Sibling rivalry comes to a head when sisters cross blades in a fencing match in Duel, a graphic novel by Jessixa and Aaron Bagley.
Browsing: ages 8 & up
Two girls team up to save endangered leatherback turtles in Turtles of the Midnight Moon, a middle-grade novel by María José Fitzgerald.
Three girls create the ultimate hair-braiding business in The Braid Girls, a middle-grade contemporary novel by Sherri Winston.
A mermaid, firebird and a witch become entangled with the powerful Witch Queen, who may hold the key to the past in Atana and the Firebird, by Vivian Zhou.
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 teen struggles to find her place in her Indigenous community and at her mostly white school in We Still Belong, a middle-grade novel by Christine Day.
We Gather Together: Stories from Then to Now, by Denise Kiernan, tells the true story of how Thanksgiving became a national holiday.
A girl spends summer vacation with her estranged maternal grandparents in The Firefly Summer, a middle-grade novel by Morgan Matson.
A girl and her friend try to save their apartment building by entering a video contest in The Umbrella House, by Colleen Nelson.
A girl is determined to bring electricity to her Appalachian community in Light Comes to Shadow Mountain, a historical fiction novel by Toni Buzzeo.