middle grade for all

Wonderfully Wired Brains

By: Louise Gooding
Narrated by: Louise Gooding
Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Our brains are unique in the way they function, work, and think. Neurodiversity is still a relatively 'new' concept that can be tricky to understand, but this audiobook is here to help! This inspirational audiobook written and read by neurodiverse author Louise Gooding challenges misconceptions and shows how neurodivergent brains work a little... Read more

Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

By: Tae Keller
Narrated by: Shannon Tyo, Carolyn Kang & Tae Keller
Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

“During the first half of listening, I kept thinking the name of this book was 'Jennifer Chan Is Missing' -- after all, that is the crux of this story. Jennifer Chan is a new kid at school-- someone of intrigue with bold ideas and also blind to the typical power structures in middle school. She goes missing shortly after being bullied and avoided... Read more

Not Quite a Ghost

By: Anne Ursu
Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky
Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

“A haunted house story complicated by all the changes of entering middle school and a mysterious invisible illness. Inspired by The Yellow Wallpaper, a story published in 1896 where a woman diagnosed with 'hysteria' is forced into bed rest that causes temporary insanity, Not Quite a Ghost is a wonderful representation of living with chronic and... Read more

Just Lizzie

By: Karen Wilfrid
Narrated by: Dorothy Dillingham Blue
Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

In this beautifully written contemporary middle grade debut, an eighth grader's study of asexuality in science class leads her to understand her own asexual identity as she embarks on a journey toward self-discovery and self-advocacy. For readers of Alex Gino and Ashley Herring Blake.There’s the part of me that doesn’t understand kissing or... Read more

Kamala

Feminist Folktales from Around the World

By: Ethel Johnston Phelps
Narrated by: Leslie Howard
Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

In this second volume of folktales, a Punjabi woman outwits seven ruthless thieves, an Incan girl restores harmony to the empire, and a mischievous Norwegian lass thwarts her entitled landowner. Spanning centuries and continents, Kamala recalls how the dazzling courage, cleverness, and power of women have always held our world together. Read more

Tatterhood

Feminist Folktales from Around the World

By: Ethel Johnston Phelps
Narrated by: Leslie Howard
Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Long before Suzanne Collins created Katniss Everdeen and Octavia Butler wrote Parable of the Sower, there were many traditional folktales full of adventure, intrigue, and intrepid female characters. Feminist Folktales from Around the World collects these forgotten classics.

Volume one in the series, Tatterhood features an introduction by Gayle... Read more

Sea Girl

Feminist Folktales from Around the World

By: Ethel Johnston Phelps
Narrated by: Leslie Howard
Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Long before Suzanne Collins created Katniss Everdeen and Octavia Butler wrote Parable of the Sower, there were many traditional folktales full of adventure, intrigue, and intrepid female characters. Feminist Folktales from Around the World collects these forgotten classics.

Volume three in the series, Sea Girl features an introduction by Daniel... Read more

The Hunter Maiden

Feminist Folktales from Around the World

By: Ethel Johnston Phelps
Narrated by: Leslie Howard
Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Long before Suzanne Collins created Katniss Everdeen and Octavia Butler wrote Parable of the Sower, there were many traditional folktales full of adventure, intrigue, and intrepid female characters. Feminist Folktales from Around the World collects these forgotten classics.

Volume four in the series, The Hunter Maiden features an introduction by... Read more

Youth to Power

Your Voice and How to Use It

By: Jamie Margolin
Narrated by: Jamie Margolin
Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

"Jamie Margolin is among the powerful and inspiring youth activists leading a movement to demand urgent action on the climate crisis. With determined purpose and moral clarity, Jamie is pushing political leaders to develop ambitious plans to confront this existential threat to humanity. Youth To Power is an essential how-to for anyone of any... Read more

Something Happened in Our Town

A Child's Story About Racial Injustice

By: Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins & Ann Hazzard
Narrated by: Leslie Green
Length: 42 minutes

Following a police shooting, two families - one White and one Black - discuss the event, its aftermath, and what they can do to help. Read more

Coo

By: Kaela Noel
Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky
Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

“A baby girl, abandoned by her mother, is raised by pigeons high on the rooftop of an old warehouse. She speaks their language and, even though she comes to understand that she is different from the rest of her flock, they are the only family she knows and loves. Desperate to save an injured bird, she takes the frightening journey to the ground... Read more

Rolling Warrior

The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution

By: Judith Heumann & Kristen Joiner
Narrated by: Ali Stroker
Length: 3 hours 58 minutes

As featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp, and for readers of I Am Malala, one of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her story of fighting to belong.

“If I didn’t fight, who would?”

Judy Heumann was only 5 years old when she was first denied her right to attend school. Paralyzed from polio and... Read more

The Last Mapmaker

By: Christina Soontornvat
Narrated by: Sura Siu
Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

“This Thai-inspired historical fantasy follows 12-year-old Sai, a conman's daughter who pretends to be from a noble family in order to become the apprentice to the empire's most famous mapmaker. When Sai is invited to join him on a voyage to discover the fabled dragon-infested Sunderlands, Sai discovers that she's not the only one with a secret... Read more

Red, White, and Whole

A Newbery Honor Award Winner

By: Rajani LaRocca
Narrated by: Priya Ayyar
Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Newbery Honor Book! A heartbreakingly hopeful novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when her mother is diagnosed with leukemia. * Walter Award Winner * New England Book Award Winner * An NCTE Notable Verse Novel * Golden Kite Award Winner * Crystal Kite Award Winner * Goodreads Choice Nominee * A... Read more

Girl Giant and the Monkey King

Girl Giant: Book #1

By: Van Hoang
Narrated by: Kim Mai Guest
Length: 10 hours 30 minutes

From debut author Van Hoang comes Girl Giant and the Monkey King, a tale packed with magic, adventure, and middle-school woes-perfect for fans of Rick Riordan and Roshani Chokshi.

Eleven-year-old Thom Ngho is keeping a secret: she's strong. Like suuuuper strong. Freakishly strong. And it's making it impossible for her to fit in at her new middle... Read more

Girl Giant and the Jade War

Girl Giant: Book #2

By: Van Hoang
Narrated by: Kim Mai Guest
Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

In this sequel to Girl Giant and the Monkey King, Thom and her friends set off on a far flung adventure to save the Heavens and the Jade Emperor from certain destruction.

Thom Ngoh thought the Monkey King was her friend-he taught her to control her super strength and to stand up for herself. But really he was just using her. He tricked her into... Read more

Witches of Brooklyn: What the Hex?!

Witches of Brooklyn: Book #2

By: Sophie Escabasse
Narrated by: Sara Matsui-Colby, Blaire Chandler, Erin Bennett, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Jade Wheeler, Mirai, EJ Lavery, Ian James Corlett, Sean Kenin Elias-Reyes, Maggi-Meg Reed, Amin El Gamal, Emily Eiden & Full Cast
Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Effie returns in this spellbinding sequel: a middle-grade graphic novel, adapted for audio, about found family, friendship, and learning to embrace who you are!

Could there be even MORE witches in Brooklyn?!
 
Effie is EXCITED to meet so many witches, but what is going on with her friends? Suddenly Effie is no longer the newest kid in school, and... Read more

Witches of Brooklyn

Witches of Brooklyn: Book #1

By: Sophie Escabasse
Narrated by: Sara Matsui-Colby, Blaire Chandler, Erin Bennett, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Aspen Vincent, Mirai, EJ Lavery, Ian James Corlett, Sean Kenin Elias-Reyes, Josh Hurley, James Fouhey & Jeanette Illidge
Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

There's a new witch in town! Life in Brooklyn takes a strange turn when Effie discovers MAGIC runs in the family.

A middle-grade graphic novel adventure—adapted for audio—filled with magical hjinks for fans of Phoebe and Her Unicorn and Making Friends.

Could there really be witches in Brooklyn?!

Effie's aunts are weird. Like, really WEIRD. Really,... Read more

Going Bicoastal

By: Dahlia Adler
Narrated by: Mara Wilson
Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

A queer Sliding Doors rom-com in which a girl must choose between summer in NYC with her dad (and the girl she's always wanted) or LA with her estranged mom (and the guy she never saw coming).Natalya Fox has twenty-hours to make the biggest choice of her life: stay home in NYC for the summer with her dad (and finally screw up the courage to talk... Read more

To Night Owl From Dogfish

By: Holly Goldberg Sloan & Meg Wolitzer
Narrated by: Imani Parks, Cassandra Morris, Michael Crouch, Sullivan Jones, Bahni Turpin, Renata Friedman, Cassandra Campbell, Robbie Daymond, Giordan Diaz, Alexandra Harris, Johnathan McClain, Emily Rankin & Various
Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

From two extraordinary authors comes a moving, exuberant, laugh-out-loud novel about friendship and family, told entirely in emails and letters.

Avery Bloom, who's bookish, intense, and afraid of many things, particularly deep water, lives in New York City. Bett Devlin, who's fearless, outgoing, and loves all animals as well as the ocean, lives... Read more