Middle Grade

Books for young minds navigating the bridge between childhood and adolescence, filled with everything from magical adventures and mythological quests to inspiring true stories and practical guides for growing up. These engaging reads speak directly to tweens and early teens, offering both enchanting escapes and real-world wisdom as they find their place in the world.

Middle Grade Book Summaries

The Tales of Beedle the Bard Summary

The Tales of Beedle the Bard

by J.K. Rowling 2008 105 pages

The Serpent's Shadow Summary

The Serpent's Shadow

by Rick Riordan 2012 406 pages

Crossing the Wire Summary

Crossing the Wire

by Will Hobbs 2006 216 pages

Realistic Fiction

Heroes of the Environment Summary

Heroes of the Environment

True Stories of People Who Help Protect Our Planet

by Harriet Rohmer 2009 112 pages

by Shannon Messenger 2019 797 pages

Hatchet Summary

by Gary Paulsen 1987 208 pages

The Sun and the Star Summary

The Sun and the Star

by Rick Riordan 2023 480 pages

Keeper of the Lost Cities Summary

Keeper of the Lost Cities

by Shannon Messenger 2012 496 pages

The Secret Seven Summary

The Secret Seven

by Enid Blyton 1949 144 pages

Elon Musk Young Readers’ Edition Summary

Elon Musk Young Readers’ Edition

by Ashlee Vance 2017 288 pages

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret Summary

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret

by Judy Blume 1970 149 pages

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Summary

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll 1865 96 pages

The BFG Summary

by Roald Dahl 1982 199 pages

Money Hungry Summary

by Sharon G. Flake 2001 188 pages

Realistic Fiction

African American

Quidditch Through the Ages Summary

Quidditch Through the Ages

by Kennilworthy Whisp 2001 105 pages

The Miserable Mill Summary

The Miserable Mill

by Lemony Snicket 2000 194 pages

Strike Zone Summary

by Mike Lupica 2019 272 pages

Realistic Fiction

Welcome to Dead House Summary

Welcome to Dead House

by R.L. Stine 1992 160 pages

The Hammer of Thor Summary

The Hammer of Thor

by Rick Riordan 2016 459 pages

The Lost Year Summary

by Katherine Marsh 2023 368 pages

Historical Fiction

Fading Echoes Summary

by Erin Hunter 2010 352 pages

Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life Summary

Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life

by Rachel Renée Russell 2009 327 pages

Realistic Fiction

The Red Umbrella Summary

The Red Umbrella

by Christina Diaz Gonzalez 2010 284 pages

Historical Fiction

Fairest Summary

by Gail Carson Levine 2006 326 pages

The Graveyard Book Summary

The Graveyard Book

by Neil Gaiman 2008 312 pages

The Silver Chair Summary

The Silver Chair

by C.S. Lewis 1953 243 pages

Thea Stilton and the Spanish Dance Mission Summary

Thea Stilton and the Spanish Dance Mission

by Thea Stilton 2013 176 pages

How to Change Everything Summary

How to Change Everything

The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other

by Naomi Klein 2021 336 pages

Night of the Living Dummy Summary

Night of the Living Dummy

by R.L. Stine 1993 160 pages

The Brilliant World of Tom Gates Summary

The Brilliant World of Tom Gates

by Liz Pichon 2014 256 pages

Cat Kid Comic Club Summary

Cat Kid Comic Club

by Dav Pilkey 2020 176 pages

Restart Summary

by Gordon Korman 2017 256 pages

Realistic Fiction

Somewhere There Is Still a Sun Summary

Somewhere There Is Still a Sun

A Memoir of the Holocaust

by Michael Gruenbaum 2015 384 pages

The Stonewall Riots Summary

The Stonewall Riots

Coming Out in the Streets

by Gayle E. Pitman 2019 224 pages

The Underneath Summary

by Kathi Appelt 2008 313 pages

Escape to Australia Summary

Escape to Australia

by James Patterson 2017 288 pages

by Laurie Halse Anderson 2010 297 pages

Historical Fiction

Chicken Soup for the Girl's Soul Summary

Chicken Soup for the Girl's Soul

Real Stories by Real Girls About Real Stuff

by Jack Canfield 2005 350 pages

The Lost Colony Summary

The Lost Colony

by Eoin Colfer 2006 385 pages

Science Fiction

The Goose Girl Summary

by Shannon Hale 2003 383 pages

Writing Magic Summary

Creating Stories that Fly

by Gail Carson Levine 2006 168 pages

The Austere Academy Summary

The Austere Academy

by Lemony Snicket 2000 221 pages

The Son of Neptune Summary

The Son of Neptune

The Graphic Novel

by Robert Venditti 2017 192 pages

The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond Summary

The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond

by Max Brallier 2018 272 pages

by Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009 320 pages

Science Fiction

Oliver Twist Summary

by Marian Leighton 1989 240 pages

The Prophecy of the Stones Summary

The Prophecy of the Stones

by Flavia Bujor 2002 386 pages

Night Whispers Summary

by Erin Hunter 2010 352 pages

The Burning Bridge Summary

The Burning Bridge

by John Flanagan 2005 262 pages

The First Adventure

by Tamora Pierce 1983 274 pages

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