Middle Grade Reading Recommendations
Cornelia Funke
Suzanne Collins
Brian Jacques
Raina Telgemeier
Christopher Paolini
Lois Lasky
Louis Sachar
Erin Hunter
Neil Gorman
Eoin Colfer
Carl Hiaasen
Marcus Alexander
Gail Levine
Dav Pilkey
R.J. Palacio
Jason Reynolds
Amari and the Night Brothers– B.B Alston (JF Alston)
Root Magic– Eden Royce (JF Royce)
The Sea in Winter- Christine Day (JF Day)
Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea– Ashley Herring Blake (New JF)
Starfish– Lisa Fipps (New JF)
The House That Wasn’t There– Elana K Arnold (New JF)
The Last Bear– Hannah Gold (New JF)
Ground Zero– Alan Gratz (New JF)
From the Desk of Zoe Washington– Janae Marks (JF Marks)
The List of Things That Will Not Change– Rebecca Stead (New JF)
Race to the Sun- Rebecca Roanhorse (JF Roanhor)
When You Trap a Tiger– Tae Keller (New JF)
Clean Getaway– Nic Stone (JF Stone)
The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez- Adrianna Cuevas (JF Cuevas)
What Stars Are Made of– Elizabeth Sarah Allen (New JF)
Beetle and the Hollowbones– Aliza Layne (JF Layne)
Here in the Real World– Sarah Pennypacker (JF Pennypa)
We Dream of Space– Erin Entrada Kelly (JF Kelly)
A Wish in the Dark– Christina Soontorvant (New JF)
After the Worst Thing Happens– Audrey Vernick (JF Vernick)
Before the Ever After– Jaqueline Woodson (JF Woodson)
Fighting Words– Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (JF Bradley)
Premediated Myrtle– Elizabeth C Bunce (JF Bunce)
The Brave– James Bird (New JF)
Raising Lumie– Joan Bauer (New JF)
Twilight Hauntings– Angle Sage (JF Sage)
A Place at the Table– Saadia Farqui (JF Farqui)
Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom-Louis Sachar (JF Sachar)
The Ickabog– J.K. Rowling (JF Rowling)
Echo Mountain– Lauren Wolk (JF Wolk)
Everything Sad is Untrue– Daniel Nayeri (JF Nayeri)
What Lane?– Torrey Maldonado (JF Maldona)
Turtle Boy– Evan M Wolkenstein (JF Wolkens)
