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
Squalo & Mage vs. the Rage of the Bakunawa: A Graphic Novel
The Last Immortals: Dawn of the Axolotl (Epic Axolotls, #1)
Eva to the Max
First Crush (The New Girl #2)
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
Welcome to Merlin Academy (Descendants, #0)
The Lemonade War: The Graphic Novel
Blood in the Water
Odder
Wombat Waiting
Partypooper
Dawn on the Coast: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #19)
Alone
No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #18)
Starfish
Diper Överlöde (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #17)
The Dangerous Gift (Wings of Fire, #14)
The Flames of Hope (Wings of Fire, #15)
The Bletchley Riddle
Wonka
Ground Zero
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
1,119 books — 743 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
540 books — 1,190 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
858 books — 982 voters

Crank by Ellen HopkinsImpulse by Ellen HopkinsIdentical by Ellen HopkinsGlass by Ellen HopkinsBurned by Ellen Hopkins
Novels in Verse
459 books — 777 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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