RECOMMENDEDREADS: MIDDLESCHOOL(GRADES6-8)
JCURR, L
LindsayCurrie It’sWatching
A chilling middle school novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Scritch Scratch, three kids must discover who—or what—is terrorizing them after receiving an ominous meme on Halloween night.
StormDragons: Lightningborn JKAGA, J
JulieKagawa
In a world in the clouds where only the rich own dragons, a poor boy named Remy finds a wild baby dragon-believed to be extinct-and becomes the focus of an evil pirate's vengeance.
JSEPE, R
TheBletchley Riddle
RutaSepetys& StevenSheinkin
A stunning collaboration between awardwinning and bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin, this middle grade historical adventure follows two siblings at Bletchley Park, the home of WWII codebreakers, as they try to unravel a mystery surrounding their mother's disappearance.
JGERB, A
AlysonGerber TheLiarsSociety
The Inheritance Games and One of Us is Lying for middle grade -- beloved author Alyson Gerber's new series is an unforgettable mystery featuring a secret society, a mysterious island, and dangerous family secrets.
JALLE, C
BetweenTwo Brothers
CrystalAllen
Isaiah "Ice" Abernathy has always worshiped his older brother and best friend, Seth. For years they've been not just brothers but best friends. But after a fight, Ice finds out Seth has been in a serious accident that he may never recover from. Racked by fear and guilt, Ice chooses to step up, defy the experts, and help Seth recover by trusting in their bond and the undying love between two brothers.
JDEE, B
BarbaraDee Unstuck
Twelve-year-old Lyla sets out to write the perfect fantasy novel in her creative writing class, but it turns out to be harder than simply imagining one, and pretty soon Lyla finds herself stuck, experiencing a panic she realizes is writer's block.
JKOTH, D
DevKothari BringingBack Kay-Kay
When Lena's beloved older brother goes missing at the end of summer camp, the police dismiss Kay-Kay's disappearance as that of just another teenage runaway. But Lena knows they are wrong.
VivianLantz's SecondChances JORMS, K
KathrynOrmsbee
After trying and failing to break her years-long curse of bad first days of school, eighth grader Vivian Lantz wishes for a do-over--and gets stuck reliving this year's horrible first day over and over again.
JHIAA, C
CarlHiassen Wrecker
When Wrecker comes across a speedboat that has run hard aground on a sand flay, the men in the boat pay him to forget he ever saw them. Wrecker would be happy to forget, but he keeps seeing these men all over. And now they want more than his silence--they want a lookout.
First-generation Filipino siblings, JJ and Althea, struggle to belong at school. When creatures from Filipino mythology threaten their family, JJ and Althea realize that the folklore may be more real that they'd suspected. Can they embrace who they really are and save their family?
Cha-ching! Learn everything adults wish they knew about money when they were kids and more including how to make it, save it, and multiply it!
A middle-grade nonfiction book about one of America's most historically resonant images, the circumstances surrounding its creation, and the larger story it tells about Abraham Lincoln's life.
