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We prioritise selecting books for the Middle Grades (ages 8 – 12), because we know that finding appropriate titles for this age group can be challenging.
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The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang

When the number four spells disaster, Eugenia Wang’s twelfth birthday might just be her unluckiest yet.

Enigmatown

What happens when a teenager, a ninety-year-old, and a ghost are the only ones standing between their town and its dark past?

Bite-Sized Facts: Nature

How much can you really learn about the natural world in just five minutes?

The Secret Book (Flember series)

When Dev finds a magical sketchbook that brings his drawings to life, he unleashes a mischievous, messy, and marvelous new world.

Bite-Sized Facts: Nature

How much can you really learn about the natural world in just five minutes?

Campers Beware

The campfire stories were just stories… right?

Deepwater Creek: A Graphic Novel

When a final summer fishing trip lures four friends into the fog, they discover that the river’s murky depths hide something far more dangerous than a big catch.

Oddity Woods

The woods are dark, deep, and full of monsters—and it’s up to a young cryptozoologist to protect them.

My Brother Otto

A heartfelt journey of understanding, as a young girl learns to connect with her autistic brother in ways she never thought possible.

Penny Draws a Best Friend (Penny Draws Series)

Fifth-grader Penny Lowry is an expert at worrying about everything from “killer” squirrels to falling pianos, but her biggest stressor arrives when her best friend moves away and she has to navigate the social minefield of middle school alone.

The Golden Necklace: A Darjeeling Tea Mystery

When a precious heirloom vanishes in the mist of a Darjeeling tea plantation, twelve-year-old Sona must trade her schoolbooks for detective work to save her brother from a crime he didn’t commit.

Let Sleeping Gods Lie

They were warned to leave the ancient gods undisturbed, but now a forgotten evil has been awakened.

Sashimi

He’s a fierce warrior in his own mind, but what happens when this pampered house cat faces a real monster?

The Wicked Ship (Oceanforged series)

Cursed, hunted, and trapped on a ship of dark magic and restless spirits, a young stowaway must fight to control the sea itself.

The Secret in the Woods (King Coo Series)

A shy boy finds refuge in a magical forest where he teams up with a wild, inventive girl and her pet wombat to outsmart a gang of bullies.

Ready, Cassette, Go!

In a world of streaming, one music-obsessed kid is about to discover the magic—and madness—of the perfect mixtape.

Take Over the World! (Donut Squad Series)

One squad of sugar-coated masterminds is ready to conquer the planet—if they can just stop making a mess first.

Ten-Ton Titan Terrier

When an asteroid crash-lands with a threat to destroy the planet, humanity looks for a savior, but they probably didn’t expect an eleven-inch terrier to answer the call.

Explodapedia: The Brain

Think you know your own mind? Prepare to have your brain exploded by the bizarre and brilliant facts inside it.

The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks

She’s surviving middle school, one mortifying disaster at a time.

T.S. Hullabaloo

Sixth grade is hard enough without a chaotic creature permanently attached to your side.

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