Each year, Cracking the Cover compiles a list of middle grade books that make great gifts. The following are middle grade books published in 2025.
Browsing: ages 7 & up
A superhero-loving boy born without hands finds the hero inside himself in The Bionic Boy, a middle-grade novel by Lynn Plourde.
A rescued little axolotl learns about friendship and nature conservation in Max, a Little Axolotl a graphic novel by Joey Spiotto.
A girl and her newly blended family set out for a wilderness adventure in Diary of a Nature Nerd, a graphic novel by Tiffany Everett.
Discover our diverse planet in Life: The Wild Wonders of Biodiversity, by Jennifer N R Smith and Joanna Bagniewska.
Discover the adventures of a group of children in a small Swedish village in The Children of Noisy Village, by Astrid Lindgren and Mini Grey.
Follow a migrant’s story through a series of wordless images in Shaun Tan’s The Arrival, which is now available in paperback.
Two updated books — The U.S. Constitution and You and The Bill of Rights: A Kid’s Guide to Freedom in America — make documents accessible to young readers.
Every year, Cracking the Cover compiles a list of books that make great gifts. These graphic novels were published in 2024.
Each year, Cracking the Cover compiles a list of books that make great gifts. These are middle grade books from 2024.