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Book Riot's 20 YA Books for Middle Grade Readers

"YA gets all the flash in children's books. The movie deals, the big name authors, booktube coverage…it can feel like the children's books that everyone is reading are only the YA books. And kids like to read up about what kids older than them are doing. School Library Journal runs a series called "Adult books for teens." I'm taking that idea down a level: "YA books for elementary kids."
So if you are or know any 4th graders who can confidently read well above their grade level, but emotionally fall on the "young" rather than "adult" side of young adult, this list is for you!"
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The Agency Series (Ying S. Lee)
The Agency Series
1
Ying S. Lee
The Lunar Chronicles (Marissa Meyer)
The Lunar Chronicles
2
Marissa Meyer
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (Jenny Han)
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
3
Jenny Han
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Becky Albertalli)
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
4
Becky Albertalli
American Panda (Gloria Chao)
American Panda
5
Gloria Chao
The Scorpio Races (Maggie Stiefvater)
The Scorpio Races
6
Maggie Stiefvater
The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
7
S. E. Hinton
Akata Witch (Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu)
Akata Witch
8
Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
Jackaby (William Ritter)
Jackaby
9
William Ritter
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Catherynne M. Valente)
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
10
Catherynne M. Valente
Feral Nights (Cynthia Leitich Smith)
Feral Nights
11
Cynthia Leitich Smith
Pride (Ibi Zoboi)
Pride
12
Ibi Zoboi
Born Wicked (Jessica Spotswood)
Born Wicked
13
Jessica Spotswood
When Dimple Met Rishi (Sandhya Menon)
When Dimple Met Rishi
14
Sandhya Menon
Etiquette & Espionage (Gail Carriger)
Etiquette & Espionage
15
Gail Carriger
Legend (Marie Lu)
Legend
16
Marie Lu
Geekerella (Ashley Poston)
Geekerella
17
Ashley Poston
Shadowshaper (Daniel Jose Older)
Shadowshaper
18
Daniel Jose Older
The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Rae Carson)
The Girl of Fire and Thorns
19
Rae Carson
The Girl From Everywhere (Heidi Heilig)
The Girl From Everywhere
20
Heidi Heilig
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