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Top 16 Middle-Grade Books – 2025

January 10, 2026 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

SIXTEEN middle-grade books stood out to me last year! When I looked at my list, I did a quick count of how many books I read in all. I lost count at sixty! Of course, that includes picture books and chapter books that make for quicker reads. Here’s my list, beginning with the books I […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: A Girl a Tiger and a Very Strange Story, Bipathu and a Very Big Dream, books for tweens, Circus Mirandus, Doubles, Echo, Full Cicada Moon, Gossamer, Leeva at Last, Lion of the Sky, middle-grade, October October, reading, review, The Bridge Home, The Double Life of Danny Day, The Letter with the Golden Stamp, The Space We're In, Willodeen

Bipathu and a Very Big Dream

July 13, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Bipathu often has the same dream. A dream where she, her Ikka Saad, and Hrithik Roshan are playing football. But dreams don’t come true, do they? Especially not very big dreams like this one? As we read the story, we find out! Bipathu and a Very Big Dream is about dreams, reality, and everything in […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: Anita Nair, Bipathu and a Very Big Dream, books for ages nine and ten, Middle Grade, reading, review