New Middle Grade Books

Bat and the Business of Ferrets

The Bat Series: Book #4

By: Elana K. Arnold
Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

The bestselling Bat returns! Bat and the Business of Ferrets is the fourth title in National Book Award finalist Elana K. Arnold’s heartfelt and widely acclaimed series featuring an unforgettable young boy on the autism spectrum.Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed “Bat”) is about to start fourth grade—and unfortunately for him, everything is... Read more

Cinderella and the Beast (or, Beauty and the Glass Slipper)

The Princess Swap: Book #1

By: Kim Bussing
Narrated by: Taylor Meskimen
Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

What would happen if Cinderella found herself in the beast's castle, and Beauty woke up in some evil stepmother's home? Fairy tales meet Freaky Friday in this series, where there’s a magical mix-up for every princess!

Ella’s spent her life dreaming about adventure, but it’s hard to have adventures when you’re stuck with a stepfamily who treat you... Read more

It's All or Nothing, Vale

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango
Narrated by: Vico Ortiz
Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

A poignant novel in verse in which, after a life-changing accident, one girl finds her way back to her life’s passion. From the Newbery Honor-winning author of Iveliz Explains It All.

All these months of staring at the wall?
All these months of feeling weak?
It’s ending—
I’m going back to fencing.
And then it’ll be
like nothing ever happened.

No one... Read more

Safe Harbor

By: Padma Venkatraman
Narrated by: Padma Venkatraman
Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

An uplifting novel in verse about an immigrant girl adjusting to life in the US through her love of nature, music, and poetry, by the award-winning author of The Bridge Home

When Geetha and her mom move from India to Rhode Island after her parents’ divorce, they leave everything Geetha loves behind—her family, her friends, her dog, and all that’s... Read more

Old School

By: Gordon Korman
Narrated by: Rosemary Benson, Fred Berman, Michael Crouch, Vyvy Nguyen, Mark Sanderlin & Katie Anvil Rich
Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Unteachables comes a hilarious story about a boy who is homeschooled in his grandmother’s retirement community…until he is forced to go to public school. Dexter Foreman is twelve going on eighty. He has lived at The Pines retirement village with his grandmother since he was six years old, and as... Read more

The Secret of Honeycake

By: Kimberly Newton Fusco
Narrated by: Cassandra Morris
Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Hurricane is quiet while her Aunt Claire is a force of nature with very particular ideas--and a host of Latin sayings to back them up. When Hurricane gets stuck living with her, she retreats into herself...until a series of unexpected friends, including a mangy cat, help her find her voice in a whole new way.

A recipe for The World’s Most... Read more

Away

Alone

By: Megan E. Freeman
Narrated by: Andre Bellido, Michael Crouch, Angel Pean, Alejandra Reynoso & Eunice Wong
Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

A group of children investigate the threat that prompted large-scale evacuations in this powerful and dramatic companion novel to the New York Times bestselling Alone told in multiple POVs.

After an imminent yet unnamed danger forces people across Colorado to leave their homes, a group of kids including an aspiring filmmaker and a budding... Read more

As You Wish

By: Nashae Jones
Narrated by: Jade Wheeler
Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

A girl learns the hard way to be careful what she wishes for in this sweet and funny middle grade rom-com featuring a chaos-loving West African trickster god.

Birdie has big plans for eighth grade. This is the year that she gets a boyfriend, and since she and her best friend, Deve, do everything together, it makes sense that Deve will get a... Read more

The Witching Wind

By: Natalie Lloyd
Narrated by: Natalie Lloyd & Noah Wall
Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

From Natalie Lloyd, bestselling author of A Snicker of Magic and Hummingbird, comes a heart-expanding adventure about the magic of family, friendship, and the lengths we go for the people we love.Eleven-year-old Roxie was excited to start sixth grade... until a mortifying incident at a pool party turns her into a middle school laughingstock.... Read more

Banned Books, Crop Tops, and Other Bad Influences

By: Brigit Young
Narrated by: Merissa Czyz
Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Can good girls read banned books?

Rose is a good girl. She listens to her parents and follows every rule. After all, rules are there for a reason … right? And adults always know best.

Talia, the new girl from New York City, doesn’t think so. After only a week at school, Talia—who does what she wants, when she wants—is already making enemies. First... Read more

Golemcrafters

By: Emi Watanabe Cohen
Narrated by: Emi Watanabe Cohen
Length: 5 hours 1 minute

On the same day Faye’s brother comes home with a black eye, a package arrives from a relative they’ve never met. It’s a slab of clay: some weird kind of bar mitzvah present?

The strange gift turns out to be an invitation to learn a craft that’s been in their family for centuries. And it’s not pottery.

Faye and Shiloh are driven to New York City by... Read more

Lola

By: Karla Arenas Valenti
Narrated by: Daisy Guevara
Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

A simmering tale of magic, adventure, and the extraordinary bond between a brother and sister who'd journey to the ends of the Earth to save each other. From the acclaimed author of Lotería comes a heartfelt story rooted in Mexican magical realism.

A PURA BELPRÉ AUTHOR WINNER • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Ten-year-old Lola has always... Read more

Invisible Isabel

By: Sally J. Pla
Narrated by: Gail Shalan
Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

From award-winning author Sally J. Pla comes a middle grade novel about introverted Isabel Beane, who learns to speak up to quiet her worries. This thoughtful, earnest story is perfect for fans of Elana K. Arnold and Leslie Connor.Isabel Beane is a shy girl who lives in a home full of havoc and hubbub and hullabaloo. With five siblings, there is... Read more

We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord

By: Garth Nix
Narrated by: Thomas Larkin
Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

From master storyteller Garth Nix, the chilling story of a strange object that falls into the wrong hands and has the potential to destroy the world. Perfect for fans of STRANGER THINGS and THE LAST KIDS ON EARTH.

It's not fair. Kim's always lived in the shadow of his younger sister, Eila -- which is not how it's supposed to be. Eila is a... Read more

The Long Way Around

By: Anne Nesbet
Narrated by: Laura Knight Keating
Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

During a hiking trip with their parents in the mountains of California, cousins Owen, Vivian, and Amy are finally allowed to camp for one night at a little lake all on their own. But when a massive earthquake blocks their return path, there’s only one way home: the long way around, through a wilderness filled with fierce animals, raging rivers,... Read more

Telephone of the Tree

By: Alison McGhee
Narrated by: Sara Matsui-Colby
Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

An unforgettable story of grief and the support of community as a young girl, faced with aching loss, begins to understand that what we love will always be with us.

Ayla and her best friend Kiri have always been tree people. They each have their own special tree, and neighbors and family know that they are most likely to be found within the... Read more

The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science

The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science: Book #1

By: Kate McKinnon
Narrated by: Kate McKinnon & Emily Lynne
Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

“Do yourself a favor and listen to this one on your next family road trip. Kate McKinnon knocks it out of the park!! Read more

Splinter & Ash

Splinter & Ash: Book #1

By: Marieke Nijkamp
Narrated by: Vico Ortiz
Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

“Sword fighting, feminism, friendship, disability and nonbinary rep…what’s not to love???? Read more

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

(A Newbery Honor Book)

By: Chanel Miller
Narrated by: Chanel Miller
Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

A Newbery Honor book and instant New York Times, USA Today, and indie bestseller!

Award-winning author and artist Chanel Miller tells a fun, funny, and poignant story of friendship and community starring Magnolia Wu, a ten-year-old sock detective bent on returning all the lonely only socks left behind in her parents' NYC laundromat.

Down at the... Read more

Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody

Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody: Book #1

By: Patrick Ness
Narrated by: Robert G. Slade
Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

When Zeke and his friends become Hall Monitors, they have no idea what they’re in for. Especially when Pelicarnassus – school bully and wannabe supervillain – develops a grudge that gets wildly out of hand … Can they save their school – and maybe the world – from being destroyed by a megalomaniac pelican? A hilarious new school comedy from... Read more