Our #MGCarousel reading challenge this month is all about SURVIVAL. CJ and Elza have found 20 Middle Grade stories that brave the wilderness, endure extreme elements, and celebrate resourcefulness and human resilience!
Continue reading “#MGCarousel – 20 Middle Grade Books about Survival”Looking for books that fit our monthly reading challenge this July? Try one of the favorites from our home shelf!
Hannah Steele loves living on Pelling, a tiny island near Seattle. It’s a little disconnected from the outside world, but she’s always felt completely safe there.
When she’s asked to babysit her next-door neighbors after school, Hannah is ready to put her babysitting class skills to work. No big deal.
Then the shaking begins.
The terrifying earthquake only lasts four minutes but it changes everything, damaging the house, knocking out the power, and making cell service nonexistent. Even worse, the ferry and the bridge connecting the kids to help—and their parents—are both blocked. Which means they’re stranded. And Hannah’s in charge.
Discover more Middle Grade survival fiction during the month of July!
Looking for books that fit our monthly reading challenge this July? Try one of the favorites from our home shelf!
Thirteen-year-old Jake spends most of his time pouring over his father’s journal, which is full of wilderness facts and survival tips. Eleven-year-old Taylor likes to be outside playing with their dog, Cody, or joking around with the other kids in the neighborhood.
But one night everything changes. The boys discover a dangerous secret that their mother’s boyfriend is hiding.
And the next day, they come home from school to find their mother unconscious in an ambulance. Knowing they are no longer safe and with nowhere else to go, the Wilder Boys head off in search of their absentee father.
Discover more Middle Grade survival fiction during the month of July!
Our challenge this July is…
Join us in reading Middle Grade books about survival during the month of July! We recommend looking for stories with life-or-death scenarios, adventures about humans vs. nature, characters who brave natural disasters, and perils set anywhere from frozen mountain peaks to sizzling desert wastelands.
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Discover more Middle Grade books that feature the sun during the month of June!
Sparkling in the light streaming through the window, the whole town of Auteri was made in sugar. Each building was spun out of golden sugar strands, down to the curtains on the windows and the cobblestones in the street. In the glowing afternoon rays streaming down, the sugary town was radiant.
Eva Evergreen: Semi-Magical Witch by Julie Abe
Looking for books that fit our monthly reading challenge this June? Try one of the favorites from our home shelf!
The coronavirus has everyone in lockdown, leaving Cymbeline Igloo with nothing much to do. When Cym starts a home learning project all about their school’s cook, Mrs Stebbings, a bit of exploring and an unusual encounter draws him into an investigation that turns his jumble of WWII facts into something much more mysterious.
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