The UK middle grade books I have chosen for this list reflect many different voices and experiences from around the world. This is because the faces I see in the library every day also reflect these voices. These students need to have as many different kinds of books available to them as possible, and this includes comics and manga. There are a ton of “celebrity” written books for middle grade audiences out there that you can find stuffed into the shelves of supermarkets, but there are so many other great books by authors that could actually use the attention. This is something I’m very passionate about because I see how students interact with great books when they are promoted heavily in a school library. Month after month, UK middle grade books like the ones below are consistently in the top 10 most borrowed books, and we issue over 1,000 books a month in our school library. This is because students see themselves reflected in the stories below, and then they tell their friends and then they come into the library in large numbers and borrow the books to discover these new characters. There you have it, eight great UK middle grade books to have in your school library or home shelves. I hope you enjoy reading them! You might also be interested in 20 of the Best Middle Grade Fantasy Books and 30 of the Most Influential Children’s Books of All Time.
