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Middle Grade About Moving – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Middle Grade About Moving

Explore middle grade books about moving for children.

117 books

Cover of Dawn on the Coast

The Baby-Sitters Club #23

Dawn on the Coast

California is full of sun, surfing, and healthy snacks, making Dawn wonder if she belongs on the West Coast or back home

Cover of The Bad Beginning

A Series of Unfortunate Events #1

The Bad Beginning

Three clever siblings face a series of truly unfortunate events, from a greedy villain to itchy clothes, in this darkly

Cover of Will's Race for Home

Will's Race for Home

Jewell Parker Rhodes

In 1889, Will and his father race from Texas to Oklahoma, braving bandits and rough terrain to finally claim a piece of

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Cover of Wilderness Days

Boston Jane #2

Wilderness Days

Jennifer L. Holm

Sixteen-year-old Jane traded Philadelphia etiquette for the rough Washington frontier. Surviving shipwrecks and smallpox

Ages 10–14

Cover of Turtle in Paradise

Turtle in Paradise

Jennifer L. Holm

For children navigating family instability or feeling like an outsider in a new place. A sharp, witty look at finding ho

Cover of Amil and the After

The Night Diary #2

Amil and the After

Veera Hiranandani

Amil uses sketches to process his grief and confusion as his family attempts to build a new life in 1948 India following

Cover of The Candy Shop War

The Candy Shop War #1

The Candy Shop War

Four friends receive magical candies from a mysterious shop owner that grant them amazing superpowers, but they soon rea

Cover of Going the Distance

Going the Distance

Danny is a star on the basketball court, but he fears his new teammates will reject him if he reveals his true feelings

Cover of Gathering Blue

The Giver Quartet #2

For readers exploring themes of resilience and self-discovery in a challenging world, this story follows a gifted weaver

Cover of The Emerald City of Oz

The Emerald City of Oz

Journey through a magical land built from the imaginations of children, woven together by the Royal Historian of Oz and

Cover of Big Tree

For children processing the enormity of environmental change, this epic journey offers a sense of connection to the long

Cover of The American Revolution, 1776

The American Revolution, 1776

Eleven-year-old Nate Fox flees his cruel uncle and accidentally lands in the middle of a blood-soaked Revolutionary War

Cover of The Ersatz Elevator

A Series of Unfortunate Events #6

The Ersatz Elevator

Dark staircases and parsley soda await the Baudelaire orphans as they try to outsmart a liar and escape a new cycle of m

Cover of Liar and Spy

Georges joins forces with a coffee-drinking loner to spy on a mysterious neighbor, but soon wonders how much his new fri

Cover of The Young Unicorns

The Austin Family Chronicles #3

The Young Unicorns

Madeleine L'Engle

The Austin family faces terrifying danger in New York City as they become entangled in a dark plot to rule the entire me

Cover of Once Upon a Crime

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

Cover of A Wolf Called Wander

A Voice of the Wild #1

A Wolf Called Wander

After a rival pack attacks his home, a young wolf cub named Swift must survive a perilous thousand-mile trek across the

Cover of Paint the Wind

Pam Muñoz Ryan

Maya leaves a restricted life in California for a wild Wyoming ranch, where she meets a mare that once belonged to the m

Cover of Autumn Street

With her father away at war, Elizabeth moves to her grandfather's home and begins to see the complicated, sometimes hars

Cover of The California Wildfires, 2018

The California Wildfires, 2018

A terrifying firestorm races toward a Northern California town, forcing Josh to face a wall of flames and the family sec

Cover of Refugee

Three children from different eras—1930s Germany, 1990s Cuba, and 2015 Syria—undertake harrowing journeys in a desperate

Cover of Spaced Out

Moon Base Alpha #2

Dash Gibson faces a mind-boggling mystery on the moon when the base commander disappears within a station only the size

Cover of Welcome to Dead House

Welcome to Dead House

Josh and Amanda just moved into a house that feels truly haunted, and the neighborhood kids are acting stranger than any

Cover of The Children's Blizzard, 1888

The Children's Blizzard, 1888

Eleven-year-old John Hale faces the ultimate test of survival when a sunny winter day in the Dakota Territory suddenly t

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