Lisa's Favorite MIDDLE GRADE Books of 2021
2021 brought us a rich array of wonderful middle grade books that are creative, inspiring and sure to become modern classics. So many adventures await, where there is something for every reader. Here are a few of my favorites.
The Beatryce Prophecy
By
Kate DiCamillo, Sophie Blackall (Illustrator)
Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations #1)
By
B. B. Alston
The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
By
Eugene Yelchin, Eugene Yelchin (Illustrator)
Pony
By
R. J. Palacio
Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood
By
Gary Paulsen
Ophie’s Ghosts
By
Justina Ireland
Da Vinci's Cat
By
Catherine Gilbert Murdock
The One Thing You'd Save
By
Linda Sue Park, Robert Sae-Heng (Illustrator)
Once Upon a Camel
By
Kathi Appelt, Eric Rohmann (Illustrator)
Egg Marks the Spot (Skunk and Badger 2)
By
Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illustrator)
Batpig: When Pigs Fly (A Batpig Book #1)
By
Rob Harrell, Rob Harrell (Illustrator)
Sisters of the Neversea
By
Cynthia L. Smith
The Sea in Winter
By
Christine Day
The House That Wasn't There
By
Elana K. Arnold
Willodeen
By
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illustrator)
Dead Wednesday
By
Jerry Spinelli
Garlic and the Vampire
By
Bree Paulsen, Bree Paulsen (Illustrator)
