Welcome to Middle Grade Carousel! We run a series of games and challenges for readers here on our blog. If you’re looking for ways to play, this is a good place to start.
Read your way to a BINGO or fill the card if you’re a speedy reader! Current challenge runs from November 1 to December 31.
Looking for books that fit our current Book Bingo challenge? Here are a few recommendations to help you read for a win!
Read the challenge rules and download your bingo card to get started!
Can you find a book with the word ‘home’ in the title? Share an MG read you’d add to our stack in the comments!
Hello from CJ and Elza! In anticipation of a busy holiday season, we’ll be taking a break from our themed monthly reading challenge this December.
Looking for books that fit our monthly reading challenge this November? Try one of the favorites from our home shelf!
After two years of treatment for leukemia, Norah Levy is ready to return to normal. The hospital social worker warns her the transition back may be tricky, but Norah isn’t worried. Compared with battling cancer, how tricky can seventh grade be?
Very. Everyone treats Norah differently now. Her best friends are part of new groups. Nobody quite understands.
And then she meets Griffin, a cute boy who encourages her love of drawing and Greek mythology. Norah is desperate not to be that girl who had cancer, but secret-keeping becomes impossible and Norah must figure out a way to share her cancer story and still be able to move on and have her normal life.
Discover more black and white Middle Grade books during the month of November! Recommend your favorites, snap a photo, or share a quote using the hashtag #MGCarousel.
We want to know… are any of your favorite books yellow? Share your answer in the comments!
Looking for books that fit our current Book Bingo challenge? Here are a few recommendations to help you read for a win!
Read the challenge rules and download your bingo card to get started!
Can you find a book with a four word long title? Share an MG read you’d add to our stack in the comments!
Can you spot a book with a black & white & red cover? Add to our collection in the comments.
Do you recognize this Middle Grade book cover? Leave your guess in the comments!
Discover more black and white Middle Grade books during the month of November! Recommend your favorites, snap a photo, or share a quote using the hashtag #MGCarousel.
What made it all the scarier was that the castle did not stay in the same place. Sometimes it was a tall black smudge on the moors to the northwest, sometimes it reared above the rocks to the east, and sometimes it came right downhill to sit in the heather only just beyond the last farm to the north. You could see it actually moving sometimes, with smoke pouring out from the turrets in dirty gray gusts.
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
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