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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

The Bridge Home

March 9, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Eleven-year-old Viji has had enough. Her mother might believe that her father is repentant and will stop abusing her. But when he hits Viji and Rukku, she makes a decision. However harsh life on the streets may be, it is preferable to being home with a drunken, abusive father. And so, Viji takes her sister […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: books for tweens, Middle Grade, Padma Venkatraman, reading, review, The Bridge Home