Middle Fiction is roughly defined as readers aged 8-12 or Years 4-8 depending on reading ability. This list will grow as I remember/discover more and I welcome feedback and suggestions.
SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS by Arthur Ransome
THE LITTLE PRINCE by Antione de Saint Exupery
FLOUR BABIES by Ann Fine
ONCE by Morris Gleitzman
JOURNEY TO THE RIVER SEA by Eva Ibbotson
ONE DOG AND HIS BOY by Eva Ibboston
STIG OF THE DUMP by Clive King
GOODNIGHT MISTER TOM by Michelle Magorian
THE BORROWERS by Mary Norton
HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE by Dianne Wynn Jones
JUNONIA by Kevin Henkes
HOLES by Louis Sachar
PRIVATE PEACEFUL by Michal Morpurgo
MATILDA by Roald Dahl
LITTLE HOUSE SERIES by Laura Ingalls Wilder (collectors’ eds have full colour)
THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE by CS Lewis
BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA by Katherine Paterson
THE SAME STUFF AS STARS by Katherine Paterson
JACOB I HAVE LOVED by Katherine Paterson
THE GREAT GILLY HOPKINS by Katherine Paterson
SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL By Patricia MacLachlan
CALEB’S JOURNEY By Patricia MacLachlan
CHARLOTTE’S WEB by E.B White
TOM’S MIDNIGHT GARDEN by Philippa Pearce
A WRINKLE IN TIME by Madeleine L’Engle
THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH by Norton Juster
NUMBER THE STARS by Lowis Lowry
THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE by Joan Aiken
BALLET SHOES by Noel Streatfeild
THE STORY OF TRACEY BEAKER by Jaqueline Wilson
THE FAMILY FROM ONE END STREET by Eve Garnett
SKELLIG by David Almond
THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgkins-Burnett
THE IRON MAN by Ted Hughes
STAY WHERE YOU ARE AND THEN LEAVE by John Boyne
THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET by Brian Selznick
THE 13-STOREY TREEHOUSE (ALSO 26-STOREY TREEHOUSE, 39-STOREY TREEHOUSE, 52-STOREY TREEHOUSE and 65-STOREY TREEHOUSE) – by Andy Griffiths
