Best Middle Grade Books

Newbery

Ramona Quimby, Age 8

Beverly Cleary

Newbery Medal Honor

Edgar

Susannah and the Purple Mongoose

Patricia Elmore

Edgar Awards Finalist

Totally Disgusting!

Bill Wallace

Edgar

The Treasure Bird

Peni R. Griffin

Edgar Awards Finalist

Bluebonnet

Urban Roosts: Where Birds Nest in the City

Barbara Bash

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Edgar

The Widow's Broom

Chris Van Allsburg

Edgar Awards Finalist

Newbery

The Wonder Smith and His Son

Ella Young

Newbery Medal Honor

All My Road before Me

C. S. Lewis

Bluebonnet

Big Cats

Seymour Simon

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

The Christmas Spurs

Bill Wallace

Bluebonnet

Class President

Johanna Hurwitz

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

The Cookcamp

Gary Paulsen

Edgar

Double Trouble Squared

Kathryn Lasky

Edgar Awards Finalist

Edgar

Finding Buck McHenry

Alfred Slote

Edgar Awards Finalist

Bluebonnet

A Ghost in the House

Betty Ren Wright

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Bluebonnet

Grandaddy’s Place

Helen V. Griffith

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Bluebonnet

The Great Ideas of Lila Fenwick

Kate McMullan

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Bluebonnet

The Money Room

Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Edgar

Mystery on October Road

Alison Cragin Herzig and Jane Lawrence Mali

Edgar Awards Finalist

Bluebonnet

Oh, Honestly, Angela!

Nancy K. Robinson

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Edgar

The Secret Life of Dilly McBean

Dorothy Haas

Edgar Awards Finalist

Sentries

Gary Paulsen

Newbery

The Silver Pencil

Alice Dalgliesh

Newbery Medal Honor

Newbery

Sing Down the Moon

Scott O'Dell

Newbery Medal Honor