Middle Grade
As summertime comes into full swing we’re looking forward to some amazing new reads! Check out our Summer Reading Guide for 2022 to discover our picks for each age group and genre below – and be sure to look for the Treehouse stamp of approval noting our favorite books in each section!
It’s a dangerous world for rabbits, and when Cress’ Papa doesn’t make it home from a nocturnal honey gathering expedition, Mama moves the family to a run-down oak tree. Can this crowded, loud new apartment ever be home? From the author of Wicked comes a fully illustrated, classic-feeling story about finding home, family, and yourself.
Austin author and Newbery Honor winner Christina Soontornvat returns with another Thai-inspired fantasy adventure! Twelve year old Sai has a glittering future as the Mapmaker’s Assistant, but a secret in her heritage could ruin everything. This high-seas adventure explores who holds power and who “makes discoveries,” all against a backdrop of gorgeous scenery and exciting journeys.
Freddie Ruiz has the worst luck–and it may just be genetic. Join Freddie on a hilarious misadventure filled with family history, Filipino folklore, and maybe, just maybe, a few new friends. This laugh-out-loud tale is the perfect reminder that while things can always be worse, there’s luck to be found in even the strangest of places.
Theater camp is for loud, confident, artsy kids, not kids like Maren. But after a prank goes wrong, Maren gets drawn into a mystery surrounding the camp’s namesake, Charlotte “Charlie” Goodman, a film director in Blacklist Era Hollywood. Armed with clues from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, this loveable cast of characters is in for an unforgettable summer!
Cutie Grackle is used to being different, but when a flock of ravens starts following her around she realizes she may be more than different–she may be cursed! As the ravens bring Cutie more and more objects, each imbued with memories of her family’s past, it will be up to Cutie to break her family’s curse. This is a survival tale unlike any others, full of hope and heart, and will have readers believing in the impossible!
