Perfect for Middle Schoolers

From a NYT bestselling author comes the first in an illustrated middle grade series about a Panamanian American girl who uses humor and a little mischief to navigate her best friend moving away.

Perfect for fans of Merci Suárez Changes Gears, Sing It Like Celia is a about a Mexican American girl who finds her voice with the help of her role model and icon, Celia Cruz.

A young Dominican girl navigates middle school, her strict mother, and her dream of being an artist in this coming-of-age graphic novel inspired by the author's tween years.

A dazzling novel about a young girl who learns the missing pieces of her origin story from the family of legendary luchadores she’s just met.

Four kids form an alternative Scout troop that shakes up their sleepy Florida town.

A 2018 Pura Belpré Author Honor Book
that is a heartfelt exploration of friendship, finding your place, and learning to rock out like no one’s watching.

A fast-paced read that packs a punch about a boy figuring out how to best use his hands—to build or to knock down.

The Spanish language edition of Hands.

Torrey Maldonado does a masterful job showing a young boy coming of age, trying to blaze a way to be his best self.

Readers will connect with Bryan's journey as he learns that he has the power to choose his friends and to stand up for what he believes is right.

A deeply moving middle grade novel about a daughter and father finding their way back to each other in the face of their changing family and community.

One boy's search for his father leads him to Puerto Rico in this moving-middle grade novel, for fans of See You in the Cosmos.

A 2018 Pura Belpré Author Honor Book
Save the restaurant. Save the town. Make Abuela proud. Can thirteen-year-old Arturo Zamora do it all or is he in for a BIG, EPIC FAIL?