Middle Grade

Books for young minds navigating the bridge between childhood and adolescence, filled with everything from magical adventures and mythological quests to inspiring true stories and practical guides for growing up. These engaging reads speak directly to tweens and early teens, offering both enchanting escapes and real-world wisdom as they find their place in the world.

Middle Grade Book Summaries

Fading Echoes Summary

by Erin Hunter 2010 352 pages

Princess Academy Summary

Princess Academy

by Shannon Hale 2005 314 pages

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Summary

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

by William Kamkwamba 2009 304 pages

Rise of the Wolf Summary

Rise of the Wolf

by Curtis Jobling 2011 432 pages

The Prophecy of the Stones Summary

The Prophecy of the Stones

by Flavia Bujor 2002 386 pages

The Hammer of Thor Summary

The Hammer of Thor

by Rick Riordan 2016 459 pages

Chicken Soup for the Girl's Soul Summary

Chicken Soup for the Girl's Soul

Real Stories by Real Girls About Real Stuff

by Jack Canfield 2005 350 pages

The Stonewall Riots Summary

The Stonewall Riots

Coming Out in the Streets

by Gayle E. Pitman 2019 224 pages

Number the Stars Summary

Number the Stars

by Lois Lowry 1989 137 pages

Historical Fiction

A Wrinkle in Time Summary

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle 1962 218 pages

Making Bombs for Hitler Summary

Making Bombs for Hitler

by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch 2012 186 pages

Historical Fiction

When You Reach Me Summary

When You Reach Me

by Rebecca Stead 2009 199 pages

Science Fiction

Writing Magic Summary

Creating Stories that Fly

by Gail Carson Levine 2006 168 pages

Framed! Summary

by James Ponti 2016 304 pages

Everblaze Summary

by Shannon Messenger 2014 624 pages

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House Summary

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House

by Geronimo Stilton 2000 113 pages

The Son of Neptune Summary

The Son of Neptune

The Graphic Novel

by Robert Venditti 2017 192 pages

The Austere Academy Summary

The Austere Academy

by Lemony Snicket 2000 221 pages

Night Whispers Summary

by Erin Hunter 2010 352 pages

The Search for WondLa Summary

The Search for WondLa

by Tony DiTerlizzi 2009 484 pages

Science Fiction

by Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009 320 pages

Science Fiction

Echo Mountain Summary

by Lauren Wolk 2020 356 pages

Historical Fiction

Percy Jackson's Greek Gods Summary

Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

by Rick Riordan 2014 417 pages

Trollhunters Summary

by Guillermo del Toro 2015 336 pages

Escape to Australia Summary

Escape to Australia

by James Patterson 2017 288 pages

The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 Summary

The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963

by Christopher Paul Curtis 1995 224 pages

Historical Fiction

The First Adventure

by Tamora Pierce 1983 274 pages

The Witches Summary

by Roald Dahl 1981 208 pages

Small Spaces Summary

by Katherine Arden 2018 218 pages

Sounder Summary

by William H. Armstrong 1969 116 pages

Historical Fiction

The Lightning Thief Summary

The Lightning Thief

The Graphic Novel

by Robert Venditti 2010 135 pages

Beezus and Ramona Summary

Beezus and Ramona

by Beverly Cleary 1955 160 pages

The Blood of Olympus Summary

The Blood of Olympus

by Rick Riordan 2014 516 pages

Chasing Vermeer Summary

Chasing Vermeer

by Blue Balliett 2004 254 pages

On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness Summary

On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness

by Andrew Peterson 2008 290 pages

The Lost Colony Summary

The Lost Colony

by Eoin Colfer 2006 385 pages

Science Fiction

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse - The Animated Story Summary

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse - The Animated Story

by Charlie Mackesy 2022 192 pages

The Alchemyst Summary

by Michael Scott 2007 390 pages

We Are All Made of Molecules Summary

We Are All Made of Molecules

by Susin Nielsen 2015 256 pages

Realistic Fiction

The Arctic Incident Summary

The Arctic Incident

by Eoin Colfer 2002 398 pages

Falling Short Summary

by Ernesto Cisneros 2022 304 pages

Realistic Fiction

The Burning Bridge Summary

The Burning Bridge

by John Flanagan 2005 262 pages

Dinosaurs Before Dark Summary

Dinosaurs Before Dark

by Mary Pope Osborne 1992 68 pages

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 Summary

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912

by Lauren Tarshis 2010 112 pages

Historical Fiction

No Brainer Summary

by Jeff Kinney 2023 224 pages

When the World Was Ours Summary

When the World Was Ours

by Liz Kessler 2021 352 pages

Historical Fiction

The Wind in the Willows Summary

The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame 1908 197 pages

Illegal Summary

by Eoin Colfer 2017 144 pages

Scorpions Summary

by Walter Dean Myers 1988 216 pages

Realistic Fiction

African American

The Ersatz Elevator Summary

The Ersatz Elevator

by Lemony Snicket 2001 259 pages

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