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Middle School Book Bundle

Argentum

by Abigail Mitchell

The king's daughter has been cursed, but she's no damsel in distress. If her fate is to be changed, she wishes to be the one to change it.

Reading Level: 5.3
Interest Level: High School

A Set of Wings

by Linda Peng

Andrew's chronic illness makes his world grow smaller every day as his parents try to keep him safe. All he needs is one person to understand that there's more to living than staying alive.

Reading Level: 3.4
Interest Level: High School

A Skateboarding Story

by Tammy Griffith

When Luke takes a dare to throw a rock through the window of an abandoned house, he doesn't expect to find Miss Wanda Rose inside. She clearly needs help, but can he be brave enough to offer it?

Reading Level: 3.1
Interest Level: Middle School

Birds in the Rain

by Rachael Mockalis

Lucy's life of bouncing from one foster home to another is a series of bad days strung together. But that all changes when she goes for a walk in the rain and meets a mysterious boy called Raphael.

Reading Level: 4.2
Interest Level: High School

Chorus of Bells

by Natalie Walker

Lester, a skeptical young man, is patrolling the village cemetery for his first night as the graveyard lookout. He expects a silent night, but it ends up being anything but quiet.

Reading Level: 4.6
Interest Level: Post High School

Darius Quinton Coleman: Boy Genius

by Kelly Winters

Darius has inherited his great-grandfather's mechanical genius and his laboratory, but are his talents enough to solve a real-life crime?

Reading Level: 2.9
Interest Level: Late Elementary

Deaf Like Pluto

by Maya Bhattiprolu

Pluto is different from other planets... kind of like Kaira is different from other people. She's all too familiar with how it feels to not fit in, but maybe things are about to change.

Reading Level: 3.0
Interest Level: Middle School

Deep in the Underworld

by Caroline Gee

Nico di Angelo has a mission: find the Doors of Death and release them from their chains. To do that, he must travel through the deepest part of the Underworld: Tartarus.

Reading Level: 3.7
Interest Level: Middle School

Define Beauty

by Bithja Pierre

With her dark skin and coiled hair, Alicia doesn't look like the woman on the magazine cover. This leads her to question beauty: what does it mean to be beautiful? Is she? Can she ever be?

Reading Level: 4.7
Interest Level: Middle School

Different

by Jennie Ford

Caleb knows that he is "different" and that different can be many things: hurtful, lonely... and sometimes even dangerous. Will things get better? Is it worth it to be honest about who he is?

Reading Level: 2.4
Interest Level: High School

Escaping the Storm

by Katrina Wong

It's the most unlikely alliance during World War II: Naomi, a young Jewish girl; Blaze, the young soldier who should want to kill her; and Michaela, the German girl who should thank him for it.

Reading Level: 2.2
Interest Level: High School

From Hero to Racer

by Matthias & Nancy Southwick

Zack dreads moving to a new home until he spots a 2005 Pontiac GTO in his neighbor's driveway. Imagine if he could race something like that himself!

Reading Level: 2.6
Interest Level: Middle School

Girl Power

by Kitty Heite

A war has destroyed most of the country, and a team of young women must go on a dangerous mission to find power cells. Their camp of survivors depends on their success.

Reading Level: 2.3
Interest Level: Middle School

Hope Is the Thing with Feathers: A Story of Hope in the Holocaust

by Hailey Hudson

Germany is changing. It's a cruel time in history for people like Amalie, but why? Why is being Jewish such a bad thing?

Reading Level: 3.9
Interest Level: Middle School

Instructions for My 5th-Grade Self

by Lisa Zhang

Yijia's fifth-grade self has a knack for attracting attention from Mrs. Lou... but not the good kind of attention. One moment stands out in particular, one that she just can't ever forget.

Reading Level: 4.4
Interest Level: Middle School

In the Pines

by Jennie Ford

Growing up on a small farm in North Carolina, Caroline learns that change is inevitable but not always bad; some of the best things in life are completely unexpected.

Reading Level: 2.4
Interest Level: High School

I Want to Be a Writer

by Anya Ivan

It's an ambitious wish to become a writer at twelve years old while still learning English, but Alex's English teacher helps him learn to improve his writing and use it to cope with family issues.

Reading Level: 3.1
Interest Level: Middle School

Keeping Time

by Sienna Santer

Seven strangers. One dangerous turn of events. How they handle themselves in the midst of hunger, fear, and endless fighting reveals their character.

Reading Level: 5.4
Interest Level: High School

Lucky Henry Walker: Hurricane Refugee

by John Porter

Lucky Henry Walker was one of the many pets rescued after Hurricane Katrina. Henry's journey from a flooded New Orleans to his new home isn't an easy one, but he finds kindness and help along the way.

Reading Level: 2.2
Interest Level: Late Elementary

My Dad's Secret

by Mary Francis

Abby's classmates have great topics for their family history projects. Their families are so much more interesting than hers, or so she thinks, until she begins asking the right questions.

Reading Level: 2.5
Interest Level: High School

No Pickles for Annabelle

by Dollie Stiemsma

As a pickle farmer's daughter and a fifth grader with terrible spelling skills, Annabelle believes she is destined to pick prickly green pickles and be the worst speller forever.

Reading Level: 4.7
Interest Level: Middle School

Red and the Wolf

by Lillie Paul

Little Red Ridinghood accepts her legacy as a werewolf hunter. However, her life is flipped upside-down when she befriends a werewolf boy named Chase, who forces her to reconsider her view of his kind

Reading Level: 2.4
Interest Level: High School

Romeo and Me

by Jennie Ford

In the rural American South of the 1960s, Romeo and Caroline are the best of friends. But as they grow older, their differences in race make life beyond the farm more harsh than they imagined.

Reading Level: 3.2
Interest Level: Middle School

Room for Company

by A.A. Gardner

Aunt Delly has always told Noelle that naughty children get taken away. But when Noelle comes to find herself "stolen" by the roaders, it's nothing like what she's been told.

Reading Level: 1.9
Interest Level: Middle School

Ruby and the Magic Stones

by Lori Werhane

Ruby's not like the other kids in her school. Everything just seems so hard for her... until she discovers a secret bag of magic stones that connect her to her guardian angels.

Reading Level: 3.4
Interest Level: Late Elementary

Skeleton Valley

by Tom Rameaka

In 1968, the violent deaths of two civil rights leaders change everything, including Timmy and Leon's friendship. Will a hike to the infamous Skeleton Valley help to heal their relationship?

Reading Level: 3.4
Interest Level: Middle School

Something To Prove

by Tiffany Jones

Derek struggles to find a summer job and his stutter doesn't make things any easier. When he meets some unlikely friends at a thrift shop, he finds a new job and develops a new perspective.

Reading Level: 3.8
Interest Level: High School

Stolen

by Robert Wonders

The Goodman Public Library bake sale is a terrific success... until the money from the sale goes missing. Who would have taken it? Aariz and Annie are determined to find out.

Reading Level: 4.4
Interest Level: Late Elementary

The Crossroads

by Grama Jayaram

Two beetle leaves, three beetle nuts, an unbroken coconut, and a five-paise coin. Will the forest goddess, Maramma, accept these offerings and heal the boy who delivers them to her?

Reading Level: 3.9
Interest Level: Middle School

The Hammer

by Devan Hawkins

A young boy worries that his father's loud hammering will disturb their neighbor, who is going through something more painful than he can imagine.

Reading Level: 3.6
Interest Level: Middle School

The Sailor's Tale

by Jennie Ford

Strange things are happening on the old sailor's property. Is it true that love never dies? Amelia, Tony, and their unlikely friends must face their fears to solve the mystery of the Sailor's tale.

Reading Level: 2.3
Interest Level: Middle School

The Secret Goldfish

by Ariel Morrison

In the midst of World War II, Alfred meets a Japanese-American boy named Kiku who is afraid for his family. Can Alfred keep Kiku's secret?

Reading Level: 4.5
Interest Level: Middle School

The Secret Of The Blue Box

by Anna Cole

Three sisters discover a secret family heirloom in their old vacation home. Questions arise, and they want answers. But they're not the only ones.

Reading Level: 2.7
Interest Level: Middle School

The Whipping Words

by Megan Dean

Seven-year-old May's enslaved nanny, Tula, finds that reading is a form of freedom, but May soon learns that in the racist society she lives in something as simple as reading is a privilege.

Reading Level: 3.9
Interest Level: Middle School

Transitioning

by Dean Gessie

A teacher returns to school following their gender reassignment with a short tale from the ocean that they've written to help explain their new identity to their students.

Reading Level: 3.2
Interest Level: High School

Walks with Augustus

by L.V. Halo

Sofia doesn't even like dogs... but maybe Augustus is different. And maybe this new routine of taking care of him really is exactly what she needed.

Reading Level: 2.6
Interest Level: Middle School

What's The Worst That Can Happen?

by Robert Wonders

Tyler Jackson daydreams about great athletic accomplishments he hopes to make a reality so that he can impress his crush.

Reading Level: 3.2
Interest Level: Middle School

Wild Boys

by Kat Jeanette

Through a series of journal entries, a struggling teenager reflects on his behavior, heritage, and family from inside a military boot camp.

Reading Level: 3.2
Interest Level: High School

Will

by Cynthia Kerns

If Dylan stands up for his awkward next-door neighbor against the popular kids, will he become an outcast himself? Sometimes the right things are the hardest things to do.

Reading Level: 2.3
Interest Level: Middle School