Genre: Middle Grade

Raccoons and Rabbit Holes by Loralee Evans

Raccoons and Rabbit Holes by Loralee Evans

What do raccoons and rabbit holes have in common with Harriet Tubman? Jax, Julie, and Ani wouldn’t have thought much at all, until the three kids go exploring near an old house in the woods that local legends say is haunted. The kids don’t believe in ghosts, and don’t expect to find anything scary. But when they meet a raccoon that’s acting a little weird, […]

July 26, 2018 / 0 Comments
Where the Watermelons Grow by Cindy Baldwin

Where the Watermelons Grow by Cindy Baldwin

When twelve-year-old Della Kelly finds her mother furiously digging black seeds from a watermelon in the middle of the night and talking to people who aren’t there, Della worries that it’s happening again—that the sickness that put her mama in the hospital four years ago is back. That her mama is going to be hospitalized for months like she was last time. With her daddy […]

July 6, 2018 / 0 Comments
Never That Far by Carol Lynch Williams

Never That Far by Carol Lynch Williams

Libby Lochewood is twelve years old when her grampa dies of a heart attack. She is devastated at losing her best friend. Now that he’s passed on, it’s just her and her father, and he is so overcome by grief that he can barely get out of bed in the morning. The night of the funeral, though, Grampa’s spirit appears in Libby’s bedroom and tells […]

April 9, 2018 / 0 Comments
Mickey Malloy, Wonder Boy! by Laurisa White Reyes

Mickey Malloy, Wonder Boy! by Laurisa White Reyes

Mickey Malloy is just your average kid who loves comic books and superheroes. When a mysterious package arrives with his name on it, he finds a strange contraption inside. Urged on by his friend, Juanita, Mickey pushes the thing’s button and gets ZZZZZZAPPED! Suddenly, he isn’t a normal kid anymore, he’s Mickey Malloy, Wonder Boy! The human magnet! But what seems like an awesome superpower […]

March 8, 2018 / 1 Comment
MAX: Arts and Thefts by Allison K. Hymas

MAX: Arts and Thefts by Allison K. Hymas

Middle school retrieval specialist Jeremy Wilderson must team up with preteen private detective Becca Mills once again to solve his most mind-boggling case yet! Ahh, summer vacation! Jeremy Wilderson, Scottsville Middle School’s first (and only) retrieval specialist, is enjoying a slower-than-usual season of retrieving (NOT stealing) lost objects in order to help the under thirteen population of Scottsville. But crime doesn’t take a vacation! And […]

February 13, 2018 / 0 Comments
Paper Chains by Elaine Vickers

Paper Chains by Elaine Vickers

Katie and Ana are the kind of friends who share everything with each other. But there are some things you can’t even share with your best friend. Katie has always known she was adopted, but recently she’s been wondering about her birth parents and her birthplace. She worries that saying this out loud—even to her best friend—could mess up the perfect family she has now. […]

October 17, 2017 / 0 Comments
Mustaches for Maddie by Chad Morris and Shelly Brown

Mustaches for Maddie by Chad Morris and Shelly Brown

Twelve-year-old Maddie has a quirky sense of humor and loves making her classmates laugh by slapping on fake mustaches every chance she gets. Being funny gets her noticed by class queen Cassie, and things are looking up when Maddie is cast as Juliet in the school play. Maybe Juliet could wear a mustache? When Maddie starts tripping when she walks and her hand starts curling […]

October 10, 2017 / 0 Comments
The Princess in Black and the Mysterious Playdate by Shannon Hale & Dean Hale

The Princess in Black and the Mysterious Playdate by Shannon Hale & Dean Hale

Noseholes and elephants! A pet-eating monster interrupts a perfect playdate with Princess Sneezewort… ut who is that new masked avenger? Princess Magnolia and Princess Sneezewort have plans… mysterious plans, like a princess playdate! They dress-up slam! They karaoke jam! They playhouse romp and snack-time stomp! But then a shout from outside Princess Sneezewort’s castle interrupts their fun. It’s a monster trying to eat someone’s kitty! […]

September 14, 2017 / 1 Comment
Mr. Beaverton and the Pistachio Fiasco by Olivia Rian

Mr. Beaverton and the Pistachio Fiasco by Olivia Rian

Mr. Beaverton solves his first “real” case. When the sheriff is unexpectedly called away to attend to trouble in another town, Mr. Beaverton is left on his own to keep Knotty Pine safe. As one piece of property after another begins to go missing, the residents of Knotty Pine turn to Mr. Beaverton for help. With his secretary, Miss Di, and messenger boy, Oscar, busy, […]

August 25, 2017 / 0 Comments
The World’s Greatest Adventure Machine by Frank L. Cole

The World’s Greatest Adventure Machine by Frank L. Cole

CastleCorp and the famous Castleton brothers are unveiling the World’s Greatest Adventure Machine! The roller coaster is an experience like no other, and four lucky kids have won the chance to be the first to ride it. There’s Trevor, whose latest stunt got him in trouble at school again. There’s Devin, whose father is pushing him to be the next Internet sensation. Nika’s wealthy grandfather […]

August 10, 2017 / 0 Comments