Totally Worthwhile Middle Grade Novels

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  • Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life

    • UPC: 000316101699
    • ASIN: 0316101699
    • ISBN: 0316101699
    • Brand: Little Brown and Company
    • Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

    Discover the #1 bestselling middle-grade comic that inspired a major motion picture: Children's Choice Award winner James Patterson has never been more hilarious and heartwarming.Rafe Khatchadorian has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into the mix. Luckily, he's got an ace plan for the best year ever: to brea... [Read More]

  • Middle School: Get Me out of Here! (Middle School series Book 2)

    • ASIN: B005SCR5N0
    • Manufacturer: jimmy patterson

  • The Finest Hours (Young Readers Edition): The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue (True Rescue Series)

    • ASIN: 1250044235
    • ISBN: 1250044235
    • Brand: Tougias Michael J
    • Manufacturer: Square Fish

    This adaptation for young readers of The Finest Hours: The True Story of the US Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman tells the story of the shipwreck of two oil tankers and the harrowing Coast Guard rescue when four men in a tiny lifeboat overcame insurmountable odds and saved more than 30 stranded sailors. N... [Read More]

  • Awkward (Berrybrook Middle School)

    • ASIN: 0316381306
    • ISBN: 0316381306
    • Brand: YENPRESS
    • Manufacturer: Yen Press

    Cardinal rule #1 for surviving school: Don't get noticed by the mean kids.Cardinal rule #2 for surviving school: Seek out groups with similar interests and join them.On her first day at her new school, Penelope--Peppi--Torres reminds herself of these basics. But when she trips into a quiet boy in the hall, Jaime Thompson, she's already broken the f... [Read More]

  • Epic Zero Box Set: Tales of a Not-So-Super 6th Grader (Books 1-3)

    • ASIN: B01LYDS038
    • Manufacturer: But That's Another Story ... Press

    Growing up in a superhero family is cool, unless you're powerless ...**Gold Medal Winner – Readers’ Favorite Book Awards**All Elliott Harkness wants is to be a superhero. His parents are superheroes. His older sister is a superhero. Heck, even his dog is a superhero. But Elliott has a problem—he’s a “Zero”—which is super-speak for pow... [Read More]

  • Just As Long As We're Together

    • ASIN: 0385739885
    • ISBN: 0385739885
    • Brand: Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
    • Manufacturer: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret and the adult bestseller In the Unlikely Event comes a tale of family, friendship, and pre-teen life like only JUDY BLUME can deliver. The companion to Here’s to You, Rachel Robinson. Can you have more than one best friend?Stephanie’s best friend is Rachel. Si... [Read More]

  • Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

    • ASIN: 0142405965
    • ISBN: 0142405965
    • Brand: Speak
    • Manufacturer: Speak

    "Readers who choose the book for the attraction of Navajo code talking and the heat of battle will come away with more than they ever expected to find."—Booklist, starred review Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakab... [Read More]

  • The Beginning of Everything

    • ASIN: B009NF6DBI
    • Brand: Unknown
    • Manufacturer: Katherine Tegen Books

    Robyn Schneider's The Beginning of Everything is a witty and heart-wrenching teen novel that will appeal to fans of books by John Green and Ned Vizzini, novels such as The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and classics like The Great Gatsby and The Catcher in the Rye.Varsity tennis captain Ezra Faulkner was supposed to be homecoming king, but that was b... [Read More]

  • Educated: A Memoir

    • ASIN: 0399590501
    • Brand: Manning
    • Manufacturer: Random House

  • Wish

    • ASIN: 1250144051
    • ISBN: 1250144051
    • Manufacturer: Square Fish

    A touching story about a girl and her dog, perfect for young animal loversEleven-year-old Charlie Reese has been making the same secret wish every day since fourth grade. She even has a list of all the ways there are to make the wish, such as cutting off the pointed end of a slice of pie and wishing on it as she takes the last bite. But when she is... [Read More]

  • All's Faire in Middle School

    • ASIN: 0525429999
    • ISBN: 0525429999
    • Manufacturer: Dial Books

    Calling all Raina Telgemeier fans! The Newbery Honor-winning author of Roller Girl is back with a heartwarming graphic novel about starting middle school, surviving your embarrassing family, and the Renaissance Faire. Eleven-year-old Imogene (Impy) has grown up with two parents working at the Renaissance Faire, and she's eager to begin her own trai... [Read More]

  • The Midnight Line: A Jack Reacher Novel

    • ASIN: B06WP486XH
    • Manufacturer: Dell

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •  Lee Child returns with a gripping new powerhouse thriller featuring Jack Reacher, “one of this century’s most original, tantalizing pop-fiction heroes” (The Washington Post).BONUS: Includes a sneak peek of Lee Child’s new novel, Past Tense. Reacher takes a stroll through a small Wisconsin town and sees a c... [Read More]

  • The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix #1-4 Box Set: Full-Color Edition

    • ASIN: 1338118986
    • ISBN: 1338118986
    • Brand: Scholastic Inc
    • Manufacturer: Scholastic Inc.

    Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia, Stacey, and Dawn are The Baby-sitters Club! Whatever comes up -- cranky toddlers, huge dogs, scary neighbors, prank calls -- you can count on them to save the day.Raina Telgemeier, using the signature style featured in her acclaimed graphic novels Smile and Sisters, perfectly captures all the drama and humor of the origi... [Read More]

  • Diary of a 6th Grade Ninja

    • ASIN: 1493527487
    • ISBN: 1493527487
    • Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

    Age Level: 9 - 12 | Grade Level: 4th and upMy name is Chase Cooper, and I'm a 6th grade ninja. It's my first day at a different school and the only person I know is my cousin, Zoe (but she might be a little too cool for me). I was just another scrawny kid until a group of ninjas recruited me into their clan. It was a world of trouble I wasn't prepa... [Read More]

  • A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

    • ASIN: 0547577311
    • ISBN: 0547577311
    • Brand: Clarion Books
    • Manufacturer: HMH Books for Young Readers

    The New York Times bestseller A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys"... [Read More]

  • To Kill a Mockingbird (Harperperennial Modern Classics)

    • ASIN: B00K0OI42W
    • Manufacturer: Harper

  • Trapped in a Video Game (Book 1) (Volume 1)

    • UPC: 050837421714
    • ASIN: 1449494862
    • ISBN: 1449494862
    • Brand: Andrews McMeel Publishing
    • Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing

    Age Level: 8-12Kids who love video games will love this first installment of the new 5-book series about 12-year old Jesse Rigsby and his wild adventures inside different video games.Jesse Rigsby hates video games - and for good reason. You see, a video game character is trying to kill him. After getting sucked in the new game Full Blast with his f... [Read More]

  • The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

    • ASIN: 0385751532
    • ISBN: 0385751532
    • Brand: Ember
    • Manufacturer: David Fickling Books

    “Powerful and unsettling. . . . As memorable an introduction to the subject as The Diary of Anne Frank.” —USA Today   Berlin, 1942: When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move to a new house far, far away, where there is... [Read More]

  • Planet Middle School

    • ASIN: 1619630125
    • ISBN: 1619630125
    • Manufacturer: Bloomsbury USA Childrens

    For twelve years, Joylin Johnson's life has been just fine. A game of basketball with the boys-especially her friend Jake-was all it took to put a smile on her face. Baggy jeans, T-shirt, and hair in a ponytail were easy choices. Then, everything suddenly seemed to change all at once. Her best girl friend is now flirting with her best guy friend. H... [Read More]

  • The One and Only Ivan

    • ASIN: 0061992275
    • ISBN: 0061992275
    • Brand: HarperCollins
    • Manufacturer: HarperCollins

    Soon to be a major motion picture!Winner of the Newbery Medal and a #1 New York Times bestsellerThis unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendship. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated book is told from the point of view of Ivan h... [Read More]

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