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.

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A Place Between (Lightfall #4)
A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic: Or, Like Lightning in an Umbrella Storm
The Forgotten Lore (Ellen Poe #1)
Clock Hands
When You're Brave Enough
Chernobyl, Life, and Other Disasters: A Graphic Memoir
Nell O'Dell Hates Quests (The Golden Crossroads, #1)
The Genie Game (The Genie Game #1)
Girl of Lore
Confessions of a Mango
My Sister, the Freak
Theft of the Ruby Lotus
Dawn on the Coast: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #19)
Princess Academy: The Graphic Novel
The Lemonade War: The Graphic Novel
Partypooper
Dawn on the Coast: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #19)
Nightmare on Nightmare Street
Odder
Blood in the Water
Alone
The Dangerous Gift (Wings of Fire, #14)
Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1)
No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #18)
Ground Zero
I Am Rebel
The Flames of Hope (Wings of Fire, #15)
Diper Överlöde (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #17)
Snoop
The Princess and the Page by Christina FarleyForget Me Not by Ellie TerryThe Dark Prophecy by Rick RiordanThe Ship of the Dead by Rick RiordanThe Peculiar Incident on Shady Street by Lindsay Currie
Middle Grade Novels of 2017
560 books — 792 voters

Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanHoles by Louis Sachar
Top 100 Middle School Must-Reads
2,310 books — 3,794 voters

Heart of Flames by Nicki Pau PretoOne of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManusThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne CollinsAll the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn  GraceThese Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
Young Adult Novels 2020
385 books — 801 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
90 books — 1,020 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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