Here’s a list of my favorite books for middle-grade readers. Please check back occasionally for new additions. Feel free to Contact Me to send me your book recommendations.
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Because of Winn-Dixie by Katie DiCamillo
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Dash by Kirby Larson
Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Find Serendipity by Angelica Banks
A Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
The Girl Who Owned a City by O.T. (Terry) Nelson
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
Holes by Louis Sachar
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O’Connor
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition) by Malala Yousafzai and Patricia McCormick
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhai Lai
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
The Kite Flyers by Linda Sue Park
Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina (Young Readers Edition) by Misty Copeland
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur
Matilda by Roald Dahl
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
A Night Divided by Jennifer A Neilsen
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
The One and Only Ivan by Katharine Applegate
One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder
Out of My Mind by Susan M Draper
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Refugee by Alan Gratz
Restart by Gordon Korman
Savvy by Ingrid Law
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
Stella by Starlight by Susan M Draper
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning by Danette Haworth
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Words on Fire by Jennifer A Nielsen
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
