Grades
4 - 8
23 Books About Middle School Life
Help students navigate middle school experiences with books about homework, lunch, cliques, and a first day of school that just might last forever.
Books are a brilliant way of helping kids with transitions—and the transition to middle school can be one of the toughest of all. The books in this list are brimming with the triumphs and tribulations of what can be a very challenging time for many students. From coming-of-age and friendship stories to struggles with fitting in and making friends, use these 23 titles to help students feel a little less alone and recognize the importance of being kind to others during the middle school years.
Gregory K. has too much homework—so he goes on a homework strike.
Joe and Ravi might be from very different places, but they're both stuck in the same place: school.
This brilliant, sensitive story takes an insightful look at how one person's differences can affect the lives of so many others.
A coming-of-age story about friendship, adolescent insecurities, and the value of life.
A boy who's been a bully and hanging out with the wrong crowd gets a new start after a memory-loss-inducing accident. But can he really change who he is, or will the old him merely come back over time?
Fourteen-year-old Kevin is one of the best liars out there, but he doesn't think it's a problem. It's not like he means to cause trouble by lying all the time; he just tells lies to make things easier for everyone...and, okay, maybe for himself as well.
Stanford Wong is having a bad summer. If he flunks his summer-school English class, he won't pass sixth grade.
It's not easy being Claire. (Really.)
