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

The Horse and His Boy Summary

The Horse and His Boy

by C.S. Lewis 1954 224 pages

My Life as an Alphabet Summary

My Life as an Alphabet

by Barry Jonsberg 2013 256 pages

Realistic Fiction

We Are All Made of Molecules Summary

We Are All Made of Molecules

by Susin Nielsen 2015 256 pages

Realistic Fiction

Old School Summary

by Jeff Kinney 2015 224 pages

The Prophecy of the Stones Summary

The Prophecy of the Stones

by Flavia Bujor 2002 386 pages

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House Summary

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House

by Geronimo Stilton 2000 113 pages

Rise of the Evening Star Summary

Rise of the Evening Star

by Brandon Mull 2007 456 pages

How to Stay Invisible Summary

How to Stay Invisible

by Maggie C. Rudd 2023 240 pages

Realistic Fiction

Trollhunters Summary

by Guillermo del Toro 2015 336 pages

Evil Spy School Summary

Evil Spy School

by Stuart Gibbs 2015 336 pages

The Underneath Summary

by Kathi Appelt 2008 313 pages

Stargirl Summary

by Jerry Spinelli 2000 186 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 Getaway Summary

by Jeff Kinney 2017 224 pages

The First Adventure

by Tamora Pierce 1983 274 pages

Sounder Summary

by William H. Armstrong 1969 116 pages

Historical Fiction

Ozma of Oz Summary

by L. Frank Baum 1907 188 pages

The Hammer of Thor Summary

The Hammer of Thor

by Rick Riordan 2016 459 pages

De wildernis in Summary

De wildernis in

by Erin Hunter 2003 316 pages

The Arctic Incident Summary

The Arctic Incident

by Eoin Colfer 2002 398 pages

Fairest Summary

by Gail Carson Levine 2006 326 pages

The Plot to Kill Hitler Summary

The Plot to Kill Hitler

Dietrich Bonhoeffer—Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero

by Patricia McCormick 2016 184 pages

The Austere Academy Summary

The Austere Academy

by Lemony Snicket 2000 221 pages

Prince Caspian Summary

by C.S. Lewis 1951 240 pages

The Secret of the Old Clock Summary

The Secret of the Old Clock

by Carolyn Keene 1930 210 pages

The Son of Neptune Summary

The Son of Neptune

The Graphic Novel

by Robert Venditti 2017 192 pages

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life Summary

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

by Wendy Mass 2006 304 pages

Realistic Fiction

Fading Echoes Summary

by Erin Hunter 2010 352 pages

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Collection Summary

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Collection

by Jeff Kinney 2012

Night Whispers Summary

by Erin Hunter 2010 352 pages

Somewhere There Is Still a Sun Summary

Somewhere There Is Still a Sun

A Memoir of the Holocaust

by Michael Gruenbaum 2015 384 pages

One False Note Summary

by Gordon Korman 2008 174 pages

The Unteachables Summary

The Unteachables

by Gordon Korman 2019 288 pages

Realistic Fiction

Elon Musk Young Readers’ Edition Summary

Elon Musk Young Readers’ Edition

by Ashlee Vance 2017 288 pages

The Long Haul Summary

by Jeff Kinney 2014 217 pages

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 Merchant of Death Summary

The Merchant of Death

by D.J. MacHale 2002 375 pages

Science Fiction

Gathering Blue Summary

by Lois Lowry 2000 240 pages

Hurricane Child Summary

Hurricane Child

by Kacen Callender 2018 214 pages

Magical Realism

The Fowl Twins Summary

by Eoin Colfer 2019 425 pages

Heroes of the Environment Summary

Heroes of the Environment

True Stories of People Who Help Protect Our Planet

by Harriet Rohmer 2009 112 pages

Ramona Forever Summary

by Beverly Cleary 1984 150 pages

Realistic Fiction

by Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009 320 pages

Science Fiction

The Ersatz Elevator Summary

The Ersatz Elevator

by Lemony Snicket 2001 259 pages

by Raina Telgemeier 2019 144 pages

Falling Short Summary

by Ernesto Cisneros 2022 304 pages

Realistic Fiction

Writing Magic Summary

Creating Stories that Fly

by Gail Carson Levine 2006 168 pages

The Isle of the Lost Summary

The Isle of the Lost

by Melissa de la Cruz 2015 320 pages

Castle in the Air Summary

Castle in the Air

by Diana Wynne Jones 1990 298 pages

The Witch of Blackbird Pond Summary

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

by Elizabeth George Speare 1958 256 pages

Historical Fiction

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