Middle School Book Bundle
A Set of Wings
by Linda Peng
Andrew is ill and because of this, his world grows smaller every day as his parents try to keep him safe. All he needs is one person to understand that there's more to living than staying alive.
- Reading Level: 3.4
- Interest Level: High School
A Skateboarding Story
by Tammy Griffith
Three friends, one rock, and a busted window—that's how everything changes.
- Reading Level: 3.1
- Interest Level: Middle School
Argentum
by Abigail Mitchell
The king's daughter has been cursed, but she's no damsel in distress. If her fate is to be changed, she wishes to be the one to change it.
- Reading Level: 5.3
- Interest Level: Late Elementary
Birds in the Rain
by Rachael Mockalis
Lucy's life is a series of bad days strung together. She feels incompetent and useless. But that all changes when she goes for a walk in the rain and meets Raphael.
- Reading Level: 4.2
- Interest Level: Late Elementary, Middle School
Chorus of Bells
by Natalie Walker
Lester, a skeptical young man, is patrolling the village cemetery for his first night as the graveyard lookout. He expects a silent night, but it ends up being anything but quiet.
- Reading Level: 4.6
- Interest Level: Post High School, High School
Darius Quinton Coleman: Boy Genius
by Kelly Winters
Darius is a young mechanical genius, but are his talents enough to solve a real-life crime?
- Reading Level: 2.9
- Interest Level: Late Elementary, Middle School
Deaf Like Pluto
by Maya Bhattiprolu
Pluto is different from other planets... kind of like Kaira is different from other people. She's all too familiar with how it feels to not fit in, but maybe things are about to change.
- Reading Level: 3.0
- Interest Level: Middle School
Deep in the Underworld
by Caroline Gee
Nico di Angelo has a mission: find the Doors of Death and release them from their chains. To do that, he must travel through the deepest part of the Underworld: Tartarus.
- Reading Level: 3.7
- Interest Level: Middle School
Define Beauty
by Bithja Pierre
With her dark skin and coiled hair, Alicia doesn't look like the woman on the magazine cover. This leads her to question beauty: what does it mean to be beautiful? Is she? Can she ever be?
- Reading Level: 4.7
- Interest Level: Middle School
Different
by Jennie Ford
It feels dangerous and lonely to be "different" for Caleb. If he admits who he is, will things get better or worse?
- Reading Level: 2.4
- Interest Level: Late Elementary
Escaping the Storm
by Katrina Wong
It's the most unlikely alliance during World War II: Naomi, a young Jewish girl; Blaze, the young soldier who should want to kill her; and Michaela, the German girl who should thank him for it.
- Reading Level: 2.2
- Interest Level: High School, Middle School
From Hero to Racer
by Matthias & Nancy Southwick
Zack dreads moving to a new home until he spots a 2005 Pontiac GTO in his neighbor's driveway. Imagine if he could race something like that himself!
- Reading Level: 2.6
- Interest Level: Late Elementary
Girl Power
by Kitty Heite
A war has destroyed most of the country, and a team of young women must go on a dangerous mission to find power cells. Their camp of survivors depends on their success.
- Reading Level: 2.3
- Interest Level: Middle School
Hope Is the Thing with Feathers: A Story of Hope in the Holocaust
by Hailey Hudson
Germany is changing. It's a cruel time in history for people like Amalie, but why? Why is being Jewish such a bad thing?
- Reading Level: 3.9
- Interest Level: Middle School
I Want to Be a Writer
by Anya Ivan
Alex knows he wants to be a writer but doesn't know how to write very well. With the help of his English teacher, Alex learns how to improve his writing and how to use it to cope with family issues.
- Reading Level: 3.1
- Interest Level: Middle School
In the Pines
by Jennie Ford
Caroline grows up on a small farm in North Carolina, where the past finds some ways to repeat itself.
- Reading Level: 2.4
- Interest Level: Middle School, High School
Instructions for My 5th-Grade Self
by Lisa Zhang
Yijia's fifth-grade self has a knack for attracting attention from Mrs. Lou... but not the good kind of attention. One moment stands out in particular, one that she just can't ever forget.
- Reading Level: 4.4
- Interest Level: Middle School
Keeping Time
by Sienna Santer
Seven strangers. One dangerous turn of events. How they handle themselves in the midst of hunger, fear, and endless fighting will leave us asking: what's truly important?
- Reading Level: 5.4
- Interest Level: High School, Middle School
Lucky Henry Walker: Hurricane Refugee
by John Porter
Meet Lucky Henry Walker: a real-life Hurricane Katrina canine refugee.
- Reading Level: 2.2
- Interest Level: Late Elementary
My Dad's Secret
by Mary Francis
Abby's classmates have great topics for their family history projects. Their families are so much more interesting than hers, or so she thinks, until she begins asking the right questions.
- Reading Level: 2.5
- Interest Level: Middle School, High School
No Pickles for Annabelle
by Dollie Stiemsma
As a pickle farmer's daughter and a fifth grader with terrible spelling skills, Annabelle believes she is destined to pick prickly green pickles and be the worst speller forever.
- Reading Level: 4.7
- Interest Level: Middle School, Late Elementary
Red and the Wolf
by Lillie Paul
Little Red Ridinghood accepts her legacy as a werewolf hunter. However, her life is flipped upside-down when she befriends a werewolf boy named Chase, who forces her to reconsider her view of his kind
- Reading Level: 2.4
- Interest Level: High School
Romeo and Me
by Jennie Ford
Romeo and Caroline have always had a deep, easy friendship, but her pale skin and his dark skin make life beyond the farm so different.
- Reading Level: 3.2
- Interest Level: Late Elementary
Room for Company
by A.A. Gardner
Aunt Delly has always told Noelle that naughty children get taken away. When Noelle comes to find herself "stolen" by the roaders, it's nothing like what she'd been told.
- Reading Level: 1.9
- Interest Level: Middle School
Ruby and the Magic Stones
by Lori Werhane
Ruby's not like the other kids in her school. Everything just seems so . . . hard for her, until a discovery leads to new and exciting changes.
- Reading Level: 3.4
- Interest Level: Late Elementary
Skeleton Valley
by Tom Rameaka
Will a hike to the infamous Skeleton Valley help to heal the strained relationship between two former best friends?
- Reading Level: 3.4
- Interest Level: Middle School, Late Elementary
Something To Prove
by Tiffany Jones
Derek's stutter is like a shadow, following him always. But he refuses to let it get in the way of the changes ahead.
- Reading Level: 3.8
- Interest Level: Middle School
Stolen
by Robert Wonders
The Goodman Public Library bake sale was a terrific success, but the evening afterwards, the sale money was discovered missing. Who would have taken it? Aariz and Annie are determined to find out.
- Reading Level: 4.4
- Interest Level: Middle School
The Crossroads
by Grama Jayaram
Two beetle leaves, three beetle nuts, an unbroken coconut, and a five-paise coin. Will the forest goddess, Maramma, accept these offerings and heal the boy who delivers them to her?
- Reading Level: 3.9
- Interest Level: Middle School
The Hammer
by Devan Hawkins
A young boy worries that his father's loud hammering will disturb their neighbor, who is going through more than he can imagine.
- Reading Level: 3.6
- Interest Level: Middle School
The Sailor's Tale
by Jennie Ford
Strange things are happening on the old sailor's property. What's going on? Can a brother and sister duo solve the chilling mystery?
- Reading Level: 2.3
- Interest Level: Late Elementary, Middle School
The Secret Goldfish
by Ariel Morrison
In the midst of World War II, Alfred meets a boy named Kiku, who is afraid for his family. Can Alfred keep Kiku's secret?
- Reading Level: 4.5
- Interest Level: Late Elementary, Middle School
The Secret Of The Blue Box
by Anna Cole
Three sisters discover a secret family heirloom in their old vacation home. Questions arise, and they want answers. But they're not the only ones.
- Reading Level: 2.7
- Interest Level: Late Elementary, Middle School
The Whipping Words
by Megan Dean
In a world of prejudice and slavery, May's enslaved nanny, Tula, finds freedom through reading, but it comes at a major cost.
- Reading Level: 3.9
- Interest Level: Late Elementary, Middle School
Transitioning
by Dean Gessie
Mx. Rogers (pronounced MIX Rogers) returns to school following their gender reassignment with a short tale from the ocean that they've written to help explain their new identity to their students.
- Reading Level: 3.2
- Interest Level: Post High School, High School, Middle School, Late Elementary
Walks with Augustus
by L.V. Halo
Afternoon walks with a troublesome white terrier change everything for Sofia, but not in the way anyone would have expected. Especially her.
- Reading Level: 2.6
- Interest Level: Middle School
What's The Worst That Can Happen?
by Robert Wonders
Tyler Jackson daydreams about great athletic accomplishments he hopes to make a reality so that he can impress his crush.
- Reading Level: 3.2
- Interest Level: Middle School
Wild Boys
by Kat Jeanette
I can't believe Mom and Dad left me here. I shouldn't be here. The other boys are real bad. I'm not like that. Right?
- Reading Level: 3.2
- Interest Level: Middle School
Will
by Cynthia Kerns
Sometimes the right things are the hardest things to do. If Dylan stands up for his awkward next-door neighbor, will he become an outcast himself?
- Reading Level: 2.3
- Interest Level: High School