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Recommended Kids-Middle Grade Chapter Books & Graphic Novels

Check out our recommendations below, divided out by category for your convenience.


The content and reading level of books in this category vary from ages 6-13. Be sure to check the book description, details from the publisher, and reviews to determine if the content is suitable for your child.

Categories

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Physical Disability/Mobility Aid

Limb difference / Prosthetic

Sensory Differences / Autism

Deaf / Hard of Hearing

ADHD

Blind / Low Vision

Learning Disabilities

Rare or Genetic Conditions

Medical Conditions

Mental Health / Emotional Health

Family Member with Disability / Medical Condition

General

Series

Picture Books for Older Children

Physical Disability / Mobility Aid

Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
Zac's Mighty Wheels and the Giant Problem by Andrea Kurth and Owen Kurth
Roll With It by Jamie Sumner
Out of My Heart by Sharon M. Draper
Out of My Dreams by Sharon M. Draper

Limb difference / Prosthetic

Aven Green Sleuthing Machine by Dusti Bowling
Her Own Two Feet by Meredith Davis and Rebeka Uwitonze
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Born Just Right by Jordan Reeves & Jen Lee Reeves
Aven Green Soccer Machine by Dusti Bowling
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Aven Green Baking Machine by Dusti Bowling

Sensory Differences / Autism

Goldie Bird by Patty Ihm
The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
Moojag and the Auticode Secret by N.E. McMorran
Being Autistic and What that Actually Means by Niamh Garvey
Red the Dragon by Carole G. Barton
When Stars are Scattered by VIctoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
The Friendship Adventure by Carole G. Barton
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Just Under the Clouds by Melissa Sarno
JJ and Frijolito by Victoria Cepeda
Planet Earth is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos
Ido in Autismland by Ido Kedar
Rain Reign Ann M. Martin
Tune it Out by Jamie Sumner
Andy's Awesome Adventure by Sammi Bland-Kanes
Morris Flip Sound Machine by Liz Cooper

Deaf / Hard of Hearing

Hear Me by Kerry O'Malley Cerra
Not Lucille by Mike Steele
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly
Make a Little Wave by Kerry O'Malley Cerra

ADHD

Not Lucille by Mike Steele
Focused by Alyson Gerber
This is Not the Abby Show by Debbie Reed Fischer
Get Ready for Jetty: My Journal About ADHD and Me by Jeanne Kraus

Blind / Low Vision

Mitzi Mufflin Principal for a Day by Liz Cooper
Little Town on the Prairie

Learning Disabilities

Discovering My Dyslexia Superpowers by Megan Nicolas
Hacking the Code: The Ziggety Zaggety Road of a D-Kid by Gea Meijering
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Rare or Genetic Conditions

Dancing in the Storm by Amie Darnell Specht and Shannon Hitchcock
What Fun is A Quest Alone? by Kathryn South
Ugly by Robert Hoge
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd

Medical Conditions

The Truth About Stacey by Raina Telgemeier
Accidental Demons by Clare Edge

Mental Health / Emotional Health

Where the Watermelons Grow by Cindy Baldwin
Louie and the Dictator by Lisa Bournelis
Kloe's New Start by K.M. Selvidge

Family Member with Disability / Medical Condition

Super Jake & The King of Chaos by Naomi Milliner
So B. It by Sarah Weeks

General

Amulet of Scion by J.T. Grobler
The Journeys of Gershom & Jasmine by Jessica Fortenberry
Gershom & Jasmine: Finding Home by Jessica Fortenberry

Series

Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan

Picture Books for Older Children

Three Best Friends by Robbin Miller
Represent: Volume 1 by Rosalie Mastaler and Hunter Mastaler

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