A girl fights for survival during the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 in Magnitude, a middle-grade novel by Jennifer A. Nielsen.
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An orphan discovers unexpected courage within himself when he becomes involved with the Resistance during WWII in The Lions’ Run, by Sara Pennypacker.
Three kids hope to make it big during Colorado’s Silver Panic in 1893 in The Road From Nowhere, a middle-grade novel by Avi.
A Year Without Home novel in verse about a Hmong girl losing and finding home in the aftermath of the Vietnam War by V. T. Bidania.
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.
An American gymnast experiences Nazi Germany firsthand during the 1936 Berlin Olympics in War Games, by Alan Gratz.
Follow three children through three different time periods as each sets out in search of refuge in Alan Gratz’s Refugee: The Graphic Novel.
Learn about the witch trials of 1692 in Did You Hear What Happened in Salem? by Katie Kennedy and Nick Thornborrow.
A sister and brother face one of the most dangerous storms in American history in Where Only Storms Grow, by Alyssa Colman.
A teen uncovers a family secret when she is evacuated to America at the start of World War II in The Blossoming Summer, by Anna Rose Johnson.