Middle School Novels

…for Meg's father, who disappeared while working on a wrinkle in time. Rich in vocabulary, plot, and characterization, this novel is a great choice for the middle school classroom. This book is eligible for Prestwick House paperback volume discounts. You'll always save at least 25% on any paperback…

…sprinter on his middle school track team, but his troubling past haunts him. Despite the heavy subject matter, including domestic violence, young readers will race through Ghost, and your students will find themselves relating to the diverse characters that make up the novel’s central cast.…

Full of reproducible exercises to use when teaching a novel, A to Z contains engaging exercises that stray from the dull and ordinary. Although I would not employ every activity in this book, I did find at least ten that I would definitely use in my classroom.

This classic coming-of-age novel about a ten-year-old boy growing up in the Ozark Mountains with his inseparable pair of coonhounds is a great novel for middle school students. Themes of loyalty and family make Where the Red Fern Grows a great introduction to meaningful literature. This book is…

…and the thrill of young love. Posing pointed questions about loyalty to one's friends and oneself, this young adult novel will leave your middle school and lower high school students with some valuable life lessons. This book is eligible for Prestwick House paperback volume discounts. You'll…

The View From Saturday is an award–winning children’s novel about a paraplegic middle school teacher and her class of students. This book is eligible for Prestwick House paperback volume discounts. You'll always save at least 25% on any paperback you order. If the retail value of your…

Written by a Middle School teacher from New Jersey, this entertaining young adult novel is the heart–warming tale of a young man’s development from being self–centered to being charitable as he learns to deal with his younger brother’s leukemia. This fantastic,…

Reluctant-to-read middle school boys will be delighted by this short, slightly disgusting novel. Recounting the practical jokes Mr. and Mrs. Twit play on each other, Dahl uses lots of grotesque imagery to describe things such as the contents of Mr. Twits beard and the wiggly worms that Mrs. Twit…

Working together is an essential lesson for sisters Sallie and Maud March in this Wild West novel. The girls, who live with their Aunt Ruthie, are forced to set out on their own when Ruthie is accidentally killed. A series of misunderstandings and random incidents ensue, and the sisters find…

This whimsical time-travel fantasy novel is a great introduction to chapter books for middle school readers. Jack and his sister Annie visit their magic tree house and end up travelling back to the time of the dinosaurs. A Pteranodon comes to their rescue when they are attacked by a T-Rex, and later…

Keep the pages turning in your classroom with the 1st book in this series of humorous childrens mystery novels. While investigating the murder of a chicken, Hank the Cowdog, a loveable, mystery-solving mutt, finds that he is the number one suspect!