middle grade

Middle-Grade Read Explores Messy Parts of Grief, Self-Growth — and Baking

“Ever since Jack’s mom died — four hundred and seventy-two days ago, according to the running tally in his head — he hadn’t cared about things like report cards or tardies. And it’s not like Norm was paying attention, either.” One boy’s journey through grief ends up skyrocketing him to…

Cameron KimballSeptember 10, 2024

Book Club Network Children's Books

Robotics, Marine Biology and International Conspiracy Converge in “Augie Sweetwater and the Dolphin’s Tale”

When Yardley Holdsworth Cooperlick — Coop for short — moves to Seattle, he isn’t looking for trouble. But on the first day of 9th grade, he defends a classmate from a bully and soon realizes that he’s caught up in far more than just a schoolground tussle. In William J…

Cameron KimballDecember 8, 2020

Children's Books Recommended

Three Adventurers Continue the Family Tradition of Helping Magical Creatures in Need!

When Cloe, Meili and Didi finally find out what’s in their grandparents’ old scroll box, they aren’t expecting to stumble upon a whole other world! But it turns out that the Yao family business isn’t just the antique shop they manage in Brooklyn — it’s also the millennia-old tradition of…

BookTribMarch 30, 2023

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Unlikely Friends Fight to Protect Their Home in Fairy Adventure

“Home…. How can one little word have so many meanings?” For Mirror, a 5-inch-tall, frightfully fierce and loyal young fairy, home begins with showing up in Somewhere, a fairy community said to be hidden in the natural beauty and grandeur of the Rocky Mountains. Mirror never speaks of her past,…

BookTribDecember 16, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Two Spunky Rescue Pups Venture Into the Jungles of Africa to Help Save Elephants

Terriers in the Jungle (Atmosphere Press) by Georja Umano tells the story of two very eloquent canines, Roxie and Romeo, in what reads like a personal diary of their adventures. Their tale starts with their struggles to survive as strays on the unforgiving streets of L.A. Fortunately, they find a…

Kelsey HallJanuary 24, 2022

Children's Books Fiction Young Adult

“Caroline and Mordecai the Gand” Is a Delightful Departure for Jeff Gunhus

“Grief stole her spark. It took an adventure to find it again.” This quote, printed on the front cover, sums up the essence of Caroline and Mordecai the Gand (Seven Guns Press), a story for middle schoolers by Jeff Gunhus. Gunhus, a USA Today bestselling author of thriller and horror…

Susan BaileyApril 2, 2021

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

7 Magically Mysterious Adventure Series for Middle-Grade Readers

Once upon a time, I worked at a bookstore. When I started, it was no mystery that a huge part of the job would be recommending books to customers, but what did surprise me was that the struggles of our parent clientele almost always fell into one of two categories:…

Chelsea CicconeDecember 7, 2021

Children's Books

Tween Detectives Chase After Swift and Mystical Creature in “Swampfire”

In Patricia Cecil Hass’s Swampfire: A Shockoe Slip Gang Adventure (Windsong Press), siblings Sally and Andrew — amateur tween detectives known as “The Shockoe Slip Gang,” a name dubbed by the press after their last successful case — are excited to return to Cousin Anne’s peanut farm in Virginia this…

Daniela RamrasSeptember 1, 2020

Children's Books

“Mañanaland:” Boy’s Big Plans for Tackling Mysteries on Journey to Independence

At almost twelve years old, Maximiliano Córdoba knows he’s not a little kid anymore. He has big plans of making the village fútbol team and it feels like the pieces are falling into place when another boy from is village offers to get Max free tuition at a fútbol clinic…

Paige VigliaroloMarch 2, 2020

Children's Books

Lincoln Peirce’s Big Nate is Back with New Misadventures

New York Times best-selling author, Lincoln Peirce, is back with everyone's favorite troublemaker, Big Nate, in Big Nate: Payback Time! (Andrews McMeel) Lincoln’s unique comic-styled writing allows readers to follow Nate’s adventures from frame to frame with all his mayhem illustrated. Like many energetic sixth grade boys, Big Nate and…

Rachael SuhieMarch 28, 2019

Fiction

5 Back to School Feel Good Reads for the Entire Family

Between Comic Con and the fall movie season kicking into high gear, we’ve been hearing about a lot of awesome new films lately. But one we’re especially excited about is the family film Wonder, based on the bestselling novel by R. J. Palacio. Just try to not get goosebumps from the…

Rachel CarterAugust 21, 2017

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In This Middle Grade Story, a Boy Must Face His Fear of Change … and Ghosts!

Change can be challenging for people of all ages. Coming to grips with new phases in life can be hard to overcome, and no one knows this better than Roosevelt Banks. Roosevelt Banks and the Attic of Doom by Laurie Calkhoven (One Elm Books) is about coming to terms with…

BookTribNovember 2, 2022

Children's Books Listicles

7 Middle Grade Reads That Show How Fun Math & Science Can Be

More and more every day, we’re seeing a push to get kids involved with STEM. From children’s coding classes to summer camps dedicated to mathematics, the threshold for the hard sciences is skewing younger every year. But how do you get kids involved with subjects that have a bad reputation…

Cameron KimballMay 10, 2021

Listicles Young Adult Young Adult - Featured

6 Stories of Childhood Metamorphosis and Transformation

You’ll never truly know someone until you walk a mile in their shoes. Sound familiar? We often need to look at a situation with fresh eyes or from a different perspective in order to understand it better. In doing so, we may just catch a glimpse of ourselves from a…

BookTribJune 21, 2021

Middle-Grade Read Explores Messy Parts of Grief, Self-Growth — and Baking

Robotics, Marine Biology and International Conspiracy Converge in “Augie Sweetwater and the Dolphin’s Tale”

Three Adventurers Continue the Family Tradition of Helping Magical Creatures in Need!

Unlikely Friends Fight to Protect Their Home in Fairy Adventure

Two Spunky Rescue Pups Venture Into the Jungles of Africa to Help Save Elephants

“Caroline and Mordecai the Gand” Is a Delightful Departure for Jeff Gunhus

7 Magically Mysterious Adventure Series for Middle-Grade Readers

Tween Detectives Chase After Swift and Mystical Creature in “Swampfire”

“Mañanaland:” Boy’s Big Plans for Tackling Mysteries on Journey to Independence

Lincoln Peirce’s Big Nate is Back with New Misadventures

5 Back to School Feel Good Reads for the Entire Family

In This Middle Grade Story, a Boy Must Face His Fear of Change … and Ghosts!

7 Middle Grade Reads That Show How Fun Math & Science Can Be

6 Stories of Childhood Metamorphosis and Transformation

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