Best Middle-Grade Books of 2018 about Kids Navigating Solo

by Ashley Herring Blake

Ivy’s story is no mere niche-filler in LGBTQ middle-grade realism—it’s a standard-setter. Full review >

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by Marie Miranda Cruz

Cruz’s touching debut breathes life, beauty and everlasting hope into a place where danger lurks and the dead rest. Full review >

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by Alan Cumyn

This gripping, suspenseful read with compelling characters and a spellbinding setting lures readers into the deep-cold night... Full review >

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by Stacy McAnulty

Unique and utterly satisfying. Full review >

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by Diana McCaulay

A boy’s home is a place in the heart of one whose heart makes a place for him. Beautiful. Full review >

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by Aisha Saeed

Inspired by Malala Yousafzai and countless unknown girls like her, Saeed’s timely and stirring middle-grade debut is a... Full review >

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by Christina Uss ; illustrated by Jonathan Bean

Readers will eagerly join Bicycle and “pedal headfirst” into this terrific adventure, which is chock-full of heart and humor. Full review >

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