A girl struggles to find the magic lost when a hurricane forces her away from her home in Murray Out of Water, by Taylor Tracy.
Browsing: ages 9 & up
A 12-year-old tries to lift their dad’s spirits with a trip to his childhood home in Puzzleheart, a middle-grade novel by Jenn Reese.
A Jewish girl finds herself hiding in a French Catholic boarding school during WWII in The Night War, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley.
A girl’s goal to write a fantasy novel triggers writer’s block and anxiety in Unstuck, a new middle-grade book by Barbara Dee.
A girl struggles to keep her family together in Shark Teeth, a new middle-grade novel by Sherri Winston.
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Each year, Cracking the Cover compiles a list of books that make great gifts. These are middle-grade books published in and/or reviewed in 2023.
Learn how people throughout time explained what happens after death in An Atlas of Afterlives: Discover Underworlds, Otherworlds and Heavenly Realms, by Emily Hawkins and Manasawee Rojanaphan.
Three siblings work to stay together when their father goes to war in Nothing Else but Miracles, by Kate Albus.
A 12-year-old discovers friendship and emotional fulfillment through synchronized swimming in Barely Floating, by Lilliam Rivera.