Best Middle Grade Books

AIYLA

Red Bird Danced

Dawn Quigley

American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor

Bluebonnet

Riding Freedom

Pam Muñoz Ryan

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Schneider Family

Shark Teeth

Sherri Winston

Schneider Family Book Award Honor

Bluebonnet

Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport

Caren Stelson

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Bluebonnet

Tales from Cabin 23: The Boo Hag Flex

Justina Ireland and Hanna Alkaf

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Too Many Villains!

Max Brallier

Pura Belpré

Ultraviolet

Aida Salazar

Pura Belpré Award Honor

Bluebonnet

Warton and the Traders

Russell E. Erickson

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Bluebonnet

Whatever After: Fairest Ever After

Sarah Mlynowski

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Wrath of the Rain God

Karla Arenas Valenti

Newbery

The Wrong Way Home

Kate O'Shaughnessy

Newbery Medal Honor

Bluebonnet

You Are Here: Connecting Flights

Ellen Oh

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Pura Belpré

Alebrijes

Donna Barba Higuera

Pura Belpré Award Honor

Bluebonnet

The Best of Iggy

Annie Barrows

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Bluebonnet

Black Boy Joy

Kwame Mbalia

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Bluebonnet

The Canyon's Edge

Dusti Bowling

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Bluebonnet

The Cursed Moon

Angela Cervantes

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Bluebonnet

The Dirt Book: Poems About Animals That Live Beneath Our Feet

David L. Harrison

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Bluebonnet

Dogtown

Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Bluebonnet

Doña Quixote: Rise of the Knight

Rey Terciero

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Newbery

Eagle Drums

Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson

Newbery Medal Honor

Newbery

Elf Dog and Owl Head

M. T. Anderson

Newbery Medal Honor

Edgar

Epic Ellison: Cosmos Camp

Lamar Giles

Edgar Awards Finalist

Fantastic Four

Jerry Craft