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

Somewhere There Is Still a Sun Summary

Somewhere There Is Still a Sun

A Memoir of the Holocaust

by Michael Gruenbaum 2015 384 pages

Rise of the Evening Star Summary

Rise of the Evening Star

by Brandon Mull 2007 456 pages

The Demigod Files Summary

The Demigod Files

by Rick Riordan 2009 151 pages

The Twenty-One Balloons Summary

The Twenty-One Balloons

by William Pène du Bois 1947 180 pages

The Horse and His Boy Summary

The Horse and His Boy

by C.S. Lewis 1954 224 pages

Fantastic Mr. Fox Summary

Fantastic Mr. Fox

by Roald Dahl 1970 96 pages

The First Adventure

by Tamora Pierce 1983 274 pages

The Son of Neptune Summary

The Son of Neptune

The Graphic Novel

by Robert Venditti 2017 192 pages

The Unwanteds Summary

by Lisa McMann 2011 390 pages

Say Cheese and Die! Summary

Say Cheese and Die!

by R.L. Stine 1992 160 pages

by Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009 320 pages

Science Fiction

The Lost Heir Summary

by Tui T. Sutherland 2013 321 pages

House of Many Ways Summary

House of Many Ways

by Diana Wynne Jones 2008 404 pages

Writing Magic Summary

Creating Stories that Fly

by Gail Carson Levine 2006 168 pages

Bud, Not Buddy Summary

by Christopher Paul Curtis 1999 243 pages

Historical Fiction

The Arctic Incident Summary

The Arctic Incident

by Eoin Colfer 2002 398 pages

The Stonewall Riots Summary

The Stonewall Riots

Coming Out in the Streets

by Gayle E. Pitman 2019 224 pages

Hard Luck Summary

by Jeff Kinney 2013 217 pages

Old School Summary

by Jeff Kinney 2015 224 pages

The Getaway Summary

by Jeff Kinney 2017 224 pages

No Fixed Address Summary

No Fixed Address

by Susin Nielsen 2018 288 pages

Realistic Fiction

Ramona Forever Summary

by Beverly Cleary 1984 150 pages

Realistic Fiction

Falling Short Summary

by Ernesto Cisneros 2022 304 pages

Realistic Fiction

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life Summary

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

by Wendy Mass 2006 304 pages

Realistic Fiction

How to Stay Invisible Summary

How to Stay Invisible

by Maggie C. Rudd 2023 240 pages

Realistic Fiction

We Are All Made of Molecules Summary

We Are All Made of Molecules

by Susin Nielsen 2015 256 pages

Realistic Fiction

Stay Where You Are and Then Leave Summary

Stay Where You Are and Then Leave

by John Boyne 2013 247 pages

Historical Fiction

Ozma of Oz Summary

by L. Frank Baum 1907 188 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

Hurricane Child Summary

Hurricane Child

by Kacen Callender 2018 214 pages

Magical Realism

I Funny Summary

A Middle School Story

by James Patterson 2012 320 pages

Realistic Fiction

The Lost Colony Summary

The Lost Colony

by Eoin Colfer 2006 385 pages

Science Fiction

One False Note Summary

by Gordon Korman 2008 174 pages

Inkspell Summary

by Cornelia Funke 2005 635 pages

Escape to Australia Summary

Escape to Australia

by James Patterson 2017 288 pages

Stargirl Summary

by Jerry Spinelli 2000 186 pages

The Dark Secret Summary

The Dark Secret

by Tui T. Sutherland 2013 336 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 Fowl Twins Summary

by Eoin Colfer 2019 425 pages

The Ersatz Elevator Summary

The Ersatz Elevator

by Lemony Snicket 2001 259 pages

The Isle of the Lost Summary

The Isle of the Lost

by Melissa de la Cruz 2015 320 pages

The Sun Trail Summary

by Erin Hunter 2013 313 pages

The Double Life of Pocahontas Summary

The Double Life of Pocahontas

by Jean Fritz 1983 96 pages

The Merchant of Death Summary

The Merchant of Death

by D.J. MacHale 2002 375 pages

Science Fiction

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Collection Summary

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Collection

by Jeff Kinney 2012

Into the Wild Summary

by Erin Hunter 2003 288 pages

Castle in the Air Summary

Castle in the Air

by Diana Wynne Jones 1990 298 pages

Minecraft Summary

by Max Brooks 2017 288 pages

The Long Haul Summary

by Jeff Kinney 2014 217 pages

Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There Summary

Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There

by Lewis Carroll 1871 228 pages

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