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.
Campaign to Sky's End - Quests and Tales from the Youth of Far West NSW by WestWords (Produced by)
$39.85 AUD
Category: Middle Grade
Road Rage (Family Disasters #3) by Nathan Luff
$15.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade
There’s a reason families usually live together— to contain the horror and not inflict it on others. A family holiday is a really, really bad idea! After escaping an erupting volcanic island only to have their cruise ship intercepted by a cyclone, Jakob thought surely his family’s holiday troubles were ...Show more
Tweet by Morris Gleitzman
$17.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade
A boy and his beloved budgie are thrust into an epic adventure that could change everything. Absolutely everything. Birds. Lots of birds. The people of the world are puzzled. Their feathered friends are trying to tell them something, and they’re not sure what it is. Then a boy and his pet budgie discov ...Show more
The Royal Rabbits (#1) by Santa Montefiore, Simon Sebag Montefiore
$17.99 AUD
Category: Easter | Series: The Royal Rabbits
‘Packed with fun, fantasy and the sort of adventure guaranteed to have sticky little fingers hungrily turning the pages' The Mail on Sunday ‘The Royal Rabbits is sweet, funny and beautifully illustrated' The Times The adventure begins for brave little Shylo, and his Royal Rabbit friends in this charming ...Show more
Stitch by Pádraig Kenny
$16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade
A compelling, atmospheric and gothic Frankenstein-inspired adventure by an award-winning Irish author. Stitch is not a monster – he’s a creation. He and his friend Henry Oaf were brought to life by the genius Professor Hardacre, and have spent all their days in a castle deep in the woods, far from human ...Show more
Running with Horses by Jason Cockcroft
$29.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade
A sequel to We Were Wolves. Rabbit's new life on the coast is threatened by a dangerous discovery. Rabbit and his mum have moved to the coast to run a small caravan park. Rabbit has been struggling since he saw his father die – he finds it hard to speak. When he befriends a local boy, Joe, Rabbit begins ...Show more
Seventeen Against the Dealer O/P by Cynthia Voigt
$21.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade | Series: Tillerman Ser.
Dicey Tillerman knows that you don't get what you want just by wanting it. But running a boat-buiding business proves to be tougher than she could have imagined. So when a drifter turns up at her shop offering his help for free, Dicey accepts. But how high are the stakes?
Amal Unbound: A Novel by Aisha Saeed
$16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade
Life is quiet and ordinary in Amal's Pakistani village, but she had no complaints, and besides, she's busy pursuing her dream of becoming a teacher one day. Her dreams are temporarily dashed when--as the eldest daughter--she must stay home from school to take care of her siblings. Amal is upset, but she ...Show more
The Ruby Talisman by Belinda Murrell
$17.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade | Series: MURRELL BELINDA
'Tilly visualised the ruby pendant, recreating its crimson fire. She felt herself diving into that pool of colour . . . down into a deep, vivid dream.'Tilly falls asleep wishing she could escape to a more adventurous life. In 1789, Amelie-Mathilde is living in luxury at the Palace of Versailles - but he ...Show more
Three Tasks for a Dragon by Eoin Colfer
$32.99 AUD
Category: Kid's Reading Guide 2023
Illustrated in a sophisticated muted palette, this is a classic quest story with a modern twist from two Irish Children's Laureates. After his father’s death, Prince Lir is tricked into embarking on a perilous quest to rescue a maiden from a dragon. The studious young prince is no warrior, but he uses h ...Show more
The 169-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton
$14.99 AUD
Category: Kid's Reading Guide 2023
Andy and Terry have built their biggest and most astonishing treehouse yet! It has everything they - and you - could wish for, including an electric pony stable, a Santa Land, a NOISY level, a kangaroo-riding range, a WHATEVER-WEATHER-YOU-WANT dome, a 100% edible gingerbread house and a hall of funhouse ...Show more
Queen of Dogs by Joe Weatherstone
$16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade
Maddy’s family are talented and ambitious — sporting trophies, top grades, they collect them all. But Maddy would rather spend time with her best friend, her pug Gusto. When Gusto disappears … her world changes. Her search for Gusto reveals a surprising talent and Maddy can't believe her ears. She can u ...Show more