Middle Grade Books - Contents

For ages around 8 years to 12 years.

Click on any title in this list to see a brief critique, publishing information and the cover.

Peacebound Trains by Haemi Balgassi

The Summer Before Boys by Nora Raleigh Baskin

Possum Summer by Jen K. Blom

Black Jack Jetty: A Boy's Journey Through Grief by Michael A. Carestio

Wild Life by Cynthia DeFelice

Shooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark Dowell

The Saturday Boy by David Fleming

Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a Clue by Jack Gantos

Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff

And Then Mom Joined the Army by Jeannie Hagy

Love You, Soldier by Amy Hest

Operation Yes by Sara Lewis Holmes

Piper Reed Series by Kimberly Willis Holt

Aloha Means Come Back: The Story of a World War II Girl by Thomas Hoobler and Dorothy Hoobler

Comfort by Joyce Moyer Hostetter

Autumn Street by Lois Lowry

100 Days and 99 Nights by Alan Madison

Soldier Mom by Alice Mead

My secret war: the World War II diary of Madeline Beck by Mary Pope Osborne

Heart of a Shepherd by Rosanne Parry

Second Fiddle by Rosanne Parry

Park's Quest by Katherine Paterson

The Struggle by Nancy Rue

The Misadventures of the Magician's Dog by Frances Sackett

Almost Forever by M. Testa

Trader Wooly and the Secret of the Lost Nazi Treasure by Tom Townsend

Trader Wooly and the Terrorist by Tom Townsend

Trader Wooly and the Ghost in the Colonel's Jeep by Tom Townsend

Meet Molly: An American Girl by Valerie Tripp

Molly Learns a Lesson: A School Story by Valerie Tripp

Molly's Surprise: A Christmas Story by Valerie Tripp

Happy Birthday Molly: A Springtime Story by Valerie Tripp

Molly Saves the Day: A Summer Story by Valerie Tripp

Georgie's Moon by Chris Woodworth

Princess for a Week by Betty Ren. Wright