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Middle Grade About Growing Up – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Middle Grade About Growing Up

Explore middle grade books about growing up for children.

627 books

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The Sisters Grimm #2

The Unusual Suspects

Michael Buckley

Sabrina Grimm navigates a world of fairy-tale characters and family secrets as she tries to solve a mystery involving he

Cover of Mistress Pat

Pat of Silver Bush #2

L.M. Montgomery

Living safe on Prince Edward Island, twenty-year-old Pat begins to wonder if she can hide from the outside world forever

Cover of Alice in Lace

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

A school wedding assignment forces Alice to look closely at the messy, unpredictable love lives of the men in her family

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Cover of Squirm

Florida Middle Grade Novels #6

Squirm

Carl Hiaasen

Billy’s summer becomes a wild race across the country involving spy drones, grizzly bears, and a desperate mission to sa

Ages 10–14

Cover of Royal Recall

Diary of a Minecraft Zombie #23

Zombie wants to play video games and finish eighth grade, but everything changes when he discovers he is actually the Pr

Cover of Behind You

If You Come Softly #2

Jacqueline Woodson

Miah watches from beyond as his mother, his friends, and his girlfriend Ellie struggle to find a way forward after his t

Cover of Virals

Kathy Reichs, Brendan Reichs

After exposure to a rare canine virus, Tory and her friends develop superhuman senses that they must use to solve a cold

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The Borrowers #4

The Borrowers Aloft

A tiny family is snatched from their miniature home and trapped in an attic, forcing them to use every ounce of their wi

Cover of Don't Care High

Don't Care High

Life at a pathologically apathetic high school gets a massive jolt when a new student begins manipulating the school's s

Cover of The Reptile Room

A Series of Unfortunate Events #2

The Reptile Room

The Baudelaire orphans move into a room full of reptiles, but the wicked Count Olaf is never far behind in this second u

Cover of School-Tripped

Babymouse: Tales from the Locker #3

Jennifer L. Holm

Babymouse is loose in the Big City on an unsupervised middle school field trip, but a plan to ditch the museum might lea

Cover of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

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

E.L. Konigsburg

Claudia and Jamie run away from home to live inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, turning a famous New York landmark i

Cover of Goes South

Thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley heads to Mexico on a high-stakes mission to stop the CIA's most dangerous enemy, the evil o

Cover of Baby-sitters on Board!

The Baby-Sitters Club Super Special #1

Baby-sitters on Board!

Pack your bags for the ultimate road trip to Florida and the Bahamas as the sitters juggle summer romances, secret admir

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Including Alice

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Alice navigates her tenth-grade year while her father gets remarried and she begins to question the real meaning of soci

Cover of For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy

For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

While training to be an opera singer in occupied France, a brave teenager uses her travels to gather vital secrets for t

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Wings of Fire #15

The Flames of Hope

Tui T. Sutherland

Luna and her friends must unite their talons to save the world, even if the exact plan for victory is still a mystery.

Cover of The Brightest Night

Wings of Fire #5

The Brightest Night

Tui T. Sutherland

The Dragonets of Destiny must unite seven warring tribes and choose a new queen to finally bring peace to the land of Py

Cover of Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers

Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers

From the South Side of Chicago to the White House, Michelle Obama shares her journey of balancing motherhood, work, and

Cover of Boy-Crazy Stacey

The Baby-Sitters Club #8

Boy-Crazy Stacey

Summer at the shore gets complicated when Stacey falls for a lifeguard and starts letting her babysitting duties slide,

Cover of Emperor Pickletine Rides the Bus

Origami Yoda #6

Emperor Pickletine Rides the Bus

Tom Angleberger

Tommy and the McQuarrie Middle School gang head to Washington, D.C. for one final day of fun and friendship in the concl

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At No. 6 Chelsea Walk #6

In 1969, as astronauts head for the moon, young artist Andie wonders if the magic of her paintings will change forever o

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British Invasion

On the run from the CIA and MI6, Ben and his friends race across the English countryside to track down the leader of the

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The Borrowers #2

The Borrowers Afield

Life under the kitchen floor is over for the tiny Clock family, who must now learn to survive the giant, unpredictable w

More Formats for Growing Up

Chapter Books(7109)Young Adult(1905)Graphic Novels(503)Picture Books(318)Poetry(138)Early Readers(101)Board Books(8)

Growing Up by Age Group

Books for Growing Up for Ages 0–3(1283)Books for Growing Up for Ages 12–18(13059)Books for Growing Up for Ages 4–7(4804)Books for Growing Up for Ages 8–11(11169)