
The following books are my favourite middle grade reads of 2024. 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):
The Kindness Project by Deborah Abela
Thunderhead by Sophie Beer
Losing the Plot by Annaleise Byrd
Leo and Ralph by Peter Carnavas
Legend of the Lighthouse Moon by Helen Edwards
Wurrtoo The Wombat Who Fell in Love with the Sky by Tylissa Elisara and illustrated by Dylan Finney
How to Break a World Record and Survive Grade Five by Carla Fitzgerald
A Small Collection of Happiness by Zana Fraillon, with illustrations by Stephen Michael King
Outlaw Girls by Emily Gale and Nova Weetman
Small Acts by Kate Gordon and Kate Foster
Cora Seen and Heard by Zanni Louise
The Apprentice Witnesser by Bren MacDibble
Laughter is the Best Ending by Maryam Master and illustrated by Astred Hicks
All the Beautiful Things by Katrina Nannestad
Summer of Shipwrecks by Shivaun Plozza
The Midwatch by Judith Rossell