An eighth-grader tries to find out how the most popular girl at her school became a social pariah in What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski.
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A girl decides to give herself three different makeovers at the same time — what could possibly go wrong? — in Amelia Gray is Almost Okay, by Jessica Brody.
Each year, Cracking the Cover compiles a list of books that make great gifts. These are middle-grade books published in and/or reviewed in 2023.
A boy learns life lessons while learning to play chess in Not an Easy Win, a middle-grade novel by Chrystal D. Giles.
A young orphan finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation in The Night Raven, a novel by Johan Rundberg and translated by A. A. Prime.
A boy dreams of going to space with his disabled brother in Farther Than the Moon, a middle-grade novel by Lindsay Lackey.
A girl struggles to find her place in the world as her neighborhood burns down around her in Remember Us, by Jacqueline Woodson.
After his stepfather is arrested for domestic violence, a boy must figure out how best to use his hands in Hands, by Torrey Maldonado.
A girl with lots of questions — and opinions — gains the confidence to say what she feels in Opinions and Opossums, by Ann Braden.
Forced to hide her new-found magic, a girl digs up information on the corrupt government in Seagarden, Book 2 in Michelle A. Barry’s Plotting the Stars series.