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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):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Message Through Time<\/a><\/em> by Anna Ciddor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global<\/em> <\/a>written by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin and illustrated by Giovanni Rigano<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunshine on Vinegar Street<\/em> <\/a>by Karen Comer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Unlikely Heroes Club<\/em> by Kate Foster<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sea Glass<\/a><\/em> by Rebecca Fraser<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Custodians: Wylah the Koorie Warrior 2<\/em> by Jordan Gould and Richard Pritchard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Queenie in Seven Moves<\/a><\/em> by Zanni Louise<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honey and the Valley of Horses<\/a><\/em> by Wendy Orr<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet Me at the Moon Tree<\/a><\/em> by Shivaun Plozza<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The First Summer of Callie McGee by A.L. Tait<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pearly and Pig and the Lost City of Mu Savan<\/a><\/em> by Sue Whiting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scout and the Rescue Dogs<\/a><\/em> by Dianne Wolfer with illustrations by Tony Flowers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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