It’s safe to say the books for pre-teens through middle-grade vary as much as the kids. There’s such a wide range of reading abilities here that although they still enjoy reading about characters their own age, many tend to “read up” about characters older than themselves, but they will also “read down” when the mood strikes.
Well-developed fantasy, and an increase in emotional plot developments, more pages, smaller fonts, and social issues tend to catch the attention of this age and maturity level, even with the varying ranges of emotional readiness. They also find graphic novels highly entertaining as well.
Here’s a few best selling middle-grade books your kids are sure to enjoy!
The Unicorn Quest
If you want a blend of Frozen and A Wrinkle In Time this is a book with powerful themes of identity, sisterhood, and magical worlds!
When these two sisters climb a ladder in a fireplace and enter a magical world of conflict between four guilds and all the unicorns are missing they have to uncover the unicorn’s greatest secret.
Simone LaFray and the Chocolatier’s Ball
Simone LaFray leads a double life. She’s a covert agent and is a junior spy for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. When she isn’t following in her spy mother’s footprints, she icing eclairs and dusting pastries in her father’s patisserie.
When a notorious thief returns to Paris, Simone is on the case when the patisserie is threatened, and she questions everything.