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 Forgotten Pearl by Belinda Murrell
$17.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade | Series: TIME SLIP
'Let me tell you a story. A story about friendship and sisters, about grief and love and danger, and about growing up . . .'When Chloe visits her grandmother, she learns how close war came to destroying her family. Could Poppy's experiences help Chloe face her own problems?In 1941, Poppy lives in Darwin ...Show more
Grace Beside Me by Sue McPherson
$19.95 AUD
Category: First Nations Creators & Ideas
Written from teenager girl Fuzzy Mac's perspective, Grace Beside Me is a quirky, warmly rendered story of home and family life in a small town. The black&write! judges remarked on the authentic feel of the Indigenous home life of Fuzzy Mac and her grandparents -- her guardians since the death of her ...Show more
Underground: Marsupial Outlaws and Other Rebels of Australia's War in Vietnam by Mirranda Burton
$29.99 AUD
Category: ANZAC
Led by an unconscientiously objecting wombat registered for military service during Australia's war in Vietnam, Underground digs tunnels through a chapter of Australian history that many have attempted to bury. Why would a wombat be registered for war? It's 1965, and an old Tattersalls barrel starts rol ...Show more
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt by R.A. Spratt
$24.99 AUD
Category: Kid's Reading Guide 2023
Bedtime has never been so bonkers! The ultimate collection of short stories from the irrepressibly funny author of Friday Barnes.From the bestselling author and host of the hugely popular Bedtime Stories with R. A. Spratt podcast comes this bumper collection of the show's most popular stories.Just as th ...Show more
Countdown to Yesterday by Shirley Marr
$16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade
From the incredible mind of multi-award-winning Australian children's author Shirley Marr comes a beautiful story for young readers about memories, family, friendship, The Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book, David Bowie and time travel! James wishes he could go back in time. Back t ...Show more
Bandits, Dirt Bikes & Trash (#6 Robin Hood) by Robert Muchamore
$15.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade | Series: Robin Hood
More outrageous and high-intensity action from teen rebel and social-media star Robin Hood and friends as they continue their campaign against the brutal and corrupt powers that be. The sixth episode in the latest bulls-eye hit series from the bestselling author of Cherub. Robin is pleased to hear from ...Show more
Robin Hood 5: Ransoms, Raids and Revenge by Robert Muchamore
$15.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade | Series: ROBIN HOOD
Robin and the rebels resume their fight against corrupt and brutal rule with more high-energy action in Robert Muchamore's latest brilliant series. 'Intensely readable, outrageously enjoyable action.' - Guardian Robin and Will Scarlock's band of rebels are enduring a bitterly cold winter in the derelict ...Show more
A Little Spark by Barry Jonsberg
$17.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade
From the bestselling multi-award-winning author of My Life as an Alphabet and A Song Only I Can Hear comes another wonderful middle fiction novel that is warm, upbeat, intriguing and wholly absorbing. I don't tell Mum and Sam anything about my weekends with Dad. It would be giving them tickets into that ...Show more
The Maze Runner (#1 Maze Runner) by James Dashner
$19.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade | Series: The Maze Runner | Reading Level: very good
If you ain't scared, you ain't human. When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He's surrounded by strangers--boys whose memories are also gone. Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade. Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless ...Show more
Where the Heart Is by Jo Knowles
$14.99 AUD
Category: LGBTQIA+
tIf home is where the heart is, what would happen if you lost it? Compassion and humor infuse the story of a family caught in financial crisis and a girl struggling to form her own identity. It's the first day of summer and Rachel's thirteenth birthday. She can't wait to head to the lake with her best ...Show more
The Lost Sapphire by Belinda Murrell
$17.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade
"Marli is staying with her dad in Melbourne, and missing her friends. Then she discovers a mystery - a crumbling, abandoned mansion is to be returned to her family after ninety years. Marli sneaks into the locked garden to explore, and meets Luca, a boy who has his own connection to Riversleigh. A peaco ...Show more
Storm Child (The Wind Child Book #2) by GABRIELA HOUSTON
$19.99 AUD
Category: Middle Grade | Series: The\Wind Child Ser.
The epic conclusion in The Wind Child duology. Who would you become to save someone you love? Mara, the granddaughter of the God of Winter Winds, had her human soul ripped out for defying the laws of gods and men A year on, she and her shape-shifting friend Torniv are on the run from Koschei the Deathle ...Show more