Best Middle Grade Books

Across the Doodleverse

Max Brallier

The dark and other scary stories

Max Brallier

Nero

Dragonborn

Struan Murray

Nero Book Awards Shortlist

Pura Belpré

A Hero's Guide to Summer Vacation

Pablo Cartaya

Pura Belpré Award Honor

Bluebonnet

Howliday Inn

James Howe

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Bluebonnet

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales

Nathan Hale

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Bluebonnet

New Dragon City

Mari Mancusi

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Bluebonnet

No Place for Monsters

Kory Merritt

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Bluebonnet

Odder

Katherine Applegate

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Stonewall

Ollie in Between

Jess Callans

Stonewall Book Awards Honor

Bluebonnet

Tales to Keep You Up at Night

Dan Poblocki

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Newbery

The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest

Aubrey Hartman

Newbery Medal Honor

Bluebonnet

Woof

Spencer Quinn

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Sibert

At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom

Erin Entrada Kelly

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Honor

Beasts Beneath the Winds

Hanna Alkaf

Bluebonnet

Bravo! Poems About Amazing Hispanics

Margarita Engle

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Eisner

Chickenpox

Remy Lai

Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Finalist

Eisner

Creature Clinic

Gavin Aung Than

Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Finalist

Face in the Mirror and Other Scary Stories

Max Brallier

Bluebonnet

Haven: A Small Cat's Big Adventure

Megan Lloyd

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Heron Princess

Karla Arenas Valenti

Stonewall

The Ink Witch

Steph Cherrywell

Stonewall Book Awards Honor

Last Kids on Earth and the Destructor's Lair

Max Brallier

The library of unruly treasures

Jeanne Birdsall