If you’re looking for a gift for the tweens in your life this holiday season, consider a book.
Here are 12 of my favorite books from 2023 for 3rd to 8th graders. It includes a mix of genres as well as formats – prose, verse, graphic novels, and highly illustrated book. Click on the cover to read a full summary and more reviews.
Not sure what kind of book your tween likes?
Here are a few tried-and-true questions that will help you get to know their preferences. Encourage them to consider all types of entertainment including TikTok, YouTube, movies, TV shows, video games, magazines, and, of course, books.
- Do you like things that are more magical or more realistic?
- Do you prefer funny things? Or things with suspense? Or full of action? Or a mix of all of these?
- Do you prefer true stories or made-up stories?
- For books specifically, do you like full-length novels, short stories, or books that mix pictures and words?
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12 of my Favorite Middle Grade Books from 2023
- The Probability of Everything by Sarah Everett
- The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt
- Hidden Truths by Elly Swartz
- Good Different by Meg Eden Kuyatt
- A Work in Progress by Jarrett Lerner
- The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh
- Enemies in the Orchard by Dana VanderLugt
- City of the Dead (City Spies #4) by James Ponti
- Forever Twelve by Stacy McAnulty
- Four Eyes by Rex Ogle
- Mex-Kid by Pedro Martín
- Big Tree by Brian Selznick
Need more book recommendations? Check out our AI-Powered Book Bot search, or visit the Bookopolis Picks lists organized by grade level and genre. Click on covers to read summaries and explore reviews written by kids, for kids.