Ruth Behar’s Letters From Cuba follows a young Jewish girl who trades life in Poland for life in Cuba on the eve of World War II.
Browsing: middle grade
Barbara Dee’s latest middle-grade novel, My Life in the Fish Tank, is one of my favorite books of 2020.
Volcanoes explode into your living room in Pop-Up Volcano! by Fleur Daugey, illustrator Tom Vaillant, and paper engineer Bernard Duisit
A girl sets out to find her missing father and finds friends and adventure in the process in Beth McMullen’s Lola Benko, Treasure Hunter.
One of my favorite teen sleuths is back in Lena Jones’ middle-grade novel Agatha Oddly: The Silver Serpent.
A 14-year-old kid from the UK finds himself on the adventure of a lifetime in Tom Mitchell’s That Time I Got Kidnapped.
Two girls bond over South Asian cooking in Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan’s excellent A Place at the Table.
The Summer We Found the Baby, by Amy Hest, explores a WWII summer through the eyes of three engaging children.
A new family finds its footing in Hilary McKay’s latest novel for middle-graders, The Time of Green Magic.
Family takes on a new form in Hana Tooke’s mysterious debut middle-grade novel, The Unadoptables.