Middle Readers

Stevie Vegas is just your average 12 year old school kid living in suburban Valley Dale, with a passion for skateboarding. He thinks his life is pretty normal...that's until he discovers he's an Illuminator with extra-ordinary mind powers. Then the Shadowcasters arrive and he's forced into a battle as ancient as time itself, one that pits Illuminators against Shadowcasters: lightbringers against demons. Stevie Vegas must find a way to steal the source of the Shadowcasters' power, the cursed stones. Only then will he have the advantage in the fight for his life…

It's not easy being the middle child, especially when your dad is a Navy chief. Meet Piper Reed, a spunky nine-year-old who has moved more times than she can count on one hand. From Texas to Guam, wherever Piper goes, adventure follows, inspired by her active imagination, free-wheeling spirit, and a bit of sister magic.

Sixth graders Dominic, Loop, and Z stumble upon a new magic shop in town and can't wait to spend their summer mastering cool tricks to gain access to the Vault, a key holders-only back room bound to hold all kinds of secrets. And once they get in, they set their sights even higher: a huge competition at the end of the summer. They work on their card tricks, sleights, and vanishing acts, trying to come up with the most awesome routines possible....Problem is, the trip is expensive, and it's money that each guy's family just doesn't have.

Fresh from her laugh-out-loud London leap, Lynnie Roo is back in her hometown of Crescent Heads, tail twitching, boomerang polished, and pouch brimming with jam donuts. But things aren’t as sunny as they seem... The town’s beloved Lamington Festival is under threat. Recipes are vanishing. Meringue clues are appearing. And a mysterious ghost crab may, or may not, be tap-dancing at midnight. Even worse? Denny is back. Deported, devious, and more rotten than ever. With her besties Vanessa the witty fox, Lizzie the donut-loving koala, and new local legends Jarrah, Winda, and Tali on her ...

Welcome to Grimblewick, a town where the mail hums, the dogs stare blankly at screens, and your substitute teacher might be possessed by a glitter-obsessed kazoo cult. Twelve-year-old Pippa Quickblink has always stood out in Grimblewick. Raised by her eccentric, tech-fearing Aunt Hazel, Pippa doesn’t own a single screen, not a phone, tablet, TV, or even an electric toothbrush. While her classmates lose themselves in the latest apps and blinking gadgets, Pippa prefers dusty books, peculiar mysteries, and observing the town’s increasingly bizarre behavior. But when Grimblewick’s ...

It's the end of term for Roman - the last week ever of primary school, in fact. And in what should be an unremarkable, tying-things-up kind of week, Roman's class get the opposite - a very special visitor. One Jason Grooves - ex-pupil turned mega-famous singer. Jason is back at school to film his new reality TV show - Jason: Grooving on to the Next Chapter. He's got big plans, and he wants Roman and all the class to get in with the action. Filming, proms, auditions, charity gigs and the launch of his brand-new food lines, including some very special spaghetti hoops....

Who are you when the world forgets your name? Sally Hemingway is fading—and no one seems to notice. Not her teachers. Not her classmates. Not even the mirror, which now lags behind like it’s trying to remember who she is. Words slip from her tongue. Photos erase her face. And just when she thinks she might disappear entirely, a map arrives—one that draws itself. It leads to Gribbleton: a crooked, crumbling city built from forgotten memories, unwanted dreams, and abandoned versions of people who once were. It’s ruled by the Museum of Could-Have-Beens, where lives are curated, ...

The portals are back, and so is trouble! When the multiverse starts melting into one chaotic reality, 13-year-old Rover (a border collie historian from dog-ruled Canis Prime) and Emma (his human best friend from Earth) are called into action. Whiskers, devious cat mastermind and part-time glitch-empress, has escaped the Cat Nap Void and unleashed the Meow Matrix, a reality-shattering device fusing worlds in her image. To stop the collapse, the pack must leap across three wild new realities: 🪶 Feather Skies, where birds rule from nest-skyscrapers, 🌊 Aqua Depths, an underwater empire of...

Cole thought he had his school routine all figured out. He could muck around and draw all day in Mr. Jenkins' easygoing class. But when the teacher gets sick, everything changes. The substitute, Miss Evans, assigns a family tree art project that hits too close to home for Cole. Ever since losing his mum last year, Cole's family life has felt broken. So he hatches a plan to get Miss Evans to cancel class and avoid the painful assignment. But no matter what mischief Cole pulls, the unflappable new teacher remains calm. As Cole keeps trying and failing to rattle Miss Evans, he starts to ...

As soon as Mika runs from the abandoned house, the frightened cat in her arms, strange things begin to happen. Someone watches her house and a dark presence stalks her in the woods. Mika feels creeped out—but she also has lots of other things to worry about, like hiding Angel until she’s allowed to have a pet, handling her irritating brothers, and adjusting to Dad’s recent sad gruffness. Then the true owner claims the little cat. Mika gets a second chance to rescue Angel, and after a narrow escape, thinks the problem is solved – until Angel’s owner comes back with something that ...

Adventure Seekers, Young and Old, Join Toby, Small, but Bold ... He was born underground, at the edge of the world’s destruction. Twelve years old, Toby has never seen the sun. Created by six scientists who accidentally gave him cat ears (and a tail), Toby decides to leave the safety of his cavern world to seek answers. Did anyone survive the Great Destruction? Why has he been hearing a mysterious Voice? And, most important of all, does he have a soul? Grade level 3rd-7th Ages 9 and up. “It has a strong message about God and how no matter how you look God loves you anyway.” S. ...

Speaking Up for Each Other has 24 award-winning short stories by talented young writers. These stories are original, enjoyable, and contain a rich variety of themes and situations ranging from a helpless girl living in fear of her own family to a robot contemplating what's best for its employer.

A family road trip is supposed to be a lot of fun...unless, of course, you're the Heffleys. The journey starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns. Gas station bathrooms, crazed seagulls, a fender bender and a runaway pig - not exactly Greg Heffley's idea of a good time. But even the worst road trip can turn into an adventure - and this is one the Heffleys won't soon forget.

The Last Library is unravelling. Portals are closing. Ink is fading. And in the space between stories, something ancient is stirring—something born from a single forbidden rewrite. Fourteen-year-old Juniper Quill thought she’d saved the Library of Eternity. But when a mysterious summons pulls her back into the bookworlds, she discovers a dangerous new corruption: in the Realm of Fixed Morals, Aesop’s fables have lost their lessons. In the City of Fanfiction, beloved heroes are rewritten beyond recognition. And in a distant corner of Oz, a forgotten truth waits to be uncovered, ...

Sally Hemingway thought she’d left the weird behind. But when a strange poster blinks at her from the bus stop, and her own reflection stops copying her, Sally is pulled into a world twisted sideways, a city where rules vote themselves in, backwards logic is law, and identity is something you can misplace. Welcome to Topsybridge, where buildings fold like paper, school teaches you how to forget, and a furious, fabulously pufflicious mayor rules by rhyme and tantrum. Trapped in a place that remembers who she used to be, Sally must dodge bureaucratic nonsense, hollow-eyed classmates, and a ...

Shif has a happy life, unfamiliar with the horrors of his country's regime. He is one of the smartest boys in school, and feels safe and loved in the home he shares with his mother and little sister, right next door to his best friend. But the day that soldiers arrive at his door, Shif knows that he will never be safe again - his only choice is to run. Facing both unthinkable cruelty and boundless kindness, Shif bravely makes his way towards a future he can barely imagine. Refugee 87 is a story of friendship, kindness, hardship, survival, and - above all - hope.

Space Station Oberon is expecting a Very Important Person, and Hal Junior has been given a choice: he must look after the VIP's snotty little kid, or miss out on a camping trip to planet Gyris. Bear in mind Hal Junior has spent his entire life aboard a space station, and he'll do anything to go camping. Well, almost anything. No homework, no chores ... and absolutely no babysitting! It turns out the kid is the least of Hal's problems, because together they uncover a terrible secret which could mean the end of the space station!

Stories are vanishing again—but this time, they’re not being erased. They’re being rewritten. Armed with her StoryScope, a stubborn journal, and an ever-growing crew of misfit legends, thirteen-year-old Juniper Quill must journey through a warped Neverland, a satirised empire of giants, a jungle ruled by silence, and a city where Arabian tales have fallen asleep. Along the way, she faces pirates who collect taxes, talking horses who quote poetry, hunter-kings afraid of joy, and the Redacto, a mysterious villain with the power to twist tales from the inside out. If Juniper can’t find...

When a group of sixth graders visits the Chaldean Museum, they discover more than just ancient artifacts. As they wander through the vibrant Ancient Mesopotamia Gallery, mosaic lions roar to life, cuneiform tablets whisper secrets, and the towering Code of Hammurabi seems to hold a mysterious power. With each step, history awakens, and the stories of powerful rulers and incredible inventions spark their imaginations like never before.

Everyone has a story. Even the ones who seem hardest to understand. In Through Their Eyes, three unforgettable kids tell their truth from the inside out. Marcus hides his drawings, and his fears, beneath a tough shell sharpened by pressure from his brother’s crew. Tara wears perfection like a costume, even as her parents’ divorce unravels everything she thought she could control. Devin scores goals on the field but can’t face the letters on the page, ashamed of a secret he doesn’t know how to name. Each of them is a bully. Each of them is hurting. And each of them is about to be ...