Welcome to the 2017 middle grade summer reading list! As my regular readers know, I put this list together every year to help you find the best book suggestions across every genre to encourage your kids to really dive into reading this summer.

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Middle graders are one of my favorite age groups when it comes to finding books. They’re still at that age where they’re discovering their favorite genre, whether it’s humor, mystery, magical and adventure, or just stories about regular kids coming of age. In honor of that journey of discovery, I’ve broken this list down into a few different genres. With middle grade fiction, sometimes the lines blur from one genre into the next, so it’s not a flawless list. I went with the predominant genre for each book.

After a reader wrote in asking for a printable list of Around the World in 80 Books, I decided to start putting all of my book lists into a printable format. I’m still working on back lists, but going forward, you’ll be able to print out a super simple version of every list. I was going to try to make them all fancy for you, but then I thought about how much ink that would take to print out. Instead, I’m opting for plain old text lists that won’t cost you an entire ink cartridge to print. That way, you have more money for books, right?

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2017 Middle Grade Summer Reading Book List

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FUNNY BOOKS

  1. Pottymouth and Stoopid41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by James Patterson- We loved this one! Check out our review along with tips to avoid raising a bully!
  2. The Misadventures of Max Crumbly 2: Middle School Mayhem41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Rachel Renée Russell
  3. Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Stephan Pastis
  4. Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Booki Vivat
  5. Gertie’s Leap to Greatness41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Kate Beasley
  6. Dork Diaries Books 1-11 41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will DevourCollection by Rachel Renée Russell
  7. The Mighty Odds (The Odds Series #1)41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Amy Ignatow
  8. How to Be a Supervillain41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Michael Fry

MAGIC, ADVENTURE AND FANTASY

  1. The Secret Keepers41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Trenton Lee Stewart, Diana Sudyka
  2. The Many Worlds of Albie Bright41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Christopher Edge
  3. The Island of Dr. Libris41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour Chris Grabenstein
  4. The Lost Kingdom of Bamarre41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Gail Carson Levine
  5. The Wearle (The Erth Dragons #1)41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Chris d’Lacey
  6. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 2: The Hammer of Thor41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Rick Riordan
  7. Furthermore41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Tahereh Mafi
  8. Rise of the Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Melissa de la Cruz

MYSTERY & SUSPENSE

  1. Beyond the Bright Sea41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Lauren Wolk
  2. In Darkling Wood41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Emma Carroll
  3. The Murderer’s Ape41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Jakob Wegelius
  4. Scar Island41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Dan Gemeinhart
  5. The Gallery41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Laura Marx Fitzgerald
  6. The Underdogs41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Sara Hammel
  7. York: The Shadow Cipher41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Laura Ruby
  8. Framed41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by James Ponti

COMING OF AGE

  1. Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar
  2. See You in the Cosmos 41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devourby Jack Cheng
  3. Flying Lessons & Other Stories41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Ellen Oh
  4. Midnight Without a Moon41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Linda Williams Jackson
  5. The Dog, Ray41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Linda Coggin
  6. Moo: A Novel41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Sharon Creech
  7. Rain Reign41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour Ann M. Martin
  8. Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Frank Cottrell Boyce
  9. Posted41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by John David Anderson

NONFICTION

41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour

  1. Guinness World Records 2017: Blockbusters!41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour
  2. National Geographic Kids Almanac 201841 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour
  3. Minecraft: Guide to Creative41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour
  4. Summer Brain Quest: Between Grades 5 & 641 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Workman Publishing and Bridget Heos
  5. Journal Sparks: Fire Up Your Creativity with Spontaneous Art, Wild Writing, and Inventive Thinking41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Emily K. Neuburger
  6. Weird But True Human Body: 300 Outrageous Facts about Your Awesome Anatomy41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by National Geographic Kids
  7. How to be a Scientist41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Steve Mould
  8. Junk Drawer Engineering: 25 Construction Challenges That Don’t Cost a Thing41 Summer Reading Books Your Middle Grade Kids Will Devour by Bobby Mercer

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