Ep. 15 | Start'em Out Right: Middle Reader Novels

February is all about middle readers. Whether you're looking for a book for a young person in your life or you just want a delightful book for yourself, we're here for you! Check out some of our favorite middle reader novels.

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News

Costa Books Awards

• Golden Hill by Francis Spufford (First Novel Award)

• Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (Novel Award)

• Falling Awake by Alice Oswald (Poetry)

• Dadland: A Journey into Uncharted Territory by Keggie Carew (Biography)

• The Bombs That Brought Us Together by Brian Conaghan (Children’s Lit)

Books Mentioned in this Episode

• Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool

• Brown Girl Dreaming by Jaqueline Woodson

• The Giver by Lois Lowry

• The Secret Voice of Gina Zang by Dori Jones Yang

• Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms and Horten's Incredible Illusions by Lissa Evans

• Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

New Books

• Pachinko (Grand Central Publishing) by Min Jin Lee

• Autumn (Pantheon) by Ali Smith

• A Separation (Riverhead) by Katie Kitamura

• Tell Me Everything You Don't Remember (Ecco) by Christine Hyung-Oak Lee

• American Street (Belzar + Bray) by Ibi Zoboi

• Dear Friend from My Life I Write You in Your Life (Random House) by Yiyun Li

• Harmless Like You (Norton) by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

• The Hate U Give (Belzar + Bray) by Angie Thomas

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