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)
All the Blues in the Sky
Blood in the Water
No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #18)
Diper Överlöde (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #17)
The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
The Bletchley Riddle
The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story
Ground Zero
Alone
The Dangerous Gift (Wings of Fire, #14)
Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1)
Odder
Spirit Service
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
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHoles by Louis SacharThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Books for twelve-year-old children
1,709 books — 1,116 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
Little Blue Truck by Alice SchertleThe Giver by Lois LowryDogs vs Bears by Austin    DavisThe Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley SpiresThe Going To Bed Book by Sandra Boynton
Middle School Book List
1,079 books — 663 voters

Heartstopper by Alice OsemanLoveless by Alice OsemanCemetery Boys by Aiden ThomasFelix Ever After by Kacen CallenderOnly Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales
2020 YA Books with LGBT Themes
214 books — 769 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
2,269 books — 3,660 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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