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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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Father Water, Mother Woods

The rugged woods of Minnesota come alive in these true stories of hunting, fishing, and the quiet lessons learned while

Cover of Stuart Little

For children embracing their unique selves, this timeless tale follows a determined mouse-boy on a grand adventure to fi

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Kingdom Keepers: Inheritance #3

The Disney parks are fading away as villains attack the source of the magic, leaving Eli and his friends to stop Ursula

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Pampered Leonora is sent to brat camp to change her ways, but she gets more than she bargained for when the Zodiac Girls

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Mia Tang heads to San Francisco's Chinatown for winter break, hoping to find a great story for journalism camp. But betw

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Valkyrie Cain searches for her mentor's lost head to rescue him from another dimension while old villains return seeking

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Six teenagers stranded in the Pacific after a vicious storm must set aside their differences and work together to surviv

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Laurie Halse Anderson

Maggie helps her science teacher adjust to his new guide dog, Scout, until a sudden accident puts the brave pup's life i

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Origami Yoda #1

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

Tom Angleberger

A finger puppet gives surprisingly wise advice to middle schoolers, leading Tommy to investigate whether the paper Yoda

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The 39 Clues #11

Rick Riordan, Peter Lerangis, Gordon Korman, Jude Watson

The Cahills thought they were the only ones hunting for Gideon’s clues, but a shadow family known as the Vespers has fin

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The Eyes and the Impossible #1

The Eyes and the Impossible

Johannes is a free dog and the Eyes of the park, but the arrival of a boatload of goats and mysterious rectangles is abo

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The Sisters Grimm #4

Once Upon a Crime

Michael Buckley

The Sisters Grimm hunt for a murderer in a New York City filled with Wall Street pirates and subway-stealing dwarfs whil

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Interactive paper elements bring the magic of Hogwarts to life as you board the Knight Bus and turn the dial on a real,

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Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen

Rachel Renée Russell

Nikki Maxwell faces her ultimate nightmare when her diary falls into the hands of her rival, MacKenzie, in this hilariou

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House of Night #3

P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

Trust is a dangerous luxury at the House of Night, where Zoey must manage three boyfriends and a secret undead best frie

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Princess Labelmaker to the Rescue!

Tom Angleberger

The "FunTime Menace" is taking over McQuarrie Middle School with oppressive test-prep, and Principal Rabbski is falling

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For the teen processing big questions about democracy and identity. Two boyfriends join a nationwide protest after a con

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Growing Up by Age Group

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