OBOB 2027 Grades 6-8

Updated May 16, 2026
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The Bletchley riddle
Sepetys, Ruta
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A thrilling mystery and collaboration between award-winning and bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin! This historical adventure follows two siblings at Bletchley Park, the home of WWII codebreakers, as they try to unravel a mystery surrounding...
Bye forever, I guess
Meadows, Jodi
Ebook
Can a guarded gamer girl lower her shield for a new friend... or more-than-friend? "EARNEST AND LAUGH-OUT-LOUD... PITCH PERFECT."--Publishers Weekly, starred review Thirteen-year-old Ingrid's been living a double life. At school, she's her popular...
The first state of being
Kelly, Erin Entrada
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL A FINALIST FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ALA Notable Book for Children · Chicago Public Library Best Fiction for Older Readers of 2024 · Shelf Awareness Best Books of 2024 for Kids and Teens · BookPage...
A first time for everything : a true story
Santat, Dan
Paper Book
*Winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature* A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkward middle school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life. Dan's always been a...
A game of fox & squirrels
Reese, Jenn
Ebook
Impossible creatures
Rundell, Katherine
Paper Book
'There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell. Wondrous invention, marvellous writing.' - Michael Morpurgo There's a place where all the wildest stories began ... The first novel in the award winning and globally best-selling Impossible Creatures<...
Anne of Green Gables
Montgomery, L. M.
Paper Book
The cherished classic featuring everyone's favorite red-headed orphan, in this lush hardcover edition with beautiful cover illustrations by Anna Bond, the artist behind world-renowned stationery brand Rifle Paper Co. Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with...
The Mona Lisa vanishes : a legendary painter, a shocking heist, and the birth of a global celebrity
Day, Nick
Paper Book
"The tale of a stunning art heist with a contagious love of stranger-than-fiction true stories!"--Steve Sheinkin, Newbery Honor-winning author of Bomb The true story of how Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece became the most famous painting in the world after being stolen from the...
Peak
Smith, Roland
Paper Book
In this unputdownable, spine-tingling adventure of a lifetime called "a winner at every level,"* fourteen-year-old Peak Marcello attempts to be the youngest climber to summit Mount Everest. After Peak Marcello is arrested for scaling a New York City skyscraper, he's left with two choices:...
The remarkable journey of Coyote Sunrise
Gemeinhart, Dan
Paper Book
"Your heart needs this joyful miracle of a book." --Katherine Applegate, acclaimed author of The One and Only Ivan ★ "Narrator Coyote is legendary: wise, thoughtful, and perceptive" --Booklist, starred review A 2020 ILA Teachers' Choice ...
Wildfire
Bard, Breena
Paper Book
A Booklist Best Book of the Year * A Selection of the Washington Evergreen Graphic Novel Award Reading List ★"Climate anxiety is a real concern for many kids, especially those who have experienced wildfires firsthand, and this thoughtful...
Thanks a lot, Universe
Lucas, Chad
Paper Book
A moving middle-grade debut for anyone who's ever felt like they don't belong Brian has always been anxious, whether at home, or in class, or on the basketball court. His dad tries to get him to stand up for himself and his mom helps as much as she can, but after he and his...

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