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We Got the Beat by Jenna MillerSuperficial by Diane BillasCanto Contigo by Jonny Garza VillaMy Fair Brady by Brian D. KennedySkater Boy by Anthony Nerada
2024 Queer YA Books
120 books — 46 voters
Warning! Short Stories for Middle School Boys Only, Because G... by Gene J. MillerHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHow I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill by James PattersonThe Worst Years of My Life by James PattersonI Even Funnier by James Patterson
Best Books for Middle School Boys
138 books — 34 voters

Coraline by Neil GaimanStage Fright by Wendy ParrisThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Haunting of Room 909 by Michael JamesMore Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
Bone-Chilling Tales for Middle Grades
76 books — 24 voters
The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang by Stan YanGhost by Jason ReynoldsWonder by R.J. PalacioMy Life as a Book by Janet TashjianSurviving Moose Lake by Karl Steam
Best Books for Tweens
55 books — 20 voters

An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver SacksThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettOur Time To Dance, A Mother's Journey To Joy by Eva Doherty GremmertBecoming Human by Jean VanierA Disability History of the United States by Kim E. Nielsen
Ability and Disability Introduction - Monthly List #1
35 books — 19 voters
Like We Were in Paris by Stephan LeeEspíritu by Aiden ThomasIf All the Stars Go Dark by S.G. PrinceOne Word, Six Letters by Adib KhorramBridget and Gabe Are Not Okay by Lex Croucher
2026 Queer Boy YA
90 books — 12 voters

El Deafo by Cece BellSoul Surfer by Bethany HamiltonEnchanted Air by Margarita EngleThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William KamkwambaFatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton
Memoir and Autobiographies for Middle Grades
20 books — 9 voters
The Lightning Queen by Laura ResauThe Diddakoi by Rumer GoddenSon of Black Beauty by Phyllis BriggsThe Barefoot Queen by Ildefonso FalconesGypsy Movements by Jud Nirenberg
Gypsy/Romany Reads
29 books — 8 voters

El Teatro de los Monstruos by Viviana CorderoDevolver al Remitente by Julia AlvarezBrújula Moral by Bryant JohnsonEsperanza Renace (Esperanza Rising) (Scholastic Gold) by Pam Muñoz RyanDialogue Prompt; No Estamos Solos En El Universo by Bryant Johnson
Young Adult Fiction in Spanish
12 books — 6 voters
Wonder by R.J. PalacioIn a Glass Grimmly by Adam GidwitzA Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue ParkJefferson's Sons by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyShadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
VSBA Fiction Nominees (Middle Grades) 2012-2013 through 2017-2018
94 books — 5 voters

Wink by Rob HarrellThe Moonstone Girls by Brooke SkipstoneMallee Boys by Charlie ArchboldAcross the Desert by Dusti BowlingSkellig by David Almond
Middle Grades/YA Books with Orange Covers
77 books — 5 voters
The Web Paige Chronicles by Emilio IasielloWhere Am I From? by Elisavet ArkolakiConker as Hard as a Diamond by Chris PowlingThank Fall by Ciara L. HillPolly Diamond and the Magic Book by Alice Kuipers
Unique finds to read with kids in autumn
11 books — 4 voters

A House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly GiffRed Madness by Gail JarrowFatal Fever by Gail JarrowPatient Zero by Marilee PetersTerrible Typhoid Mary by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Medical Mystery for Children
15 books — 3 voters
The Ultimate Game by Sean AustinGo Fox by Helen DunmoreA Villain's Night Out by Margaret MahyJosh Baxter Levels Up by Gavin BrownGamer by Alan Durant
Video Game Fiction for Middle Grades
8 books — 3 voters

Race to the Sun by Rebecca RoanhorseSorcery of Thorns by Margaret RogersonAru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani ChokshiThe Last Fallen Star by Graci KimThe Storm Runner by J.C. Cervantes
Mrs. Croteau's Middle School Rec list
37 books — 3 voters
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae MarksGoldie Vance Vol. 1 by Hope LarsonThe Spiderwick Chronicles Box Set by Tony DiTerlizziThe Hidden Staircase by Carolyn KeeneHardy Boys Complete Series Set Books 1-66 by Franklin W. Dixon
Middle school mysteries
16 books — 3 voters

Camp QUILTBAG by Nicole MellebyDifferent Kinds of Fruit by Kyle LukoffCandidly Cline by Kathryn OrmsbeeThis Is Our Rainbow by Katherine LockeSnapdragon by Kat Leyh
Middle Grades LGBTQ+ Books
38 books — 3 voters
The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva IbbotsonThe House in Norham Gardens by Penelope LivelyHere Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed by Maggie PrinceSmith by Leon GarfieldJohn Diamond by Leon Garfield
Set in London - Juvenile Fiction (LG, MG, YA)
104 books — 3 voters

When Life Gives You Corpses by Lene D. ButtnerNeckbone by C.G. DrewsIcarus Fell by Cass BiehnFlarestorm by Moira BuffiniThe Last Prince of Hell by Cassandra Clare
2027 Queer Boy YA
22 books — 3 voters
The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab NyeTurning on a Dime by Maggie DanaThe Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul CurtisBenny and Omar by Eoin ColferProject Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
Culturally Relevant Middle Grades Fiction
15 books — 2 voters

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena FavilliGolden Lily - 10 Years On by Lijia XuGood Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 by Elena FavilliGolden Lily by Lijia XuDr. Wangari Maathai Plants a Forest by Rebel Girls
Rebel Girls Series
21 books — 2 voters
Chirp by Kate MessnerMinnow on the Say by Philippa PearceAll Summer Long by Hope LarsonThe Season of Styx Malone by Kekla MagoonBayou Magic by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Middle Grades Books Set in the Summer
8 books — 2 voters

Flush by Carl HiaasenOut of Air by Rachel ReissDead in the Water by Robin StevensonDeep Water by Watt KeyNervous Water and Other Florida Stories by Will LaBossier
Middles Grades/YA Books With a Water Theme
25 books — 2 voters
A Nancy Drew Christmas by Carolyn KeeneThe True Gift by Patricia MacLachlanWhispering to Witches by Anna DaleWinterfrost by Michelle HoutsThe Angel Tree by Daphne Benedis-Grab
Middle Grades Xmas/Winter Chapter Books 2022
17 books — 2 voters

Emmy in the Key of Code by Aimee LucidoThe Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnultyThe Friendship Code by Stacia DeutschInga's Amazing Ideas by Ann RubinoThe Secret Raft by Hazel Krantz
STEM & STEAM Novels for the Middle Grades
102 books — 2 voters
A Castle in the Clouds by Kerstin GierTales of Spooner Pond by Terry RasnerA Winter's Promise by Christelle DabosThe Storm of Echoes by Christelle DabosThe Memory of Babel by Christelle Dabos
Pre-Teen/Tween Reads
45 books — 2 voters

The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Sea of Monsters by Rick RiordanThe Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick RiordanThe Titan’s Curse by Rick RiordanThe Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
English 8 Unit 2 Choice Book
33 books — 1 voter
A Test of Courage by Justina IrelandRace to Crashpoint Tower by Daniel José OlderStar Wars by Ken LiuStar Wars by Cavan ScottStar Wars by Tom Huddleston
Star Wars Canon Books for Middle Grades Readers
13 books — 1 voter

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