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Great Middle Grade Reads
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The Jumbies (other topics)After Zero (other topics)
Front Desk (other topics)
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (other topics)
The Lemonade War (other topics)
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December: The Jumbies - runners-up second chance
November: Xander and the Lost Island of Monsters and After Zero - X & Z letters
October: Front Desk - books you didn't think you'd like but loved
September: The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy - extending summer
August: The River Between Us and When You Trap A Tiger - prize winners
July: Shouting at The Rain, The Fog Diver, and/or Floodland - Climate change theme
June: The Lemonade War- siblings
May: Murder Most Unladylike - MG crime
April: The Secret Garden AND Seedfolks - flowers/gardening
March: When Stars Are Scattered - non-fiction
February: You Go First - difficult letters for our A to Z Challenge
January: Secrets of the Great Fire Tree - author-member special
2021
December: The Boy at the Back of the Class- runners up for the year
November: Adventures with Waffles- food theme
October: New Kid - characters that don't fit in
September: The War That Saved My Life -illness
August: Snowed Up and The Fog Diver- weather
July: Brown Girl Dreaming - color in title
June: Pie in the Sky -set in Australia
May: Words on Fire - set in Europe
April: Aru Shah and the End of Time- set in Asia
March: Island of the Blue Dolphins- set on an island
February: I Lived on Butterfly Hill -South American Books
January: Pax - runners up from 2020
2020
December: Zinnia and the Bees, The XYZs of Being Wicked, The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street, and James and the Giant Peach - least completed letters for the A-Z challenge
November: Small Spaces - debut novel
October: Echo-keyword Grandparent
September: Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster -pets
August: Root Beer Candy and Other Miracles- keyword beach
July: Ghost- Black authors
June: The Mostly Invisible Boy- member author
May: Little Women- available free online
April: Wish OR The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - spiritual
March: The Strangers- siblings
February: Restart- bullies
January: The Wild Robot- New beginnings
2019
December: Serafina and the Black Cloak- Runner-up showdown
November: The One and Only Ivan- non-human protagonist
October: Coraline- spooky books
September: Three Times Lucky- Newbery Honor Books
August: Out of My Mind- physical or mental disability
July: Refugee- ships
June: Gathering Blue- author Lois Lowry
May: Inside Out & Back Again- immigration
April: Smile - bad book jacket summary, good book
March: Wishtree - environment
February: Esperanza Rising- underrepresented cultures
January: Fish in a Tree
********* PLEASE DO NOT NOMINATE BOOKS ABOVE THIS LINE ********
2018
December: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
November: Mandrake's Plot
October: Castle Hangnail
September: The School for Good and Evil
July/August: Al Capone Shines My Shoes and Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep
June: The Secret Horses of Briar Hill
May: Dreamwood
April: The Ninja Librarian
March: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
February: Xander and the Lost Island of Monsters
January: The Girl who Drank the Moon
2017
December: When Santa Fell to Earth
November: The Graveyard Book
October: Fablehaven
September: The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
July/August: Seven book challenge... Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH ; Counting by 7s; Fever 1793; The Teacher's Funeral : A Comedy in Three Parts; Diary of a Wimpy Kid; The Wednesday Wars; Umbrella Summer
June: Greenglass House
May: The Fourteenth Goldfish
April: The Camelot Kids Volume 1
March: (Theme of Regional books)
February: The Quilt
January: The Lightning Thief
2016
December: The Twistrose Key
November: OCDaniel
October: The Screaming Staircase
September: Dumpling Days AND Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
July/August: Magyk
June: The War that Saved My Life AND When You Reach Me
May: The Thing About Jellyfish
April: Fireflies
March: The Boundless
February: I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
January: The Mysterious Benedict Society
2015
December: The Giver
November: Tuck Everlasting
October: Artemis Fowl
September: A Year Without Autumn
July/August: Where the Red Fern Grows
June: The City of Ember
May: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
April: The False Prince
March: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
February: Number the Stars
January: Love That Dog
2014
December: A Wrinkle in Time
November: Fever 1793
October: Wonderstruck
September: A Single Shard
July/August: The One and Only Ivan
June: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
May: A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story
April: Wonder
March: Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
February: Because of Winn-Dixie
January: The Thief
2013
December: Kringle
November: Gregor the Overlander
before that we had a number of 'square-offs'.
You can see discussion threads for most of our BOTM books for previous years in the ARCHIVE - BOTM folder