These are some of Kinsey's favorite middle grade books that she recommends to tween readers! Song for a Whale Lynne Kelly The Darkdeep Ally Condie, Brendan Reichs Ghost Jason Reynolds Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief Wendelin Van Draanen Omega City Diana Peterfreund Chains Laurie Halse Anderson Frostborn Lou Anders The School Story Andrew Clements Counting by 7s Holly Goldberg Sloan Shouting at the Rain Lynda Mullaly Hunt City of Ghosts Victoria Schwab Drama Raina Telgemeier Each Tiny Spark Pablo Cartaya The Wild Robot Peter Brown From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E.L. Konigsburg Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson Cape Kate Hannigan The Season of Styx Malone Kekla Magoon The First Rule of Punk Celia C. Pérez The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora Pablo Cartaya The False Prince Jennifer A. Nielsen The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book One: Amulet of Samarkand Jonathan Stroud Homerooms and Hall Passes Tom O'Donnell New Kid Jerry Craft (untitled) (none) We're Not from Here Geoff Rodkey