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Best middle grade books

Description: Best books for middle grade readers (i.e. ages 8-12)

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Rank Title Author Added

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40,445 members

1,590 reviews

4.2

10 Members: _Zoe_, foggidawn, keristars, bestem, skullduggery, susiesharp, cej1027, ahef1963, Anjali.Negi, ManWithAnAgenda

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Charlotte's Web

36,332 members

1,027 reviews

4.2

10 Members: dara85, foggidawn, lahochstetler, Moomin_Mama, skullduggery, susiesharp, cej1027, ahef1963, Anjali.Negi, ManWithAnAgenda

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

by J. K. Rowling

134,622 members

2,065 reviews

½ 4.3

10 Members: hailelib, foggidawn, Moomin_Mama, Soupdragon, skullduggery, SylviaC, susiesharp, cej1027, ahef1963, Anjali.Negi,keristars ,ManWithAnAgenda

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A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

39,753 members

963 reviews

4

10 Members: dara85, foggidawn, keristars, skullduggery, SylviaC, MDGentleReader, cej1027, ahef1963, Anjali.Negi, ManWithAnAgenda

5

The Chronicles of Narnia

36,074 members

322 reviews

½ 4.3

11 Members: foggidawn, Moomin_Mama, Soupdragon, skullduggery, SylviaC, susiesharp, MDGentleReader, cej1027, ahef1963, Anjali.Negi, ManWithAnAgenda,keristars ,keeneam

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

27,354 members

482 reviews

4

8 Members: hailelib, foggidawn, Moomin_Mama, Soupdragon, skullduggery, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

Pippi Longstocking

by Astrid Lindgren

10,591 members

161 reviews

4

9 Members: dara85, foggidawn, lahochstetler, skullduggery, SylviaC, susiesharp, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

Ramona the Pest

by Beverly Cleary

7,778 members

112 reviews

4

8 Members: foggidawn, keristars, lahochstetler, Moomin_Mama, skullduggery, susiesharp, cej1027, ahef1963

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by Louis Sachar

23,408 members

953 reviews

4.1

9 Members: foggidawn, Moomin_Mama, bestem, skullduggery, keeneam, susiesharp, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

by E. L. Konigsburg

16,400 members

280 reviews

4.2

8 Members: foggidawn, keristars, PeggyDean, keeneam, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, LeiraBooks

11

Bridge to Terabithia

by Katherine Paterson

21,973 members

611 reviews

4

8 Members: foggidawn, bestem, skullduggery, keeneam, cej1027, ahef1963, Anjali.Negi, ManWithAnAgenda

12

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

25,205 members

454 reviews

4.1

8 Members: dara85, skullduggery, SylviaC, susiesharp, cej1027, ahef1963, Anjali.Negi, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

35,675 members

561 reviews

4.1

8 Members: foggidawn, bestem, skullduggery, SylviaC, cej1027, ahef1963, Anjali.Negi, ManWithAnAgenda

14

The Westing Game

by Ellen Raskin

12,534 members

338 reviews

4.1

8 Members: foggidawn, keristars, skullduggery, SylviaC, keeneam, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

17,594 members

425 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: keristars, Moomin_Mama, skullduggery, SylviaC, keeneam, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Graveyard Book

22,301 members

1,264 reviews

4.2

7 Members: foggidawn, skullduggery, PeggyDean, susiesharp, ahef1963, Anjali.Negi, ManWithAnAgenda

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A Light in the Attic: Poems and Drawings

by Shel Silverstein

10,745 members

207 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: hailelib, foggidawn, skullduggery, SylviaC, cej1027, ahef1963

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The Invention of Hugo Cabret

by Brian Selznick

9,731 members

665 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: hailelib, foggidawn, skullduggery, susiesharp, cej1027, Anjali.Negi, ManWithAnAgenda,keristars

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The Lightning Thief

by Rick Riordan

32,063 members

1,254 reviews

4.1

7 Members: hailelib, foggidawn, skullduggery, SylviaC, ahef1963, Anjali.Negi, ManWithAnAgenda

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Anne of Green Gables

by L. M. Montgomery

29,689 members

563 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: foggidawn, skullduggery, SylviaC, cej1027, ahef1963, Anjali.Negi

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The Dark is Rising Sequence

by Susan Cooper

2,925 members

53 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: Soupdragon, skullduggery, SylviaC, susiesharp, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by J. R. R. Tolkien

95,072 members

1,194 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: hailelib, foggidawn, Moomin_Mama, skullduggery, SylviaC, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,keristars ,Anjali.Negi

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Little House on the Prairie

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

15,714 members

229 reviews

4.1

6 Members: dara85, foggidawn, bestem, susiesharp, cej1027, ahef1963

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by Gary Paulsen

17,751 members

581 reviews

3.8

6 Members: skullduggery, keeneam, susiesharp, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

43,270 members

520 reviews

3.9

6 Members: skullduggery, susiesharp, MDGentleReader, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,keristars

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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

11,567 members

174 reviews

3.9

6 Members: foggidawn, Moomin_Mama, bestem, skullduggery, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Wee Free Men

by Terry Pratchett

10,849 members

260 reviews

4.2

6 Members: foggidawn, skullduggery, susiesharp, MDGentleReader, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

28

The Mysterious Benedict Society

by Trenton Lee Stewart

8,949 members

280 reviews

4

5 Members: skullduggery, keeneam, MDGentleReader, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Richard Adams

25,028 members

473 reviews

4.2

5 Members: hailelib, Moomin_Mama, skullduggery, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

30

The Mysterious Howling

by Maryrose Wood

1,720 members

117 reviews

3.9

4 Members: foggidawn, keristars, keeneam, AnHofmann

31

The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

by Kate DiCamillo

14,484 members

550 reviews

4.1

5 Members: foggidawn, Moomin_Mama, skullduggery, PeggyDean, cej1027

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22,261 members

480 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: keristars, skullduggery, SylviaC, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

33

The Girl with the Silver Eyes

by Willo Davis Roberts

1,191 members

26 reviews

4

4 Members: skullduggery, SylviaC, jacqueline065, ManWithAnAgenda

34

My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George

12,002 members

148 reviews

4

5 Members: foggidawn, keeneam, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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His Dark Materials

by Philip Pullman

14,285 members

202 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: bestem, skullduggery, susiesharp, ahef1963, Anjali.Negi, ManWithAnAgenda,_Zoe_

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19,911 members

418 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: Soupdragon, skullduggery, keeneam, ahef1963

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by Edward Eager

4,278 members

87 reviews

4

5 Members: bestem, skullduggery, PeggyDean, susiesharp, cej1027,Anjali.Negi

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The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy

by Jeanne Birdsall

5,585 members

194 reviews

4.1

3 Members: foggidawn, MDGentleReader, cej1027

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Harriet the Spy

by Louise Fitzhugh

7,053 members

122 reviews

4

4 Members: foggidawn, keristars, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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Little House in the Big Woods

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

16,364 members

289 reviews

4.1

4 Members: dara85, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

41

The Last Apprentice (Revenge of the Witch)

by Joseph Delaney

2,924 members

113 reviews

3.9

3 Members: skullduggery, jacqueline065, susiesharp

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by Megan Whalen Turner

5,234 members

212 reviews

4

4 Members: foggidawn, bestem, skullduggery, ManWithAnAgenda,Anjali.Negi

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The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame

23,961 members

330 reviews

4.1

4 Members: skullduggery, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

by Robert C. O'Brien

11,277 members

170 reviews

4.2

4 Members: skullduggery, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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6,802 members

181 reviews

3.8

3 Members: skullduggery, susiesharp, Anjali.Negi

46

Charlotte Sometimes

by Penelope Farmer

873 members

23 reviews

4

2 Members: Soupdragon, SylviaC

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by Sara Pennypacker

4,060 members

164 reviews

4.2

3 Members: foggidawn, keeneam, cej1027

48

Caddie Woodlawn

by Carol Ryrie Brink

7,875 members

60 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, MDGentleReader

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by Jerry Spinelli

9,360 members

233 reviews

4

3 Members: skullduggery, keeneam, ManWithAnAgenda

50

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

22,187 members

424 reviews

3.9

4 Members: dara85, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,Anjali.Negi

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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

3,465 members

85 reviews

4.1

3 Members: SylviaC, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

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A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

16,057 members

377 reviews

4

3 Members: ahef1963, Anjali.Negi, ManWithAnAgenda

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James and the Giant Peach

19,899 members

363 reviews

3.9

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

34,346 members

439 reviews

3.8

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Helen Cresswell

328 members

9 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: foggidawn, skullduggery, ahef1963

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

44,515 members

1,334 reviews

3.9

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Markus Zusak

45,226 members

2,131 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: skullduggery, susiesharp, ahef1963, Anjali.Negi,foggidawn ,Moomin_Mama

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4,019 members

358 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: skullduggery, cej1027

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by Michelle Paver

2,475 members

75 reviews

4

2 Members: Soupdragon, skullduggery

60

Skulduggery Pleasant

3,104 members

133 reviews

4

2 Members: bestem, skullduggery

61

by Carol Ryrie Brink

972 members

18 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

62

The Night Diary

by Veera Hiranandani

917 members

39 reviews

4.2

Member: PeggyDean

63

Kat, Incorrigible

by Stephanie Burgis

467 members

54 reviews

4

Member: keristars

64

Babe: The Gallant Pig

by Dick King-Smith

2,330 members

31 reviews

3.9

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

65

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

by Terry Pratchett

7,081 members

135 reviews

4

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

66

Because of Winn-Dixie

by Kate DiCamillo

15,421 members

565 reviews

4.1

2 Members: dara85, cej1027

67

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

33,150 members

328 reviews

3.9

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

68

The City of Ember

by Jeanne DuPrau

10,801 members

412 reviews

3.8

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

69

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories (Penguin Classics)

by Robert Louis Stevenson

457 members

3 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

70

The House at Pooh Corner

8,533 members

78 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

71

by J. M. Barrie

19,085 members

326 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

72

15,091 members

198 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

73

Boy: Tales of Childhood

7,851 members

133 reviews

4

2 Members: cej1027, Anjali.Negi

74

The Wednesday Wars

by Gary D. Schmidt

4,121 members

214 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: foggidawn, skullduggery

75

To Kill a Mockingbird

78,945 members

1,434 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

76

Finding the Fox

93 members

3 reviews

4

Member: Soupdragon

77

The Four-Story Mistake

by Elizabeth Enright

1,135 members

19 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: MDGentleReader

78

The Snow Spider

856 members

16 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Soupdragon

79

The Machine Gunners

by Robert Westall

565 members

4 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

80

by Peggy Brooke

164 members

1 review

3.1

Member: dara85

81

The Journey Home

by Isabelle Holland

188 members

2 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: dara85

82

by R. J. Palacio

14,305 members

1,252 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: dara85

83

by Zizou Corder

1,327 members

29 reviews

3.8

Member: Soupdragon

84

20,286 members

693 reviews

4

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda,Anjali.Negi

85

The Secret School

by Avi

2,593 members

29 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

86

1,179 members

21 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Moomin_Mama

87

Five on a Treasure Island

2,253 members

39 reviews

3.9

Member: skullduggery

88

The Silver Sword

by Ian Serraillier

2,696 members

42 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

89

The Eagle of the Ninth

by Rosemary Sutcliff

3,205 members

62 reviews

4

Member: dara85

90

by Jennifer Roy

975 members

46 reviews

4.2

Member: dara85

91

Danny the Champion of the World

7,839 members

79 reviews

4

Member: Anjali.Negi

92

The Seeing Summer

by Jeannette Eyerly

34 members

1 review

4

Member: dara85

93

by Michael Morpurgo

3,776 members

124 reviews

4

Member: Anjali.Negi

94

Breaking Stalin's Nose

by Eugene Yelchin

1,336 members

98 reviews

3.9

Member: foggidawn

95

Swallows and Amazons

by Arthur Ransome

3,901 members

84 reviews

4.1

Member: cej1027

96

Andersen's Fairy Tales

by Hans Christian Andersen

2,196 members

24 reviews

4.2

Member: ahef1963

97

by Louisa May Alcott

26,673 members

402 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963

98

The Lantern Bearers

by Rosemary Sutcliff

1,324 members

23 reviews

4.2

Member: cej1027

99

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

49,922 members

748 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

100

Emil and the Detectives

by Erich Kästner

1,833 members

35 reviews

4

Member: cej1027

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Started: skullduggery
January 2012
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