis and sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious women's concentration camp, she finds hope in the impossible through the loyalty, bravery, and friendship of her fellow prisoners.

Nonfiction
The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible...on Schindler's List
- Leon Leyson
The biography of Leon Leyson, the only memoir published by a former Schindler's List child.

"The President Has Been Shot!" The Assassination of John F. Kennedy - James L. Swanson
Recounts the 35th president's assassination and details key events while sharing informative back matter and archival photographs.