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Best Middle Grade Books 2024 | SLJ Best Books
Gripping fantastical journeys, family secrets, unbridled joy, and inconceivable loss: in these pages, tweens are facing it all. These 26 middle grade titles are exemplars across genre of the power of truth telling and embracing one's authentic self, even when it seems impossible.
The Salt Thief: Gandhi’s Heroic March to Freedom
An important addition to all library shelves to demonstrate how one person’s actions can change a nation and change the world.
PREMIUM
Emily Snook: The World’s Smallest Cook
A delightful message-in-rhyme makes for a fun read-aloud for anyone who’s ever wondered if they have what it takes to accomplish a goal.
PREMIUM
Nancy Bess Had a Dress
Nancy Bess and her multi-purpose flour sack will make an excellent story for history units and environmental lessons, with the story’s gentle pitch for conservation and repurposing. A delightful addition to all primary library shelves.
PREMIUM
From the Farm, to Our Table
A nice addition to younger children’s library shelves that will serve as a reminder that the food everyone eats comes from people who work hard to ensure they stay healthy.
PREMIUM
This Is My Brain!: A Book on Neurodiversity
An excellent purchase to help readers learn about the importance of the brain, and a great addition to Gravel’s other nonfiction titles.
Buffalo Dreamer
A powerful addition to all middle grade library shelves highlighting a time in history that has been hidden and often forgotten in both Canada and the U.S.
The Next Scientist: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of the World’s Great Scientists
An effective and generous book that encourages exploration, maker spaces, and tinkering. Perfect for a unit on biographies, as well as a way to introduce a maker project. The inclusion of names that are not often covered is a breath of fresh air. A first purchase for all libraries.
PREMIUM
Making Space
Guaranteed to be loved by all readers, this book is a valuable purchase for the SEL or general children’s section. Recommended.
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