Middle Grade Novels

Written by Tammar SteinpaperbackMotti knows that war is coming. Israel is only nineteen years old the same age as Motti's older brother, Gideon a...

Written by Tanya Lloyd KyipaperbackMya Parsons runs her school’s social justice club with her best friend, Cleo. Her lifelong desire is to work for...

Written by Sara Pennypacker |  Illustrated by Jon KlassenpaperbackWare can’t wait to spend summer “off in his own world”—dreaming of knights in th...

Written by R.J. Palaciopaperback These companion stories to Wonder are an extra peek at Auggie before he started at Beecher Prep and during his fir...

Written by Alan Gratzpaperback It all started the day Amy Anne Ollinger tried to check out her favorite book in the whole world, From the Mixed-Up ...

Written by Pip HarrypaperbackA moving and heartwarming verse novel from CBCA shortlisted author Pip Harry about friendship, new experiences and st...

Written by Leslie Connorpaperback Mason Buttle is the biggest, sweatiest kid in his grade, and everyone knows he can barely read or write. Mason’s ...

Written by John David AndersonpaperbackThere are different kinds of teachers - the boring ones, the mean ones, the ones you’ll never remember and t...

Written by Raina Telgemeierpaperback Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Ra...

Written by Raina Telgemeierpaperback Callie loves theater. and while she would totally try out for her middle school's production of Moon over Miss...

Written and Illustrated by Raina Telgemeierpaperback Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and f...

Written by Kathryn ApelpaperbackShe’s big.She’s smart.She’s mean.She’s the bully on the bus.She picks on me and I don’t like it.But I don’t know ho...

Written by John Heffernanpaperback Naveed is sick of war - of the foreign powers and the Taliban, the warlords and the drug barons that together ha...

Written by Joseph Coelhopaperback A disappearing father and a Mermaid-Queen mother; statues that sing for flesh and blood; bullies who kick you un...

Written by Tan Ter Cheah  |  Illustrated by Nuopaperback Tessie has lost a leg to a bad, bad illness called “cancer”. She can no longer play her fa...

Written by Eva Wong Navapaperback Open is a 10-year-old-boy with a curiosity for life and the things that happen around him. He is on the autism sp...

Written by Lisa Thompsonpaperback Cole's family is struggling to make ends meet and he doesn't fit in with the rich kids at his school. Until the d...

Written by Lisa Thompsonpaperback Maxwell is permanently in trouble. He’s a total menace to his teachers and big sister, but has a soft side too: ...

Written by Lisa ThompsonpaperbackReturn to the wonderful characters of beloved, bestselling, award-winning The Goldfish Boy, one of the most talked...

Written by Lisa Thompsonpaperback Nate and his mother are running away, hiding out in a tumbledown cottage in the middle of a forest. When Mum hea...

Written by Lisa Thompson  |  Illustrated by Alice McKinleypaperbackThere is wonder all around. You’ve just got to remember to look up…Tabby’s fed u...

Written by Lisa Thompsonpaperback A crumbling stone soldier sits on a bench in the park. Only Owen understands how important he is. At home, Owen a...

Written by Laura ShovanpaperbackLaura Shovan’s engaging, big-hearted debut is a time capsule of one class’s poems during a transformative school ye...

Written by Wai Chimpaperback An evocative and compelling story about one boy living through the 2014 drought in Henan, China.Shaozhen has no intent...

Written by Samantha Wheelerpaperback Can Isaac keep everyone happy while still finding the time to protect his turtles?10-year-old Isaac is flat ou...

Written by Aisha Saeedpaperback Amal has big dreams, until a nightmarish encounter . . .Twelve-year-old Amal’s dream of becoming a teacher one day ...

Written by Josephine Chia |  Illustrated by Lee Kowlingpaperback It is 1958 and Josephine is staring at a Milo tin. She cannot make sense of the l...

Written by Oliver Phommavanhpaperback From the madcap bestselling author of Thai-riffic!, Con-nerd and The Other Christy comes this completely insi...

Written by Kate Beasley  |  Illustrated by Dan SantatpaperbackFrederick Frederickson has a food-chain theory about life.There are lions, like the s...

Written by Nat AmoorepaperbackThe hilarious story of one bag of cash, two best friends and a whole lot of trouble.Finding a million dollars in your...

Written by Nat AmoorepaperbackThe outrageous story of three best friends, one greedy mayor and a whole lot of pranking.Green Peas is our name and ...

Written by N. H. SenzaipaperbackSilver and gold balloons. A birthday cake covered in pink roses. A new dress.Nadia stands at the center of attentio...

Written by Jamie SumnerpaperbackIn the tradition of Wonder and Out of My Mind, this big-hearted middle grade debut tells the story of an irrepressi...

Written by Aimee LucidopaperbackAn original, inventive and heart-warming novel about a lonely new girl and an unlikely friendship formed in a schoo...

Written by Joanne O'ConnellpaperbackLaurie's home-made beauty recipes are no secret. The secret is that her eco-warrior family get their ingredient...

Written by Jessica KimpaperbackOn the outside, Yumi Chung suffers from #shygirlproblems, a perm-gone-wrong, and kids calling her “Yu-MEAT” because ...

Written by Danny Wallace  |  Illustrated by Danny WallacepaperbackCan you imagine a world with no screens? Don't miss the hilarious new 'what-if' a...

Written by Katherine Applegatepaperback In her first novel since winning the Newbery Medal, author Katherine Applegate delivers an unforgettable an...

Written and Illustrated by Remy LaipaperbackEach book will be accompanied by a specially autographed bookplate from Remy. *while stocks last* When ...

Written by Zanib Mianpaperback Welcome to the imaginative brain of Omar!Omar and his family have just moved, and he is not excited about starting a...

Written by Lisa Thompsonpaperback 12-year-old Matthew is trapped in his bedroom by crippling OCD, spending most of his time staring out of his win...

Written by Dusti Bowlingpaperback “Whoa! What happened to your arms?”Aven Green gets that question a lot. She loves to tell people that she lost he...

Written by Catherine BrutonpaperbackAya is eleven years old and has just arrived in Britain with her mum and baby brother, seeking asylum from war ...

Written by Rob HarrellpaperbackA hilarious and heart-wrenching story about surviving middle school–and an unthinkable diagnosis–while embracing lif...

Written by Tammar Steinpaperback Yom Kippur. Israel, 1973. When war suddenly erupt, Beni’s and his family have to evacuate fast and Beni quickly re...