Middle Grade

Middle Grade is a genre of novels written specifically for children roughly between the ages of 8 and 12 years old. These books are designed to match the emotional, intellectual, and social experiences of kids in upper elementary to early middle school.

The Moon Without Stars
Gumshoe
Nadia Islam, on the Record
Reach
Brady Mason's Perfect Fit
The Claiming (The Last Resort #2)
X Marks the Haunt
The Ordinary and Extraordinary Auden Greene
Saber-Tooth: A Novel in Verse
Unfairies: A Graphic Novel
A Sea Monster Conundrum (The Misfits)
Wallflower
Maple for the People
Keeper of the Lost Cities The Graphic Novel Part 2: Volume 1
Talons of Power: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #9)
Wonka
Partypooper (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #20)
Blood in the Water
All the Blues in the Sky
No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #18)
Diper Överlöde (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #17)
Alone
The Bletchley Riddle
The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
Ground Zero
The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story
Starfish
The Scarlet Shedder (Dog Man, #12)
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse - The Animated Story
The Dangerous Gift (Wings of Fire, #14)
Heartstopper by Alice OsemanIf This Gets Out by Sophie GonzalesPerfect on Paper by Sophie GonzalesShe Drives Me Crazy by Kelly QuindlenAny Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell
2021 YA Books with LGBT Themes
203 books — 741 voters
Crank by Ellen HopkinsImpulse by Ellen HopkinsIdentical by Ellen HopkinsGlass by Ellen HopkinsBurned by Ellen Hopkins
Novels in Verse
428 books — 758 voters

Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert  BeattyThe Sword of Summer by Rick RiordanFish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly HuntThe War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyNeverseen by Shannon Messenger
Middle Grade Novels of 2015
587 books — 1,120 voters
The Eighth Day by Dianne K. SalerniThe Only Thing Worse Than Witches by Lauren MagazinerThe Blood of Olympus by Rick RiordanA Snicker of Magic by Natalie LloydJust a Drop of Water by Kerry O'Malley Cerra
Middle Grade Novels of 2014
524 books — 1,158 voters

Hush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickThe Dark Divine by Bree DespainThe Body Finder by Kimberly DertingHex Hall by Rachel HawkinsSea by Heidi R. Kling
The Tenners! Debut YA & MG novels of 2010
88 books — 1,011 voters
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteIl giardino segreto by Frances Hodgson BurnettHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
50 Books Every Child Should Read
1,367 books — 1,059 voters

The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
Wonder (Wonder, #1)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
Coraline
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, #1)

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