Books with Potential for Talented Middle Grade Students: Recently Published Middle
Grade and Young Adult Titles
NAGC, November 2011
(*denotes an 8-14 text; ** denotes a nonfiction text)
A MONSTER CALLS by Patrick Ness
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE by Beth Revis
ADDIE ON THE INSIDE by James Howe
AMELIA LOST by Candace Fleming **
ANGRY YOUNG MAN by Chris Lynch
ANYA'S GHOST by Vera Brosgol
AROUND THE WORLD by Matt Phelan */**
BEAUTY QUEENS by Libba Bray
BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY by Ruth Sepetys
BLINK & CAUTION by Tim Wynne-Jones
BLOODY TIMES by James Swanson **
BOOTLEG by Karen Blumenthal
CHARLES DICKENS AND THE STREET CHILDREN OF LONDON by Andrea Warren **
CHIME by Franny Billingsley******
CITY OF ORPHANS by Avi **
DAUGHTER OF SMOKE & BONE by Laini Taylor
DEAD END IN NORVELT by Jack Gantos
DELIRIUM by Lauren Oliver
DIVERGENT by Veronica Roth
DRAWING FROM MEMORY by Allen Say **
EVERY THING ON IT by Shel Silverstein *
FALL FOR ANYTHING by Courtney Summers
FIVE 4THS OF JULY by Pat Hughes **
FLESH AND BLOOD SO CHEAP by Albert Marrin **
FLIP by Martyn Bedford
FLY TRAP by Frances Hardinge
HEART & SOUL by Kadir Nelson **
HOUND DOG TRUE by Linda Urban *
I AM J by Chris Beam
I'LL BE THERE by Holly Goldberg Sloan
IMAGINARY GIRLS by Nova Ren Suma
INKBLOT by Margaret Peot
INSIDE OUT AND BACK AGAIN by Thanhha Lai *
INTO THE UNKNOWN by Stewart Ross
ISLAND'S END by Padma Venkatraman
JASPER JONES by Craig Silvey
JUNONIA by Kevin Henkes *
LIE by Caroline Bock
MUSIC WAS IT by Susan Goldman Rubin
NEVER FORGOTTEN by Patricia McKissack
NOW PLAYING by Ron Koertge
OKAY FOR NOW by Gary Schmidt *
ONE DAY AND ONE AMAZING MORNING ON ORANGE STREET by Joanne Rocklin
Compiled by Susannah Richards, Fall 2011, page 1 OUT OF THE SHADOWS by Jason Wallace
PAPER COVERS ROCK by Jenny Hubbard
PICK-UP GAME edited by Marc Aronson and Charles Smith
PIE by Sarah Weeks *
PREGNANT PAUSE by Han Nolan
RECOVERY ROAD by Blake Nelson
ROOTS AND BLUES by Arnold Adoff *
SCORPIO RACES by Maggie Stiefvater
SECRETS AT SEA by Richard Peck
SIDEKICKS by Jack Ferraiolo
SILHOUETTED BY THE BLUE by Traci Jones
SMALL PERSONS WITH WINGS by Ellen Booraem *
SPARROW ROAD by Sheila O'Connor *
STAY WITH ME by Paul Griffin
STEAMPUNK edited by Kelly Link and Gavin Grant (short stories)
STRINGS ATTACHED by Judy Blundell
TALL STORY by Candy Gourlay *
TEREZIN by Ruth Thomson **
TEXAS GOTHIC by Rosemary Clement-Moore
THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN BY HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Robert Burleigh **
THE BERLIN BOXING CLUB by Robert Sharenow
THE FLINT HEART by Katherine Paterson *
THE GIRL IS MURDER by Kathryn Miller Haines
THE GIRL OF FIRE AND THORNS by Rae Carson
THE GIRL WHO CIRCUMNAVIGATED FAIRYLAND IN A SHIP OF HER OWN MAKING by
Catherynne Valente *
THE GREAT MIGRATION by Eloise Greenfield **
THE ISLE OF BLOOD by Rick Yancey
THE LAST MARTIN by Jonathan Friesen
THE MANY FACES OF GEORGE WASHINGTON by Carla Killough McClafferty **
THE MOSTLY TRUE STORY OF JACK by Kelly Barnill *
THE PENDERWICKS AT POINT MOUETTE by Jeanne Birdsall *
THE PIPER'S SON by Melina Marchetta
THE QUEEN OF HEARTS by Martha Brooks
THE QUEEN OF WATER by Laura Resau
THE ROMEO AND JULIET CODE by Phoebe Stone
THE SILVER BOWL by Diane Stanley *
THE TROUBLE WITH MAY AMELIA by Jennifer Holm *
THEN by Morris Gleitzman
THIS DARK ENDEAVOR by Kenneth Oppel
TRAPPED by Marc Aronson **
WELCOME TO BORDERTOWN edited by Holly Black
WILD WINGS by Gill Lewis *
WILDWOOD by Colin Meloy *
WONDERSTRUCK by Brian Selznick *
YOU AGAINST ME by Jenny Downham
YOU KILLED WESLEY PAYNE by Sean Beaudoin
YOUNG FREDLE by Cynthia Voigt
Compiled by Susannah Richards, Fall 2011, page 2