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Fall 2015 Final
This document provides summaries and recommendations for 100 middle grade books covering a variety of genres including horror, mysteries, historical fiction, sports stories, action/adventure, fantasy, books for girls and boys, and books promoting diversity. Each book or series is summarized in a few sentences noting key elements like time periods, locations, characters, and themes that readers might enjoy.
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Fall 2015 Final
- 1. 100 Great NewBooks For Middle Grade Readers Karen Yingling Fall 2015
- 2. Karen Yingling Middle GradeFiction Cybils Organizer Reviewer, School Library Journal Reviewer, Young Adult Books Central Level 2 Professional Magical Unicorn
- 3. Horror Scary things formiddle grades
- 4. The Jumbies For ReadersWho Like: • High tech equipment • Highjinks in London • Secret lairs • No parents!
- 5. Hoodoo For Readers WhoLike: • 1930s Alabama • Racial issues • Folk magic • Creepy demons
- 6. Took For Readers WhoLike: • Creepy dolls • Possessed demon wild boars • Folk tales • Kidnapping tales
- 7. The Haunted Mask ForReaders Who Like: • R.L. Stine • Goosebumps movie • Goofy horror • Slightly gross horror • Series (12 in reboot)
- 8. Scare Scape For ReadersWho Like: • Monsters • Creepy Houses • Pictures • British stories
- 9. The Revenge ofthe Witch(2006) • Lord of the Rings • Witches, boggarts • Series • Apprentice books • Movies For Readers Who Like:
- 10. The Screaming Staircase ForReaders Who Like: • Ghosts • London scenery • Ensemble casts • Violent attacks (by ghosts, of course!)
- 11. The Ghost ofGreylock For Readers Who Like: • Creepy woods • Creepy houses • Evil ghosts • Ensemble casts • Good titles by one author
- 12. Devil’s Footsteps (2005) ForReaders Who Like: • Kidnapped children • Magical incantations
- 13. The Summoning For ReadersWho Like: • Bloody Mary • Magical incantations • Gross horror • Almost YA
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- 15. Book Scavenger For ReadersWho Like: For Readers Who Like: • Bookcrossing.com • Scavenger hunts • San Francisco • Web Activities
- 16. Dangerous Deception For ReadersWho Like: For Readers Who Like: • Abduction tales • Social service projects • Animals • Danger
- 17. Secret of theMountain Dog For Readers Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • Tibetan mastiffs • Spirituality/Buddhism • Outdoor adventures
- 18. Absolutely Truly For ReadersWho Like: For Readers Who Like: • Mother Daughter Book Club • Small town mysteries • Charlotte’s Web • Winter stories
- 19. The Case ofthe Mystery Meatloaf For Readers Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • School stories • Ensemble casts • Encyclopedia Brown • Clues
- 20. The Curious CatSpy Club For Readers Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • Animal mysteries • Friend drama • Small towns • Series
- 21. The Disappearance ofEmily H. For Readers Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • Abduction tales • Problem novels • Girl drama • Cross Country
- 22. The Friendship Riddle ForReaders Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • Nontraditional families • Clue oriented mysteries • Books and authors • Friend drama
- 23. Murder is BadManners For Readers Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • British boarding school • Murder mysteries • Clue oriented mysteries • Evil teachers
- 24. The Detective’s Assistant ForReaders Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • Historical mysteries • Pinkerton detectives • Travel • Women innovators
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- 26. Catch You Later,Traitor For Readers Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • “Red scare” • 1950s daily life • Family problems • New York City
- 27. Cold War onMaplewood Street For Readers Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • Family problems • Vietnam Conflict • Cuban Missile Crisis
- 28. Anywhere But Paradise ForReaders Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • 1960s • Hawaii • Mental health issues • Moving stories
- 29. Julia and theArt of Practical Travel For Readers Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • 1960s • Travel • Disintegrating families • Aunts
- 30. Disappear Home For ReadersWho Like: For Readers Who Like: • 1970s • Communal life/Hippies • Problem novels • Counterculture Y A
- 31. The Troubles ofJohnny Cannon For Readers Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • Southern stories • Mob stories • Adventure • Cuban Missile Crisis
- 32. I’m Glad IDid For Readers Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • 1960s music • Music Industry • Mysteries • Civil Rights issues
- 33. Ludell For Readers WhoLike: For Readers Who Like: • 1970s daily life • Family stories • Small Southern towns • Retro books/Lizzie Skurnick
- 34. The Way toStay in Destiny For Readers Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • Boarding house life • 1970s Florida • Baseball/Piano playing • Gender expectations
- 35. The Spy Catchersof Maple Hill For Readers Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • Cold War • Conspiracy theories • Quirky characters • Small town setting
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- 37. Fantasy League For ReadersWho Like: For Readers Who Like: • Grandparents • Business ventures • This author • Football details
- 38. Losers Take All ForReaders Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • Underdog stories • Light romance • School spirit issues • Funny books
- 39. Game Seven For ReadersWho Like: For Readers Who Like: • Immigrant tales • Cuba • Children in difficult situations
- 40. Lost Boy For ReadersWho Like: For Readers Who Like: • Super depressing stuff • Spy-type action • Strong female characters
- 41. The Only Game ForReaders Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • Family drama • Baseball • Sibling rivalry • Super sad books
- 42. The Way HomeLooks Now For Readers Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • Super depressing stuff • Spy-type action • Strong female characters
- 43. Out At Home ForReaders Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • Father issues • Friend interaction • Lots of baseball • Fantastic endings!
- 44. Breaking the Ice ForReaders Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • Girls in sports • Realistic Problems • Supportive, living parents
- 45. Izzy Barr, RunningStar For Readers Who Like: Series • Struggling readers • School stories • Moral dilemmas • Friend interaction
- 46. A Whole NewBallgame For Readers Who Like: ● Teachers who “make a difference” ● Diverse casts (Autism spectrum, cultural) ● Anti-testing theme ● Feel good stories
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- 48. Surviving Bear Island ForReaders Who Like: • Will Hobbs • Survival tactics • Fast paced stories • Man vs. Nature
- 49. Hunt for theBamboo Rat For Readers Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • WWII • Japanese Americans • Spies • Survival
- 50. Into the KillingSeas For Readers Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • WWII • Survival • Surrounded by Sharks
- 51. Sweet For Readers WhoLike: • Zombie stories • Sea going tales • Apocalypse caused by diet drugs • Romance
- 52. Urban Outlaws For ReadersWho Like: • High tech equipment • Highjinks in London • Secret lairs • No parents!
- 53. Astrotwins For Readers WhoLike: • Summer with grandparents • Space adventure • Science/STEM • Science Fair tales
- 54. Masterminds For Readers WhoLike: • Eutopia • Children saving the day • Mind controlling children • This awesome author
- 55. The Flinkwater Factor ForReaders Who Like: • Video games in fiction • Evil monkeys • Slapstick adventure • Frank Einstein
- 56. Omega City For ReadersWho Like: • Cold War tie ins • Secret cities • Children saving the day • Science facts • Mad scientists
- 57. Rebels of theLamp For Readers Who Like: • Diversity in fantasy • Car chases • Evil jinnis • Struggling children
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- 59. Two Cooking Series ForReaders Who Like: • Cooking • Short books • Series • Food. Serious food.
- 60. Drive Me Crazy ForReaders Who Like: • Road trips • Intergenerational drama • Unlikely friendships • Social media complications
- 61. Paper Things For ReadersWho Like: • Problem Novels • Economic Diversity • Family stories • Tales of homelessness
- 62. Unfriended For Readers WhoLike: • Social media drama • Bad History Day projects in fiction
- 63. Lost in Paris ForReaders Who Like: • Travel • Middle grade romance • Specific locales • Fun books
- 64. Colonial Madness For ReadersWho Like: • Reality shows • Colonial history • Romance • Familiy drama
- 65. My Secret Guideto Paris For Readers Who Like: • Clues • Fashion • Intergenerational drama • This author
- 66. Cassidy’s Guide toEveryday Etiquette (and Obfuscation) For Readers Who Like: • Etiquette (dancing) • Friend drama • Pranks • School-like
- 67. Mean Girl Meltdown ForReaders Who Like: • Realistic bullying • Sports • School stories • Fun family stories • "Stop dropping dental floss in the waffle batter. It won't make them minty!"
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- 69. Princess in Black ForReaders Who Like: • Easy readers • Action and adventure • Turning tropes around • Extremely cute illustrations
- 70. Rookie Bookie For ReadersWho Like: • Math and statistics • Testing school rules • Girls in sports • Realistic family problems
- 71. The Worst ClassTrip Ever For Readers Who Like: • Dave Barry!!! • D.C. trip stories • Spies • Slap stick humor
- 72. Boy’s Best Friend ForReaders Who Like: • Scientific Method • Dogs • Stories about moving • Experiments • Friendship
- 73. Fort For Readers WhoLike: • Summer stories • Fighting bullies • Outside adventure • Family stories
- 74. The Prom Goer’sInterstellar Excursion For Readers Who Like: • Interplanetary travel • Rock bands • Slightly hostile aliens • Funny YA books
- 75. Apocalypse Bow Wow ForReaders Who Like: • Stick Dog • Goofy humor • Animals • This author • (Johnny Mutton)
- 76. Wilder Boys For ReadersWho Like: • Running away adventures • Dog stories • Family problems • Survival tactics
- 77. Lost in theSun For Readers Who Like: • This author (Absolutely Almost) • Divorced family drama • Supportive teachers • Sibling interaction
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- 79. How to SpeakDolphin For Readers Who Like: • Autism spectrum characters • Marine biology • Vision impaired characters • Sibling interaction
- 80. Half a WorldAway For Readers Who Like: • International adoption (Russia, Kazakhstan) • Travel • Dysfunctional main characters • Babies
- 81. Fish in aTree For Readers Who Like: • Learning disabilities • Supportive teachers • School stories • Celebrating differences
- 82. Written in theStars For Readers Who Like: • Pakistani culture • Child abuse • Arranged marriages • Travel • Family drama
- 83. Listen, Slowly For ReadersWho Like: • Vietnamese Culture • Family drama • Middle grade voice • Fish-out-of-water
- 84. Kitchen Chaos For ReadersWho Like: • Ensemble casts • Interesting parents • Cooking • Light romance
- 85. This Side ofHome For Readers Who Like: • Neighborhood culture • Questioning identity • College decisions • Friend drama
- 86. The Perfect Place ForReaders Who Like: • Rural poor • Religious grandmothers • Parental abandonment • Mean girls
- 87. Everything But theTruth For Readers Who Like: • Economic disparity • Romance • This series • Retirement Facilities
- 88. Blackbird Fly For ReadersWho Like: • Culture clash: Philippina in the South • Moral dilemmas • Friendship drama • Guitar playing
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- 90. Gabby Duran andthe Unsittables For Readers Who Like: • Babysitting • Highjinks in the city • Adorable aliens • Family issues (death of military parent, financial problems)
- 91. Has Anyone SeenJessica Jenkins? For Readers Who Like: • Emily Windsnap • Fun books • Invisibility • Breezy, fun fiction
- 92. Jack For Readers WhoLike: • Fairy tale reboots • Running and fighting • Goofy giants • More detailed tale
- 93. The Lost Trackof Time For Readers Who Like: • Allegory • The Phantom Tollbooth • Magical journeys • Overworked parents
- 94. Mars Evacuees For ReadersWho Like: • The Martian • Colonizing another planet • Kids on their own • Multicultural sci fi
- 95. Mark of theThief For Readers Who Like: • Ancient Rome • Series • The False Prince • The Fire of Ares • Mythology
- 96. The Incredible SpaceRaiders For Readers Who Like: • Sentient space ships • Multicultural sci fi • Fighting • No parents!
- 97. Unusual Chickens forthe Exceptional Poultry Farmer For Readers Who Like: For Readers Who Like: • High tech equipment • Highjinks in London • Secret lairs • No parents!
- 98. Gift Ideas Typewriter-like keyboardfor an iPad: $329 USB Conversion kit for manual typewriter $99 Actual Typewriter: $13 at thrift store Accepting typewriter donations
- 99. The Iron Trial ForReaders Who Like: • Harry Potter • Magical schools • Living in caves • Series • Diverse fantasy
- 100. Tombquest For Readers WhoLike: • Multiplatform Experiences • Series- 39 Clues • Egyptian mythology • Action/Adventure
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- 102. El Deafo For ReadersWho Like: • Raina Telgemeier • Deaf culture in the 1970s • Feeling ostracized • Cartoon rabbits
- 103. Henry Hubble’s Bookof Trouble For Readers Who Like: • Short books • Vaguely funny • Wimpy Kid
- 104. Hamster Princess For ReadersWho Like: ● Dragonbreath • Fairy tales • Flipped princess tales • Sleeping Beauty • Series
- 105. The Tapper Twins ForReaders Who Like: • Sibling tales • Big Nate • New York City • Improbable real life action
- 106. Awkward For Readers WhoLike: • Charlie Joe Jackson • Art • Smile • School drama
- 107. Public School Superhero ForReaders Who Like: • Inner city stories • Chess • Education • This author
- 108. G-Man Super Journal ForReaders Who Like: • This comic • Superheroes • Yeah. This.
- 109. Lumberjanes For Readers WhoLike: For Readers Who Like: • Hipster fantasy • Diverse haircuts • “Beware the kitten holy!”
- 110. Galactic Hot Dogs ForReaders Who Like: • Anything as long as it is graphic. • Science fiction • Processed meat products
- 111. The Terrible Two ForReaders Who Like: • Pranks • This author/illustrator
- 112. The Story ofDiva and Flea For Readers Who Like: ● 1960s picture books ● Cute dogs ● Stinkin’ cute dogs ● So much cute. ● No, really
- 113. The Story ofDiva and Flea
- 114. Petlandia For Readers WhoLike: ● Animal Farm ● Talking animals ● Fomenting rebellion ● Goofiness ● CatDog
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- 116. Frozen in Time ForReaders Who Like: ● Food ● Innovators ● 1900s history
- 117. Rad American Women ForReaders Who Like: ● Bulletin board pictures ● Feminism
- 118. Fad Mania For ReadersWho Like: ● Fun Nonfiction ● Pop Culture
- 119. brown girl dreaming ForReaders Who Like: • Memoirs in verse • Diverse authors • Poetic language • Racial issues • Family problems
- 120. Tommy: The GunThat Changed America For Readers Who Like: • Mafia/Gangland • Chicago • Military history • Social history
- 121. Fatal Fever For ReadersWho Like: • Chibbaro’s Deadly • Science/diseases • Typhoid Mary • Criminals
- 122. The Boys WhoChallenged Hitler For Readers Who Like: • WWII stories • Personal anecdotes • Danish resistance • Action and adventure
- 123. Sneaker Century For ReadersWho Like: • Sports • Fashion • History • Fun facts
- 124. Taking Flight For ReadersWho Like: • Dance • Immigration Tales • Fitting in/Standing Out • Celebrity
- 125. Food Dudes For ReadersWho Like: • Gatorade • Wrigley’s Gum • M&M Mars • KFC • Coca Cola • Domino’s, etc!
- 126. 100 Great NewBooks For Middle Grade Readers Opening slide: http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/news/article-17550.php 1. Mystery--http://www.lodgephoto.com/galleries/england-london-westlondon/reflecting-pool-obelisk-italian-garden-chiswick-ho- 159.html 2. Historical--http://londonwalkblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/in-and-around-london-london-autumn-2010.html 3. Sports--https://www.flickr.com/photos/ukgardenphotos/6292581826/ 4. Speculative--http://4photos.net/blog/wonderful-images-of-windsor-city/ 5. Action/Adventure--http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2502872/Misty-Britain-glory-Miles-rolling-Cotswold-hills-shrouded- eerie-fog.html 6. Books for Boys--http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/andrew-matthews/autumn-travel_b_4137003.html 7. Books for Girls--http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/outdoors/8114574/An-English-autumn-puts-the-US-fall-in-the-shade.html 8. Multicultural--http://www.akraboutique.co.uk/3315-scotland-for-fall-getaway/ 9. Graphic/Notebook Novels--http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/ 10. Nonfiction--http://casserolesandcleavage.com/post/32044557818/oh-to-be-in-england-in-the-fall-beautiful