Middle Grade Novels

Written by Naomi Shihab NyepaperbackHow much have you thrown away in your lifetime already? Do you ever think about it? Where does this plethora of...

Written by Andrea Davis Pinkney  |  Illustrated by Shane W. Evanspaperback Finally, Amira is twelve. She wants to learn to read and write, to set ...

Written by Susan Hoodpaperback With Nazis bombing London every night, it’s time for 13-year-old Ken to escape. He suspects his stepmother is glad t...

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

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

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 Karl NovapaperbackThe first published collection from Hip Hop poet Karl Nova has a refreshing directness, honesty and authenticity. Many...

Collected and Illustrated by Chris RiddellhardcoverIn Poems to Live Your Life By, Chris Riddell, political cartoonist for the Observer, has selecte...

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