Best middle grade books

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Best books for middle grade readers (i.e. ages 8-12)
1
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
46,655 members
1,683 reviews
4.1
11 Members
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2
Charlotte's Web
by E. B. White
41,437 members
1,069 reviews
4.2
10 Members
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4
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
45,501 members
1,039 reviews
4
11 Members
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5
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
32,527 members
534 reviews
4
9 Members
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Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren
12,834 members
174 reviews
4
10 Members
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Holes
by Louis Sachar
30,648 members
1,053 reviews
4.1
10 Members
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The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
42,162 members
613 reviews
4.1
9 Members
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Ramona the Pest
by Beverly Cleary
9,696 members
120 reviews
4
8 Members
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The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
14,823 members
366 reviews
4.1
9 Members
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The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
20,308 members
472 reviews
½ 4.3
8 Members
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Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
26,333 members
652 reviews
4
8 Members
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15
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
29,718 members
494 reviews
4.1
8 Members
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian Selznick
11,010 members
685 reviews
½ 4.3
8 Members
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The Dark Is Rising Sequence
by Susan Cooper
3,075 members
54 reviews
½ 4.3
8 Members
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The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
107,443 members
1,303 reviews
½ 4.3
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Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
35,890 members
630 reviews
½ 4.3
7 Members
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The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
24,911 members
1,313 reviews
4.2
7 Members
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A Light in the Attic: Poems and Drawings
by Shel Silverstein
12,206 members
219 reviews
½ 4.3
6 Members
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22
The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan
40,664 members
1,334 reviews
4.1
7 Members
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23
Little House on the Prairie
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
18,104 members
240 reviews
4.1
7 Members
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24
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
49,391 members
585 reviews
3.9
7 Members
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The Mysterious Benedict Society
by Trenton Lee Stewart
10,890 members
301 reviews
4
6 Members
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Watership Down
by Richard Adams
27,940 members
513 reviews
4.2
6 Members
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Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
21,945 members
633 reviews
3.8
6 Members
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
by Judy Blume
14,979 members
186 reviews
3.9
6 Members
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The Wee Free Men
by Terry Pratchett
11,945 members
285 reviews
4.2
6 Members
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Half Magic
by Edward Eager
4,865 members
94 reviews
4
6 Members
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The Mysterious Howling
by Maryrose Wood
2,032 members
127 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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Matilda
by Roald Dahl
26,223 members
523 reviews
½ 4.3
5 Members
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35
The Girl with the Silver Eyes
by Willo Davis Roberts
1,318 members
26 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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36
My Side of the Mountain
by Jean Craighead George
14,513 members
162 reviews
4
5 Members
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37
Little House in the Big Woods
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
19,477 members
306 reviews
4.1
5 Members
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Harriet the Spy
by Louise Fitzhugh
8,071 members
129 reviews
4
5 Members
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39
Artemis Fowl
by Eoin Colfer
22,157 members
436 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
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40
The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
27,780 members
368 reviews
4.1
5 Members
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The Penderwicks
by Jeanne Birdsall
6,744 members
210 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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42
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
by Joan Aiken
3,893 members
98 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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43
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
26,609 members
479 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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44
A Wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula K. Le Guin
18,402 members
437 reviews
4
4 Members
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
by Mark Haddon
47,904 members
1,395 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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The Last Apprentice
by Joseph Delaney
3,184 members
119 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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47
The Thief
by Megan Whalen Turner
5,934 members
228 reviews
4
4 Members
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48
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
by Robert C. O'Brien
13,326 members
187 reviews
4.2
4 Members
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49
Magyk
by Angie Sage
7,552 members
184 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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50
Charlotte Sometimes
by Penelope Farmer
937 members
24 reviews
4
2 Members
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51
Clementine
by Sara Pennypacker
5,400 members
178 reviews
4.2
3 Members
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52
Caddie Woodlawn
by Carol Ryrie Brink
9,088 members
69 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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53
The House at Pooh Corner
by A. A. Milne
9,886 members
91 reviews
½ 4.4
3 Members
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54
Maniac Magee
by Jerry Spinelli
10,994 members
248 reviews
4
3 Members
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55
The City of Ember
by Jeanne DuPrau
12,570 members
424 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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56
James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
23,723 members
387 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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57
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
40,851 members
489 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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58
Ordinary Jack
by Helen Cresswell
347 members
12 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
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The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
52,333 members
2,241 reviews
½ 4.4
4 Members
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The Arrival
by Shaun Tan
4,499 members
374 reviews
½ 4.5
2 Members
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61
Wolf Brother
by Michelle Paver
2,774 members
81 reviews
4
2 Members
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62
Danny the Champion of the World
by Roald Dahl
9,296 members
93 reviews
4
2 Members
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63
Skulduggery Pleasant
by Derek Landy
3,473 members
138 reviews
4
2 Members
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64
The Night Diary
by Veera Hiranandani
1,235 members
42 reviews
4.2
Member
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65
Baby Island
by Carol Ryrie Brink
1,152 members
19 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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66
Kat, Incorrigible
by Stephanie Burgis
505 members
56 reviews
4
Member
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67
Babe, the Gallant Pig
by Dick King-Smith
2,779 members
33 reviews
4
2 Members
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68
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
by Terry Pratchett
7,882 members
145 reviews
4
2 Members
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69
Emil and the Detectives
by Erich Kästner
2,035 members
43 reviews
4
2 Members
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70
Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
19,126 members
621 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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71
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
38,375 members
369 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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73
Peter & Wendy
by J. M. Barrie
22,745 members
365 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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74
The Witches
by Roald Dahl
17,699 members
215 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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75
Boy: Tales of Childhood
by Roald Dahl
9,346 members
147 reviews
4
2 Members
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76
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
33,199 members
473 reviews
4
2 Members
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77
The Wednesday Wars
by Gary D. Schmidt
4,957 members
225 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
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78
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
89,952 members
1,559 reviews
½ 4.4
2 Members
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79
Finding the Fox
by Ali Sparkes
105 members
3 reviews
4
Member
Soupdragon
80
The Four-Story Mistake
by Elizabeth Enright
1,302 members
21 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
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81
The Snow Spider
by Jenny Nimmo
955 members
16 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Soupdragon
82
The Machine Gunners
by Robert Westall
613 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
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83
Jake's Orphan
by Peggy Brooke
190 members
2 reviews
3.2
Member
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84
The Journey Home
by Isabelle Holland
215 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
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85
Wonder
by R. J. Palacio
17,845 members
1,355 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
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86
Lionboy
by Zizou Corder
1,469 members
31 reviews
3.8
Member
Soupdragon
87
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
23,088 members
755 reviews
4
2 Members
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88
The Secret School
by Avi
3,109 members
31 reviews
3.8
Member
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89
Elidor
by Alan Garner
1,286 members
24 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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90
Five on a Treasure Island
by Enid Blyton
2,688 members
47 reviews
3.9
Member
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91
The Silver Sword
by Ian Serraillier
3,058 members
45 reviews
3.9
Member
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92
The Eagle of the Ninth
by Rosemary Sutcliff
3,656 members
72 reviews
4
Member
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93
Yellow Star
by Jennifer Roy
1,073 members
49 reviews
4.2
Member
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94
The Seeing Summer
by Jeannette Eyerly
39 members
2 reviews
4
Member
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95
War Horse
by Michael Morpurgo
4,500 members
133 reviews
4
Member
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96
Breaking Stalin's Nose
by Eugene Yelchin
1,549 members
103 reviews
4
Member
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97
Swallows and Amazons
by Arthur Ransome
4,468 members
96 reviews
4.1
Member
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98
Andersen's Fairy Tales
by Hans Christian Andersen
2,458 members
27 reviews
4.2
Member
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99
The Lantern Bearers
by Rosemary Sutcliff
1,482 members
25 reviews
4.2
Member
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100
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
57,335 members
818 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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