6-8 Grade Book List Summaries

This New York Times Bestseller features a heroic girl named Minni who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone. 

This book follows the events of the LA Riots through the eyes of 12-year-old Jordan as he navigates school and family. 

A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Will their friendship and support for each other be enough to keep these two boys from falling short? 

This book captures life on the U.S. homefront during World War II, of a family reeling from loss and the chilling yet hopeful voyage of fighting for what matters. 

Sue would rather do anything other than celebrate her quinceañera. She’d rather spend the summer reading and making comics at sleepaway camp with her friends. 

The story of a family of runaways who take up residence in a small town, and the outcast boy who finds his voice and his people 

Fire. Ice. Flood. Three climate disasters. 

Four kids fighting for their lives.

Thanks to her friend, Mallory knows the rules of middle school. The most important one? You have to fit in to survive. But then Jennifer Chan moves in across the street, and that rule doesn’t seem to apply. 

When Mac first opens his classroom book and finds words blacked out, he thinks it must be a mistake. But then when he discovers what the missing words are, he's outraged. Someone in his school is trying to prevent kids from reading the full story. 

The story of five friends who need to stick together after they set up a hideout in an abandoned bomb shelter and discover that the only way to be true friends is to reveal their secrets and help each other out. 

A historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom. 

The story of an eleven-year-old Black boy determined to stand up for his rights, who's pulled into the action of the 1963 civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama. 

It's Maine, 1924, and the Ku Klux Klan is on the rise. Davy and Jo have been recently orphaned, taken in by a distant relative. When they cross paths with the Klan, they get tangled up in a terrible revenge plan, and held as hostages. Can they escape with their lives? 

Twelve year-old Maizy discovers her family’s Chinese restaurant is full of secrets in this irresistible novel that celebrates food, fortune, and family.