# Audie Award for Middle Grade Title

The Audie Award for Middle Grade Title is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for a middle-grade audiobook intended for children ages 8 to 12 released in a given year. From 2009 to 2015 it was given as the Audie Award for Children's Title for Ages Eight to Twelve, in 2009 it was given as the Audie Award for Children's Title for Ages Eight to Eleven, from 2001 to 2009 it was given as the more expansive Audie Award for Children's Title for Ages Eight and Up, and before 2001 it was given as the more expansive Audie Award for Children's Title. It has been awarded since 1996.

## Winners and finalists

Winners are listed first and highlighted in green.

### 1990s

| Year | Title | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher |
| 1996 1st | Jumanji (1981) | Chris Van Allsburg | Robin Williams | Houghton Mifflin |
| 1996 1st | Octopus Lady and Crow (1994) | Johnny Moses | Johnny Moses | Parabola Audio Library |
| 1996 1st | Toy Story Read-Along (1995) | Walt Disney Productions | Full cast | Walt Disney Records |
| 1997 2nd | Babe, the Sheep-Pig (1983) | Dick King-Smith | Stephen Thorne | HighBridge Audio |
| 1997 2nd | Stellaluna (1993) | Janell Cannon | David Holt | High Windy Audio |
| 1997 2nd | The Golden Compass (1995) | Philip Pullman | Natasha Richardson | Random House Audio |
| 1998 3rd | Redwall, Mossflower, and Mattimeo (1986–1989) | Brian Jacques | Full cast | Random House Audio |
| 1998 3rd | Hank the Cowdog: The Case of the Vampire Vacuum Sweeper (1997) | John R. Erickson | John R. Erickson | Gulf Publishing Company |
| 1998 3rd | The Amber Brown Collection (1994–1997) | Paula Danziger | Alicia Witt | Listening Library |
| 1999 4th | Lily's Crossing (1997) | Patricia Reilly Giff | Mia Dillon | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio |
| 1999 4th | Saving Shiloh (1997) | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | Henry Leyva | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio |
| 1999 4th | The Firework-Maker's Daughter (1995) | Philip Pullman | Nigel Lambert | Chivers North America |

### 2000s

| Year | Title | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher |
| 2000 5th | The Golden Compass (1995) | Philip Pullman | Full cast | Random House Audio |
| 2000 5th | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (1997) | J. K. Rowling | Jim Dale | Listening Library/Random House |
| 2000 5th | Shakespeare Without the Boring Bits (1994) | Humphrey Carpenter | Carole Boyd | Chivers North America |
| 2001 6th | The Subtle Knife (1997) | Philip Pullman | Full cast | Random House Audio |
| 2001 6th | Bud, Not Buddy (1999) | Christopher Paul Curtis | James Avery | Random House Audio |
| 2001 6th | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000) | J. K. Rowling | Jim Dale | Listening Library/Random House |
| 2002 7th | The Amber Spyglass (2000) | Philip Pullman | Philip Pullman and a full cast | Listening Library |
| 2002 7th | The Magician's Nephew (1955) | C. S. Lewis | Kenneth Branagh | HarperAudio |
| 2002 7th | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943) | Betty Smith | Kate Burton | HarperAudio |
| 2003 8th | Troy (2000) | Adèle Geras | Miriam Margolyes | Listening Library |
| 2003 8th | A Single Shard (2002) | Linda Sue Park | Graeme Malcolm | Listening Library |
| 2003 8th | Coraline (2002) | Neil Gaiman | Neil Gaiman | HarperAudio |
| 2003 8th | Summerland (2002) | Michael Chabon | Michael Chabon | HighBridge Audio |
| 2003 8th | Time Stops for No Mouse (1999) | Michael Hoeye | Campbell Scott | Listening Library |
| 2004 9th | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003) | J. K. Rowling | Jim Dale | Random House Audio |
| 2004 9th | A Corner of the Universe (2002) | Ann M. Martin | Judith Ivey | Listening Library |
| 2004 9th | Dear Mr. President: Letters from a Slave Girl (2001) | Andrea Davis Pinkney | George Guidall, SiSi Aisha Johnson, and Tom Stechshult | Live Oak Media |
| 2004 9th | Inkheart (2003) | Cornelia Funke | Lynn Redgrave | Random House Audio |
| 2004 9th | The Misfits (2001) | James Howe | Spencer Murphy and the Full Cast Family | Full Cast Audio |
| 2005 10th | Peter and the Starcatchers (2004) | Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson | Jim Dale | Brilliance Audio |
| 2005 10th | The Chronicles of Narnia (1950–1956) | C. S. Lewis | Kenneth Branagh | HarperAudio |
| 2005 10th | Dragon Rider (1997) | Cornelia Funke | Brendan Fraser | Random House Audio |
| 2005 10th | The Grim Grotto (2004) | Lemony Snicket | Tim Curry | HarperAudio |
| 2005 10th | Keesha's House (2003) | Helen Frost | Full cast | Recorded Books |
| 2006 11th | The Star of Kazan (2004) | Eva Ibbotson | Patricia Connolly | Recorded Books |
| 2006 11th | Disney After Dark (2005) | Ridley Pearson | Gary Littman | Brilliance Audio |
| 2006 11th | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005) | J. K. Rowling | Jim Dale | Random House Audio |
| 2006 11th | Once (2005) | Morris Gleitzman | Morris Gleitzman | Bolinda Audio |
| 2006 11th | The Penultimate Peril (2005) | Lemony Snicket | Tim Curry | HarperAudio |
| 2006 11th | While I Live (2003) | John Marsden | Suzi Doughterty | Bolinda Audio |
| 2007 12th | Listening for Lions (2005) | Gloria Whelan | Bianca Amato | Recorded Books |
| 2007 12th | Behind the Curtain (2006) | Peter Abrahams | Colleen Delaney | Harper Children's Audio |
| 2007 12th | The End (2006) | Lemony Snicket | Tim Curry | Harper Children's Audio |
| 2007 12th | Jumping the Scratch (2006) | Sarah Weeks | Stephen Spinella | Harper Children's Audio |
| 2007 12th | Two Weeks with the Queen (1990) | Morris Gleitzman | Morris Gleitzman | Bolinda Audio |
| 2008 13th | Clementine (2006) | Sara Pennypacker | Jessica Almasy | Recorded Books |
| 2008 13th | The Great Christmas Kidnapping Caper (1975) | Jean Van Leeuwen | Daniel Bostick | Full Cast Audio |
| 2008 13th | Rosa (2007) | Nikki Giovanni | Nikki Giovanni | Weston Woods |
| 2008 13th | Skulduggery Pleasant (2007) | Derek Landy | Rupert Degas | HarperAudio |
| 2008 13th | The Wednesday Wars (2007) | Gary D. Schmidt | Joel Johnstone | Scholastic Audio |
| 2009 14th | The Graveyard Book (2008) | Neil Gaiman | Neil Gaiman | HarperAudio |
| 2009 14th | Fairest (2006) | Gail Carson Levine | Sarah Naughton | Full Cast Audio |
| 2009 14th | Nation (2008) | Terry Pratchett | Stephen Briggs | HarperAudio |
| 2009 14th | One-Handed Catch (2006) | Mary Jane Auch | Ryan Sparkes | Full Cast Audio |
| 2009 14th | The Cricket in Times Square (1960) | George Selden | Tony Shalhoub | Macmillan Audio |

### 2010s

| Year | Title | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher |
| 2010 15th | Operation Yes (2009) | Sara Lewis Holmes | Jessica Almasy | Audible |
| 2010 15th | A Season of Gifts (2009) | Richard Peck | Ron McLarty | Listening Library |
| 2010 15th | Lawn Boy (2007) | Gary Paulsen | Tom Parks | Brilliance Audio |
| 2010 15th | The Midnight Charter (2009) | David Whitley | Simon Vance | Macmillan Audio |
| 2010 15th | Timothy and the Dragon's Gate (2008) | Adrienne Kress | Christopher Lane | Brilliance Audio |
| 2011 16th | The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (2009) | Jacqueline Kelly | Natalie Ross | Brilliance Audio |
| 2011 16th | The Magician's Elephant (2009) | Kate DiCamillo | Juliet Stevenson | Brilliance Audio |
| 2011 16th | Nanny McPhee Returns (2010) | Emma Thompson | Emma Thompson | Macmillan Audio |
| 2011 16th | Alchemy and Meggy Swann (2010) | Karen Cushman | Katherine Kellgren | Random House Audio |
| 2011 16th | One Crazy Summer (2010) | Rita Williams-Garcia | SiSi Aisha Johnson | Recorded Books |
| 2012 17th | Heart and Soul (2011) | Kadir Nelson | Debbie Allen | HarperAudio |
| 2012 17th | Countdown (2010) | Deborah Wiles | Emma Galvin | Listening Library |
| 2012 17th | The Flint Heart (2011) | Katherine Paterson and John Paterson | Ralph Lister | Brilliance Audio / Candlewick |
| 2012 17th | The Hidden Gallery (2011) | Maryrose Wood | Katherine Kellgren | HarperAudio / Books on Tape |
| 2012 17th | A Tale Dark and Grimm (2010) | Adam Gidwitz | Johnny Heller | Recorded Books |
| 2012 17th | When I Grow Up (2011) | Al Yankovic | Al Yankovic | HarperAudio |
| 2013 18th | Same Sun Here (2012) | Silas House and Neela Vaswani | Silas House and Neela Vaswani | Brilliance Audio |
| 2013 18th | The Cheshire Cheese Cat (2011) | Carmen Agra Deedy and Randall Wright | Katherine Kellgren and Robin Sachs | Listening Library |
| 2013 18th | The Freedom Maze (2011) | Delia Sherman | Robin Miles | Listening Library |
| 2013 18th | Splendors and Glooms (2012) | Laura Amy Schlitz | Davina Porter | Recorded Books |
| 2013 18th | Wonder (2012) | R. J. Palacio | Diana Steele, Nick Podehl, and Kate Rudd | Brilliance Audio |
| 2014 19th | Matilda (1988) | Roald Dahl | Kate Winslet | Penguin Audio |
| 2014 19th | A Long Walk to Water (2010) | Linda Sue Park | David Baker and Cynthia Bishop | Full Cast Audio |
| 2014 19th | Magic Marks the Spot (2013) | Caroline Carlson | Katherine Kellgren | HarperAudio |
| 2014 19th | Sugar (2014) | Jewell Parker Rhodes | Bahni Turpin | Brilliance Audio |
| 2014 19th | The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp (2013) | Kathi Appelt | Lyle Lovett | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| 2015 20th | The Graveyard Book (2008) | Neil Gaiman | Neil Gaiman, Derek Jacobi, Robert Madge, Clare Corbett, Miriam Margolyes, Andrew Scott, Julian Rhind-Tutt, and a full cast | HarperAudio |
| 2015 20th | The Hero's Guide to Being an Outlaw (2012) | Christopher Healy | Bronson Pinchot | HarperAudio |
| 2015 20th | How to Catch a Bogle (2013) | Catherine Jinks | Mandy Williams | Listening Library |
| 2015 20th | A Snicker of Magic (2014) | Natalie Lloyd | Cassandra Morris | Scholastic Audio |
| 2015 20th | Unstoppable Octobia May (2014) | Sharon G. Flake | Bahni Turpin | Scholastic Audio |
| 2016 21st | Echo (2015) | Pam Muñoz Ryan | Mark Bramhall, David de Vries, MacLeod Andrews, and Rebecca Soler | Scholastic Audio |
| 2016 21st | Diary of a Mad Brownie (2015) | Bruce Coville | Euan Morton, Nancy O'Connor, Amanda Carlin, Scott Sherratt, and a full cast | Listening Library / Penguin Random House Audio |
| 2016 21st | The Unmapped Sea (2015) | Maryrose Wood | Katherine Kellgren | HarperAudio |
| 2016 21st | Jump Back, Paul (2015) | Sally Derby | Dion Graham and Bahni Turpin | Brilliance Audio |
| 2016 21st | Stella by Starlight (2015) | Sharon Draper | Heather Alicia Simms | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| 2017 22nd | How to Fight a Dragon's Fury (2015) | Cressida Cowell | David Tennant | Hachette Audio |
| 2017 22nd | All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook (2016) | Leslie Connor | Michael Crouch and Kathleen McInerney | HarperAudio |
| 2017 22nd | Demon Dentist (2013) | David Walliams | David Walliams, Jocelyn Jee Esien, and Nitin Ganatra | HarperAudio |
| 2017 22nd | Hatched (2016) | Bruce Coville | Full cast | Listening Library |
| 2017 22nd | The Inquisitor's Tale (2016) | Adam Gidwitz | Adam Gidwitz and a full cast | Listening Library |
| 2018 23rd | See You in the Cosmos (2017) | Jack Cheng | Kivlighan de Montabello, Brittany Pressley, Michael Crouch, and a full cast | Listening Library |
| 2018 23rd | The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora (2017) | Pablo Cartaya | Pablo Cartaya | Listening Library |
| 2018 23rd | Patina (2017) | Jason Reynolds | Heather Alicia Simms | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| 2018 23rd | Refugee (2017) | Alan Gratz | Michael Goldstrom, Kyla Garcia, and Assaf Cohen | Scholastic Audio |
| 2018 23rd | Wedgie & Gizmo (2017) | Suzanne Selfors | Johnny Heller and Maxwell Glick | HarperAudio |
| 2019 24th | Sunny (2018) | Jason Reynolds | Guy Lockard | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| 2019 24th | Finding Langston (2018) | Lesa Cline-Ransome | Dion Graham | Dreamscape |
| 2019 24th | Grenade (2018) | Alan Gratz | Todd Haberkorn and Andrew Eiden | Scholastic Audio |
| 2019 24th | The Long-Lost Home (2017) | Maryrose Wood | Fiona Hardingham | HarperAudio |
| 2019 24th | Louisiana's Way Home (2018) | Kate DiCamillo | Cassandra Morris | Penguin Random House Audio |
| 2019 24th | The Secret of the Nightingale Wood (2016) | Lucy Strange | Lucy Strange | Scholastic Audio |

### 2020s

| Year | Title | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher |
| 2020 25th | Charlotte's Web (1952) | E. B. White | Meryl Streep and a full cast | Penguin Random House Audio |
| 2020 25th | New Kid (2020) | Jerry Craft | Jerry Craft, Jesús del Ordén, Nile Bullock, Robin Miles, Guy Lockard, Peyton Lusk, Rebecca Soler, Dan Bittner, Phoebe Strole, Marc Thompson, Miles Harvey, and Ron Butler | HarperAudio |
| 2020 25th | Our Castle by the Sea (2019) | Lucy Strange | Lucy Strange | Scholastic Audio |
| 2020 25th | Roller Girl (2015) | Victoria Jamieson | Almarie Guerra and a full cast | Penguin Random House Audio |
| 2020 25th | The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (2019) | Dan Gemeinhart | Khristine Hvam | Macmillan Audio |
| 2021 26th | The Good Hawk (2020) | Joseph Elliott | Gary Furlong and Fiona Hardingham | Brilliance Audio |
| 2021 26th | Genesis Begins Again (2019) | Alicia D. Williams | Alicia D. Williams | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| 2021 26th | King and the Dragonflies (2020) | Kacen Callender | Ron Butler | Scholastic Audio |
| 2021 26th | Say Her Name (2020) | Zetta Elliott | Channie Waites | Recorded Books |
| 2021 26th | Shuri (2020) | Nic Stone | Anika Noni Rose | Scholastic Audio |
| 2021 26th | We Dream of Space (2020) | Erin Entrada Kelly | Ramon de Ocampo | HarperAudio |
| 2022 27th | Playing the Cards You're Dealt | Varian Johnson | Dion Graham | Scholastic Audio |
| 2022 27th | Class Act | Jerry Craft | Nile Bullock, Jesus Del Orden, Guy Lockard, Marc Thompson, Peyton Lusk, Rebecca Soler, Dan Bittner, January LaVoy, Phoebe Strole, Jordan Cobb, A.J. Beckles, Robin Miles, Ron Butler, Miles Harvey, Kim Mai Guest, Kyla Garcia, and Soneela Nankani | HarperAudio |
| 2022 27th | Frankie & Bug | Gayle Forman | Stockard Channing | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| 2022 27th | Stamped (for Kids) (2021) | Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds, adapted by Sonja Cherry-Paul | Pe'Tehn Raighn-Kem Jackson | Hachette Audio |
| 2022 27th | Temple Alley Summer | Sachiko Kashiwaba with Avery Fischer Udagawa (translator) | Traci Kato-Kiriyama | Yonder: Restless Books for Young Readers |
| 2023 28th | Stuntboy, In the Meantime | Jason Reynolds | Guy Lockard, Nile Bullock, Angel Pean, James Fouhey, Soneela Nankani, Leon Nixon, Chanté McCormick, Lamarr Gulley, and DePre Owens | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| 2023 28th | Coraline (2002) | Neil Gaiman | Julian Rhind-Tutt, Pixie Davies, Katherine Kingsley, Julian Clary, Jacqueline Boatswain, Kevin McNally, Adjoa Andoh, Adrian Schiller, Heather Nicol, William Parker, and Nicole Davis | HarperAudio |
| 2023 28th | The Door of No Return | Kwame Alexander | Kobna Holdbrook-Smith | Hachette Audio |
| 2023 28th | The Last Mapmaker | Christina Soontornvat | Sura Siu | OrangeSky Audio |
| 2023 28th | The Ogress and the Orphans (2022) | Kelly Barnhill | Suzanne Toren | Hachette Audio |
| 2024 29th | What Happened to Rachel Riley? | Claire Swinarski | Ferdelle Capistrano, Alexandra Hunter, and a full cast | HarperAudio |
| 2024 29th | Big Tree | Brian Selznick | Meryl Streep | Scholastic Audio |
| 2024 29th | Elf Dog and Owl Head | M. T. Anderson | Pete Cross | Dreamscape Media |
| 2024 29th | School Trip | Jerry Craft | Dereje Tarrant, Nile Bullock, and a full cast | HarperAudio |
| 2024 29th | Simon Sort of Says | Erin Bow | Will Collyer | Disney-Hyperion |
| 2025 30th | Black Star | Kwame Alexander | Angel Pean, Nile Bullock, Karen Chilton, Aaron Goodson, and Dominic Hoffman | Hachette Audio |
| 2025 30th | Louder Than Hunger | John Schu | Jeff Ebner and John Schu | Penguin Random House Audio |
| 2025 30th | One Big Open Sky | Lesa Cline-Ransome | Crystal Clarke, Janina Edwards, and Emana Rachelle | Dreamscape Media LLC |
| 2025 30th | The Secret Garden: Enhanced Edition | Frances Hodgson Burnett, adapted by Jeanne Sakata | Jonathan Charles, Shannon Cochran, and a full cast | L.A. Theatre Works |
| 2025 30th | Skandar and the Chaos Trials | A. F. Steadman | David Dawson | Simon & Schuster Audio |