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.

Wombat Waiting
The Second Life of Snap
Song of the Yellow Dragon
This Could All Go Bad
The Unchosen One
That's What Heroes Do
Squalo & Mage vs. the Rage of the Bakunawa: A Graphic Novel
The Last Immortals: Dawn of the Axolotl (Epic Axolotls, #1)
First Crush (The New Girl #2)
Eva to the Max
Bad Badger: A Family Story
My Name Is Harriet Mansoor, NOT Hairy Man Suit!
The Traitor's Gambit (Wilderlore, #5)
Karen's Surprise (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novels, #12)
Opting Out
The Lemonade War: The Graphic Novel
Wombat Waiting
Alone
Partypooper
Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1)
Blood in the Water
A Place Between (Lightfall, #4)
Odder
Wonka
The Dangerous Gift (Wings of Fire, #14)
No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #18)
Pocket Peaches (Volume 1)
The Trouble with Heroes
Ground Zero
Starfish
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
2,329 books — 3,802 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
92 books — 1,036 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
258 books — 657 voters

Crank by Ellen HopkinsImpulse by Ellen HopkinsIdentical by Ellen HopkinsGlass by Ellen HopkinsBurned by Ellen Hopkins
Novels in Verse
461 books — 787 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
1,745 books — 1,236 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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