Middle Grade March TBR & Recommendations!!

[@chasitymartinez3971]

I can't wait to start my first middle grade March. When my 7 year old daughter hears that I was going to participate she decided to help me pick out the books I would read. Some of the books will be read alouds so she can participate too. Book with pictures- The wild robot and The wild robot escapes (both read aloud) Mystery- The parker inheritance Book set in another country- Akata witch Book to movie- The house with a clock in the wall and Harry Potter and the prisoner of azkaban ( both read aloud) Book about books/stories- Land of stories the wishing spell (read aloud) and Words on fire We may not finish all the read alouds but we are going to have fun trying 😀

[@lisag4527]

We read The Mixed up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler in 5th grade and never forgot it. During shutdown last summer I got it from our library and read it aloud to my kids. I still love it lol

[@sanjanababuraj5109]

You should totally read Echo if you haven't yet. It's so amazing!

[@robinjones394]

Hi, I’m a new subbie! And I’m trying to get back into reading... I used to read a lot - but I have been sick with daily severe chronic pain for the past 20 years... I read a lot to my son and we read a lot together till he was 9 or 10... I never realized that reading Middle grade books was a popular thing. I think I picked a great month to start reading again... I’ve tried lots of adult books and struggled to finish them - it’s difficult to focus for long time with my pain... so I think lighter, sweeter books will be easier for me to read... and shorter too...

[@rcredinger]

Great video Katie! I'm so excited for all the people reading MG this March! And I couldn't help but offer suggestions for a few of the categories: Stories/Books in Books: Talespinners: Saving Fable by Scott Reintgen Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman Story Thieves by James Riley The Story Collector by Kristin O’Donnell Tubb Mystery: The Detective’s Assistant by Kate Hannigan The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit by Octavia Spencer Unstoppable Octobia May by Sharon G. Flake Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage Under the Egg by Laura Marx Fitzgerald The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin The Great Shelby Holmes by Elizabeth Eulberg The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson Framed by James Ponti York by Laura Ruby Chasing Secrets by Gennifer Choldenko When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead PaperQuake: A Puzzle by Kathryn Reiss Set in another country: White Bird by R.J. Palacio (also a graphic novel) The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga (begins in Syria, ends in the U.S.) Everlasting Nora by Marie Miranda Cruz Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenzuan Bone Talk by Candy Gourlay Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein by Jennifer Roy and Ali Fadhil One Half from the East by Nadia Hashimi The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson My Brigadista Year by Katherine Paterson Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani The Island on Bird Street by Uri Orlev The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare Queen of the Sea by Dylan Meconis (also a graphic novel) A Place to Belong by Cynthia Kadohata Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya (begins in the U.S. but travels to Puerto Rico) Refugee by Alan Gratz A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen Cloud and the Wallfish by Anne Nesbet Paper Hearts by Meg Wiviott Happy reading!

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Rebecca Redinger this is amazing, Becca! Have you read all of these??

[@rcredinger]

@@LifeBetweenWords1 I've read about half of them. But I've heard they are all good!

[@stephg1275]

The joy that this video brings me!! Thank you for spotlighting so many captivating kidslit books. A Long Walk to Water is an absolute must read for everyone. It's heartbreaking, and tremendous. Can't wait for March!

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Steph G yay!! I’m so excited too!

[@amusicalbookworm]

I haven’t posted my TBR video yet, but I will be reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s stone, The Westing Game, Walk Two Moons, The Giver, and The Book of Boy. I’m sooo excited to read some middle grade!

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Victoria Reads Too Much YAY!! Walk Two Moons is one of my favs!!

[@FullyBookedMelissa]

From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Bsil E Frankweiler is on my Middle Grade March TBR. Glad to hear someone recommend it; hoping I'll like it. Can't wait to hear what you think of The One and Only Ivan. It sounds lovely.

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Fully Booked I read The One and Only Ivan last year and loved it! It WAS lovely!! 🥰

[@shelly8387]

Esperanza Rising is my daughter's favorite book hands down. I have to admit it's one of mine too.

[@teribakerreads]

So excited for middle grade March to be back. I am also planning to read the Greenglass House this March. I did my own TBR this year and included some recommendations as well over on my channel.

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Teri Baker Reads I watched your video and you mention so many wonderful books-some of which I hadn’t heard of!!

[@heathersnow9540]

Planning to reread books and authors that I remember loving in middle school- Avi, Gail Carson Levine, Carolyn Meyer, Sharon Creech... ☺️ so excited!

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Heather Snow Sharon Creech is an author I’d like to read more from!

[@kaortega1120]

Hi Katie! What a great variety of Middlegrade Recommendations! I am currently listening to ECHO on audio and LOVING it. I would love to get to a few on your list during MiddleMarch, as well --- Happy Reading!

[@ReadinginSpurts]

So excited about Middle Grade March!!! Just added Kind of Paradise to my TBR😁 Also I have a mystery recommendations for you. Blue Balliet wrote Chasing Vermeer and Wright 3 which are both excellent middle grade mysteries (with illustrations). They are set in Chicago and each mystery revolves around these 6th graders solving art mysteries like finding a stolen Vermeer painting and solving a mystery about Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House in Chicago. Just thought of another wonderful middle grade mystery series... The Pumpkin Falls Mysteries. Currently there are two and a third comes out in June. The first one is Absolutely Truly. It’s about a 12 year old girl whose father is injured by and IED and so they have to move from Texas back to her father’s small New Hampshire town to run the family book store. It’s about change and finding your place with a mystery to solve😁

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Cheryl S oh goodness those both sound like amazing series!!!

[@dixieshepherd6323]

My first read will be Okay For Now by Gary Schmidt, cannot wait to start it. You and Krista always give such wonderful recommendations!

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

One of my favs!!

[@YourTrueShelf]

Yes, excited 🙂 I love middlegrade. I'm committing to one book, and hoping for more (due to other reading commitments this month). Choice will be Morrigan Crow book 2, Tilly book 2, Heidi, The Railway Children, or Carrie's War. Can't wait to dig in 🙂

[@sandraellis4908]

If you are looking for a middle grade mystery, I highly recommend Framed! by James Ponti. The other two books in the series are excellent as well.

[@TheBookishMom]

I love this. I have a few middle grade books on my shelf that I have actually never read before and need to use this as an excuse to pick them up!

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

The Bookish Mom I hope you do!!! 💕🥳

[@sterlingmccord]

March can't come quickly enough for me. I am so excited that the 3rd annual Middle Grade March is almost here! BTW, it's wonderful to have your sweet self back on BookTube!

[@sterlingmccord]

My TBR for March is: - The One and Only Ivan - Counting by 7s - Hello, Universe - Orbiting Jupiter - Amal Unbound - The Wednesday Wars - Refugee - The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise - Ban This Book - A Little Princess There are several other books I'd like to read, but I think I might be setting my sites a bit high.

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

sterlingmccord my stack is ambitious as well. I just have so many books I want to read!! 🙈

[@terriw342]

Have you ever heard of Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman? It has good ratings on Goodreads but I have never heard anyone talk about it. I have it on my TBR for MGM. I won't necessarily get to all the challenges but I do intend to participate.

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Terri W my friend Becca just mentioned that book to me-she’s a librarian and has excellent taste in middle grade!

[@orelsa82]

Edward Tulane is my fave DiCamillo so far! I'll be reading the group read and The Sign of the Beaver in March. I might try to get in some of the Raymie Nightingale trilogy too.

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Or Elsa I’ve been loving The Three Rancheros! Still need to read Beverly Right Here from it.

[@Tinahgirl83]

Bridge to Terabithia broke my soul when I was young. Shattered it. I know for sure that I’ll be reading Boy, and Tilly & The Lost Fairy Tales (Pages & Co, Book 2). For the rest, I’m going to go for mood reading. 😊

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Tinahgirl83 sake! It is such a sad, sad story!

[@lindsaypitre2711]

The girl who drank the moon has to be my fave ever !!

[@lindsaypitre2711]

Oh and if you see this, hi from PEI. I know you love Anne !

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Lindsay Pitre 1. Yes!! The Girl Who Drank the Moon is so amazing. And 2. You’re from PEI!?!!?? I am so envious!

[@deannatotten5187]

Yay Anne! And yay '80s film! Anne is also my favourite :) My mom is from PEI so when we went on a family trip to the island one summer we had to go on a pilgrimage to Green Gables! Best family vacation ever, lol! One of my biggest fears is that my daughter (who is 4.5 right now) will not love it as well! Great list, can't wait to pull out some middle grade :)

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Deanna Totten I just love hearing the personal connections to PEI! I hope I get to visit the island someday!

[@blackcatseye22]

Some many sound so amazing.

[@BooksAndJams]

I totally forgot about Esperanza when I filmed my tbr, but I plan on that one too. Wasn't Astrid on your pile last year? Please get to that one because I really want to hear about it. Comfort Snowburger is such a MG type of name! Such a great list of books! SO EXCITED!

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

BooksAndJams it was on my pile! I can’t believe I haven’t read it yet...

[@CozyReaderKelly]

I’m planning on reading Greenglass House too. Amanda from The Curly Reader said the audiobook was fantastic, so I got that from the library.

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Cozy Reader Kelly ooo maybe I’ll check out the audiobook!

[@alexlann144]

Love your recommendations! I teach 4th grade so I have read and suggested lots of your picks to my students. I think A Long Walk to Water is a quick and intense book that adults can enjoy. I also think you should check out Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus. It is a great MG mystery with some unique characters.

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Alex Lann ooo thank you for the recommendation!! Going to look it up!

[@genresandjournals]

Esperanza Rising is such a beautiful story. I love it so much. Hope you have a wonderful March. Thanks for all the recommendations!

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

tia and all the books I have been told it feels like a new classic. I can’t wait to read it!

[@TheLibraryOfSarah]

Ahhhh so exciting!! I had to have Goodreads open in the next tab over to add some of these to my to-read list! I'm so excited to get started with the month. My main priorities will be To Night Owl from Dogfish, as well as A Kind of Paradise =) I'll post my TBR video soon!

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

TheLibraryOfSarah ooo looking up To Night Owl from Dog Fish! I haven’t heard of that one!

[@elaines8297]

I recommend: The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman for the prompt set in another country, India. It's the best Middle Grade book I've read this year!!! The audio version is narrator by the author. It is outstanding!!!!!

[@jbruno871]

I haven't read a whole lot of middle grade, but I'd definitely like to try some more. Thank you so much for all of the recommendations! :)

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

jbruno871 I hope you pick one up this month!

[@AmandaRenee47]

I love when I see a new video from you! I’m reading A Girl Who Drank the Moon. I’m currently waiting for Sweep and Echo from the library! Enjoy Esperanza Rising! It was one of my favorite books growing up. I can still remember reading it for the first time.

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Amanda R I hope you love The Girl Who Drank the Moon! It is such a wonderful book!

[@splitreads]

Yay! Mr. Marsworth I’ve never heard about, so I’m super (super super super) interested in yours thoughts. Greenglass House is one I've recommended at the library for the same reasons but I haven't read it myself yet. And we'll have to compare notes on A Kind of Paradise. Enjoy!!

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

splitreads yes!! We will!! I can’t wait to hear how your month goes!

[@thebookborough]

I'm joining and will have my final tbr up on instagram at the beginning of the month! I for sure will be reading the girl who drank the moon

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Nahid I can’t wait to see it!!

[@delaniecullen8927]

Coyote sunrise is the BESTTTTT

[@jshin331]

Yay! I'm so excited! Will post a tbr soon!

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

J Koyama oooh saw it today and it looks so great!!!

[@jshin331]

@@LifeBetweenWords1 🥳🤗🥰

[@SodbusterLiving]

Each Little Bird that Sings is AMAZING

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

SodbusterLiving I can’t wait to read it!

[@RaineyDayReads]

Snow and Rose was amazing! I’m so excited for you to read it. I also just read Until Tomorrow, Mr. Marsworth and it was lovely!

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Rainey Day Reads I can’t wait to read both!!!

[@journeys_with_jen]

I love all of your pics. I am going to choose a Middle Grade book to read aloud with my 9 year old daughter. What would you recommend as a great book for us to read aloud together? There are so many! Thanks for all of the hard work that you put into your videos. I have enjoyed watching all of your recommendations.

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Jens Happy Home there are so many good ones! Have you read The Girl Who Drank the Moon? I don’t know how it works as a read aloud, but it’s such a great story!

[@journeys_with_jen]

@@LifeBetweenWords1 Just ordered it from Amazon. My daughter wants to do this challenge with me so now I am super excited. Thanks!

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Jens Happy Home woo!! That makes me so happy!!

[@confessionofabookdragon]

That sounds awesome!!!! I might get a TBR. I know I'm saving most middle grades for this month long readathon called Believeathon (there is a Twitter account for it plus KZbin videos about it. ) the second round is in May

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Mary Bronson yes, I remember hearing about Believeathon-the first one was last fall, right? Any excuse to prioritize Middle Grade! 🥳

[@bookswithpetra]

Ahhh, I'm so excited for Middle Grade March and I got some recommendations from this video. I think I will be reading at least Echo or more likely listening to it. Then there are some favourites I want to reread like Astrid Lindgren's Ronia the Robbers Daughter and Nevermoor. It will be a great reading month! The task of today is to film my TBR video for Middle Grade March.

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Petra U. Ooo! I don’t know why I didn’t think that Astrid Lindgren had written anything other than Pippi! Silly me... Can’t wait to hear what you think!

[@livslibrary]

I love your glasses! 😍 This is my first year participating in Middlegrade March and I can’t wait!

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Liv’s Library ah thanks, Liv!! I’m so so glad you’re participating!! Can’t wait to learn what you read!

[@shelly8387]

My daughter cried her little 11 year old heart out over The Bridge of Terabithia.

[@wandagambling6523]

Yay, I'm doing Middle-Grade March. I posted a tbr for it.

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Woo!! That’s awesome!!

[@callmeaftercoffee]

Ohhh I'm reading tgwdtm! I hope you love Greenglass House ☺️💕💕💕

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

CallMeAfterCoffee and I hope you love TGWDTM!

[@alidathebooks806]

I have a middle grade March Recommendations video on my channel. My favorite Kate DiCamillo is Because of Winn Dixie.

[@marybethmwhalen]

😘 hope you love it!

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Marybeth Whalen 🥰🥰🥰

[@tanyawillisanderson]

My son loved New Kid! My haul video is uploading now!

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

the sampler girl watched and loved!!!

[@tanyawillisanderson]

Life Between Words thanks!!

[@ElizabethAnneReads]

Thank you for sharing your opinion of Anne with an E - I watched the first season and am continually baffled by how many people in the bookish community sing it's praises. I agree that it's not a bad story, it's just not Anne

[@ElizabethAnneReads]

Also just added Astrid to my stack (cause I needed more lol)

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

ElizabethAnne Reads yes exactly!!