My Current Top Ten Middle Grades!

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Middle grades always have such nice covers 😍

[@SomeBunnyReads]

I can't say this enough: there are too few booktubers who talk about middle grade!

[@TheCherrypop121]

it’s so rare i actually watch a recommendations video that features books i’ve never heard of! adding all of these to my tbr 😌🌻 thanks jade

[@Jadeyraereads]

I'm so glad! Thank you

[@sarasreadingnook]

All of the books that you recommend have dug beautiful covers and synopses! Wonderful list. Loveddd Nevermoor.

[@Jadeyraereads]

Yay, thank you!

[@lizziereads4531]

Barely 3 minutes in to this video and I am so glad you mentioned The Polar Bear Explorer's Club as it is one of my favourites 🥰

[@sashreads]

Middle Grade books have the most beautiful covers ever 😍 I want them for my physical tbr just to show them off. I read Polar Bears Explorers Club on your rec and I absolutely loved it!

[@sashreads]

Also, have you read Rumblestar? I really enjoyed it

[@Jadeyraereads]

I'm so glad to hear that! I haven't read Rumblestar, but it is one I would like to get to!

[@bookschocaholic]

Absolutely loved the polar bear explorers club too!! 😍 I would recommend the guardians of childhood by William Joyce. Its the series the film rise of the guardians andnis the origins of santa, the tooth fairy, the easter bunny...

[@Jadeyraereads]

Oh I've seen the film! Didn't know it was based on books!!

[@bookschocaholic]

@@Jadeyraereads I know right? It was a pretty awesome discovery!! 😍

[@evaderidder9394]

I've only read Nevermoor of this list! :O I also loved: Pages & Co: Tilly and the bookwanderers by Anna James - Northern Lights by Philip Pullman - Malamander by Thomas Taylor - The Girl who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill - Small spaces by Katherine Arden - Starfell: Willow Moss & the lost day by Dominique Valente - The Storm Keeper's Island by Catherine Doyle - The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher - A boy called Christmas by Matt Haig :)

[@Jadeyraereads]

So many great titles on your list there!!

[@cruisingismylife63]

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[@FaeryLaume]

Two of my favorite middle grade books that I've read recently (honestly, two of my favorite books of any age category lately) were The Crowfield Curse and The Crowfield Demon by Pat Walsh. They aren't new books, and a third and final book seems to have never been completed, although the author still maintains it will be eventually. I'd adore if the third book gets written, however, both of these books have a satisfying ending and though there are threads of the story that could continue on, nothing that bothered me or felt unfinished.

[@zahirareads4538]

I love this! I hope that some people will start reading middle grade and talk about it more! We need more hype surrounding the middle grade genre!

[@Meimisaki2001]

I recommend Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, The House of The Scorpion by Nancy Farmer, and Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

[@booksandteawithanna-marie6395]

I just finished A Pinch of Magic last night and it was sooooo good!!! I can’t wait to start A Sprinkle of Sorcery!

[@quiteallwrite7566]

yay this is the perfect video i’ve been wanting get more into middle grade!!

[@esliet]

I have become huge fan of middle grade books thanks to you Tube ! Thanks

[@barbaraedwards8410]

I'm really going to have to read the Polar bear explorer's club to fine out about them cabbage's

[@Jadeyraereads]

Oh you definitely should!!

[@therogueeducator8452]

I love Middle Grade! I used to say my favorite genre was Young Adult, but I really just meant Middle Grade :) I'm dedicating my TBR in May to Middle Grade May.

[@Hannah-ks2kc]

The Rogue Educator same!!!!

[@Thebeccafowell]

I absolutely adore A Pinch of Magic and A Sprinkle of Sorcery, can’t wait for the third one. Also I highly recommend The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan and Malamander by Thomas Taylor

[@MLLatUtube]

Thank you for the recommendation to read The Polar Bear's Explorer Club and North Child - I loved both of them

[@HannahBooksOtherThings]

Thank you for this, I have been meaning to get into middle grade!! The cover of North Child and The Eye of the North are amazing. I have heard so many good things about The House with Chicken Legs!!

[@Jadeyraereads]

I hope you enjoy them if you get round to reading them!

[@aminahahmed3155]

Girl who dosent love the pages and co series. It’s like just- amazing. Also any bookworm would be super jealous of Tilly. Like she lives. In. A. Bookshop! A boookshopPpppp

[@enchantedadventuresthrough3065]

The House with Chicken Legs I gave 3 stars to because I was sick of hearing about baba yaga after a while, but The Girl Who Speaks Bear I gave 5 stars to and I want the hardback of it. One of my all-time faves! Nevermoor I gave 1 star to but I know that's because of the audiobook (the narrator used a horrible voice for one of the characters and every time he would have to say something, I would cringe and couldn't handle it). Potkin and Stubbs I really wanna find so I hope I will be able to one day. I know it's not sold in Canada. Or, at least not where I shop for my books. I want the "Perfect" books. I'm gonna try to buy them in my next Amazon haul at the end of the year. A Pinch of Magic, I have the first 2 books and plan to follow along with the audiobooks. I'm almost positive I have one audiobook but not the rest, so this will come very soon. Since I have my set TBR until some time in June next year already, I may just get to these in July if I remember to do so by then. I actually wanna read everything else in this video. Hopefully next year it will happen. "I'm a fan of middle grade and I look forward to finding more fantastic ones" I feel the same! One day I'll try to post my favorites so far. I've only been reading middle grade since maybe early 2020. I started with classics but hated them and didn't really want to go back to adult books so I found other middle grades and fell in love with the stories. I'm glad I found the genre. It's the best!

[@FabulousFrostine]

That edition of City of Ghosts is GORGEOUS. Also, I love VE Schwab so much.

[@thewildSasha]

The Polar Bear Explorers' Club! yes yes yes! I know I need to get my hands on North Child! The Eye of the North was so good yes! The House with chicken legs! It was just an amazing book! The Girl who speaks bear is on my tbr! Gotta buy that one! City of Ghosts was good too (wasn't a fan of the sequel but hey) ooh I haven't added Potkin Stubbs to my tbr.. why?? I will be reading Nevermoor next month! Ok I haven't read anything by Helena Duggan... Will check it out! A Pinch of Magic will be read this year xD

[@emmaroper6917]

The perfect series on kindle is currently on offer so can get the complete set for £2.94. Just a share if people are struggling at the moment and seems like a brilliant offer. I really want to read Polar Bear Explore's Club, and I nearly ordered Pinch of Magic in a set with Thirteen Series yesterday but figured maybe have to wait a little bit first, considering have just order the whole of the Spellslinger Series and VE Schwab Darker Shade of Magic series.

[@karenkoutsoumbaris6308]

Thankyou , I love middle grade reads as well

[@quinnbriars1231]

Love all your picks! I love stories with those kinds of settings, reminds me of Northern Lights which was my childhood favorite. They all have beautiful covers too!

[@ChloeReadsBooks]

I'm reading A Place Called Perfect for Believathon! I managed to get my hands on the whole trilogy and haven't gotten round to them yet so it's great to hear that you loved them!

[@Jadeyraereads]

I really hope you enjoy them!!!

[@lovedanielle91]

I love this video!! Thank you for making it! I knew about some of these because I do watch your videos but the other day I was looking to try some middle grade books and for the life of me could not remember which ones you had really enjoyed. I’m glad to have this video to refer back to when I am in search of books! I haven’t read any of these or hardly any middle grade for that matter but one I have read is The Crowns of Croswald. I am not sure if you would like it but to me it was very whimsical and I loved it!

[@Jadeyraereads]

Aaah I'm so glad to hear that! Although it may be repetitive if you knew them, glad it's at least useful!

[@brittanyjones9677]

I’ve only read a few of these and really enjoyed them! I need to pick up the rest soon. Have you tried Suzanne Collins Underland Chronicles? They’re a bit older of middle grade release (early 2000’s). I really enjoyed them when I read them a few years ago and have been really wanting to do a reread. They are full of adventure, high stakes, real danger for our characters, heart wrenching and heart warming throughout. With humans and talking animals working together. I connected with these characters immediately and was wholly invested in them for the entire series. It left me with all of the feels and it still sticks with me to this day.

[@ashleygates3588]

I loved City of Ghosts and Tunnel of Bones! Can't wait till the next book comes out ☺️

[@rasaslase]

I love middle grade books. I wish i had more of them on my shelfs. I really liked The House with Chickem Legs. Great book. I really want to read The Girl Who speks Bear too. Love Nevermoore. One of my fave saries ever.

[@jillc2700]

I want to read this entire list! I mean, I could probably go for all of them right now. Sadly my online library has exactly zero of them. Ok they have the schwab book but there’s a wait list, also I read the first book and half of her other series and dnf’d them....so I need some more convincing to try her again. I miss my physical library so so much. 🥺 not that their selection was that great but you could inter library loan just about anything.

[@Hannah-ks2kc]

Just started a series of unfortunate events as only got to book 3 when I was younger and really want to know how the story progresses and ends and really enjoying it so far although is a bit repetitive I really enjoyed the highland falcon thief, I think given your tastes and love of adventures you would enjoy it x

[@Jadeyraereads]

It's a title I've had my eye on, I'll probably check it out at some point!

[@sarajoyce8233]

I love the books you should watch the movie or the show to

[@charlottebrown4714]

I finished the series and it's WONDERFUL!!

[@Luna-po5ui]

It's so strange, because North Child is pubbed as a YA novel in the US and called East, and I've had it on my shelf for ages and only just now realized it was the same thing as North Child! Oops. Definitely going to bump it up the list now.

[@abbieoboyle7487]

A series I have being love is Alex rider it is the perfect mix of spy kids, James bond and special agent cold banks. So easy to read and full of action

[@liajustlia2250]

*ALL* of these books are amazing I read them all

[@bruzherpongomom]

I read The Storm Keeper’s Island this month and really loved it. I really need to pick up the sequel and continue on now. Another family oriented self-discovery journey you might enjoy.

[@Jadeyraereads]

Oooh, sounds good to me! :D

[@PumpkinFinch]

I have The House with Chicken legs on my May TBR, and I hate the Canadian cover but I wanted to read it bad enough I gave in and got it.

[@maren4855]

A middle grade I really liked was The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens! It's a bit more on the mature side, some people class it as YA, but either way that's one of my favourites ^-^ I'm gonna have to get to the A Pinch of Magic soon it sounds absolutely amazing o.o

[@namira2406]

Maren how was it? Did you plan on getting it?

[@ricecakepower]

Thank you for this video I've wanted to dip my toes into middle grade and this has really helped me find a bunch to try 😊👍🏻

[@arya_foot1212]

I highly recommend Ember and the ice dragons. It's got some super good polar fantasy vibes. I just read it last month and absolutely adored it. It made me think of you multiple times while reading it.

[@Jadeyraereads]

It's on my shelf and one that I am SUPER excited to read!

[@arya_foot1212]

@@Jadeyraereads I would fit a few believeathon prompts!!! Or obvious fit for polarthon!!

[@welshreader]

The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series by Michelle Paver is my favourite middlegrade series! The first book is Wolf Brother and it’s a pre-historic setting with magic and different clans. I hope you pick it up and if you do please share your thoughts☺️✨

[@bookishsian9557]

For some more UK authors, I'd definitely recommend Abi Elphinstone and her books as well as Maz Evan's Who Let The Gods Out? series

[@confuzzledbev3862]

I haven't read anywhere near enough of these! I have the third Perfect book to read for Believathon. Can't wait!

[@Jadeyraereads]

Well now you have a list to come back to so you can work your way through them all! :P

[@Lore_lullabies]

Thank you so much for the recs. Perfect timing for Believathon. I just got Nevermoor. Looking forward to getting a couple more on this list :D

[@maleneerika7163]

Love MG books!😍 looking forward to read them I haven't got to yet. Now we just need at video of your most anticipated MG reads for the future you want to read.

[@Jadeyraereads]

That video is in the making ;)

[@maleneerika7163]

@@Jadeyraereads sweet! Then I will look forward to that video. And it could be cool with a video where you tried to read the 5 or 10 best translated MG books from around world or Europe, so not from UK or US. Two of the most beloved MG book series from my country is translated into english, one of them recently. The Devil's Apprentice and The Die of Death by Kenneth Bogh Andersen.

[@Kay-th2cx]

Great list of middle grades 😊 Sophie Anderson's book are just magical. Both of them had me crying at the end 😭😭 Did you know there's another Explorer's club book out next year about the Ocean Squid Explorer's club 😁

[@Jadeyraereads]

I did! And I am very excited about it! 😆

[@traceyvince258]

great vlog again and some great choices i would recommend the following books there may be a castle by piers torday , cogheart by peter bunzl, the wild robot by peter brown and lastly aggie morton mystery queen by marthe jocelyn this a new release it was released in february 2020 but the stories are inspired imagined life of agatha christie as a child

[@Jadeyraereads]

Oh I have read Cogheart and really liked that one - I need to read the sequel eventually!

[@crushgoil]

Have you read any of Brandon Mull’s series? I love his books for MG fantasy. Laura Ruby’s York series, Nevermoor, and The Girl Who Drank the Moon, are some of my favourites. I’m in the process of trying to read all of Rick Riordan’s books currently and I’ve really enjoyed the Aru Shah books too.

[@Jadeyraereads]

I haven't I'm afraid! Ooooh I really need to hop into the Aru Shah books myself!

[@Leannexxo]

The magpies library

[@edsgirl9290]

I'm a bit confused, maybe you can help me out! I keep hearing that the uk version North child by Edith Pattou is a middle grade but the us version East by edith pattou (which sounds to be the same book and the version I am currently reading) is young adult being she's 15 for most of the book. I was curious as to why and how they are different, thanks so much!

[@BookishRaider]

Try reading The UnWanteds Book Series by Lisa McMann. From what I've read thus far, it's so good.

[@liajustlia2250]

I love a place called perfect books

[@kelseyhastings1559]

Have you tried reading the Keeper of the Lost Cities series? I just started it and am already loving it!

[@kimesch9698]

Have you read the Skullduggery Pleasant series? Love ❤️ ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@blurryreads3591]

The Potkin and Stubbs you showed is the sequel not the first, the first is just called Potkin and Stubbs 💖 only mentioning this because I panicked and thought I brought the sequel not the first when you mentioned it 😂

[@Jadeyraereads]

Blurry Reads oh duh! Of course! It was the first on my shelf because I have lent the actual first out, causing the mind blank there! Whoopsie!

[@prisperuses]

Totally guessed all of these 😏🖤

[@Jadeyraereads]

OF COURSE YOU DID

[@cleg78]

Hey lovely...got to pause and grab a pen....brb

[@cleg78]

The House with Chicken Legs hit my emotions from every way possible and I adored it and I definitely rank it as my number 1 of last year

[@cleg78]

So didn’t need this pen (throws pen)

[@Jadeyraereads]

Booksnink had you already read them all? Wouldn’t surprise me, you have impeccable taste! 😝

[@cleg78]

Jadeyraereads I have ever book you mentioned except the first and I’ve virtually worked my way through all of them. I just have the Perfect trilogy to get through and I need to get my hands on the trilogy of the Polar Bear Explorers Club, it’s on my birthday to buy list 💙

[@cleg78]

Ooops I have every book except first....

[@tr_4600]

:)