Middle Grade

Let It Glow

Marissa Meyer, who has amassed a tremendous young adult following with The Lunar Chronicles and the Renegades series, finally brings her talents to middle grade with Let It Glow, her collaboration with author Joanne Levy (Sorry For Your Loss), who has previously worked with Meyer on “The Happy Writer” podcast. After Aviva Davids and Holly Martin discover they are long-lost identical twins at tryouts for a holiday pageant, the two girls plot to swap places and experience each other’s holiday traditions—and thus, one family’s Hanukkah and another’s Christmas are thrown into fun chaos.

Marissa Meyer, who has amassed a tremendous young adult following with The Lunar Chronicles and the Renegades series, finally brings her talents to middle grade with Let It Glow, her collaboration with author Joanne Levy (Sorry For Your Loss), who has previously worked with Meyer on “The Happy Writer” podcast. After Aviva Davids and Holly […]

The Hotel Balzaar

Illustrated by Júlia Sardà

We named The Puppets of Spelhorst one of our Best Middle Grade Books of 2023—which is why we can’t wait for two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo to return to her Norendy Tales series with The Hotel Balzaar. While her mother does housekeeping work at the Hotel Balzaar, Marta listens to seven tales told by an enigmatic countess with a parrot companion, all the while searching for clues that might lead to the truth behind her father’s disappearance.

We named The Puppets of Spelhorst one of our Best Middle Grade Books of 2023—which is why we can’t wait for two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo to return to her Norendy Tales series with The Hotel Balzaar. While her mother does housekeeping work at the Hotel Balzaar, Marta listens to seven tales told by an […]

The Bletchley Riddle

By Steve Sheinkin

Ruta Sepetys, winner of the Carnegie Medal for Salt to the Sea, has seen her books win a plethora of prizes as well as be adapted to film and translated in 40 languages. Meanwhile, Steve Sheinkin has received a Newbery Honor and thrice been a finalist for the National Book Award. The formidable pair is sure to mesmerize middle grade readers with The Bletchley Riddle, a historical novel that follows a pair of siblings at Bletchley Park in 1940, when it served as the center of British code breaking efforts in World War II.

Ruta Sepetys, winner of the Carnegie Medal for Salt to the Sea, has seen her books win a plethora of prizes as well as be adapted to film and translated in 40 languages. Meanwhile, Steve Sheinkin has received a Newbery Honor and thrice been a finalist for the National Book Award. The formidable pair is […]

Black Star

By Kwame Alexander

Kwame Alexander is a bestselling author, Emmy Award-winning producer (The Crossover) and recipient of a Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award (The Undefeated), and he’s made yet another home run with Black Star, the second book in his well-received Door of No Return trilogy. Set in the Jim Crow South, this middle grade novel tells the story of Charley Cuffey, a 12-year-old Black girl who wants to become the first professional female baseball pitcher.

Kwame Alexander is a bestselling author, Emmy Award-winning producer (The Crossover) and recipient of a Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award (The Undefeated), and he’s made yet another home run with Black Star, the second book in his well-received Door of No Return trilogy. Set in the Jim Crow South, this middle grade novel […]

Felix Powell, Boy Dog

By Erin Entrada Kelly

Prize-winning author Erin Entrada Kelly leans into magical realism as she plays out a fantasy many children have likely had: What is it like to be a dog?

The Night Librarian

By Christopher Lincoln

Full of humor, friendship and just the right amount of danger and villainy, Christopher Lincoln’s beautifully designed The Night Librarian is bound to delight readers of all ages.

Full of humor, friendship and just the right amount of danger and villainy, Christopher Lincoln’s beautifully designed The Night Librarian is bound to delight readers of all ages.

How It All Ends

By Emma Hunsinger

How It All Ends simply gets the weirdness tweens and teens can feel when shoved into a new situation; the strange and hilarious mundanity of high school; and the inner strength it takes to be who you are in the face of all that chaos.

How It All Ends simply gets the weirdness tweens and teens can feel when shoved into a new situation; the strange and hilarious mundanity of high school; and the inner strength it takes to be who you are in the face of all that chaos.

Onyx & Beyond

By Amber McBride

Amber McBride stunned us with her young adult debut, Me (Moth), then did so again with her first foray into middle grade, Gone Wolf—”There is nothing quite like it,” we declared in a starred review. Needless to say, we’re eager to see what the incisive National Book Award finalist will do in her next middle grade offering, Onyx & Beyond.

Amber McBride stunned us with her young adult debut, Me (Moth), then did so again with her first foray into middle grade, Gone Wolf—”There is nothing quite like it,” we declared in a starred review. Needless to say, we’re eager to see what the incisive National Book Award finalist will do in her next middle […]

Inkworld

By Cornelia Funke

Cornelia Funke has delighted audiences across the globe with her spellbinding novels, and Inkheart and its sequels are arguably the most beloved entries on a legendary bibliography. Fans of Meggie and Mo’s storytelling exploits will be thrilled to learn that the original trilogy is getting a follow-up with Inkworld, in which the conniving Orpheus returns to get back at our iconic heroes.

Cornelia Funke has delighted audiences across the globe with her spellbinding novels, and Inkheart and its sequels are arguably the most beloved entries on a legendary bibliography. Fans of Meggie and Mo’s storytelling exploits will be thrilled to learn that the original trilogy is getting a follow-up with Inkworld, in which the conniving Orpheus returns […]

Pizza Face

By Rex Ogle, Illustrated by Dave Valeza

Pizza Face is a fresh take on the age-old crisis of puberty that will help adolescents feel more empathetic and less alone while navigating their own physical and emotional changes.

Pizza Face is a fresh take on the age-old crisis of puberty that will help adolescents feel more empathetic and less alone while navigating their own physical and emotional changes.

The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

By Gennifer Choldenko

Hank Hooperman does an excellent job coping with the endless uncertainties in his life, which are expertly channeled via Gennifer Choldenko’s succinctly effective prose.

Safiyyah’s War

By Hiba Noor Khan

Hiba Noor Khan’s debut novel, Safiyyah’s War, is a beautifully written, well-plotted work of historical fiction based on the heroic efforts of activists at the Grand Mosque of Paris who led Jews to safety.

Hiba Noor Khan’s debut novel, Safiyyah’s War, is a beautifully written, well-plotted work of historical fiction based on the heroic efforts of activists at the Grand Mosque of Paris who led Jews to safety.

Poetry Comics

By Grant Snider

Grant Snider’s Poetry Comics are often introspective, touching on personal growth and the creative process in ways that will resonate with readers of various ages.

Grant Snider’s Poetry Comics are often introspective, touching on personal growth and the creative process in ways that will resonate with readers of various ages.

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