Middle Grade Carousel

Infamous

The latest Steele, it turns out, is a pirate. And not only a pirate, but the captain of one of the most infamous pirate ships this side of the equator. The Ironic Gentleman.

The Ironic Gentleman
Adrienne Kress

Kress, Adrienne - Alex and the Ironic Gentleman

Book covers for Heart of a Samurai; A Nearer Moon; Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy; Return to Hawk's Hill; Keeper; Ice Whale; The Rambling; Just Like Me; Listen, Slowly; The River at Green Knowe; Stuart Little; and A Tear in the Ocean

Can you spot a row boat on the cover of other MG titles? Add to our collection in the comments!

I SPY … dirigibles!

Book covers for Nadya Skylung and the Cloudship Rescue, The Boy Who Went Magic, and Time Castaways: The Mona Lisa Key

Can you spot a dirigible on the cover of other MG titles? Add to our collection in the comments!

Drawn Carriages

Princesses arrived at the castle in droves. They came in carriages drawn by horses, by camels, by oxen. One even came in a carriage drawn by crocodiles. And another arrived in a hot-air balloon.

The Princess Test
Gail Carson Levine

Levine, Gail Carson - The Princess Test

Pillage

"The train choked as it moved up the mountain pass. The windows began to blur with small drops of water. The water swirled around the window in wispy gray patterns." —Pillage by Obert Skye

I SPY … umbrellas!

Book covers for Mary Poppins, Harper and the Scarlet Umbrella, and Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow

Can you spot an umbrella on the cover of other MG titles? Add to our collection in the comments!

I SPY … sails!

Book covers for Call it Courage, The Hero's Guide to Being an Outlaw, The Wand and the Sea, The Left-Handed Fate, The Wanderer, Kensuke's Kingdom, The Jolly Regina, The Great Wide Sea, The Book of Wonders, The Voyage to Magical North, The Map to Everywhere, and Magic Marks the Spot