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

The Kindness Project<\/a> <\/em>by Deborah Abela<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thunderhead<\/a> <\/em>by Sophie Beer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Losing the Plot<\/a> <\/em>by Annaleise Byrd<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leo and Ralph<\/a><\/em> by Peter Carnavas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legend of the Lighthouse Moon<\/em> by Helen Edwards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wurrtoo The Wombat Who Fell in Love with the Sky<\/a><\/em> <\/em>by Tylissa Elisara and illustrated by Dylan Finney<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Break a World Record and Survive Grade Five<\/a><\/em> by Carla Fitzgerald<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Small Collection of Happiness<\/a><\/em> by Zana Fraillon, with illustrations by Stephen Michael King<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outlaw Girls<\/a><\/em> by Emily Gale and Nova Weetman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Small Acts<\/a><\/em> by Kate Gordon and Kate Foster<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cora Seen and Heard<\/a><\/em> by Zanni Louise<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Apprentice Witnesser<\/a><\/em> by Bren MacDibble<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laughter is the Best Ending by Maryam Master and illustrated by Astred Hicks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the Beautiful Things by Katrina Nannestad<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer of Shipwrecks<\/a><\/em> by Shivaun Plozza<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Midwatch<\/em> by Judith Rossell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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