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| 1. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen |
I am presenting a talk this week on reading for middle-graders so I have assembled, here, my top ten middle-grade reads. It is a slippery category and many of these books appeal to older and younger peeps but I have tried to shoot for amazing reads for ten to fourteen year-olds. (And me.) These books are page-turning and engaging on the surface and richly layered beneath with characters that live with you beyond the page.
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| 2. Holes by Louis Sachar |
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| 3. Okay For Now by Gary D. Schmidt |
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| 4. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick |
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| 5. My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George |
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| 6. Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos |
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| 7. Don’t Call Me Ishmael by Michael Gerard Bauer |
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| 8. Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl |
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| 9. The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks |
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| 10. Once by Morris Gleitzman |
