5 Middle Grade Books You MUST Read!

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5 Books You Must Read!

Recommended by Bertie

• The Aquanaut has a very interesting plot and beautiful illustrations. 

• Rotten Romans, The Measly Middle Ages, or any of the Horrible history series are fun ways to learn histories most horrible facts. 

• If you like dystopia, science fiction, or music, you will love We’re Not From Here.

• The London Eye Mystery is great for anyone who like action packed mysteries.
  
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Best Low Fantasy Books for 5th grade

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Top 5 Low Fantasy Books

Recommended by Ivié

• The Land of Stories is about twins Alex and Bailey, trying to rid the story world from evil. 

• In Percy Jackson, a boy with ADHD and Dyslexia is somehow dealing with Greek gods and regular life.

• Harry Potter is about an orphan that just happens to be a wizard. 

• Keeper of the Lost Cities is about a girl named Sophie, who learns she isn’t a human. She’s . . . an elf. 

• In Nic Blake and the Remarkables, she is an exile living in the unremarkable world instead of the Remarkable world. Everything changes when she realizes, her dad has been charged with being a criminal. 

All these books can take you on a journey that will have you turning pages and not stopping. They will take you on a ride . . . if you accept the challenge.

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Three Series I Could Not Put Down

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Three Series I Could Not Put Down

Recommended by Arlo

• Spy School is a series filled with action and excitement. It stars Ben Rippley who was invited to the Academy of Espionage. 

• Restart is about a middle schooler named Chase who loses his memory. He was previously a bully. Will he beat his old reputation, or will people forever hate him? 

• Wings of Fire is a series with many arcs. The first arc is about five dragonets tasked to stop the Great War.
  
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5 Books I Recommend about Acceptance and Stuff

Who can pass up a best book list about acceptance ... and stuff?

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5 Books I Recommend about Acceptance and Stuff

Recommended by Delia

• Starfish is a wonderfully written novel in verse about a girl named Ellie who struggles with fat shaming. Throughout the book she learns to accept herself just the way she is. This book is amazing and would totally recommend. 

• A Season Most Unfair is about a girl named Tic, she learned the trade of candle making for her whole life, but replaced by a “proper” apprentice. She eventually comes to terms with this and finds a new trade that girl’s can learn. I loved this historical book about finding purpose no matter who you are. 

• The Other Boy is about a trans-masc boy named Shane, who struggles with telling his friends and baseball team about his past. And struggles with other’s opinions throughout the book, especially when his secret get leaked. Overall, I loved the book, topic, and little comics scattered through the book. 

• Sweep is a beautiful book about a girl named Nan. Nan was a climber raised by a kind sweep, but after his mysterious disappearance, she was bought by a cruel man named Mr. Crudd. Throughout the book, Nan will struggle with hiding her monster from the outside world. I loved the sad, yet happy ending. 

• Unstuck is a great book about a girl named Lyla, when she is assigned with writing a story for class she is very excited. She had been making a story in her head for years, but when it came to actually write it down, she feels stuck. Throughout the book, Lyla comes to peace with all the problems in her life and takes it one step at a time writing her story. I loved this book (and cover design) and all the helpful tips for anyone who needs to be unstuck.
  
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All-Time Best Graphic Novels for 5th Grade

If your fifth graders are anything like mine, they ADORE graphic novels. 5th grader Rory has you set with her top recommendations.

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All-Time Best Graphic Novels

Recommended by Rory

• El Deafo: El Deafo is about Cece, a young girl who is deaf. 

• The New Girl: Lia is a 12-year-old Romanian immigrant adjusting to life in Canada. Lia has highs and lows. But even in those lows her friends are there for her. 

• The Babysitters Club: Kristy has a Idea: Let’s start a babysitting business with her friends. 

• Smile: Riana is just a normal sixth grader until one day where she races her friends Kelli and Melissa to her house but falls and loses 2 teeth. 

• The Roller Girl: Twelve-Year-Old Astrid use too do everything with her best friend Nicole but now Astrids not sure how there friendship is the same as before. Astrid is going to Roller Camp. Which Nicole may be going too.
  
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Favorite Neurodiverse Middle Grade Stories

There are a ton of wonderful middle grade books coming out that feature neurodiverse characters. In an effort to share more books with my 5th graders, I've been creating bookmarks that feature six books on a single theme. You can download a full page of bookmarks here.

You can see the whole set of bookmark posts here: Book Recommendation Bookmarks. If you want recommendations from my fifth graders themselves, check out #iLoveMG for individual books and Best Book Lists for their end-of-year favorites.

Favorite Neurodiverse Middle Grade Stories

Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen! by Sarah Kapit. This engaging baseball story is written as a series of letters between Vivy, an autistic 11-year-old, and her professional baseball player pen pal. This book is a great fit for kids who love sports, endearing characters, and a big dose of determination! 

Honestly Elliott by Gillian McDunn. (Student review by Marcus) This book is about a kid named Elliot who has ADHD and can’t concentrate on anything except cooking. When he gets his anger out by throwing baseballs at a window he has to face consequences! He has the money that he needs saved up but he wants to go to a cooking camp with that money! What will he do? When he gets a chance in school to sell stuff at a local marketplace he teams up with a unlikely friend to get enough money to pay his dad back and still be able to go to cooking camp.

BenBee and the Teacher Griefer by K. A. Holt. This novel-in-verse (and several other formats) features the point of view of four different students who are stuck in summer school. Their teacher helps them see their own strengths as they show her the benefits of video games! Perfect for all readers, as everyone can find a way to relate. 

The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacey McAnulty. A lightning strike might have turned Lucy's brain into a super-genius at math, but it might not have prepared her for her greatest challenge... middle school! This is a highly entertaining book about embracing what makes us unique and celebrating friendship.

How to Make Friends with the Sea by Tanya Guererro. Moving to the Philippines has given Pablo even more things to fear, and his mother seems intent on adding to his list. But when his mother brings in Chiqui, an orphaned girl with a cleft lip, Pablo learns new ways to discover his courage.

Good Different by Meg Eden Kuyatt [a Schneider Family Book Award Honor]. Selah has relied on her rules for being normal in order to mask her own feelings and true self. But when an outburst at school exposes more than she intended, she has to learn how to love all of herself and help her school to love all of themselves too. The novel-in-verse format makes this book particularly emotional and accessible.  

What other neurodiverse middle grade books would you include? Share in the comments below!

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Top 5 Favorite Books for Tweens

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Top Five Favorite Books for Tweens

Recommended by Milly 

• Harry Potter- a young boy who finds out he is a wizard and has to save a bunch of people form death 
• New Dragon City- New Dragon City is about a boy and girl who are trying to survive the dragon apocalypse [Prequel, Dawn of the New Dragon, arrives September 2025!]
• Artemis Fowl- a sociopath boy who kidnaps a fairy but regrets it later 
• Sparks- is about two cats with very different personalities pretend to be a dog do they can save the day 
• Front Desk- a girl and her mom move to America and work at a motel to make money with a mean dude

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Awesome Fantasy Books

"Dreamslinger is such an awesome book! I recommend it to anyone who likes fantasy, mythical creatures, and fantasy."

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Fantasy Books

Recommended by Fiona 

• Keepers of the Lost Cities: Awesome book for anyone who likes: Fantasy, romance, and adventure. It’s a little sad at some points, there is a LITTLE bit of death in the series but overall I rate the book/ books series 10/10 

• Casey Grimes: Cool book, it starts with a family of 5 and they eventually travel to a forest of monsters. They live in Silvin woods, helping exterminate the monsters while building friendships. I recommend this book to anyone who likes fantasy books, and adventure. I rate this book 8.9/10

• WARRIORS!!!!! Warriors is an amazing book, the series is huge and there are lots of other series just like it but with Pandas, Lions, Dogs and more! It starts in a house(/ twoleg place) with a cat named Rusty. This was my favorite book series for like 2 years and I am still reading the super editions. I rate this series/ book 10/10. 

• Hookey is a really fun book for anyone who likes adventure and fantasy. This is a series of three and it is a graphic novel. Dani and Dorian explore and make friends together in their world. I rate this book 9.5/10 

• Dreamslinger: Such an awesome book! I recommend it to anyone who likes fantasy, mythical creatures, and fantasy.

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The Best Books Ever!

"This is such a good book. Once you start reading it you will not be able to put it down. Literally. I sat at my table and didn’t get up until I was finished."

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The Best Books Ever!

Recommended by Nathalie 

• Those Kids From Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly: This is such a good book. Once you start reading it you will not be able to put it down. Literally. I sat at my table and didn’t get up until I was finished. Lots of books by Erin Entrada Kelly are good but out of all of them this is my favorite. 

• Dress Coded and The First Rule of Climate Club by Carrie Firestone: These aren’t two books from a series, but they come one after the other and have the same characters. They are both about issues that need solving, but they are interesting and make you feel like you are one of the people in the book campaigning to make the world a better place. Read this book! 

• City Spies by James Ponti: This series is AMAZING. It is about a family of spies, and it is so sweet but will also keep you hooked. There are so many twists and turns, you have to keep reading because otherwise you will only be able to think about what will come next. You have to read this! 

• Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger: This series is so good. It isn’t very realistic, but reading at least the first book is necessary. 

• Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan: This is a great series, and it follows Apollo as a mortal through the U.S. You should read the Percy Jackson series and the Heroes of Olympus first, but after that make sure to read this.

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12 Awesome Books I've Read in Fifth Grade

Not content to only share 5 books, Elsa brings you TWELVE awesome books plus six of her favorite graphic novels.

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12 Awesome Books I've Read in Fifth Grade

Recommended by Elsa

• Myth of Monsters series - After she freezes a kid in her class by glaring at him, Ava goes to a boarding school in Venice and finds out she is descended from a Greek “monster.” 

• Masterminds - Once Eli’s friend moves out of his town, he notices really weird – even screwy – things all around him. Plus, his dad is acting really weird… 

• Dreamslinger - Aria tries to destroy the league that killed her mother and make it through the DreamslingerTrials. 

• The Gauntlet: When her aunt accidentally gives them an ancient game that takes kids as prisoners, Farah, her friends, and her brother are sucked inside. 

• Witchlings: A story about three girls who must defeat the legendary nightbeast or be turned into frogs forever. 

• Star Crossed - A story about a girl navigating school, friends, and trying out for the Shakespeare play. 

• Dragon Fire: Ocean Mist - Jaxon and Alli become friends with the Shi Shi dragons, but they need to outsmart the mean dragon named Zorg. 

• Daughters of the Lamp - A girl named Sahara finds out that magic is real while in Egypt for a wedding. 

• Tear This Down - A story about a girl named Freya who finds out the truth about the person their town’s named after, and even sneaks out in the night in secret with her friend to put signs on his statue. 

• The Girl Who Drank The Moon - A story about a girl and her witch, monster, and dragon. 

• A Duet For Home - A sweet book about two kids who live at Huey House, which is a homeless shelter, and become friends (I didn’t include the ones for graphic novels.

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5 Books to Read This Summer

"It is a great book for readers who like to read realistic fiction novels."

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5 Books to Read This Summer

Recommended by Ezra

• A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga A Rover’s Story is a realistic fiction book that takes place on Mars. It is told from the perspective of the fictional rover Resilience, who learns through the plot of the story. I would recommend it mainly for realistic fiction readers. 

• The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill The Ogress and the Orphans is in the genre of fantasy. It has a very lyrical tone and is told from the perspective of the narrator. I would recommend it for people who enjoy reading fantasy and realistic fiction. 

• Restart by Gordon Korman Restart is an amazing book told in multiple perspectives. It is about a boy who loses his memory to amnesia. But as he starts to gain his memories again, he realizes that he wants to change his personality. It is a great book for readers who like to read realistic fiction novels. 

• Mixed Up by Gordon Korman is told in multiple perspectives and is one of my favorite books of all time. It is told in the perspectives of two ordinary people who don’t know each other. One day, though, they start losing their memories and gaining the other person’s. I would recommend it for realistic fiction readers. 

• The Superteacher Project by Gordon Korman is a great book told in multiple perspectives. One day in Oliver Zahn’s school, there is a new teacher. Quickly, though, the students start to realize that he knows—almost everything. How could that be? This is a great novel for people who like reading mysteries.
  
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Some Good Books

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Some Good Books

Recommended by Margaux

• So B. It by Sarah Weeks
• Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee
• Everything I Know about You by Barbara Dee
• Masterminds by Gordon Korman
• Blubber by Judy Blume
  
  
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Mila's Best Books

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Best Books

Recommended by Mila

• The Parker Inheritance, a story about a girl and history 
• Love that Dog & Hate that Cat, two books of really good poetry 
• Super Boba Cafe, a book about a boba shop 
• The Maze Runner, A book about people being trapped in a giant maze
  
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Books You Must Read by Katherine

As part of our end-of-year wrap up in 5th grade, I asked my students to compile their own #BestBookList. They could choose an overall theme or not. You can see all of their recommendations at #BestBookList. For individual book recommendations, check out our  #iLoveMG posts. If you are looking for younger readers, #3rdfor3rd features recommendations from when I taught third grade.

Books You Must Read (in my opinion)

Recommended by Katherine

• Wings of Fire is about 5 dragonets born to fulfill a prophecy and stop a war between tribes. It's also available as a graphic novel.

• Keeper of the Lost Cities is about a girl named Sophie who finds out she’s an elf, not a human. She moves to the Lost Cities, where the elves live, and she learns more about herself. 

• Percy Jackson is about a young demigod named Percy Jackson who goes to Camp Half-Blood and goes on many quests to save camp, himself, his friends, and the gods. 

• Spy School is about math genius Ben Ripley who gets into Spy School to train to be a spy. During his training, he is targeted by an enemy group whose mission is to get rich and cause chaos. 

• Harry Potter is about a boy who is a famous wizard for surviving Voldemort, a powerful evil wizard, when no one else had survived. Harry Potter goes to Hogwarts, a school for wizards and witches, and tries to stop Voldemort from coming back and ruling the world. 

• The Serpent’s Secret is about Kiranmala, a princess from another dimension, who finds out she is a princess and has to stop her evil father from his evil plans. 

• Battle Dragons is about a boy, Abel, and his 2 friends who try to stop the gang-like kins who terrorize the whole city while freeing dragons from the humans. Along his journey, he meets many amazing dragons who are hurt because of humans and some who lead the others to the wild. 

• Myth of Monsters: Medusa is about a girl, Ava, who tries to control her anger but fails, freezing her bully. She doesn’t know what happened, but soon her parents send her to a school for descendents of monsters. She learns she is a descendant of Medusa, who was locked up and misunderstood. Once Ava knows this, she goes on a quest to free Medusa from her prison. 

• Witchlings is about 3 girls, Seven, Thorn, and valley, who are placed in a second-rate group and are shunned. There is evil, though. And misunderstood. Seven and her friends have to fix things once and for all. 

• Amari and the Night Brothers is about a girl, Amari, who has “lost” her brother. Amari is soon accepted into a school for kids like her, and she gets a power, but an “evil” one. She meets someone else, but he betrays Amari by revealing her works for an ancient evil person, one of the night brothers, whose goal is to bring his twin back from the dead. The boy also reveals he has the same power as Amari. The forbidden one. Amari needs to stop her ex-friend and the one remaining night brother from ruling the world.

What do you think Katherine should read next? 

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Lucie's Best Books

As part of our end-of-year wrap up in 5th grade, I asked my students to compile their own #BestBookList. They could choose an overall theme or not. You can see all of their recommendations at #BestBookList. For individual book recommendations, check out our  #iLoveMG posts. If you are looking for younger readers, #3rdfor3rd features recommendations from when I taught third grade.

Best Books

Recommended by Lucie

Masterminds is a fun-filled book about a “real safe” world that might be a trap. 

The Wolf’s Curse is about a boy whose grandpa dies and has to learn how to take care of himself. 

Deenie is a book about a girl who has scoliosis and is embarrassed about it and has confidence issues with her back brace.

Just as Long a We're Together is about two girls who then find a friend who just moved there and then starts to take over the friend group. 

Restart is about a boy who falls off his roof and doesn’t know why. Lose your memory and find your life.

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Best Book List - read or else!

As part of our end-of-year wrap up in 5th grade, I asked my students to compile their own #BestBookList. They could choose an overall theme or not. You can see all of their recommendations at #BestBookList. For individual book recommendations, check out our  #iLoveMG posts. If you are looking for younger readers, #3rdfor3rd features recommendations from when I taught third grade.

Read or Else

Recommended by Name

Warriors: Best books to read ever 

Inheritance series: whee, nightmares. 

Xkcd: best book for laughs 

Foxtrot : best books for worshiping Bill Amend 

Alex Rider: best action books.

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My Best Book List

As part of our end-of-year wrap up in 5th grade, I asked my students to compile their own #BestBookList. They could choose an overall theme or not. You can see all of their recommendations at #BestBookList. For individual book recommendations, check out our  #iLoveMG posts. If you are looking for younger readers, #3rdfor3rd features recommendations from when I taught third grade.

My Best Book List

Recommended by Joshy

Sugar and Spite is a good book about to kids that one has more money and is mean to the other kid so does something with potion and end up having a bad luck until her dog save her from keeping that bad luck. 

Super Boba Cafe is an interesting book about a rumble that keeps happening under the city and they have to fix it.

Percy Jackson (The Lightning Thief) is a great book about a teenager that has to find Zeus’s Master Bolt and stop a war between the gods. 

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a good book about a kid named Minli going to try and bring fortune to her family. 

Masterminds is a book where they are in a peaceful town but something is suspicious so they do something about it. There are 3 books in the series.

[A note from Katie: both Sugar and Spite and Super Boba Cafe were all-class read alouds where we were able to do Zoom visits with the authors afterwards. It's been so rewarding to see how often those two books appear on these end-of-year favorite lists. Author visits make such a difference!]

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Best Books

As part of our end-of-year wrap up in 5th grade, I asked my students to compile their own #BestBookList. They could choose an overall theme or not. You can see all of their recommendations at #BestBookList. For individual book recommendations, check out our  #iLoveMG posts. If you are looking for younger readers, #3rdfor3rd features recommendations from when I taught third grade.

Best Books

Recommended by Hope

Fighting Words is a really important book about a really important topic (abuse).  

Maybe He Just Likes You is about a girl who was getting attention that she did not appreciate. The basketball boys decided to make a game about her. 

The Girl from the Sea is about how a girl called Morgan is ready to escape the big world into her own little one she was dealing with too much and just kept bottling up her feelings. One night when Morgan was drowning she was saved by and girl named Keltie. After a while Morgan starts to fall in love. Keltie wanted everything that had been hidden to find a way to open. 

Unstuck and My Life in the Fish Tank are about a girl who is dealing with anxiety and a bunch of other challenges and this is about how she deals with them.

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The Best 5 Books that You Will Read

Fifth grader Elliot smartly snuck 31 -- THIRTY-ONE -- books into his Best Book list by sharing his top five favorite book series. 

As part of our end-of-year wrap up in 5th grade, I asked my students to compile their own #BestBookList. They could choose an overall theme or not. You can see all of their recommendations at #BestBookList. For individual book recommendations, check out our  #iLoveMG posts. If you are looking for younger readers, #3rdfor3rd features recommendations from when I taught third grade.

The Best 5 Books that You Will Read

Recommended by Elliot

Alex Rider Stormbreaker is about a boy named Alex, and after his uncle dies he is drafted in by MI6, where his uncle worked, and sent on a mission of his own. (14 book series) 

The False Prince is about a orphan named Sage who has to compete against three other orphans to rule the kingdom. (5 book series) 

Eragon is about a boy named Eragon who finds a mysterious stone… Or maybe it’s a dragon egg (4 book series) 

The Hunger Games is about a girl named Katniss who is forced to compete in a battle to the death between 24 children. (3 book series) 

Gregor the Overlander is about a boy named Gregor and his baby sister when they fall into a mysterious underland miles beneath New York City (5 book series) 

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World's Greatest LGBTQIAP2S+ Novels and Graphic Novels

As part of our end-of-year wrap up in 5th grade, I asked my students to compile their own #BestBookList. They could choose an overall theme or not. You can see all of their recommendations at #BestBookList. For individual book recommendations, check out our  #iLoveMG posts. If you are looking for younger readers, #3rdfor3rd features recommendations from when I taught third grade.

World's Greatest LGBTQIAP2S+ Novels and Graphic Novels

Recommended by Anonymous

(Top Left) Melissa: A story of how a young kid comes out to the world 

(Bottom Left) Drama: A young girl find out that she likes to be a set designer 

(Bottom Right) Heartstopper: A story of how 2 young boys find each other 

(Top Right) The Prince and the Dressmaker: The prince of his kingdom discovers he likes dresses and has them made in secret 

(Top middle right half) Laura dean keeps breaking up with me: Is about a kid with her girlfriend who keeps ditching her, then she eventually seeks help 

(Top middle left half) The Girl from the Sea: Is about a girl with a secret

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