Books for Middle-Grade Readers
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THE LONDON EYE MYSTERY By Siobhan Dowd Ted and Kat watched their cousin board the London Eye—but 30 minutes later, when the other passengers troop off, Salim is gone! With their cousin now missing, they decide to use Ted’s unusual brain and Kat’s determination to find him. |
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SLOB By Ellen Potter Overweight almost-genius Owen Birnbaum has two goals: 1, catch whoever is stealing his Oreos and 2, finish his an invention designed to allow him a glimpse into the past. |
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A TASTE FOR RED By Lewis Harris Svetlana Grimm is convinced that she is a vampire. So what does that make her obviously evil 6th-grade science teacher? |
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BCPL Suggestions Middle-Grade Readers
* Indicates titles intended for ages 10 and up.
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THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER By Mark Twain |
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AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS* By Gennifer Choldenko |
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ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME MARGARET* By Judy Blume |
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ARTEMIS FOWL (Artemis Fowl Series #1) By Eoin Colfer |
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THE BAD BEGINNING (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1) By Lemony Snicket |
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BLUBBER By Judy Blume |
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THE BOXCAR CHILDREN By Gertrude Chandler Warner |
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BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA By Katherine Paterson |
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BUD, NOT BUDDY By Christopher Paul Curtis |
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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY By Roald Dahl |
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CHARLOTTE'S WEB By E.B. White |
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CITY OF EMBER* (Books of Ember #1) By Jeanne DuPrau |
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DIARY OF A WIMPY KID:
GREG HEFFLEY'S JOURNAL (Diary of a Wimpy Kid
#1) By Jeff Kinney |
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DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL By Anne Frank |
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DOVEY COE By Frances O'Roark Dowell |
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THE EGYPT GAME By Zilpha Keatley Snyder In this Newbery-winning book, agroup of kids begin the Egypt Game. They meet in a deserted storage yard to hold secret ceremonies and create their own Egyptian world. Everyone thinks it is just a game until strange real things begin to happen. |
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FLUSH* By Carl Hiaasen |
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FREAK THE MIGHTY* By Rodman Philbrick |
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THE GIVER* By Lois Lowry |
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GREGOR THE OVERLANDER (Underlander Chronicles Series #1) By Suzanne Collins |
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THE HARRY POTTER SERIES* By J.K. Rowling |
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HOLES* By Louis Sachar |
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HOOT* By Carl Hiaasen |
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INKHEART (Inkheart Trilogy #1) By Cornelia Funke |
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THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET By Brian Selznick |
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ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS By Scott O'Dell |
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JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH By Roald Dahl |
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JULIE OF THE WOLVES* (Julie Trilogy #1) By Jean Craighead George |
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THE LIGHTNING THIEF (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1) By Rick Riordan |
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LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS (Little House Series #1) By Laura Ingalls Wilder |
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LITTLE WOMEN* By Louisa May Alcott |
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A LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO: A NOVEL IN STORIES By Richard Peck |
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THE LONG WINTER (Little House Series #6) By Laura Ingalls Wilder |
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THE MOUSE AND THE MOTORCYCLE By Beverly Cleary |
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THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY (Mysterious Benedict Society #1) By Trenton Lee Stewart |
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NUMBER THE STARS* By Lois Lowry |
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THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH By Norton Juster |
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PIPPI LONGSTOCKING By Astrid Lindgrin |
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RUBY HOLLER By Sharon Creech |
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SAVVY
By Ingrid Law |
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THE SECRET GARDEN By Frances Hodgsdon Burnett |
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SHAKESPEARE'S SECRET By Elisa Broach |
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SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT* (Skulduggery Pleasant Series #1) By Derek Landy |
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THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES By Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi |
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THE 13TH FLOOR: A GHOST STORY By Sid Fleischman |
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TREASURE ISLAND By Robert Louis Stevenson |
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TUCK EVERLASTING By Natalie Babbitt |
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THE WEDNESDAY WARS* By Gary D. Schmidt |
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THE WESTING GAME By Ellen Raskin The game of “Who Killed Sam Westing” is on when sixteen heirs are summoned to the Westing mansion for the reading of a reclusive millionaire’s will. All of the heirs are suspects in the murder, and Westing’s millions will go to whichever heir solves the case. |
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WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS* By Wilson Rawls |
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THE WHIPPING BOY By Sid Fleischman |
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WHEN YOU REACH ME By Rebecca Stead Twelve-year-old Miranda must solve a puzzle to save her friend when she receives an anonymous letter from someone claiming to know the future in this wonderful and improbable blend of complex mystery, historical fiction, school story, and sci-fi. |
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THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND By Elizabeth George Speare |
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A WRINKLE IN TIME* (Time Quartet Series #1) By Madeline L'Engle Fourteen-year-old Meg Murray, her precociously intelligent little brother Charles Wallace, and Calvin O’Keefe are different. Meg finds out just how special when they are called upon to rescue the universe—and her father!—from a mysterious dark force. |
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last updated 6/25/10