Favorite 2017 Middle Grade

The coming of the end of a calendar year always surprises me for some reason.  It comes too quickly and with the holidays everything seems so rushed.  I'm always happy to slow down and reflect on the year.  It's always fun to look back on the reading year and reminisce about your favorites!  Here are some of the books I enjoyed this past year.  As I make the lists, I keep noticing books I left off because I forgot to write them down somewhere.  So this may not be a comprehensive list!  They may or may not have been published in the United States.  They may or may not have been published in 2017.  But they were all enjoyed!  Today I'm celebrating some of my favorite middle grade reads.


Bubbles
by Abby Cooper


Amina's Voice
by Hena Khan


The Ethan I Was Before
by Ali Standish


Braced
by Alyson Gerber


Cilla Lee-Jenkins Future Author Extraordinaire
by Susan Tan


Georgia Rules
by Nanci Turner Steveson


14 Hollow Road
by Jenn Bishop


Halfway Normal
by Barbara Dee


The Explorer
by Katherine Rundell


Walking With Miss Millie
by Tamara Bundy


Wishtree
by Katherine Applegate


Tumble and Blue
by Cassie Beasley


Patina
by Jason Reynolds


Spirit Hunters
by Ellen Oh


The Countdown Conspiracy
by Katie Slivensky


The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street
by Lindsay Currie


Refugee
by Alan Gratz


Things That Surprise You
by Jennifer Maschari


Forget Me Not
by Ellie Terry


Gamer Squad: Attack of the Not-S0-Virtual Monsters
by Kim Harrington


The Unlikely Story of a Pig in the City 
by Jodi Kendall


The Losers Club
by Andrew Clements


The First Rule of Punk
by Celia Perez


Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
by Dusti Bowling


Posted
by John David Anderson


Cyclone
by Doreen Cronin


The Way to BEA
by Kat Yeh


Greetings From Witness Protection
by Jake Burt


EngiNerds
by Jarrett Lerner


and don't miss in 2018:


Smart Cookie
by Elly Swartz
1.30.18


Wizardmatch
by Lauren Magaziner
3.06.18


The Problim Children
by Natalie Lloyd
1.30.18


Aru Shah and the End of Time
by Roshani Chokshi
3.27.18


Love Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble
by Anna Meriano
1.02.18


Checked
by Cynthia Kadohata
2.06.18


Fenway and Hattie: Up to New Tricks
by Victoria Coe
1.02.18


What were your favorite middle grade reads?  There were some great books this year, and as you can see, even more in 2018!

Did you catch my other favorites posts?
Favorite 2017 early readers/early chapter books/transitional chapter books
Favorite 2017 nonfiction picture books
Favorite 2017 picture books 


See you next week when I look ahead to all of the books I am looking forward to in 2018!