Our Favorite Middle Grade Books

Today, we are sharing our very favorite first novels for your middle-grade level reader.  Miss 9 has read these to herself and then read them again…and again.  We love that many are classics, the language is rich and they have helped expand her vocabulary immeasurably. Historical fiction has proven to be a favorite and we can’t wait to see what she falls in love with next! We hope you find something you like!

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery 

Sugar by Jewell Parker Rhodes

All of  Kind Family by Sydney Taylor  

The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall 

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Red Blazer Girls by Michael D. Beil

Pax by Sara Pennypacker

and

The Story Girl by Lucy Maud Montgomery  

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

Nancy Drew Series by Carolyn Keene

Heidi by Johanna Spyri 

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

and

The Island to Adventure by Enid Blyton

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate 

Pollyanna by Eleanor Porter

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett  

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by KamKwamba

Mandie Collection by Lois Gladys Leppard

The Vanderbeekers of 141 Street by Karina Yan Glaser 

Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild 

Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan  

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Five Little Peppers by Margaret Sidney

Kaya by Janet Beeler Shaw

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

 

 Have a look at Our Favorite First Chapter Books for your early reader!

– Sue 

 

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