The following books are my favourite middle grade reads of 2023. Please click on the titles below that are hyperlinked to see my review which I shared on the Reading Opens Doors blog (some titles I still have to write a review for and will update this post to ensure all books included in this collection are linked to my reviews):
A Message Through Time by Anna Ciddor
Global written by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin and illustrated by Giovanni Rigano
Sunshine on Vinegar Street by Karen Comer
The Unlikely Heroes Club by Kate Foster
Sea Glass by Rebecca Fraser
Custodians: Wylah the Koorie Warrior 2 by Jordan Gould and Richard Pritchard
Queenie in Seven Moves by Zanni Louise
Honey and the Valley of Horses by Wendy Orr
Meet Me at the Moon Tree by Shivaun Plozza
The First Summer of Callie McGee by A.L. Tait
Pearly and Pig and the Lost City of Mu Savan by Sue Whiting
Scout and the Rescue Dogs by Dianne Wolfer with illustrations by Tony Flowers