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Middle grade literature is literature intended for children between the ages of 8 and 12. While these books are sometimes grouped together with books for other age bands and collectively called "children's books", middle grade is distinct from picture books , early or easy readers, and chapter books , all of which are intended for younger ...
Shannon Messenger is an American author. She is known for writing the middle-grade series Keeper of the Lost Cities, which was a New York Times bestseller; Unlocked, book 8.5 in the series, reached number 8 on USA Today ' s list in 2020.
The Only Black Girls in Town is a Junior Library Guild book. [9] In 2021, the Association for Library Service to Children included the novel on their list of Notable Children's Books. [10] In 2023, it was nominated for the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award. [11]
Just in time for Labor Day, here are five middle-grade novels featuring courageous protagonists who show us girls can face any challenges life throws at them. Zora & Me, by Victoria Bond and R.R ...
Hena Khan [1] (born 1973 or 1974) is an American author of children's books.Khan is best known for her middle-grade novel Amina's Voice and its follow-up novel, Amina's Song, which won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Children's Literature in 2022. [2]
She also writes picture books, including Pride Puppy, [8] and middle grade novels, such as Record Breaker and The Summer We Saved the Bees. She has written a number of contemporary young adult novels, [ 9 ] the most recent of which, When You Get the Chance , was co-written with Nova Scotia based author Tom Ryan. [ 10 ]
The Barren Grounds was a CBC Books number one bestseller for children's books for six nonconsecutive weeks, [2] and remained on the list for over a year following publication. [3] The book was well received by critics, including a starred review from Kirkus Reviews, who highlighted how the novel "deftly and compellingly centers Indigenous ...
Colbert's first middle grade novel, The Only Black Girls in Town, about two black girls who find a mysterious journal in their attic, was published by Little, Brown in March 2020. Colbert says she found writing middle grade books intimidating, because she perceived writing for a younger audience as harder, and says that she wanted to write ...