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.

Rootbound: A Tangled Novel
The Girl Who Loved Monsters (A Devilfish Bay Book)
Sleepless
The Ginghams
My Tokyo Summer
The Baby-sitters Club Fan Edition: Baby-sitter Summer
Wolf's Belly
Girl from the Ashes
The Doll House
Kingdom Unraveled: A Closely Knit Graphic Adventure
Froggy: Autumn Antics! (Froggy, #2)
Howliday Inn the Graphic Novel (Bunnicula: The Graphic Novels, #2)
The Grey Beret's Guide to Surviving the Odds
The Princess Diaries: The Graphic Novel (The Princess Diaries Graphic Novels, #1)
100 Cupboards: The Graphic Novel
Warriors Graphic Novel: The New Prophecy #1 (Warriors Graphic Novel: The New Prophecy, #1)
The Lemonade War: The Graphic Novel
No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #18)
Partypooper (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #20)
The Princess Diaries: The Graphic Novel (The Princess Diaries Graphic Novels, #1)
Blood in the Water
Diper Överlöde (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #17)
Alone (Alone #1)
The Dangerous Gift (Wings of Fire, #14)
The Flames of Hope (Wings of Fire, #15)
Ground Zero
The Baby-sitters Club Fan Edition: Baby-sitter Summer
Wonka
Odder
The Bletchley Riddle
Crank by Ellen HopkinsImpulse by Ellen HopkinsIdentical by Ellen HopkinsGlass by Ellen HopkinsBurned by Ellen Hopkins
Novels in Verse
463 books — 805 voters
Alanna by Tamora PierceTwelfth Night by William ShakespeareLeviathan by Scott WesterfeldEon by Alison GoodmanIn the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce
Girls disguised as Boys
862 books — 1,010 voters

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieCinder by Marissa MeyerAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzEleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Diversity in Young Adult and Middle Grade
1,926 books — 1,313 voters
Little Blue Truck by Alice SchertleThe Giver by Lois LowryDogs vs Bears by Austin    DavisThe Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley SpiresOswald the Almost Famous Opossum by Sara Pascoe
Middle School Book List
1,121 books — 743 voters

Wonder by R.J. PalacioThe One and Only Ivan by Katherine ApplegateThe False Prince by Jennifer A. NielsenKeeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon MessengerThe Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
Middle Grade Novels of 2012
260 books — 673 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Favorite books from my childhood
4,507 books — 7,731 voters

The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher'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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