In just a few weeks, the warm moments of summer will fade into the past, and school will begin. Students will find themselves back in classrooms, thinking, reading, and learning from teachers and peers.
The following recommendations cover different facets of Middle-Grade school life, including friends, enemies, teachers, projects, school rules, feelings, and conquering insecurities while learning more about one’s own capabilities.
Eb & Flow by Kelly J. Baptist
Isaiah Dunn Saves the Day by Kelly J. Baptist
Listen to This by Jennifer Blecher *
Jaclyn Hyde by Annabeth Bondor-Stone
Confessions of a Class Clown by Arianne Costner
Figure It Out, Henri Weldon by Tanita S. Davis
The Losers at the Center of the Galaxy by Mary Winn Heider
The Superteacher Project by Gordon Korman
Playing Through the Turnaround by Mylisa Larsen
Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd
Join the Club, Maggie Diaz by Nina Moreno *
Forsooth by Jimmy Matejek-Morris
The 66th Rebirth of Frankie Caridi by Johnny Marciano
The Tapestry of Tales by Cathy O’Neill
You Only Live Once, David Bravo by Mark Oshiro
The Insiders by Mark Oshiro *
Bibsy Cross and the Bad Apple by Liz Garton Scanlon
The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt
I’m From Here Too by Kashmira Sheth
Barakah Beats by Maleeha Siddiqui
One Kid’s Trash by Jamie Sumner
Dear Student by Elly D. Swartz
The Double Life of Danny Day by Mike Thayer
Tangled Up in Luck by Merrill Wyatt *
Bright by Brigit Young
~Abby Henkel, Youth Services Library Assistant
