Middle Grade Fiction Books


39 Clues
by Rick Riordan & Various Authors
7 Riddles to Nowhere
 by A.J. Cattapan
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Alcatraz Vs. The Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Anna Bond
All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
Amy’s Eyes by Richard Kennedy
– Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables Illustrated Novel by L. M. Montgomery
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
– Barn Boots Blue by by Catherine Friend
– Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
– Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson
– Bella at Midnight by Diane Stanley
* The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had by Kristin Levine
Beyonders by Brandon Mull
The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
–  The Birthday Ball by Lois Lowry
– The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
Bomb by Steve Sheinkin
– Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition by Ursula K. Le Guin, illustrated by Charles Vess
Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman
– Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
– Calamity Jack by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, and Nathan Hale
– The Candy Shop Wars by Brandon Mull
– The Candymakers by Wendy Mass 
The Castaways of the Flying Dutchman by Brian Jacques
– Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
– Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, illustrated by P.J. Lynch
City Spies by James Ponti
Click Here to Start by Denis Markell
A Comb of Wishes by Lisa Stringfellow
– Confessions from the Principal’s Kid by Robin Mellom
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
– Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
– Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile
The Dark Rising by Susan Cooper
Dead City by James Ponti
– Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Distress Signal by Mary E. Lambert
The Doll People by Ann M. Martin & Laura Godwin, illustrated by Brian Selznick
– Down the Rabbit Hole: An Echo Falls Mystery by Peter Abrahams
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funk
Dragon Watch by Brandon Mull
Dust & Grim by Chuck Wendig
Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan
– Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
El Deafo by Cece Bell
– Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Ella Enchanted by Gail Levine
– Ellen Tebbits by Beverly Cleary
– * Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell
Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Escape at 10,000 Feet by Tom Sullivan
– Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Explorer Academy by Trudi Trueit
The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty
– Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
The Familiars by Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson
– Firegirl by Tony Abbott
– Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
– Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Framed by James Ponti
– Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega, illustrated by Rose Bousamra
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
– From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
The Frost Fair by Natasha Hastings
Frozen Stiff by Sherry Shahan
The Genius Files by Johnnie Christmas
– A Ghost From Saturday Night by Sid Fleischman
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
– The Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts
Glitch by Laura Martin
– Gold Rush Girl by Avi
– The Golly SistersI by Betsy Byars, illustrated by Sue Truesdel
The Gollywhopper Games by Jody Feldman
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
– The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
* The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Kleges
Half Magic by Edward Eager
– Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter: The Illustrated Edition by J.K. Rowling, illustrated by Jim Kay
– Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
* Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech
Hello, Universe by Erin Estrada Kelly
– The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass Illustrated Edition by Philip Pullman, illustrated by Chris Wormell
The Hobbit: Illustrated Edition by J.R.R. Tolkien, illustrated by Jemima Catlin
– The Hole in the Wall by Lisa Rowe Fraustino
– Holes by Louis Sacher
– Houdini and Me by Dan Gutman
– Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
– The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
– Invisible Inkling by Emily Jenkins
– Investigators by John Patrick Green
– I So Don’t Do Makeup by Barrie Summy
– It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas
– Ivy’s Ever After by Dawn Lairamore
Jailbreak at Alcatraz: Frank Morris & the Anglin Brothers’ Great Escape by Tom Sullivan
* Jefferson’s Sons by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer
The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell: 10th Anniversary Illustrated Edition by Christopher Colfer
Last Dance by Hanna Schroy
The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
– The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
The Lightning Thief Illustrated Edition by Rick Riordan, illustrated by John Rocco
– The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
– The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
The Little House 5 Volume Set: Full Color Editions by Laura Ingalls Wilder, illustrated by Garth Williams
– Little Men by Louissa May Alcott
* A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
– The Long Winter by Laura Ingels Wilder
* Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar
* Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Magic on the Map by Courtney Sheinmel and Bianca Turetsky
Magyk by Angie Sage
– The Marvelous Magic of Miss Mabel by Natasha Lowe
– Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Matilda by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Sarah Walsh
– Medina Hill by Trilby Kent
– The Memory Thief by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Merlin by T.A. Barron
The Midnight Unicorn by Alice Hemming
– Milo: Sticky Nothes and Brain Freeze by Alan Siberberg
– Misfits by Jen Calonita
– Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
– The Mona Lisa Key by Liesl Shurtliff
* Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
– Mr. Gedrick and Me by Patrick Carmen
– Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIHM by Robert C. O’Brien
– Mustaches for Maddie by Chad Morris and Shelly Brown
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Myth-O-Mania by Kate McMullan
The Name of This Book is a Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch
A Nancy Drew Christmas by Carolyn Keene
A Nest for Celeste: A Story About Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home by Henry Cole
Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
Nightmares! by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller, illustrated by Karl Kwasny
– Nightshade City by Hilary Wagner
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
* Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
– Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes
* The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
– One Crazy Summer by Rita Garcia-Williams
On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson
– On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck
Once Upon Another Time by James Riley
– Operation Yes by Sara Lewis Homes
Ophie’s Ghosts by Justina Ireland
– Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
The Pearls of Lutra by Brian Jacques
Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
–The Perilous Princess Plot by Sarah Courtald
Peter Pan: MinaLima Edition by J. M Barrie, illustrated by Minalima
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Pierre the Maze Detective by Hiro Kamigaki
A Pinch of Magic by Michelle Harrison
A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus
– Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
Potion Masters by Frank L. Cole
Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
The Puzzling World of Winston Breen by Eric Berlin
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
– The Raven Heir by Stephanie Burgis
– A Return to Christmas by Chris Heimerdinger
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
– Roll With It by Jamie Sumner
Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Saving Fable by Scott Reintgen
* Savvy by Ingrid Law
The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani, illustrated by Iacopo Bruno
The School for Whatnots by Margaret Peterson Haddix
– A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong
– Short by Haley Goldberg Sloan
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley
– The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone
Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by A.F. Steadman
– Skullduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
– Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
– Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
Sparrows in the Wind by Gail Carson Levine
Spirit Animals by Brandon Mull
Starfish by Lisa Fipps
The Star That Always Stays by Anna Rose Johnson
– The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan
– The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
The Strangeworlds Travel Agency by L.D. Lapinski
– Summerlost by Ally Condie
Super Puzzletastic Mysteries by Chris Grabenstein
– Swindle by Gordon Korman
The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler
– The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
– The Templeton Twins Have an Idea by  Ellis Weiner and Jeremy Homes

– The Terrilbe Two by Mac Barnett, jory John, illustrated by Kevin Cornell
– Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham
– Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos by R.L. LaFevers
– Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
Time Cat by Lloyd Alexander
– The Time Warp Trio by Jon Sciesz
Treasure Island BBC Children’s Classics by Robert Louis Stevenson
Trixie Belden by Julie Campbell
– Trouble by Gary Schmidt
– The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George
– Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
– The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine
– The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
– The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
– The View From Saturday E.L. Konisburg
– Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
The Water and the Wild by K.E. Ormsbee
The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
* The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
– Well, That Was Awkward by Rachel Vail
– Well Witched by Frances Hardinge
We’re Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
– Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
Who Stole the Wizard of Oz? by Avi
– The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
Wink by Rob Harrell
Winterfrost by Michelle Houts
Winterhouse by Ben Guterson
– A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat
– The Wishbreaker by Tyler Whitesides
Wishing Upon the Same Stars by Jacquetta Nammar Feldman
– The Wishmakers by Tyler Whitesides, illustrated by Jessica Warrick
Wizard for Hire by Obert Skye
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Holk
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by Lorena Alvarez Gomez
* A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
York by Laura Ruby