10 Notable Middle Grade Novels of 2016
2016 produced a bumper crop of great middle grade novels. Here’s a list of my personal favorites, both realistic and…
2016 produced a bumper crop of great middle grade novels. Here’s a list of my personal favorites, both realistic and…
The Bone Sparrow, by Australian author Zana Fraillon, is an eye-opening, moving book about how stories can help make life…
Into the Lion’s Den, by Linda Fairstein, introduces a new kid detective to New York City. Devlin Quick is pretty…
Thornghost, by Tone Almhjell, is an excellent fantasy to offer any young reader who loves brave animal companions in adventure.…
The first book in the series, The Glass Sentence, introduced a strangely skewed version of our world, in which time has…
(Note: Mild spoilers ahead!) Rick Riordan fans, rejoice! The Hammer of Thor (the second book in Riordan’s uproarious Magnus Chase and…
The first book of the Warriors series, Into the Wild, was published back in 2003, and there are huge numbers…
No fictional boarding school (currently in print) surpasses Hogwarts for sheer wonder, but there are plenty of other good ones…
It’s easy to find recent middle grade books that are sad and scary. Realistic fiction for young readers is often full…
Robert Beatty’s Serafina and the Twisted Staff pits a most unusual girl against a horrible and powerful magic in the sequel to…
If you are ready for an astonishing adventure aboard a pirate ship, chasing legends of magic and monsters up into the…
The Haunting of Falcon House, by Eugene Yelchin, is the creepiest middle grade ghost story of the year, so far. It’s…
Rising Above: How 11 Athletes Overcame Challenges in Their Youth to Become Stars, by Gregory Zuckerman, with Elijah and Gabriel…
Newbery Award-winning author of middle grade historical fiction Karen Cushman has turned to fantasy, and the result is magical! Grayling’s Song is a…
The Hidden Oracle, the first book in Rick Riordan’s new Trials of Apollo series, is finally here, and it was definitely…
There’s something about dragons that hits a sweet spot for many kids—probably something to do with their general awesomeness! Happily…
John Claude Bemis’ delightful new middle grade fantasy, The Wooden Prince (the first book in the Out of Abaton series)…