Italian Americans in YA and Middle Grade Fiction

1.
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup 3.84 avg rating — 6,626 ratings
2.
Becoming Joe DiMaggio
Becoming Joe DiMaggio 3.63 avg rating — 123 ratings
3.
The Schwa Was Here (Antsy Bonano, #1)
The Schwa Was Here (Antsy Bonano, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 9,961 ratings
4.
The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)
The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 66,665 ratings
5.
Penny from Heaven
Penny from Heaven 4.01 avg rating — 9,755 ratings
6.
Hope in My Heart: Sofia's Immigrant Diary (My America, #1)
Hope in My Heart: Sofia's Immigrant Diary (My America, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 298 ratings
7.
Under Copp's Hill (American Girl History Mysteries, #8)
Under Copp's Hill (American Girl History Mysteries, #8) 3.98 avg rating — 566 ratings
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Dear Mr. President: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Letters from a Mill Town Girl
Dear Mr. President: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Letters from a Mill Town Girl 3.39 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Bloomability
Bloomability 4.06 avg rating — 10,607 ratings
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Probably the World's Best Story About a Dog and the Girl Who Loved Me
Probably the World's Best Story About a Dog and the Girl Who Loved Me 3.62 avg rating — 32 ratings
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The Day Grandma Came to Stay
The Day Grandma Came to Stay 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
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When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town 3.66 avg rating — 6,384 ratings
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Rosa, Sola
Rosa, Sola 4.14 avg rating — 81 ratings
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Before the Wildflowers Bloom
Before the Wildflowers Bloom 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
15.
The Possibilities of Sainthood
The Possibilities of Sainthood 3.59 avg rating — 1,047 ratings
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Kimchi & Calamari
Kimchi & Calamari
by: Rose Kent
3.64 avg rating — 1,399 ratings
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Macaroni Boy
Macaroni Boy 3.60 avg rating — 329 ratings
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Fire at the Triangle Factory
Fire at the Triangle Factory 4.11 avg rating — 66 ratings
19.
Isabella for Real
Isabella for Real 3.15 avg rating — 74 ratings
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The Beckoning Hills
The Beckoning Hills 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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One Hundred Spaghetti Strings
One Hundred Spaghetti Strings
by: Jen Nails
4.09 avg rating — 295 ratings
22.
Bread and Roses, Too
Bread and Roses, Too 3.78 avg rating — 2,685 ratings
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The Boys of San Joaquin
The Boys of San Joaquin 3.62 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Alligator Bayou
Alligator Bayou 3.59 avg rating — 555 ratings
25.
Everything Else in the Universe
Everything Else in the Universe 3.99 avg rating — 331 ratings
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One Time
One Time 3.93 avg rating — 1,367 ratings
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Nicky Deuce: Welcome to the Family
Nicky Deuce: Welcome to the Family 3.48 avg rating — 60 ratings
28.
Then Again, Maybe I Won't
Then Again, Maybe I Won't 3.75 avg rating — 14,675 ratings
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Within These Lines
Within These Lines 4.09 avg rating — 1,560 ratings
30.
Snow Lane
Snow Lane 3.77 avg rating — 470 ratings
31.
Joey the Good
Joey the Good
by: Erin Fry
4.45 avg rating — 20 ratings
32.
Where the Water Takes Us
Where the Water Takes Us 3.78 avg rating — 245 ratings
33.
Every Single Second
Every Single Second 3.75 avg rating — 639 ratings
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Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909
Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 4.06 avg rating — 1,822 ratings
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West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi
West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi 3.77 avg rating — 2,759 ratings
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The Orphan of Ellis Island
The Orphan of Ellis Island 3.85 avg rating — 1,300 ratings
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The King of Mulberry Street
The King of Mulberry Street 3.90 avg rating — 855 ratings
38.
American Ace
American Ace 3.41 avg rating — 670 ratings
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Burn It All Down
Burn It All Down 3.62 avg rating — 991 ratings
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Lucy Fights the Flames: A Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Survival Story
Lucy Fights the Flames: A Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Survival Story 4.11 avg rating — 163 ratings
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Here to Stay
Here to Stay really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
42.
Stars for Cristy
Stars for Cristy 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Eddie Spaghetti
Eddie Spaghetti 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Sweet America: An Immigrant's Story
Sweet America: An Immigrant's Story 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
45.
Keeping Score
Keeping Score 3.79 avg rating — 1,121 ratings
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Hill of Little Miracles
Hill of Little Miracles really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
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A Bandit's Tale: The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket
A Bandit's Tale: The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket 4.03 avg rating — 359 ratings
48.
Golden Gate
Golden Gate 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
49.
Because She's My Friend
Because She's My Friend 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Baseball Genius (Baseball Genius, #1)
Baseball Genius (Baseball Genius, #1)
by: Tim Green
4.26 avg rating — 702 ratings
51.
No Steady Job for Papa
No Steady Job for Papa 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
52.
The Other Shore
The Other Shore really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
53.
Annie on My Mind
Annie on My Mind 4.02 avg rating — 55,094 ratings
54.
The Summer of Dreams: The Story of a World's Fair Girl
The Summer of Dreams: The Story of a World's Fair Girl it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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A Place for Joey
A Place for Joey 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
56.
The 1970s: Arguments
The 1970s: Arguments 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
57.
10 Blind Dates
10 Blind Dates 3.98 avg rating — 28,377 ratings
58.
Confusion Is Nothing New
Confusion Is Nothing New 3.68 avg rating — 234 ratings
59.
Again, But Better
Again, But Better 3.62 avg rating — 35,081 ratings
60.
Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous
Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous 3.53 avg rating — 1,360 ratings
61.
When I Dream of Heaven: Angelina's Story
When I Dream of Heaven: Angelina's Story 3.12 avg rating — 16 ratings
62.
They're Always With You
They're Always With You 3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings
63.
Jersey Angel
Jersey Angel 3.11 avg rating — 643 ratings
64.
Mafia Girl
Mafia Girl 2.99 avg rating — 372 ratings
65.
Don't Go to Sleep
Don't Go to Sleep 3.20 avg rating — 1,686 ratings
66.
Anyone but You (Twisted Lit #3)
Anyone but You (Twisted Lit #3)
by: Kim Askew
3.71 avg rating — 140 ratings
67.
Chiara in the Dark
Chiara in the Dark 3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings
68.
The Long Run
The Long Run 4.28 avg rating — 3,905 ratings
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Daystar
Daystar it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The 1930s: Directions
The 1930s: Directions 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Cecelia's Locket
Cecelia's Locket really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
72.
A Night Without Stars
A Night Without Stars 3.99 avg rating — 172 ratings
73.
Crash (Visions, #1)
Crash (Visions, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 8,759 ratings
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Lost in Rome (Lost in Europe #3)
Lost in Rome (Lost in Europe #3) 4.27 avg rating — 371 ratings
75.
Letters from Italy
Letters from Italy 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
76.
Sea Beach Express
Sea Beach Express 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Nicky Deuce: Home for the Holidays
Nicky Deuce: Home for the Holidays really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Cristy at Skippinghills
Cristy at Skippinghills really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
79.
The Other Side of Freedom
The Other Side of Freedom 4.53 avg rating — 55 ratings
80.
Eddie Spaghetti on the Homefront
Eddie Spaghetti on the Homefront really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
81.
It Was September When We Ran Away the First Time
It Was September When We Ran Away the First Time 3.27 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Papa Luigi's Marionettes
Papa Luigi's Marionettes 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
83.
When Love Gives You Lemons
When Love Gives You Lemons 3.96 avg rating — 238 ratings