In Sole Survivor, Norman Ollestad tells the story of how as a sixth-grader he survived a deadly mountainside plane crash during a snowstorm.
Browsing: ages 10 & up
This Way to Happy, by Alison Green Myers, explores loss, friendship and family dynamics against the backdrop of a family-owned amusement park.
A middle-schooler writes herself a fake love letter in hopes of fitting in with new friends in Dear Jackie, a graphic novel by Jessixa Bagley and Aaron Bagley.
Three generations of Black girls connected across time and space through a wormhole in their school locker in Candace, the Universe, and Everything, by Sherri L. Smith.
An 11-year-old ends up attending sixth grade at a college after his dad accepts a job as a professor in Schooled, a middle-grade novel by Jamie Sumner.
A girl who feels like her life is spiraling takes up dumpster diving and learns a few things along the way in Dive, by John David Anderson.
A boy and his cousins awaken a monster on the island of Puerto Rico in The Island of Forgotten Gods, by Victor Piñeiro.
Take a road trip, join a team, build relationships and solve problems with these fun middle grade novels.
Kids love trivia. The following books feature lots of facts about horses and WWII battles. These nonfiction titles have wide appeal.
Mythologies from ancient cultures helped people make sense of the world. The following books feature heroes, monsters and gods from Igbo, Greek and Viking legends.