70+ Australian Middle Grade Book Recommendations || Middle Grade March
Channel: Kid Lit Joy
Date: 2024-03-03

It’s Middle Grade March and here are are 70+ Australian middle grade/middle fiction book recommendations! @MiddleGradeMarch 

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Books Mentioned:
Evie and Rhino - Neridah McMullin
Two Sparrowhawks in a Lonely Sky - Rebecca Lim
Ming & Flo Fight for the Future - Jackie French
The Deadly Daylight - Ash Harrier
The Eerie Excavation - Ash Harrier
The Wrath of the Woolington Wyrm - Karen Foxlee
The Trouble With the Two Headed Hydra - Karen Foxlee
The Bother with the Bonkillyknock Beast - Karen Foxlee
Nevermoor - Jessica Townsend
Hollowpox - Jessica Townsend
Wundersmith - Jessica Townsend
The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone - Jaclyn Moriarty
The Slightly Alarming Tales of the Whispering Wars - Jaclyn Moriarty
The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst - Jaclyn Moriarty
The Astonishing Chronicles of Oscar From Elsewhere - Jaclyn Moriarty
The Impossible Secret of Lillian Velvet - Jaclyn Moriarty
A Girl Called Corpse - Reece Carter
The Lonely Lighthouse of Elston-Fright - Reece Carter
The Bookseller’s Apprentice - Amelia Mellor
Mars Awakens - H.M. Waugh
Mars Underground - H.M. Waugh
The Glow - Sofie Laguna and Marc McBride
The Boy Who Stepped Through Time - Anna Ciddor
A Message Through Time - Anna Ciddor
Tumbleglass - Kate Constable
The Naming of Tishkin Silk - Glenda Millard
Layla Queen of Hearts - Glenda Millard
Perry Angel’s Suitcase - Glenda Millard
All the Colours of Paradise - Glenda Millard
Plum Puddings and Paper Moons - Glenda Millard
The Tender Moments of Saffron Silk - Glenda Millard
Nell’s Festival of Crisp Winter Glories - Glenda Millard
Sea Glass - Rebecca Fraser
The Little Wave - Pip Harry
Are You There, Buddha - Pip Harry
Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon - Gabrielle Wang
Hude and Me - H. Hayak
Hude Was Here - H. Hayak
The Bone Sparrow - Zana Fraillon
No Words - Maryam Master
What About Thao? - Oliver Phommavanh
The Goodbye Year - Emily Gale
The Edge of Thirteen - Nova Weetman
Sick Bay - Nova Weetman
Sunshine On Vinegar Street - Karen Comer
How to Bee - Bren MacDibble
The Raven’s Song - Zana Fraillon and Bren MacDibble
The Way of Dog - Zana Fraillon
Sherlock Bones and the Natural History Mystery - Renee Treml
Sherlock Bones and the Sea-Creature Feature - Renee Treml
Sherlock Bones and the Art and Science Alliance - Renee Treml
Ghost Book - Remy Lai
The First Scientists - Corey Tutt
This Book Thinks Ya Deadly - Corey Tutt
Young Dark Emu - Bruce Pascoe
Black Cockatoo - Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler
Dirrarn - Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler
The Broken Rainbow - Tasma Walton and Samantha Campbell
Sister Heart - Sally Morgan
Who Am I? - Anita Heiss
Our Race For Reconciliation - Anita Heiss
Wolf Girl series - Anh Doh
Rise of the Mythix series - Anh Doh
Sky Dragon series - Anh Doh
The Year the Maps Changed - Danielle Binks
Minutes of Mystery series - Jack Heath
Minutes of Danger series - Jack Heath
The Relic of the Blue Dragon - Rebecca Lim
The Race for the Red Dragon - Rebecca Lim
A Different Boy - Paul Jennings
A Different Dog - Paul Jennings
A Different Land - Paul Jennings

Timestamp
0:00 Acknowledgement of Country
0:16 Intro
1:20 Australian Middle Grade Recommendations
15:15 Wrap-Up

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