If you’re looking for a spooky tale that focuses on friendships, then Lindsay Currie’s Scritch Scratch might fit the bill.
Browsing: Middle Grade
J. Scott Savage’s Lost Wonderland Diaries delves into Lewis Carroll’s beloved world. It fell flat with me, but might not for you.
Lev Grossman’s The Silver Arrow is one of the most imaginative and absorbing middle-grade books I’ve read in a long time.
Ruth Behar’s Letters From Cuba follows a young Jewish girl who trades life in Poland for life in Cuba on the eve of World War II.
Barbara Dee’s latest middle-grade novel, My Life in the Fish Tank, is one of my favorite books of 2020.
A girl sets out to find her missing father and finds friends and adventure in the process in Beth McMullen’s Lola Benko, Treasure Hunter.
One of my favorite teen sleuths is back in Lena Jones’ middle-grade novel Agatha Oddly: The Silver Serpent.
A 14-year-old kid from the UK finds himself on the adventure of a lifetime in Tom Mitchell’s That Time I Got Kidnapped.
Two girls bond over South Asian cooking in Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan’s excellent A Place at the Table.
The Summer We Found the Baby, by Amy Hest, explores a WWII summer through the eyes of three engaging children.