The following list suggests titles that might be interesting for Middle School Students. The grade levels are merely guidelines, please feel free to choose the books that interest you the most.

6th Grade

All Alone in the Universe - Perkins, Lynne Rae
Debbie is dismayed when her best friend Maureen starts spending time with ordinary, boring Glenna.

Crossing the Wire - Hobbs, Will.
Fifteen-year-old Victor Flores journeys north in a desperate attempt to cross the Arizona border and find work in the United States to support his family in central Mexico.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley’s Journal – Kinney, Jeff
Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship. Sequel: Diary of a wimpy kid: Rodrick rules

Escape from Saigon: how a Vietnam War orphan became an American boy - Warren, Andrea
Chronicles the experiences of an orphaned Amerasian boy from his birth and early childhood in Saigon through his departure from Vietnam in the 1975 Operation Babylift and his subsequent life as the adopted son of an American family in Ohio.

Escape!: the story of the great Houdini - Fleischman, Sid
A biography of the magician, ghost chaser, aviator, and king of escape artists whose amazing feats are remembered long after his death in 1926.

Peter and the Starcatchers - Barry, Dave
Peter, an orphan boy, and his friend Molly fight off thieves and pirates in order to keep the secret safe away from the diabolical Black Stache and his evil associate Mister Grin.

The Revealers - Wilhelm, Doug
Tired of being bullied and picked on, three seventh-grade outcasts join forces and, using scientific methods and the power of the Internet, begin to create a new atmosphere at Parkland Middle School.

7th Grade

Black Duck - Lisle, Janet Taylor
Years afterwards, Ruben Hart tells the story of how, in 1929 Newport, Rhode Island, his family and his best friend's family were caught up in the violent competition among groups trying to control the local rum-smuggling trade.

Confessions of a Closet Catholic - Littman, Sarah
Justine Silver, a teenaged middle child, questions her faith when her best friend, Mary Catherine McAllister gives up chocolate for Lent, but when her grandmother suffers a stroke, Jussy has to face her relationship with religion.

Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pies - Sonnenblick, Jordan
When his younger brother is diagnosed with leukemia, thirteen-year-old Steven tries to deal with his complicated emotions, his school life, and his desire to support his family.
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Left for Dead: a young man's search for justice for the USS Indianapolis - Nelson, Peter
Recalls the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis at the end of World War II, the Navy cover-up and unfair court martial of the ship's captain, and how a young boy helped the survivors set the record straight fifty-five years later.

Letters from Wolfie - Sherlock, Patti
Certain that he is doing the right thing by donating his dog, Wolfie, to the Army's scout program in Vietnam, thirteen-year-old Mark begins to have second thoughts when the Army refuses to say when and if Wolfie will ever return.

The Story of My Life: an Afghan girl on the other side of the sky - Ahmedi, Farah
Farah Ahmedi, the victim of a land mine when she was just twelve years old, tells about her childhood in Afghanistan, a country trapped in war her entire life, and discusses the challenges she has faced as a result of losing her leg, and in trying to adapt to living in the United States.

Stuck in Neutral - Trueman, Terry
Fourteen-year-old Shawn McDaniel, who suffers from severe cerebral palsy and cannot function, relates his perceptions of his life, his family, and his condition, especially as he believes his father is planning to kill him.

8th Grade

Breathe: A Ghost Story – McNish, Cliff
When he and his mother move into an old farmhouse in the English countryside, asthmatic, twelve-year-old Jack discovers that he can communicate with the ghosts inhabiting the house and inadvertently establishes a relationship with a tormented, malevolent spirit that threatens to destroy both his mother and himself.

Diva - Flinn, Alex
Despite her mother's objections, sixteen-year-old Caitlin is determined to pursue her dream of becoming an opera singer by attending a performing arts school in Miami.

Life As We Knew It - Pfeffer, Susan Beth
Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.

Lush – Friend, Natasha
Unable to cope with her father's alcoholism, thirteen-year-old Sam corresponds with an older student, sharing her family problems and asking for advice.

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment - Patterson, James
After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the “birdkids,” who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.

The Schwa Was Here - Shusterman, Neal
A Brooklyn eighth-grader nicknamed Antsy befriends the Schwa, an "invisible-ish" boy who is tired of blending into his surroundings and going unnoticed by nearly everyone.

Travel Team – Lupica, Mike
After he is cut from his travel basketball team--the very same team that his father once led to national prominence--twelve-year-old Danny Walker forms his own team of cast-offs that might have a shot at victory.