Liberatory Library Master BookList: Middle Grade

In case you're looking for one book in particular, or if you're looking for all the books...here they are! And if it's included on the list, then I'm recommending it whole-heartedly.

Middle Grade & YA

brown girl dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson (5th-8th grade interest, GRL U)
Written in free verse, #OwnVoices, memoir

Stars Beneath Our Feet, by David Barclay Moore (5th-8th grade interest, GRL Z)
#OwnVoices, realistic fiction

Flying Lessons & Other Stories, ed. Ellen Oh (5th-8th grade interest, GRL U)
Collected short stories by diverse authors, #OwnVoices

One Crazy Summer, P.S. Be Eleven, Gone Crazy in Alabama, by Rita Williams-Garcia (4th-6th grade interest, GRL T)
#OwnVoices, three-book series, historical fiction

brave, awkward, crush, by Svetlana Chmakova (4th-6th grade interest, GRL U)
Graphic novels, three-book series about related characters, realistic fiction

Ghost, Patina, Sunny, Lu, by Jason Reynolds (5th-8th grade interest, GRL Y)
#OwnVoices, four-book series, realistic fiction

Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom, by Booki Vivat (4th-6th grade interest, GRL S)
#OwnVoices, graphic novel, series, realistic fiction

The Parker Inheritance, by Varian Johnson (4th-8th grade interest, estimated GRL T)
#OwnVoices, part historical fiction (through time jumps), mystery

Alvin Ho, by Lenore Look (2nd-4th grade interest, GRL Q)
#OwnVoices, realistic fiction

The Case of the Missing Museum Archives, The Case of the Haunted History Museum, by Steve Brezenoff (3rd-5th grade interest, GRL Q)
Mystery, series
*The Case of the Portrait Vandal is also part of this series, but I don't recommend it because a racist incident is handled problematically.

George, by Alex Gino (4th-7th grade interest, GRL P)
#OwnVoices (protagonist is trans, author is genderqueer), realistic fiction, LGBT characters

The Lotterys Plus One, by Emma Donoghue (4th-6th grade interest, GRL X)
Realistic fiction, currently has a sequel

Roller Girl, by Victoria Jamieson (4th-6th grade interest, GRL W)
Graphic novel

Piecing Me Together, by Renée Watson (6th-8th grade interest, GRL Z)
#OwnVoices, realistic fiction

Zoey and Sassafras: Dragons and Marshmallows by Asia Citro (2nd-4th grade interest, GRL O)
Realistic fiction, STEM themes, series

Nikki and Deja: The Newsy News Newsletter by Karen English (2nd-4th grade interest, GRL O)
#OwnVoices, realistic fiction, series

Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, by Benjamin Alire Saenz (YA)
#OwnVoices, realistic fiction, LGBT characters

Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee (5th-7th grade interest, GRL Z)
Realistic fiction, LGBT characters

Ninth Ward, by Jewel Parker Rhodes (4th-6th grade interest, GRL Q)
#OwnVoices, realistic/historical fiction (Hurricane Katrina)

The War That Saved My Life, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (5th grade interest, GRL Z)
Historical fiction, physical disability

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street, and The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden, by Karina Yan Glaser (4th-6th grade interest, GRL T)
Realistic fiction

Ana Maria Reyes Does NOT Live in a Castle, by Hilda Eunice Burgos (4th-6th grade interest, GRL V)
#OwnVoices, realistic fiction

Harbor Me, by Jacqueline Woodson (5th-7th grade interest, GRL P)
#OwnVoices in part, characters with learning disabilities

Lola Levine Meets Jelly and Bean, by Monica Brown (2nd-4th grade interest, GRL M)
#OwnVoices, realistic fiction, series

Ban This Book, by Alan Gratz (4th-6th grade interest, GRL P)
Realistic fiction