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Part Harry Potter, part Nancy Drew with a steampunk aesthetic, and weaving in elements of women in STEM, Briarwood is a typical middle school novel about what it feels like to be t...
From high-stakes magical adventures to thoughtful family dramas, the best middle grade books of 2026 so far will keep readers of all ages entertained.
In this series opener that was originally self-published in 2020, mermaids, who are described as light-skinned, start learning mer-magic in middle school. Lavender-haired sixth gra...
Middle schooler Margot Stafford has known her share of trouble; her mother is unemployed and struggles with depression. But things have been OK lately. Then Margot learns she’ll ne...
If you're building your 2026 middle grade TBR—or stocking classroom and library shelves—Macmillan's publicity team has you covered. The post Best Middle Grade Books of 2026 (So Far...
In sixth grade, my English teacher tried to talk me out of reading Watership Down when I found it in the school library. It was too big and “advanced” for me, a 12-year-old human....
All fiction is a kind of laboratory, a place where readers can inhabit a new personality inside the pages and where they can pursue adventures big and small.
by James Scott Bell When I was 8, I asked my mom to buy me some tights. Green tights. No, I wasn’t looking to get into ballet or pose for a Jolly Green Giant ad as little Niblet. I...
This year Jay Wamsted fulfilled a dream shared by many teachers – he finished and published a YA novel. "My career isn’t all that unique," he says. "The lessons I’ve learned, the s...
Elsie Parker gets to spend eight weeks learning about important topics like the difference between sex and gender, but at school, her fifth grade classmates will get their puberty...
Friendship, first crushes and finding your voice all come together in the delightful middle grade novel The Last Word by A.L. Tait. The third book in the Two Hearts series is a lig...
Starting high school is nerve-wracking enough for most kids. Different teachers. New subjects. A maze of corridors and classrooms to navigate. More homework. That’s all bad enough...
At nearly 12, Theodora “Thunder” Underwood is used to being alone. Every summer, while her scientist parents travel for research, she’s shipped off to a different relative or profe...
Fourteen-year-old friends Nick Yarrowby and Khenan Kimetto are looking for a way to earn enough money to fly to Boston to see the Bruins hockey team play, since their single parent...
What began as an exchange of advance reader copies quickly became a rich conversation about storytelling, disability, and threads connecting their new novels. The post Middle Grade...
A lot of readers carry a “magical orphan child who goes to school and defeats the evil villain with help from their found family, as the prophecy foretold” shaped hole in their rea...
With the rapid escalation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in recent years, it’s not so hard to imagine a world – twenty years from now – where each human has a personal AI bot and...
Spend some quiet time with these lovely, low stakes fantasy reads!
Brenton Cullen's debut novel is a terrific read for middle-grade. This young man has been a keen writer since childhood and is now making his dream of writing professionally come t...
While cleverly crafted and charmingly illustrated, Otherwise Known as Judy the Great will primarily appeal to adults who great up on Judy Blume's books. The post Otherwise Known as...
Ten-year-old Puffin Lau, who’s Chinese and Portuguese, is used to being overlooked by her busy, widowed mother, but it still stings when Mum doesn’t show up as promised to speak to...
The Last Kids on Earth is a long-running and prolific series of illustrated novels featuring a quartet of intrepid monster-hunters of the apocalypse. The post The Last Kids on Eart...
I hope Sneaks encourages kids, both girls and boys, to use their powers for good—to stand up to their elders when necessary, and meet the challenges of making the world a better pl...
Our Pride Month recommendations for young listeners feature thoughtful kids being their bravest, silliest, and sweetest selves. The post Listen With Pride: 8 Big-Hearted Audiobooks...
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