15 must-read middle grade books like The Royal Rebel by Bali Rai

Cover of The Royal Rebel by Bali Rai

The Royal Rebel

By: Bali Rai

3.87

Format: 131 pages, Paperback

REBEL. PRINCESS. SUFFRAGETTE. Born in 1876, Princess Sophia Duleep Singh was the daughter of the…

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Cover of Where's My Mom? by Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler

1. Where's My Mom?

By: Julia Donaldson , Axel Scheffler

4.30

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When little monkey can't find his mother, butterfly offers to help in the search. Little monkey say… read more

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  • childrens
  • family
Cover of Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler

2. Room on the Broom

By: Julia Donaldson , Axel Scheffler

4.46

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

This fun family read-aloud i s the perfect way to start Halloween celebrations and an ideal gift bo… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of A Bear Called Paddington (Paddington, #1) by Michael Bond, Peggy Fortnum

3. A Bear Called Paddington (Paddington, #1)

By: Michael Bond , Peggy Fortnum

4.23

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover edition of this ISBN can be found here. Mr. and Mrs. Brown first met Paddingt… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"I'm not a criminal,"

-Michael Bond, A Bear Called Paddington (Paddington, #1)

"[Paddington] looked up to see that Mrs Brown had been joined by a little girl, with laughing blue eyes and long, fair hair."

-Michael Bond, A Bear Called Paddington (Paddington, #1)

4. The Arrival

By: Shaun Tan

4.30

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

In a heartbreaking parting, a man gives his wife and daughter a last kiss and boards a steamship to… read more

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5. Kensuke's Kingdom

By: Michael Morpurgo , Michael Foreman

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Michael is washed up on an island in the Pacific after falling from his parent's yacht, the Pe… read more

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6. Dustbin Baby

By: Jacqueline Wilson

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

April Showers (so called because of her birth date, April 1, and her tendency to burst into tears a… read more

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7. Oranges in No Man's Land

By: Elizabeth Laird

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

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8. Cogheart (The Cogheart Adventures, #1)

By: Peter Bunzl

4.47

Format: 907 pages, Paperback

Some secrets change the world in a heartbeat. . . . Lily's life is in mortal peril. Her father is m… read more

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9. October, October

By: Katya Balen

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A classic in the making for anyone who ever longed to be WILD. October and her dad live in the w… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
"It is my story and it is our story and it isn't perfect and it isn't finished but it is whole."

-Katya Balen, October, October

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10. Treacle Walker

By: Alan Garner

3.13

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

Treacle Walker is a stunning fusion of myth and folklore and an exploration of the fluidity of time… read more

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11. Tyger

By: S.F. Said

4.17

Format: 304 pages, None

In a strange alternate world, where the British Empire has never ended, a young boy called Adam has… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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12. The Eternal Return of Clara Hart

By: Louise Finch

3.86

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Spence and Anthony have been friends for years, but it’s only when he witnesses a classmate die in … read more

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13. Medusa

By: Jessie Burton

3.87

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling, feminist retelling of Greek myth from the internationally bestselling author of The Min… read more

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  • historical
  • feminism
"I'd never known a change that wasn't monstrous."

-Jessie Burton, Medusa

"I was lonely and I was angry, and rage and loneliness can end up tasting the same."

-Jessie Burton, Medusa

"I'm a half-finished map and I'm always trying to plot my points, and I won't have anyone do it for me."

-Jessie Burton, Medusa

"Sometimes, not even folding yourself into the smallest, littlest shape is enough. So you might as well stay the size you're supposed to be"

-Jessie Burton, Medusa

Cover of The Last Bear (The Last Bear #1) by Hannah  Gold

14. The Last Bear (The Last Bear #1)

By: Hannah Gold

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An instant classic with a bear-sized heart, Hannah Gold’s debut novel is a touching story of kindne… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Malamander (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #1) by Thomas     Taylor

15. Malamander (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #1)

By: Thomas Taylor

4.05

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Nobody visits Eerie-on-Sea in the winter. Especially not when darkness falls and the wind howls aro… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"The rope swings back towards me. 'Quick, Herbie. Jump!' Now, you've probably worked out by now that I'm not a 'Quick, Herbie. Jump!' kind of guy. I mean, it's not as if there's much need for jumping …"

-Thomas Taylor, Malamander (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #1)

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16. The Haunting of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #1)

By: Phil Hickes

4.13

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Aveline Jones loves reading ghost stories, so a dreary half-term becomes much more exciting when sh… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Day Shelley Woodhouse Woke Up by Laura   Pearson

17. The Day Shelley Woodhouse Woke Up

By: Laura Pearson

4.20

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Brand new from the #1 bestselling author of The Last List of Mabel Beaumont comes a powerful story … read more

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  • family
Cover of Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

18. Julia and the Shark

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.33

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

The shark was beneath my bed, growing large as the room, large as the lighthouse, rising from unfat… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
"...which is still not a plot twist I saw coming."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"Panic poured into the space where my certainty had been, hot and sharp."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"I like how everything echoes with everything else if you listen hard enough"

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"Dad's listening became loud, you know how that happens when someone is really concentrating and you can feel the white noise of their attention."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

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19. Gargantis (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #2)

By: Thomas Taylor

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

There's a storm raging in Eerie-on-Sea. Has the mighty Gargantis come back from the deep...? Whe… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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20. A Kind of Spark

By: Elle McNicoll

4.52

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

A neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"No horrible, awful, rubbish day is worth damaging a library book."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Autistic people have probably done so much for hundreds of years without any credit."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"While you are neurotypical and I am autistic, I promise we are more alike than we are different."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Books are not medicine, they are food. You won't remember every bite but you will remember the taste."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

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21. Unraveller

By: Frances Hardinge

4.10

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A dark YA fantasy about learning to use your power and finding peace, from award-winning author Fra… read more

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  • middle grade
"I don't think about "being happy" unless I'm with you, and then I never am. Humans are never happy."

-Frances Hardinge, Unraveller

"Changing a law is like digging a new field. You'll break ancient roots and blunt your spade with a lot of stones, but eventually plants will grow in your furrows, and your new hedge will thrive and i…"

-Frances Hardinge, Unraveller

"You'd know you were a boy, so she would too. If someone knows they're a man or boy, that's what matters. Outside appearences aren't important. It's what's inside that counts—who we are in our souls. …"

-Frances Hardinge, Unraveller

"You'd be better at it than me' he told Nettle when he visited her. 'This sort of Unravelling doesn't feel like I'm using a magical gift. Sometimes it's like I'm a ghost walking alongside somebody on …"

-Frances Hardinge, Unraveller

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22. Needle

By: Patrice Lawrence

3.69

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author Patrice Lawrence explores the harsh reality of the criminal justice system for… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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23. The Light in Everything

By: Katya Balen

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the author of October, October, shortlisted for the 2022 CILIP Carnegie Medal, comes a life-af… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow by Benjamin  Dean

24. Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow

By: Benjamin Dean

4.14

Format: 8 pages, Audiobook

The rainbow-filled, JOYOUS debut from a hugely exciting new talent. Perfect for 9+ readers and fans… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival by Alice Vincent

25. Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival

By: Alice Vincent

3.84

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

Women have always gardened, but our stories have been buried with our work. Alice Vincent is on a q… read more

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  • feminism
Cover of Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades

26. Brown Girls

By: Daphne Palasi Andreades

3.90

Format: 209 pages, Hardcover

A blazingly original debut novel about a group of friends and their immigrant families from Queens,… read more

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27. The Blue Book of Nebo

By: Manon Steffan Ros

4.16

Format: 156 pages, ebook

Prize-winner in three categories of the 2019 Wales Book of the Year Award, The Blue Book of Nebo p… read more

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  • family
"Diuen que els vincles de sang no es tornen mai aigua, però els veu que l'aigua es pot tornar sang."

-Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo

"La humanitat és una cosa espectacular, tan preparada per estimar sense conviccions, sense complexos."

-Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo

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28. Here Is the Beehive

By: Sarah Crossan

3.60

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A brilliantly original debut about a love affair cut short, and how lonely it is to live inside a s… read more

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Cover of Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend: A celebration of gay gods, sapphic saints, and queerness through the ages by Dan  Jones

29. Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend: A celebration of gay gods, sapphic saints, and queerness through the ages

By: Dan Jones

3.70

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Featuring 50 profiles and select B&W illustrated portraits, Heroes of Queer Myth & Legend is a cele… read more

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  • historical
  • feminism
  • history
Cover of The Royal Rebel by Bali Rai

30. The Royal Rebel

By: Bali Rai

3.87

Format: 131 pages, Paperback

REBEL. PRINCESS. SUFFRAGETTE. Born in 1876, Princess Sophia Duleep Singh was the daughter of the… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • historical
  • feminism
  • middle grade
  • india
  • family
Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

31. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

By: Katherine Rundell

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

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4.23

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4.24

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