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

A Tale of Sorcery...

by Chris Colfer • 2021

A death curse forces a fairy godmother to hunt an immortal enemy she refuses to kill.

4.34

9k+

🧚 Fairy Tale Fantasy 🗺️ Magical Quest ⏳ Cursed Protagonist 💕 Found Family 🐉 Dragon Sanctuary

A Tale of Sorcery...

A death curse forces a fairy godmother to hunt an immortal enemy she refuses to kill.

by Chris Colfer 2021 481 pages

4.34

9k+ ratings

🧚 Fairy Tale Fantasy 🗺️ Magical Quest ⏳ Cursed Protagonist 💕 Found Family 🐉 Dragon Sanctuary

Exile

by Shannon Messenger • 2013

Bonded to a rare alicorn, a telepathic elf must unlock hidden powers before her body fails entirely.

4.46

74k+

🧝 Elvin Fantasy 🦄 Telepathic Animal Bond 🌍 Hidden Magical World 🏠 Found Family 💔 Trauma Recovery

Exile

Bonded to a rare alicorn, a telepathic elf must unlock hidden powers before her body fails entirely.

by Shannon Messenger 2013 576 pages

4.46

74k+ ratings

🧝 Elvin Fantasy 🦄 Telepathic Animal Bond 🌍 Hidden Magical World 🏠 Found Family 💔 Trauma Recovery

The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

by Gennifer Choldenko • 2024

Abandoned with his baby sister, eleven-year-old Hank has nothing but one name on a school form.

4.46

3k+

🏠 Foster Care 👦 Sibling Caretaker 🤝 Found Family 👤 Absent Parent 🍾 Parental Addiction

The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

Abandoned with his baby sister, eleven-year-old Hank has nothing but one name on a school form.

by Gennifer Choldenko 2024 320 pages

4.46

3k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care 👦 Sibling Caretaker 🤝 Found Family 👤 Absent Parent 🍾 Parental Addiction

A Gathering of Days

by Joan W. Blos • 1979

What a farm girl's 1830 journal holds: a hidden fugitive, a lost friend, a family remade.

3.52

8k+

📓 Diary Format 🌾 Farm Life 🕊️ Underground Railroad 💔 Loss Of A Friend 🏠 Blended Family

A Gathering of Days

What a farm girl's 1830 journal holds: a hidden fugitive, a lost friend, a family remade.

by Joan W. Blos 1979 144 pages

3.52

8k+ ratings

📓 Diary Format 🌾 Farm Life 🕊️ Underground Railroad 💔 Loss Of A Friend 🏠 Blended Family

Abomination

by Robert Swindells • 1998

A bullied girl hides a worse secret: a child imprisoned in her parents' cellar.

3.75

2k+

🕊️ Religious Fundamentalism 💔 Surviving Abuse 🎒 School Bullying 🏚️ Secret In The House 👁️ Dual Perspective

Abomination

A bullied girl hides a worse secret: a child imprisoned in her parents' cellar.

by Robert Swindells 1998 208 pages

3.75

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Religious Fundamentalism 💔 Surviving Abuse 🎒 School Bullying 🏚️ Secret In The House 👁️ Dual Perspective

The Enchantress Returns

by Chris Colfer • 2013

Their mother taken by an enchantress, twins race across fairy-tale kingdoms for a legendary weapon.

4.43

77k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 📚 Fairy Tale Mashup 👫 Twin Protagonists 🗺️ Artifact Quest 💕 Found Family

The Enchantress Returns

Their mother taken by an enchantress, twins race across fairy-tale kingdoms for a legendary weapon.

by Chris Colfer 2013 517 pages

4.43

77k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 📚 Fairy Tale Mashup 👫 Twin Protagonists 🗺️ Artifact Quest 💕 Found Family

Wrecker

by Carl Hiaasen • 2023

Blackmailed by smugglers, a Key West teen hides their counterfeit cargo in the cemetery he scrubs.

4.05

5k+

🐠 Ecological Mystery 🪦 Inherited Guilt ⛵ Nautical Adventure 🔍 Teen Sleuthing Duo 🕯️ Graveyard Atmosphere

Wrecker

Blackmailed by smugglers, a Key West teen hides their counterfeit cargo in the cemetery he scrubs.

by Carl Hiaasen 2023 336 pages

4.05

5k+ ratings

🐠 Ecological Mystery 🪦 Inherited Guilt ⛵ Nautical Adventure 🔍 Teen Sleuthing Duo 🕯️ Graveyard Atmosphere

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

by Chanel Miller • 2024

A laundromat's lost socks send two lonely girls on a summer mystery through New York City.

4.18

4k+

🔍 Child Detectives 🧐 Neighborhood Mystery 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🧺 Immigrant Family ☀️ Summer Adventure

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

A laundromat's lost socks send two lonely girls on a summer mystery through New York City.

by Chanel Miller 2024 160 pages

4.18

4k+ ratings

🔍 Child Detectives 🧐 Neighborhood Mystery 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🧺 Immigrant Family ☀️ Summer Adventure

The Forbidden Library

by Django Wexler • 2014

To learn the truth about her father, Alice must enter magical books that imprison deadly creatures.

3.83

5k+

📖 Portal Fantasy 📚 Magical Library 🐈 Talking Cat Companion 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🪄 Magical Apprenticeship

The Forbidden Library

To learn the truth about her father, Alice must enter magical books that imprison deadly creatures.

by Django Wexler 2014 376 pages

3.83

5k+ ratings

📖 Portal Fantasy 📚 Magical Library 🐈 Talking Cat Companion 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🪄 Magical Apprenticeship

Mystery of the Whale Tattoo

by Franklin W. Dixon • 1967

The Hardy boys join a carnival, then chase a stuffed whale concealing a stolen idol.

3.77

1k+

🕵️ Teen Detectives 👬 Sibling Sleuths 🎭 Disguise And Deception 💎 Lost Artifact 🎪 Carnival Mystery

Mystery of the Whale Tattoo

The Hardy boys join a carnival, then chase a stuffed whale concealing a stolen idol.

by Franklin W. Dixon 1967 192 pages

3.77

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Detectives 👬 Sibling Sleuths 🎭 Disguise And Deception 💎 Lost Artifact 🎪 Carnival Mystery

Le Garçon qui voulait courir vite

by Pierre Bottero • 2002

Her brother stopped speaking when their father died. Some things even a fierce sister cannot fix.

4.06

136

🖤 Childhood Grief 💔 Trauma And Recovery 👧 Protective Older Sister 🏠 Found Family 📖 Therapeutic Stories

Le Garçon qui voulait courir vite

Her brother stopped speaking when their father died. Some things even a fierce sister cannot fix.

by Pierre Bottero 2002 156 pages

4.06

136 ratings

🖤 Childhood Grief 💔 Trauma And Recovery 👧 Protective Older Sister 🏠 Found Family 📖 Therapeutic Stories

The Rise of Flynn Rider

by Jen Calonita • 2021

To become Flynn Rider, an orphan risks his circus family on a heist for a lost princess.

3.89

500+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎪 Circus Fantasy 👑 Hidden Royalty 🎭 Secret Identity 🗝️ Reluctant Thief

The Rise of Flynn Rider

To become Flynn Rider, an orphan risks his circus family on a heist for a lost princess.

by Jen Calonita 2021 186 pages

3.89

500+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎪 Circus Fantasy 👑 Hidden Royalty 🎭 Secret Identity 🗝️ Reluctant Thief

The Door in the Wall

by Marguerite de Angeli • 1949

Crippled and alone in plague-stricken London, a noble boy seeks a hidden path forward.

3.78

21k+

🌱 Coming Of Age 🏰 Medieval England 🦽 Disabled Protagonist 🦸 Unlikely Hero ⛪ Monastic Life

The Door in the Wall

Crippled and alone in plague-stricken London, a noble boy seeks a hidden path forward.

by Marguerite de Angeli 1949 128 pages

3.78

21k+ ratings

🌱 Coming Of Age 🏰 Medieval England 🦽 Disabled Protagonist 🦸 Unlikely Hero ⛪ Monastic Life

No Ballet Shoes in Syria

by Catherine Bruton • 2019

A Syrian refugee discovers a ballet class in Manchester and dares to dance again.

4.40

2k+

🩰 Ballet Dreams 🧳 Child Refugee Story 💔 War Trauma Healing 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Syrian Civil War

No Ballet Shoes in Syria

A Syrian refugee discovers a ballet class in Manchester and dares to dance again.

by Catherine Bruton 2019 268 pages

4.40

2k+ ratings

🩰 Ballet Dreams 🧳 Child Refugee Story 💔 War Trauma Healing 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Syrian Civil War

Murder at Twilight

by Fleur Hitchcock • 2018

A missing rich boy, a flooded estate, and the nanny's daughter racing to save them both.

3.86

318

🕵️ Kidnapping Mystery 🏚️ Class Outsider 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🏰 English Country Estate 🤫 Community Secrets

Murder at Twilight

A missing rich boy, a flooded estate, and the nanny's daughter racing to save them both.

by Fleur Hitchcock 2018 256 pages

3.86

318 ratings

🕵️ Kidnapping Mystery 🏚️ Class Outsider 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🏰 English Country Estate 🤫 Community Secrets

The Language of Ghosts

by Heather Fawcett • 2020

After a coup, three royal siblings on a moving island must stop the eldest from becoming a tyrant.

3.90

1k+

🏝️ Magical Island 📜 Ancient Magic Language 🏛️ Court Intrigue 👻 Ghost Magic 💀 Death Magic

The Language of Ghosts

After a coup, three royal siblings on a moving island must stop the eldest from becoming a tyrant.

by Heather Fawcett 2020 356 pages

3.90

1k+ ratings

🏝️ Magical Island 📜 Ancient Magic Language 🏛️ Court Intrigue 👻 Ghost Magic 💀 Death Magic

My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George • 1959

Armed with a penknife, a boy runs away to live alone on a forgotten mountain farm.

4.10

86k+

🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🦅 Falconry 🏃 Runaway Adventure 🌲 Treehouse Living ⛰️ Mountain Living

My Side of the Mountain

Armed with a penknife, a boy runs away to live alone on a forgotten mountain farm.

by Jean Craighead George 1959 177 pages

4.10

86k+ ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🦅 Falconry 🏃 Runaway Adventure 🌲 Treehouse Living ⛰️ Mountain Living

Priklijuoti

by John David Anderson • 2017

A sticky-note war turns Eric's middle-school crew into targets and their words into weapons.

3.90

8k+

🎭 Middle School Drama 🆕 New Kid In School 📝 Power Of Words ⚠️ School Bullying 👥 Friend Group Dynamics

Priklijuoti

A sticky-note war turns Eric's middle-school crew into targets and their words into weapons.

by John David Anderson 2017 336 pages

3.90

8k+ ratings

🎭 Middle School Drama 🆕 New Kid In School 📝 Power Of Words ⚠️ School Bullying 👥 Friend Group Dynamics

Ultimate Football Heroes

by Matt Oldfield • 2019

Moved from striker to defender against his will. It made him a Champions League winner.

4.65

237

⚽ Soccer Biographies 💪 Overcoming Setbacks 📖 Chapter Book Bios 📘 Reluctant Readers ✨ Inspiring Athletes

Ultimate Football Heroes

Moved from striker to defender against his will. It made him a Champions League winner.

by Matt Oldfield 2019 176 pages

4.65

237 ratings

⚽ Soccer Biographies 💪 Overcoming Setbacks 📖 Chapter Book Bios 📘 Reluctant Readers ✨ Inspiring Athletes

Girling Up

by Mayim Bialik • 2017

A neuroscientist decodes puberty: the biology, the emotions, and the skills to handle them.

3.76

1k+

🩸 Puberty 💪 Female Empowerment 🥗 Mindful Eating 🧘 Stress Management 💞 Healthy Relationships

Girling Up

A neuroscientist decodes puberty: the biology, the emotions, and the skills to handle them.

by Mayim Bialik 2017 192 pages

3.76

1k+ ratings

🩸 Puberty 💪 Female Empowerment 🥗 Mindful Eating 🧘 Stress Management 💞 Healthy Relationships

The Last Spell

by J.A. White • 2017

Racing the Spider Queen to an ancient grimoire, a young witch's spells devour her own memories.

4.40

1k+

🌙 Dark Middle Grade 📜 Artifact Quest 👫 Sibling Team 🤝 Enemies To Allies 💔 Sacrificial Magic

The Last Spell

Racing the Spider Queen to an ancient grimoire, a young witch's spells devour her own memories.

by J.A. White 2017 512 pages

4.40

1k+ ratings

🌙 Dark Middle Grade 📜 Artifact Quest 👫 Sibling Team 🤝 Enemies To Allies 💔 Sacrificial Magic

The Glass Sentence

by S.E. Grove • 2014

A time-blind girl crosses a fractured world, following maps of memory to save her kidnapped uncle.

3.82

7k+

🗺️ Magical Maps ⏳ Fractured Time 📜 Alternate History 🧠 Memory Magic 👧 Orphan Protagonist

The Glass Sentence

A time-blind girl crosses a fractured world, following maps of memory to save her kidnapped uncle.

by S.E. Grove 2014 493 pages

3.82

7k+ ratings

🗺️ Magical Maps ⏳ Fractured Time 📜 Alternate History 🧠 Memory Magic 👧 Orphan Protagonist

All Four Stars

by Tara Dairman • 2014

Mistaken for an adult food writer, an eleven-year-old must secretly review a Manhattan bistro.

4.18

3k+

🍳 Foodie Middle Grade 📝 Secret Passion 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👩‍🏫 Supportive Teacher

All Four Stars

Mistaken for an adult food writer, an eleven-year-old must secretly review a Manhattan bistro.

by Tara Dairman 2014 288 pages

4.18

3k+ ratings

🍳 Foodie Middle Grade 📝 Secret Passion 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👩‍🏫 Supportive Teacher

Furthermore

by Tahereh Mafi • 2016

A colorless girl follows a secret-reading boy into a hungry otherworld to find her missing father.

3.89

16k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy ⚠️ Dangerous Wonderland 🤝 Enemies To Friends 🦊 Trickster Companion 🔍 Missing Parent Quest

Furthermore

A colorless girl follows a secret-reading boy into a hungry otherworld to find her missing father.

by Tahereh Mafi 2016 406 pages

3.89

16k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy ⚠️ Dangerous Wonderland 🤝 Enemies To Friends 🦊 Trickster Companion 🔍 Missing Parent Quest

The Empty Grave

by Jonathan Stroud • 2017

A ghost-hunting crew breaks into a tomb and finds their founder's coffin empty. She never died.

4.62

30k+

🏚️ Ghost Hunting Agency 👥 Found Family 👻 Snarky Ghost Companion 🏙️ Alternate London 🖤 Darkly Humorous

The Empty Grave

A ghost-hunting crew breaks into a tomb and finds their founder's coffin empty. She never died.

by Jonathan Stroud 2017 448 pages

4.62

30k+ ratings

🏚️ Ghost Hunting Agency 👥 Found Family 👻 Snarky Ghost Companion 🏙️ Alternate London 🖤 Darkly Humorous

Baignade interdite

by R.L. Stine • 1994

Something grabbed Billy in the lagoon. His family said seaweed. Then they caught a mermaid.

3.55

10k+

🦈 Aquatic Horror 🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Rescue 👫 Sibling Duo 🤔 Imaginary Or Real 🎃 Light Horror

Baignade interdite

Something grabbed Billy in the lagoon. His family said seaweed. Then they caught a mermaid.

by R.L. Stine 1994 141 pages

3.55

10k+ ratings

🦈 Aquatic Horror 🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Rescue 👫 Sibling Duo 🤔 Imaginary Or Real 🎃 Light Horror

Memory Superpowers!

by Nelson Dellis • 2020

A memory champion's playbook: turn everything into wild mental pictures and never forget a name.

4.30

🧠 Memory Techniques 🔗 Mnemonics 📚 Study Skills 🏛️ Method Of Loci 👁️ Visual Memory

Memory Superpowers!

A memory champion's playbook: turn everything into wild mental pictures and never forget a name.

by Nelson Dellis 2020 208 pages

4.30

90 ratings

🧠 Memory Techniques 🔗 Mnemonics 📚 Study Skills 🏛️ Method Of Loci 👁️ Visual Memory

Minecraft

by Mojang AB • 2017

A retiring adventurer hands you his illustrated field notes on every creature in Minecraft.

4.56

387

🎮 Video Game Bestiary 🗺️ Fictional Field Guide 📓 Explorer's Journal 📖 Creature Compendium ⛏️ Minecraft Universe

Minecraft

A retiring adventurer hands you his illustrated field notes on every creature in Minecraft.

by Mojang AB 2017 104 pages

4.56

387 ratings

🎮 Video Game Bestiary 🗺️ Fictional Field Guide 📓 Explorer's Journal 📖 Creature Compendium ⛏️ Minecraft Universe

Masterminds

by Gordon Korman • 2015

Cloned from criminals, raised in utopia. Eleven kids must escape before the experiment ends them.

4.31

14k+

🧬 Clone Experiment 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🎭 Fake Utopia 📹 Hidden Surveillance 👥 Kids Vs Adults

Masterminds

Cloned from criminals, raised in utopia. Eleven kids must escape before the experiment ends them.

by Gordon Korman 2015 336 pages

4.31

14k+ ratings

🧬 Clone Experiment 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🎭 Fake Utopia 📹 Hidden Surveillance 👥 Kids Vs Adults

Hello, Universe

by Erin Entrada Kelly • 2017

A deaf girl and psychic hunt for the shy boy a bully trapped in a well.

3.92

25k+

🦻 Deaf Protagonist 👥 Multiple Perspectives 🏘️ Neighborhood Adventure 💪 Quiet Courage 🐹 Animal Companion

Hello, Universe

A deaf girl and psychic hunt for the shy boy a bully trapped in a well.

by Erin Entrada Kelly 2017 320 pages

3.92

25k+ ratings

🦻 Deaf Protagonist 👥 Multiple Perspectives 🏘️ Neighborhood Adventure 💪 Quiet Courage 🐹 Animal Companion

Aš moku šokinėti per balas

by Alan Marshall • 1955

After polio takes his legs, a boy in the Australian bush fights to ride horses and belong.

3.92

2k+

🦽 Childhood Disability 🌿 Australian Bush Memoir 🐴 Boy And His Pony 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bond 🏥 Hospital Camaraderie

Aš moku šokinėti per balas

After polio takes his legs, a boy in the Australian bush fights to ride horses and belong.

by Alan Marshall 1955 294 pages

3.92

2k+ ratings

🦽 Childhood Disability 🌿 Australian Bush Memoir 🐴 Boy And His Pony 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bond 🏥 Hospital Camaraderie

The Whispering Trees

by J.A. White • 2015

Two siblings brave a demon's forest where magic devours the caster's memories.

4.18

2k+

🌑 Dark Middle Grade 🌲 Sentient Forest 🕯️ Magic Has A Cost 🧙 Reluctant Witch 👫 Sibling Loyalty

The Whispering Trees

Two siblings brave a demon's forest where magic devours the caster's memories.

by J.A. White 2015 528 pages

4.18

2k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Middle Grade 🌲 Sentient Forest 🕯️ Magic Has A Cost 🧙 Reluctant Witch 👫 Sibling Loyalty

Whichwood

by Tahereh Mafi • 2017

Shunned and slowly dying, a thirteen-year-old death-tender meets two strangers who refuse to leave.

3.93

6k+

🕌 Persian Fantasy 💀 Death Magic 🕯️ Gothic Fairytale 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Whichwood

Shunned and slowly dying, a thirteen-year-old death-tender meets two strangers who refuse to leave.

by Tahereh Mafi 2017 368 pages

3.93

6k+ ratings

🕌 Persian Fantasy 💀 Death Magic 🕯️ Gothic Fairytale 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Kiki and Jacques

by Susan Ross • 2015

In Maine, an eleven-year-old befriends a Somali girl while hiding his role in a robbery plan.

3.74

151

🏘️ Small Town Maine 🌍 Cross-Cultural Friendship 💔 Childhood Grief 🧳 Refugee Experience ⚽ Soccer Rivalry

Kiki and Jacques

In Maine, an eleven-year-old befriends a Somali girl while hiding his role in a robbery plan.

by Susan Ross 2015 144 pages

3.74

151 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Maine 🌍 Cross-Cultural Friendship 💔 Childhood Grief 🧳 Refugee Experience ⚽ Soccer Rivalry

The Mad Apprentice

by Django Wexler • 2015

To catch a killer, six apprentices enter a living labyrinth that is hunting them instead.

4.14

2k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🌑 Dark Middle Grade 🤝 Found Family 🔗 Bound Magic 🌀 Living Labyrinth

The Mad Apprentice

To catch a killer, six apprentices enter a living labyrinth that is hunting them instead.

by Django Wexler 2015 352 pages

4.14

2k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🌑 Dark Middle Grade 🤝 Found Family 🔗 Bound Magic 🌀 Living Labyrinth

The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

by Sally J. Pla • 2023

Wildfire takes her father's cabin. The Pacific gives her a surfboard, a mentor, and a voice.

4.50

3k+

🧩 Autistic Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🏄 Surfing As Healing 🗣️ Breaking The Silence 🏖️ Small Beach Town

The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

Wildfire takes her father's cabin. The Pacific gives her a surfboard, a mentor, and a voice.

by Sally J. Pla 2023 336 pages

4.50

3k+ ratings

🧩 Autistic Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🏄 Surfing As Healing 🗣️ Breaking The Silence 🏖️ Small Beach Town

Well of Witches

by J.A. White • 2016

Stripped of magic, she enters a realm of stolen souls to free her possessed father.

4.26

1k+

🪄 Magic At A Cost 👫 Sibling Duo 📖 Cursed Spellbook 🕯️ Dark Fairy Tale 🧹 Witch Redemption

Well of Witches

Stripped of magic, she enters a realm of stolen souls to free her possessed father.

by J.A. White 2016 512 pages

4.26

1k+ ratings

🪄 Magic At A Cost 👫 Sibling Duo 📖 Cursed Spellbook 🕯️ Dark Fairy Tale 🧹 Witch Redemption

Wishing Season

by Anica Mrose Rissi • 2023

She finds a secret place where her dead twin still waits, but the place is shrinking.

4.32

273

🖤 Grieving A Sibling 👥 Twin Bond 👻 Ghostly Visits ☀️ Summer Of Healing 🏝️ Island Life

Wishing Season

She finds a secret place where her dead twin still waits, but the place is shrinking.

by Anica Mrose Rissi 2023 240 pages

4.32

273 ratings

🖤 Grieving A Sibling 👥 Twin Bond 👻 Ghostly Visits ☀️ Summer Of Healing 🏝️ Island Life

Riding Freedom

by Pam Muñoz Ryan • 1998

An orphan girl cuts her hair and becomes a boy, chasing a life of horses and freedom.

4.18

8k+

🏚️ Orphan Narrative 🐴 Horse Girl Story 🎭 Girl Living As Boy 🌄 Westward Expansion 🤝 Found Family

Riding Freedom

An orphan girl cuts her hair and becomes a boy, chasing a life of horses and freedom.

by Pam Muñoz Ryan 1998 160 pages

4.18

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Orphan Narrative 🐴 Horse Girl Story 🎭 Girl Living As Boy 🌄 Westward Expansion 🤝 Found Family

A Path Begins

by J.A. White • 2014

After finding a spellbook, an outcast girl must protect her sick brother from a rival witch.

3.97

6k+

🔥 Witch Hunt 📖 Forbidden Spellbook 💉 Addictive Magic 👧 Protective Sister ⛪ Puritan Village

A Path Begins

After finding a spellbook, an outcast girl must protect her sick brother from a rival witch.

by J.A. White 2014 488 pages

3.97

6k+ ratings

🔥 Witch Hunt 📖 Forbidden Spellbook 💉 Addictive Magic 👧 Protective Sister ⛪ Puritan Village

The Hollow Boy

by Jonathan Stroud • 2015

In ghost-plagued London, a psychic agent's jealousy stirs a spirit that shows her partner's death.

4.38

36k+

👻 Ghost Hunters 🔍 Psychic Detectives 🤝 Found Family ⚔️ Team Rivalry 🔮 Prophetic Visions

The Hollow Boy

In ghost-plagued London, a psychic agent's jealousy stirs a spirit that shows her partner's death.

by Jonathan Stroud 2015 374 pages

4.38

36k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Hunters 🔍 Psychic Detectives 🤝 Found Family ⚔️ Team Rivalry 🔮 Prophetic Visions

The Magic Faraway Tree

by Enid Blyton • 1943

Four children climb a magic tree where a new land spins above with every visit.

4.29

39k+

🌳 Portal Fantasy ☕ Cozy Fantasy 👫 Sibling Adventure 🌿 English Countryside 🌲 Enchanted Forest

The Magic Faraway Tree

Four children climb a magic tree where a new land spins above with every visit.

by Enid Blyton 1943 177 pages

4.29

39k+ ratings

🌳 Portal Fantasy ☕ Cozy Fantasy 👫 Sibling Adventure 🌿 English Countryside 🌲 Enchanted Forest

The Golden Specific

by S.E. Grove • 2015

A phantom's call sends a young cartographer across shattered time to find her missing parents.

4.11

2k+

🗺️ Magical Maps 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Memory As Magic 👻 Phantom Guides 🏛️ Political Conspiracy

The Golden Specific

A phantom's call sends a young cartographer across shattered time to find her missing parents.

by S.E. Grove 2015 505 pages

4.11

2k+ ratings

🗺️ Magical Maps 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Memory As Magic 👻 Phantom Guides 🏛️ Political Conspiracy

The Seventh Wish

by Kate Messner • 2016

Charlie catches a magic fish that grants wishes, but no wish can cure her sister's heroin addiction.

4.17

3k+

🐟 Wish Goes Wrong 💔 Family Addiction 💃 Competitive Dance 👭 Sister Bond Tested 🫂 Bittersweet Family Story

The Seventh Wish

Charlie catches a magic fish that grants wishes, but no wish can cure her sister's heroin addiction.

by Kate Messner 2016 228 pages

4.17

3k+ ratings

🐟 Wish Goes Wrong 💔 Family Addiction 💃 Competitive Dance 👭 Sister Bond Tested 🫂 Bittersweet Family Story

The Cross of Lead

by Avi • 2002

Falsely accused, a boy follows a giant juggler, his lead cross a secret worth a lordship.

3.65

28k+

🏰 Medieval Adventure 👑 Secret Noble Birth 🎪 Mentor Apprentice Bond 🏃 Outlaw On The Run ❤️ Found Family

The Cross of Lead

Falsely accused, a boy follows a giant juggler, his lead cross a secret worth a lordship.

by Avi 2002 262 pages

3.65

28k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Adventure 👑 Secret Noble Birth 🎪 Mentor Apprentice Bond 🏃 Outlaw On The Run ❤️ Found Family

Prisoners of Geography, Children's Ed.

by Tim Marshall • 2019

Countries do not just have geography. Geography has countries. Twelve maps that explain why.

4.42

500+

🕊️ Geopolitics 🗺️ Geographic Determinism ✂️ Colonial Borders 👥 Human Geography ⛏️ Natural Resources

Prisoners of Geography, Children's Ed.

Countries do not just have geography. Geography has countries. Twelve maps that explain why.

by Tim Marshall 2019 80 pages

4.42

500+ ratings

🕊️ Geopolitics 🗺️ Geographic Determinism ✂️ Colonial Borders 👥 Human Geography ⛏️ Natural Resources

The Bell Between Worlds

by Ian Johnstone • 2013

A boy follows a phantom bell into a mirror world to uncover his mother's fate.

3.77

500+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🧒 Orphaned Hero ⭐ Chosen One Prophecy 🗝️ Hidden Magical World

The Bell Between Worlds

A boy follows a phantom bell into a mirror world to uncover his mother's fate.

by Ian Johnstone 2013 512 pages

3.77

500+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🧒 Orphaned Hero ⭐ Chosen One Prophecy 🗝️ Hidden Magical World

Ein Mädchen namens Willow

by Sabine Bohlmann • 2020

Four young witches follow ancestral riddles to a secret forest treasure, racing a cunning magician.

4.23

500+

🔥 Elemental Magic 🦊 Animal Companions 🫂 Found Family 🗺️ Treasure Hunt 🔄 Rivals To Allies

Ein Mädchen namens Willow

Four young witches follow ancestral riddles to a secret forest treasure, racing a cunning magician.

by Sabine Bohlmann 2020 256 pages

4.23

500+ ratings

🔥 Elemental Magic 🦊 Animal Companions 🫂 Found Family 🗺️ Treasure Hunt 🔄 Rivals To Allies

The Crimson Skew

by S.E. Grove • 2016

A mapmaker who reads memories must stop a crimson fog before it destroys the last sanctuary.

4.04

1k+

🕰️ Alternate History 🧠 Memory Magic 🫂 Found Family 🔍 Sibling Rescue 🌲 Sentient Landscape

The Crimson Skew

A mapmaker who reads memories must stop a crimson fog before it destroys the last sanctuary.

by S.E. Grove 2016 430 pages

4.04

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Alternate History 🧠 Memory Magic 🫂 Found Family 🔍 Sibling Rescue 🌲 Sentient Landscape

The Fall of the Readers

by Django Wexler • 2017

An apprentice enters a deadly magical labyrinth to break the binding enslaving an ancient race.

4.21

1k+

🏛️ Magical Library 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Leader 💔 Mentor Betrayal

The Fall of the Readers

An apprentice enters a deadly magical labyrinth to break the binding enslaving an ancient race.

by Django Wexler 2017 358 pages

4.21

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Magical Library 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Leader 💔 Mentor Betrayal

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