The List

Here's the book list from our Favorite Middle Grade Books transcript! Apologies for any typos or missed recommendations. 

HOLES by Louis Sachar

THE GIRL WHO COULD FLY by Victoria Forester

JULIA GILLIAN (AND THE QUEST FOR JOY) by Allison McGhee

BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE by Kate DiCamillo

THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY by Trenton Lee Stewart

LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE by Laura Ingalls Wilder

REAL MERMAIDS DON'T WEAR TOE RINGS by Helene Boudreau

MASTERPIECE by Elise Broach

SHAKESPEARE'S SECRET by Elise Broach

THE YEAR THE SWALLOWS CAME EARLY by Kathryn Fitzmaurice

TURTLE IN PARADISE by Jennifer L . Holm

THE UNWANTEDS by Lisa McMann

TOALLY JOE by James Howe

FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER by E. L. Konigsburg

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA by C. S. Lewis

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES by L. M. Montgomery

ALCATRAZ VS. THE EVIL LIBRARIANS by Brandon Sanderson

THE PLANT THAT ATE DIRTY SOCKS by Nancy McArthur

WHISPERING TO WITCHES by Anna Dale

THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET by Pseudonymous Bosch

THE UNDERNEATH by Kathi Appelt

WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE by Joan Aiken

HOOT by Carl Hiaasen

MOON OVER MANIFEST by Clare Vanderpool

THE DETENTION CLUB by David Yoo

DANI NOIR by Nova Ren Suma

AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS by Gennifer Choldenko

NOTES FROM A LIAR AND HER DOG by Gennifer Choldenko

GILDA JOYCE, PSYCHIC INVESTIGATOR by Jennifer Allison

WHEN YOU REACH ME by Rebecca Stead

THE GIRL WHO CIRCUMNAVIGATED FAIRY LAND IN A SHIP OF HER OWN MAKING by Catherynne M. Valente

ANY WHICH WALL by Laurel Snyder

BIGGER THAN A BREADBOX by Laurel Snyder

THE ENCHANTED FOREST CHRONICLES by Patricia C. Wrede

HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE by Diana Wynne Jones

THE EMERALD ATLAS by John Stephens

THE JOY OF SPOOKING by P.J. Bracegirdle

CHASING VERMEER by Blue Balliett

THE STRANGE CASE OF ORIGAMI YODA by Tom Angleberger

FLIPPED by Wendelin Van Draanen

NIM'S ISLAND by Wendy Orr

CORALINE by Neil Gaiman

THE GRAVEYARD BOOK by Neil Gaiman

GREGOR THE OVERLANDER by Suzanne Collins

TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING by Judy Blume

SUPERFUDGE by Judy Blume

ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET by Judy Blume

THE WESTING GAME by Ellen Raskin

THE WITCHES by Roald Dahl

THE BFG by Roald Dahl

THE BORROWERS by Mary Norton

UNDER TWELVE NOT ALLOWED by Page McBrier

THE BABYSITTER'S CLUB by Ann M. Martin

THE BABYSITTER'S CLUB graphic novels by Raina Telgemeier

THE NEVERENDING STORY by Michael Ende

THE CLOCKWORK THREE by Matthew Kirby

THE MAGIC HALF by Annie Barrows

THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET by Brian Selznick

SQUASHED by Joan Bauer

BETSY-TACY by Maud Hart Lovelace

JUNIPER BERRY by M. P. Kozlowsky

NIGHTMARE AT THE BOOK FAIR by Dan Gutman

GENIUS FILES by Dan Gutman

ONE CRAZY SUMMER by Rita Williams-Garcia

COSMIC by Frank Cottrell Boyce

KING MATT THE FIRST by Janusz Korczak

JEREMY FINK AND THE MEANING OF LIFE by Wendy Mass

DORK DIARIES: TALES FROM A NOT-SO-FABULOUS LIFE by Rachel Renee Russell

HOW LAMAR'S BAD PRANK WON A BUBBA-SIZED TROPHY by Crystal Allen

THE BOOKS OF ELSEWHERE by Jacqueline West

TOUCH BLUE by Cynthia Lord

OUT OF MY MIND by Sharon M. Draper

HATCHET by Gary Paulsen

MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN by Jean Craighead George

JULIE OF THE WOLVES by Jean Craighead George

WAYSIDE SCHOOL IS FALLING DOWN by Louis Sachar

THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE by Jacqueline Kelly

HOWLIDAY INN (BUNNICULA SERIES) by James Howe

THE LIGHTNING THIEF by Rick Riordan

WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON by Grace Lin

I, EMMA FREKE by Elizabeth Atkinson

SMALL STEPS by Louis Sachar

SOMEDAY ANGELINE by Louis Sachar

DOODLEBUG: A NOVEL IN DOODLES by Karen Romano Young

THE PISTACHIO PRESCRIPTION by Paula Danziger

THE GIVER by Lois Lowry

TRUE (...SORT OF) by Katherine Hannigan

OKAY FOR NOW by Gary D. Schmidt

11 BIRTHDAYS by Wendy Mass

INTO THE LAND OF THE UNICORNS by Bruce Coville

A WRINKLE IN TIME by Madeline L'Engle

THE THIRTEEN CLOCKS by James Thurber

PENNY DREADFUL by Laurel Snyder

IS THERE LIFE ON A PLASTIC PLANET by Mildred Ames

WAIT TILL HELEN COMES by Mary Downing Hahn

DEEP AND DARK AND DANGEROUS by Mary Downing Hahn

ALLIE FINKLE'S RULES FOR GIRLS by Meg Cabot

THE FAIRY TALE DETECTIVES (SISTERS GRIMM SERIES) by Michael Buckley

TUCK EVERLASTING by Natalie Babbit

LEON AND THE SPITTING IMAGE by Allen Kurzweil

STONEWORDS by Pam Conrad

ALIENS ON VACATION by Clete Barrett Smith

EMMA-JEAN LAZARUS FELL OUT OF A TREE by Lauren Tarshis

PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

THE PENDERWICKS by Jeanne Birdsall

A MANGO-SHAPED SPACE by Wendy Mass

THE CANDYMAKERS by Wendy Mass

MANIAC MAGEE by Jerry Spinelli

NUMBER THE STARS by Lois Lowry

ACCIDENTAL HERO by Matt Myklusch

JACK BLANK AND THE SECRET WAR by Matt Myklusch

CHOOSING SIDES by John Ritter

THE THIEF by Megan Whelan Turner

JACOB HAVE I LOVED by Katherine Paterson

BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA by Katherine Paterson

A CORNER OF THE UNIVERSE by Ann M. Martin

TIME WINDOWS by Kathryn Reiss

KARMA BITES by Stacy Kramer and Valerie Thomas

LOVE, AUBREY by Suzanne LaFleur

THE PIGMAN by Paul Zindel

WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS by Wilson Rawls

CHARLOTTE'S WEB by E. B. White

THE STARLIGHT CRYSTAL by Christopher Pike

DICEY'S SONG by Cynthia Voigt

HOMECOMING by Cynthia Voigt

DEAR DUMB DIARY by Jim Benton

FRANNY K STEIN, MAD SCIENTIST by Jim Benton

FREAK THE MIGHTY by Rodman Philbrick

GOSSIP FROM THE GIRLS ROOM by Rose Cooper

ARTEMIS FOWL by Eoin Colfer

DEAR MR. HENSHAW by Beverly Cleary

DRUMS, GIRLS, AND DANGEROUS PIE by Jordan Sonnenblick

MY TEACHER IS AN ALIEN by Bruce Coville

SAVVY by Ingrid Law

SCUMBLE by Ingrid Law

RONIA, THE ROBBER'S DAUGHTER by Astrid Lindgren

WAITING FOR NORMAL by Leslie Connor

LUNCH MONEY by Andrew Clements

FRANNY PARKER by Andrew Clements

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Grahame

MOCKINGBIRD by Kathryn Erskine

SKINNYBONES by Barbara Park

BORN TO BE A DRAGON by Eisley Jacobs

THE TANGLEWOOD TERROR by Kurtis Scaletta

MAMBA POINT by Kurtis Scaletta

BREADCRUMBS by Anne Ursu

THE BRILLLIANT FALL OF GIANNA Z by Kate Messner

SKELLIG by David Almond

JOEY PIGZA SWALLOWED THE KEY by Jack Gantos

ALABAMA MOON by Watt Key

CRACKER!: THE BEST DOG IN VIETNAM by Cynthia Kadohata

TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR by Ben Mikaelsen

THE RUINS OF GORLAN by John Flanagan

YESTERDAY'S MAGIC by Pamela F. Service

JOHNNY TREMAIN by Esther Forbes

SO BE IT by Sarah Weeks

THE MOSTLY TRUE ADVENTURES OF HOMER P. FIGG by Rodman Philbrick

STARGIRL by Jerry Spinelli

REDWALL by Brian Jacques

A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS by Lemony Snicket

FRINDLE by Andrew Clements

LUNCH LADY graphic novels by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

THE MAGIC THIEF by Sarah Prineas

THE WISH GIVER by Bill Brittain

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID by Jeff Kinney

NO TALKING by Andrew Clements

HARRY POTTER series by J. K. Rowling

THE GREAT WALL OF LUCY WU by Wendy Wan-Long Shang

BIRD IN A BOX by Andrea Davis Pinkney

THE STORM BEFORE ATLANTA by Karen Schwabach

THE WEDNESDAY WARS by Gary Schmidt

ALIBI JUNIOR HIGH by Greg Logsted

STORMBREAKER by Anthony Horowitz

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON by Cressida Cowell

DILLON DILLON by Kate Banks

THE SECRET LIFE OF MS. FINKLEMAN by Ben H. Winters

THE FOURTH STALL by Chris Rylander

CAMO GIRL by Kekla Magoon

MYSTERIES IN OUR NATIONAL PARKS by Gloria Skurzynski

A CIRCLE OF TIME by Marisa Montes

RUBY RED by Kerstin Gier

WALK TWO MOONS by Sharon Creech

SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELD series (various authors, nonfiction)

CITY OF EMBER by Jeanne DuPrau

BALLET SHOES by Noel Streatfeild

SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT by Derek Landy

AFTER EVER AFTER by Jordan Sonnenblick

ONE DAY AND ONE AMAZING MORNING ON ORANGE STREET by Joanne Rocklin

YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BE ... (Various topics/authors, nonfiction)

THE REINVENTION OF EDISON THOMAS by Jacqueline Houtman

THE GREEN GLASS SEA by Ellen Klages

THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH by Norton Jester

UP AND DOWN THE SCRATCHY MOUNTAINS by Laurel Snyder