22 Most-Anticipated Middle Grade Books Coming Spring 2024
How are there so many great books coming out in just three months? It’s wild. I love it, but I wish I had time to read them all. Since I’m so late getting this posted, I’ve read a few of these already, and they’ve been excellent! I can’t wait to read the rest of them. The list includes a mix of contemporary and fantasy novels, graphic books, and mystery. Here are my 20 most-anticipated middle grade books coming spring 2024.
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22 Most-Anticipated Middle Grade Books Coming Spring 2024
What You Need to Know: A girl’s complex relationship with her alcoholic mom and the value of her support system. Sensitive, beautiful, and packed with emotional depth.
What You Need to Know: A book about grief, saying goodbye, living life outside the box, and embracing adventure. Fabulous characters. Poignant and fun.
What You Need to Know: A girl hears music everywhere in a land where music and magic are forbidden. Sounds like a sweeping fantasy exploring the impact of colonialism.
What You Need to Know: A secret island ruled by a pirate king. A dangerous island-eating monster. A desperate boy in need of a miracle. By the author of The Storm Keeper’s Island series.
What You Need to Know: A novel in verse and fictionalized account of the author’s personal experiences with disordered eating. Looks haunting and powerful.
Published March 19, 2024 | My Review to Come
The Deadlands: Survival (The Deadlands #3) by Skye Melki-Wegner
What You Need to Know: The thrilling finale of a trilogy I couldn’t get enough of. An unlikely alliance of dinosaurs must save their herds from the Carrion Kingdom’s powerful weapons.
What You Need to Know: Tired of being second-favorite, these two girls plot to get their parents’ attention and affection in this goofy, heartfelt story.
What You Need to Know: A boy moves to a new apartment where a series of robberies occur. He and his new friend vow to find the culprits. An energetic, fun mystery.
What You Need to Know: A girl spending the summer with her estranged grandma and dealing with big feelings about her identity and mom’s depression. Deep, wise, and lovely.
What You Need to Know: A boy who saved the world once already must find the Tree of Life to wake his sister from a coma. Looks like a wild adventure from a great author.
What You Need to Know: A girl with an elderly best friend in cognitive decline. I’m expecting all the storytelling power Lowry never fails to deliver in this sweet, loving story.
What You Need to Know: The third installment in the series promises more unicorn magic, challenges to family bonds, and the power of true friendship. I can’t wait!
What You Need to Know: A girl discovers a magical library where each book is literally a portal to an adventure. Part mystery, part adventure, part exploration of identity. I’m in!
What You Need to Know: A child and their father visit the B&B her grandmother never opened and face deadly puzzles and strange messages. Looks super imaginative and packed with family drama– my favorite!
What You Need to Know: A girl sets out to rescue her mother from powerful alchemists and save her world in the sequel to one of my favorite MG books from 2023.
Published May 14, 2024 | My Review to Come
The Mine Wars: The Bloody Fight for Workers’ Rights in the West Virginia Coalfields
What You Need to Know: The gripping true story of the largest labor uprising in American history and how it led to protection for workers. Seems pretty relevant to me!
Published May 14, 2024 | My Review to Come
What most-anticipated middle grade books coming spring 2024 did I miss?
I am not as good at keeping up with middle grade fiction as I am with young adult fiction, so there are always titles that didn’t make my radar or somehow got missed.
What upcoming MG titles are you looking forward to? Have you read any of the books on my list? Let me know in the comments!
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There are always books we miss. I did like Raymundo’s Lucky Scramble and Walsh’s Operation Happy. I’ve read all of these except Winnie Nash, which should be coming soon from my public library, and some of the fantasy books. So much fantasy, and I just don’t have the readers for it!
Oooh– I’ll check both of those titles out. Haha– yeah, it makes sense to spend your time reading stuff your readers will enjoy and skip the others. 🙂
One book you missed is Uprising by Jennifer Nielsen. It was really good. I also really enjoyed Sona and the Golden Beasts. Thanks for giving me some good suggestions to add to my TBR list.
Fun list!! I actually do a list of queer middle grade at the beginning of every year, if you’re interested in checking that out!
https://lainahastoomuchsparetime.wordpress.com/2024/01/12/queer-middle-grade-books-coming-out-in-2024-that-im-excited-about/
Yes! I would love to see your list. Checking it out now. 🙂
There are always books we miss. I did like Raymundo’s Lucky Scramble and Walsh’s Operation Happy. I’ve read all of these except Winnie Nash, which should be coming soon from my public library, and some of the fantasy books. So much fantasy, and I just don’t have the readers for it!
Oooh– I’ll check both of those titles out. Haha– yeah, it makes sense to spend your time reading stuff your readers will enjoy and skip the others. 🙂
One book you missed is Uprising by Jennifer Nielsen. It was really good. I also really enjoyed Sona and the Golden Beasts. Thanks for giving me some good suggestions to add to my TBR list.
Oh!! I will look for Uprising. I have heard amazing things about Jennifer Nielsen. Thanks!