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 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
Completely Normal (and Other Lies) by Biffy James
$21.99 AUD
Category: CBCA Shortlist 2023
Love has rules. So does grief. And Stella Wilde’s about to break them all. Stella Wilde is secretly in love with the hottest guy in school, Isaac Calder. He seems to love her back, but there’s a problem – he already has a girlfriend, the gorgeous Grace Reyes. When Isaac is killed in a car accident, the ...Show more
The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon
$19.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade | Series: Refugee issues
Born in a refugee camp, all Subhi knows of the world is that he's at least 19 fence diamonds high, the nice Jackets never stay long, and at night he dreams that the sea finds its way to his tent, bringing with it unusual treasures. And one day it brings him Jimmie. Carrying a notebook that she's unable ...Show more
Two Sparrowhawks in a Lonely Sky by Rebecca Lim
$17.99 AUD
Category: Kid's Reading Guide 2023
After their family encounters terrible hardship in rural China, siblings Fu and Pei must draw on all their resilience and courage as they embark on a dangerous journey towards a better life. A compelling and poignant children's novel from the CBCA award-winning author of Tiger Daughter. What if you wer ...Show more
Cytonic (#3 Skyward) by Brandon Sanderson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade
Spensa's life as a Defiant Defense Force pilot has been far from ordinary.She proved herself one of the best starfighters in the human enclave of Detritus and she saved her people from extermination at the hands of the Krell - the enigmatic alien species that has been holding them captive for decades. W ...Show more
The Puppets of Spelhorst (HB) by Kate DiCamillo
$24.99 AUD
Category: Kid's Reading Guide 2023
From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale, enchantingly illustrated, in which five puppets confront circumstances beyond their control with patience, cunning and high spirits. Once, there was a king. And a wolf. And a girl with a shepherd’s crook. And a boy with a bow and arro ...Show more
The Quest for the Galleon of Time by Tanya Hunter
$17.99 AUD
Category: Kid's Reading Guide 2023
Age range 8 to 12. The year is 1738 and eleven-year-old Tobias Crane is forced to leave his home to work as a ship’s lad on a trading galleon. Once onboard, Tobias discovers that the ship is a time-travelling galleon! A galleon that can inexplicably appear in different dimensions in the past, present an ...Show more
Rebound by Kwame Alexander
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
'Hoop kings SOARin kicks with wings.Game so sweetit's like bee stings.'It's 1988. Charlie Bell is still mourning his father, and struggling to figure out how he feels for his best (girl) friend, CJ. When he gets into trouble one too many times, he's packed off to stay with his grandparents for the summe ...Show more
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
$16.95 AUD
Category: Middle Grade
"Like A Wrinkle in Time (Miranda's favorite book), When You Reach Me far surpasses the usual whodunit or sci-fi adventure to become an incandescent exploration of 'life, death, and the beauty of it all.'" --The Washington PostThis Newbery Medal winner that has been called "smart and mesmerizing," (The N ...Show more
Swift and Hawk 2: Undercover by Logan Macx
$18.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade | Series: Swift and Hawk
The unputdownable second book in the action-packed spy thriller series, where cutting-edge tech meets explosive adventure. An undercover mission. A deadly game of spies. When a secretive robotics company is hacked, teen spies Swift and Hawk discover out-of-control weaponized robots battling to escape in ...Show more
The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles Book 2) by Rick Riordan
$18.99 AUD
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy | Series: The Kane Chronicles | Reading Level: 10+
Ever since the gods of Ancient Egypt were unleashed in the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister, Sadie, have been in trouble. As descendants of the House of Life, the Kanes have some powers at their command; but the devious gods haven't given them time to master their skills at Brooklyn House, a tra ...Show more
The Kindness Project by Deborah Abela
$16.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
A heartwarming verse novel from beloved Australian children's author Deborah Abela. Ms Skye thinks kids can change the world with a Kindness Project. Nicolette wants to but how can she when Layla treats her like she's invisible and DJ picks on everything she says? Leaf thinks Nicolette can be a superher ...Show more