Category Must Read Middle Grade

The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling Ages 8-12 On a warm evening in the Seeonee hills, a family of wolves finds someone at the threshold of their cave–a human child, who knows nothing of the world of men. Adopted by Father…

The Happy Hollisters Series Books 1-33 Helen S. Hamilton Each one of the Hollister children – Pete (age 12), Pam (10), Ricky (7), Holly (6) and Sue (4) – plays an important role in finding clues, along with their parents,…

The Great Wheel Robert Lawson Ages 10-12 “Your fortune lies to the west. Keep your face to the sunset . . . and one day you’ll ride the greatest wheel in all the world.”  When Aunt Honora reads this fortune…

The Great Gilly Hopkins Katherine Paterson Ages 9-11 Eleven-year-old Gilly has been stuck in more foster families than she can remember, and she’s hated them all. She has a reputation for being brash, brilliant, and completely unmanageable, and that’s the…

The Ghost’s Grave Peg Kehret Ages 10+ What Josh thought would be the dullest summer of his life, spent with his eccentric great-aunt, turns chilling when he meets the ghost of a coal miner killed in a mine explosion. Willie…

The Gammage Cup Carol Kendall Ages 8-12 Carol Kendall’s witty, epic tales about the race of people called the Minnipins are now available as Odyssey/Harcourt Young Classics. Now a new generation of readers can thrill to the adventures of the…

The Feelings Book American Girl  Ages 8-11 The Feelings Book will help you understand your emotions, and deal with them in positive ways. You’ll get tips on how to express your feelings and stay in control, plus get sensitive advice…

The Enormous Egg Oliver Butterworth Ages 6-10 Young Nate Twitchell is surprised when one of the hens on his family farm lays a giant egg. After a painstaking wait, Nate is even more surprised when it hatches and out pops…

The Egypt Game Zola Keatley Snyder Ages 8-11 The first time Melanie Ross meets April Hall, she’s not sure they have anything in common. But she soon discovers that they both love anything to do with ancient Egypt. When they…

The Earth Dragon Awakes Laurence Yep Ages 8-12 Over the years the earth has moved many times under San Francisco. But it has been thirty-eight years since the last strong earthquake. People have forgotten how bad it can be. But…