47 Books for Middle Schoolers Our Kids Adored

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So good!

Kelly R. said:  A truly funny, informative and amazingly well-researched nonfiction book featuring real science-based answers to ridiculous questions. My 8th grade son read it cover-to-cover in a couple days and still flips back to some of his favorites, like "How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live?"

Kelly R. said:  This is such a unique book...a recent favorite of my 7th grade boy! The story alternates between being told by words and by series of terrific illustrations. It's a fantasy book about elves and goblins, but also a witty satire on politics, cultural differences and how history is written.

Kelly R. said:  My middle school boy is very much into sneakers all of a sudden, and this memoir by Phil Knight (founder of Nike) was right up his alley.

Kelly R. said:  My sixth grader absolutely loved these graphic novels about John Lewis and his role in the civil rights movement. They are especially powerful books for middle schoolers, as the format makes the history very real (I found myself sucked in as well). Be aware that there is violence and graphic language in the books...we kept an open dialogue about this as he was reading them, and it led to some good conversations.