Dana's Rec Room: 25 middle-reader chapter books / series
Recommended titles from children's-book expert Dana Gaskin Wenig
The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate illustrated by Patricia Castelao
The Girl Who Drank the Moon, by Kelly Barnhill
Each Tiny Spark, by Pablo Cartaya
James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl
The BFG, by Roald Dahl
Into the Wild, by Erin Hunter
Fire and Ice, by Erin Hunter
Forest of Secrets, by Erin Hunter
Comet in Moominland, by Tove Jansson
Finn Family Moomintroll (series), by Tove Jansson
Moominland Midwinter, by Tove Jansson
The River Bank (Sequel to The Wind In the Willows with female characters!), by Kij Johnson
Nancy Drew (series), by Carolyn Keene
Hello Universe, by Erin Entrada Kelly (Author) Isabel Roxas (Illustrator)
The Wrinkle in Time Quintet, by Madeleine L’Engle
Show Me a Sign, by Ann Clare LeZotte
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, by Grace Lin, MD
The Poet’s Dog, by Patricia MacLachlan
Wildwood, by Colin Meloy
The Borrowers (series), by Mary Norton
Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert C. O’Brien
Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling
Holes, by Louis Sachar
A Series of Unfortunate Events, by Lemony Snicket
Other Words for Home, by Jasmine Warga