Middle Grade Book List

13 Gifts by Wendy Mass (MN)
39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers Bk. 1 by Gordon Korman (NYTB)
Abandon by Meg Cabot (NYT)
Absolute Value of Mike by Kathy Erskine (MN, NYT)
Addie on the Inside by James Howe (MN, NYT mixed review)
Adventures of Mark Twain, The by Robert Burleigh (MN)
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor (MN)
Alexander Hamilton: The Outsider by Jean Fritz (MN)
Aliens on Vacation by Clete Smith (MN)
All The World's a Stage by Gretchen Wolfe (MN)
Amelia Lost by Candace Fleming (MN)

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Angel In My Pocket by Ilene Cooper (MN)
Apothecary, The by Maile Meloy (LVD)
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (MN, NYT)
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (MN)
Bird in a Box by Andrea Davis Pinkney (MN)
Bless This Mouse by Lois Lowry (MN)
Bootleg by Karen Blumenthal (MN)
Camo Girl by Kekla Magoon (MN)
Can I See Your ID? by Chris Barton (MN)
Cheshire Cheese Cat, The by Carmen Deedy (LVD)
Chime by Franny Billingsley (MN)
Close to Famous by Joan Bauer (MN)
Dancing Home by Alma Flor Ada (MN, NYT) *Bicultural
Daphne’s Diary of Daily Disasters by Marissa Moss (NYT)
Darth Paper Strikes Back by Tom Engleberger (NYTB, LVD)
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos (MN)
Death Cloud by Andrew Lane (NYT)
Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Story (NYT)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever (Nov. 15)
Divergent by Veronica Roth (MN, NYT)

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Dog's Way Home, A by Bobbie Pyron (MN)
Dogtag Summer by Elizabeth Partridge (MN)
Dragon’s Tooth by N.D. Wilson (LVD)
Eight Keys by Suzanne LaFleur (MN)
Elephant Scientist, The by Caitlyn O'Connell (MN)

Eleventh Plague, The by Jeff Hirsch (MN)
Emerald Atlas by John Stephens (MN, NYT)
Enclave by Ann Aguirre (MN)
Flesh and Blood So Cheap by Albert Marrin (MN)
Floors by Patrick Carman (MN)
Flyaway by Lucy Christopher (MN)
Floating Islands by Rachel Neumeier (MN)
Four Seasons by Jane Breskin Zalben (MN)
Fox Inheritance by Mary Pearson (LVD)
Freedom Stone by Jeffrey Kluger (MN)
Friendship Doll, The by Kirby Larson (MN)
Ghetto Cowboy by G. Neri (MN)
Girl is Murder, The by Kathryn Miller Haines (MN)
Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, The by Catherynne M. Valente(Andre Norton Award Winner, NYT claimed too advanced, but it is a great book for gifted readers of fantasy, MN via ACPL) 

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Grand Plan to Fix Everything, The by Uma Krishnaswsami (MN)
Great Wall of Lucy of Wu, The by Wendy Wan-Long Shang (MN)
Guys Read Thrillers Edited By Jon Scieszka (LVD)
Hidden by Helen Frost (MN)
Hidden Gallery by Maryrose Wood (MN)
How They Croaked by Georgia Bragg (MN)
Hurricane Dancers by Margarita Engle (MN)
Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby (LVD)
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai (MN) *Bicultural
Island’s End by Padma Venkatraman (MN)
Junonia by Kevin Henkes (MN)
Kick by Walter Dean Myers and Ross Workman (MN)
Lemonade Crime, The by Jacqueline Davies (MN)
Level Up by Gene Yuen Lang (Eisner)
Liar, Liar by Gary Paulsen (MN)
Lucky for Good by Susan Patron (MN)
Lunch-Box Dream by Tony Abbott (MN)
Manatee Scientists, The by Peter Lourie (MN)

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Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson (NYT, NYTB)
Missing on Superstition Mountain by Elise Broach (MN)
Mo Wren, Lost and Found by Tricia Springstubb (MN)
Mostly True Story of Jack by Kelly Barnhill (MN)
Music Was It by Susan Goldman Rubin (MN)
Mysterious Bones by Katherine Kirkpatrick (MN)
No Passengers Beyond This Point by Gennifer Choldenko (MN)
Oil Spill by Elaine Landau (MN)
Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt (MN, NYT)
One Day and One Amazing Morning by Joanne Rocklin (MN)
Only Ones, The by Aaron Starmer (MN)
Penderwicks at Point Mouette by Jeanne Birdsall (MN)
Plagues, Pox, & Pestilence by Richard Platt (LVD)
Plain Kate by Erin Bow (NYT)
Queen of Water by Resau and Farinango (MN)
R My Name is Rachel by Patricia Reilly Giff (MN)
Romeo & Juliet Code, The by Phoebe Stone (MN)
Roots and Blues: A Celebration by Arnold Adoff (MN)
Second Fiddle by Rosanne Parry (MN)

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Sidekicks by Jack Ferraiolo (MN)
Silhouetted by the Blue by Traci L. Jones (MN)
Silver Bowl, The by Diane Stanley (MN)
Small Act of Amazing Courage by Gloria Whelan (MN)
Small As An Elephant by Jennifer Jacobson (MN)
Small Persons With Wings by Ellen Booraem (MN)
Smile by Raina Telgemeier (Eisner Teen)
Sparrow Road by Sheila O'Connor (MN)
Summer Before Boys, The by Nora Raleigh Baskin (MN)
Tale of Two Castles, A by Gail Carson Levine (MN)
Ten Miles Past Normal by Francis ORoark Dowell (MN)
Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan (MN, NYTB)
Tiny Titans by DC (Eisner Kids)
Tom Thumb by George Sullivan (MN)
Trapped by Marc Aronson (MN)
Trouble Maker by Andrew Clements (NYT)
Trouble with Chickens by Doreen Cronin (MN)
Trouble With May Amelia, The by Jennifer L. Holm (MN)
True...Sort Of by Katherine Hannigan (MN)

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Unwanteds, The by Lisa McMann (MN, LVD)
Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan (MN)
War and Watermelon by Rich Wallace (MN)
Warp Speed by Lisa Yee (MN)
Water Balloon by Audrey Vernick (MN)
We are America by Walter Dean Myers (NYT)
Wheels of Change by Sue Macy (MN)
Wikkeling, The by Steven Arntson (MN)
Wildwood by Colin Meloy (MN, LVD)
William's Midsummer Dreams by Zilpha Snyder (MN)
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick (MN)
Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy (MN)
Year We Were Famous, The by Carole Dagg (MN)
Yu-Gi-Oh GX (NYTB)
You Killed Wesley Payne by Sean Beaudoin (MN)
Young Fredle by Cynthia Voigt (MN)
You’ll Like It Here by Ruth White (MN)

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