The most popular middle grade fiction books of 2024

Middle grade fiction is for readers of about nine to twelve. Friendship, family, school, adventure and first big questions are told with humor and heart, and with heroes the same age as the reader. Many of these books become lifelong favorites. This list shows the ones first published in 2024.

Combines Middle grade and Fiction

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Waverider
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Waverider

Kazu Kibuishi

Published 2024

256 pages

The Night War
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The Night War

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Published 2024

288 pages

Jupiter Rising
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Jupiter Rising

Gary D. Schmidt

Published 2024

208 pages

Escaping Peril
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Escaping Peril

Tui T. Sutherland

Published 2024

224 pages

Break
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Break

Kayla Miller

Published 2024

224 pages

Star
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Star

Erin Hunter

2024 · 2025 edition

352 pages

Choosing Sides
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Choosing Sides

Francine Pascal

Published 2024

224 pages

Light and Air
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Light and Air

Mindy Nichols Wendell

2024 · 2025 edition

192 pages

Shark Teeth
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Shark Teeth

Sherri Winston

2024 · 2026 edition

304 pages