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Middle grade literature is literature intended for children between the ages of 8 and 12. While these books are sometimes grouped together with books for other age bands and collectively called "children's books", middle grade is distinct from picture books, early or easy readers, and chapter books, all of which are intended for younger audiences.
At the lower end of the age spectrum, fiction targeted to readers aged 8–12 is referred to as middle grade fiction. Some novels originally marketed to adults are of interest and value to adolescents, and vice versa, as in the case of books such as the Harry Potter series of novels. [87]
Front Desk is a middle grade book written by Kelly Yang and published by Scholastic in 2018. Yang's debut book is about ten-year-old Mia Tang and her family who, after a couple years struggling financially, are hired to manage a motel. It is the first book in the 5-part series. The family is hired by the owner of the Calivista, Mr. Yao.
Middle-grade author Loretta Lopez shares five books that make perfect gifts for tween bookworms. ... In this coming-of-age story, Carrie helps girls—of all races and backgrounds—understand the ...
Both the book and audiobook editions of From the Desk of Zoe Washington are Junior Library Guild selections. [7] [8]The Chicago Public Library, [9] Kirkus Reviews, [10] Parents, [11] School Library Journal named From the Desk of Zoe Washington one of the best middle grade novels of 2020, [12] and Booklist included it on their 2020 "Top 10 First Novels for Youth" list. [13]
A Kind of Spark is a middle grade novel by Elle McNicoll, published on 4 June 2020, by Knights of Media.The book follows Addie, "an autistic 11-year-old [who] seeks to memorialize the women once tried as witches in her Scottish village."
The House with Chicken Legs is a 2018 middle-grade fantasy novel by Sophie Anderson, illustrated by Elisa Paganelli.Inspired by traditional Baba Yaga tales, the novel follows a young girl, Marinka, who lives with her grandmother in a magical, sentient house, traveling the world while her grandmother helps support and guide newly deceased people to the afterlife.
Fatty Legs is a memoir aimed at middle-grade children, written by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton and illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes, published September 1, 2010 by Annick Press. The story is about the residential school system , a system focused on the assimilation of Indigenous peoples.