Fiction > Middle Grade
As readers transition from younger books towards books for more mature readers it can be hard to find the right thing. Middle grade books are most suited to readers aged 11-15 and are a gentler transition toward young adult fiction.
Themes around friendship, community, family, social situations and even world-wide issues are dealt with through relatable characters. Readers are often looking to read about the experiences of those slightly older than them as they enter their tween and early teenage years and start to figure out their personal ideas and positions as a more independent individual. Reading offers a chance to learn from the experiences, successes and mistakes of others, to think through a different perspective and reflect on how they would face a similar situation. This enables the building of empathy and understanding, towards others and ourselves.
The Journey (Rowan of Rin: 30th Anniversary Edition) by Emily Rodda
$39.99 AUD
Category: Kid's Reading Guide 2023
Bravest heart will carry on. When sleep is death, And hope is gone. Rowan doesn’t believe he has a brave heart, but when danger threatens his village of Rin he discovers he is much more resourceful than he could ever have imagined. The Wise Woman Sheba’s ominous words haunt him. Her cryptic riddles are ...Show more
Something About Alaska by J.A. Cooper
$19.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade
‘It’s a wicked cold, the Alaska winter, and can kill a man in a second…’Nearing 15, Zac Greene travels to Alaska to re-connect with the father he’s only ever known from a distance. But Zac’s dad is a lone wolf – a wounded soul who’d rather drown his regrets in a bottle of bourbon than confront the mista ...Show more
The Fire Star: A Maven & Reeve Mystery by A.L. Tait
$16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade | Series: Maven & Reeve Mystery
A maid with a plan. A squire with a secret. A missing jewel. A kingdom in turmoil. Maven and Reeve have three days to solve the mystery of the Fire Star. If they don't, they'll lose everything. This could be a complete disaster . . . or the beginning of a great friendship. Bestselling author A. L. Tait ...Show more
This Camp is Doomed (A Dennith Grange Misadventure) by Anna Zobel
$16.99 AUD
Category: Kid's Reading Guide 2023
The wry humour and mystery-solving of Friday Barnes meets the magic of TikTok sensation The House in the Cerulean Sea in this spooky, madcap, hilarious school camp adventure! A run-down camp in the woods. No phone reception. Ten students with untested powers . . . Celine is seeing conspiracies every ...Show more
Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare
$34.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade | Series: The Chronicles of Castellane Ser.
Two outcasts find themselves caught in a web of forbidden love, dangerous magic, and dark secrets that could change the world forever in the start of a riveting epic fantasy series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Shadowhunter Chronicles. In the vibrant city-state of Castellane, t ...Show more
A Great Escape by Felice Arena
$16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade | Reading Level: 9
It's a great escape, but will Peter survive it?When Peter's family leaves for a trip across the border, he stays behind. So when the government builds a wall through the city, guarded by soldiers, tanks and ferocious dogs, he's trapped. Everyone says he might never see his family again. But Peter has a ...Show more
The Flyaway Girls by Julia Lawrinson
$18.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade
Telia makes her movements graceful as well as technically perfect. And when she finishes with a full straight-body somersault - something I have never been able to do - her delighted grin makes everybody else smile. Even the judges. Even me. Even though I am wishing, more than anything, that I could ...Show more
The Locket of Dreams by Belinda Murrell
$17.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade
'She didn?t know why she felt the urge to wear the old necklace. It just seemed to have a magnetic pull on her.? When Sophie wears the heart-shaped locket, she magically travels back to 1858 to learn the truth about her ancestor. Charlotte Mackenzie and her sister, Nell, live a wonderful life on a misty ...Show more
Pagan's Crusade (The Pagan Chronicles #1) by Catherine Jinks
$19.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade | Series: The\Pagan Chronicles Ser. | Reading Level: 13+
It's twelfth-century Jerusalem, the time of the Crusades. Shrewd and scrappy Pagan has been plucked from the streets to work for Lord Roland, a Templar knight. Set against a background of mounting tension as Saladin's infidels close in on the Holy City, Pagan's Crusade is an exciting and exuberant tale ...Show more
Wind Child (The Wind Child Book #1) by GABRIELA HOUSTON
$19.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade
Featuring a colourful Slavic cast of tempestuous gods and frightening monsters, this is a story about friendship, and how far you would go - and what you would sacrifice - to avoid saying goodbye to someone you love. No human has ever returned from Navia, the Slavic afterlife. But twelve-year-old Mara i ...Show more
The Silver Road by Sinead O'Hart
$17.99 AUD
Category: Kid's Reading Guide 2023
Myth and magic combine in this unforgettable adventure drawing on Irish folklore, from award-winning author Sinead O'Hart. The seandraiocht - the Old Magic - isn't remembered like it once was. Its power is fading... When Rose is entrusted with a powerful stone by a Frost Giant, she is swept into an adve ...Show more
The Book of Chance by Sue Whiting
$17.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade
Chance is a black-and-white thinker until she realises that sometimes there are shades of grey. Chance is in Year 7 and thinks she has it all - a loving mother, dog Tiges, best friend and almost-sister next door. But when a reality TV team makes over her house, she discovers newspaper cuttings from the ...Show more