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Middle School Adventures: Books for Young Readers

Explore the captivating world of middle school through these engaging books that will entertain and inspire young readers. Join characters on their exciting and sometimes challenging journeys as they navigate friendship, magic, and self-discovery.

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Middle School Adventures: Books for Young Readers

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  1. Revised 2019-2020 OBOB Middle School Powerpoint (16 titles)created by C. Snyder

  2. Ms. Bixby’s Last Day by John David Anderson Loving their gifted teacher, three boys are dismayed when she falls ill and leaves for the rest of the school year, a situation that compels them to share their stories while cutting class and journeying across town together on a fateful day.

  3. The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill A witch, a swamp monster, and a perfectly tiny dragon raise a young girl named Luna, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her to save the people of the Protectorate.

  4. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling New friends and a mystery help 13-year-old Ava adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.

  5. The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz Twelve-year-old Jaime makes the treacherous journey from his home in Guatemala to his older brother in New Mexico after their cousin is murdered by a drug cartel.

  6. It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas Eleven-year-old Zomorod, originally from Iran, tells her story of growing up Iranian in Southern California during the Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis of the late 1970s.

  7. The List by Patricia Forde Letta, charged with collecting and saving words, uncovers a sinister plan to suppress language, which would rob the people of Ark of the power of speech. Letta soon realizes she must also save the culture itself.

  8. House Arrest by K.A. Holt Young Timothy is sentenced to house arrest after impulsively stealing a wallet, and he is forced to keep a journal into which he pours all his thoughts, fears, and frustrations.

  9. The Novice by TaranMatharu When blacksmith apprentice Fletcher discovers that he has the ability to summon demons from another world, he travels to Adept Military Academy where he must decide where his loyalties lie.

  10. Frogkisser! by Garth Nix The evil duke has a bad habit of turning enemies into frogs, and only Anya and her magical lip balm can restore them. To save the kingdom, she is going to have to kiss a lot of frogs.

  11. The Teacher’s Funeral by Richard Peck In rural Indiana, in 1904, fifteen-year-old Russell’s dream of quitting school and joining a wheat-threshing crew are disrupted when his older sister takes over the teaching of his one-room schoolhouse after mean old Myrt Arbuckle “hauls off and dies”.

  12. The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez Twelve-year-old María Luisa O'Neill-Morales, who really prefers to be called Malú, reluctantly moves with her Mexican American mother to Chicago and starts seventh grade with a bang, violating the dress code with her punk rock aesthetic.

  13. The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby In an alternate history of New York, three kids try to solve a modern-world puzzle and complete a treasure hunt laid into the streets and buildings of the city.

  14. The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands In 1655 London, fourteen-year-old Christopher Rowe, apprentice to an apothecary, and his best friend, Tom, try to uncover the truth behind a mysterious cult, following a trail of puzzles, codes, pranks, and danger toward an unearthly secret with the power to tear the world apart.

  15. The Port Chicago 50 by Steve Sheinkin In July 1944, an explosion at a California navy base killed hundreds of sailors loading munitions. Fifty black seamen, refusing to resume work in unsafe conditions, were charged with mutiny.

  16. Falling Over Sideways by Jordan Sonnenblick Harassed at her middle school, not taken seriously at home, and with a “perfect” older brother, Matthew, to live up to, thirteen-year-old Claire has always felt like her life was cursed. Then one morning, when she and her beloved father are talking at breakfast, he suddenly falls over with a stroke, and everything changes.

  17. The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani Best friends Sophie and Agatha discover their true identities when they enter The School for Good and Evil, a school where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. Best friends.

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