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!
35 Most-Anticipated Young Adult Books Coming Spring 2024
I can’t believe how many amazing books are scheduled to come out this spring! This could be why my TBR list only gets longer. Of these 35 most-anticipated spring 2024 young adult books, four conclude a duology or series. Seven feature contemporary romance. Five are thrillers, and thirteen are fantasy. There are a few graphic novels and nonfiction titles in here, too.
I’m definitely going to be busy!
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35 Most-Anticipated Young Adult Books Coming Spring 2024
What You Need to Know: If you like Dungeons and Dragons and heartfelt rom com, you do not want to miss this one. It’s probably my favorite F/F romance ever.
What You Need to Know: This fast-paced, closed-circle murder mystery was a super quick read (thank you, short chapters!) and just the right touch of romance.
What You Need to Know: If you’re looking for a high-seas adventure with a touch of magic, this one delivers. Bonus if you like insta-love/enemies-to-lovers romance.
What You Need to Know: A bold, fantasy, female/enby-centered reimagining of The Seven Samurai with an unforgettable cast. I must read more books by Traci Chee.
What You Need to Know: This adorable cozy fantasy is perfect for readers making the leap from MG to YA or anyone looking for a sweet story with a dash of romance.
What You Need to Know: A dark, brave story about a girl wrestling with grief and identity while searching for the parties responsible for the disappearance of her private school roommate.
What You Need to Know: Three Asian American teen girls compete at an elite tennis tournament for very different reasons. Gracia’s debut was hilarious and emotional, so I’m excited for this one.
Published April 2, 2024 | My Review to Come
The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray by Christine Calella
What You Need to Know: Sisters in a family crisis. One joins the Navy to escape the past. The other means to bring her home to save their future. Sounds like an incredible adventure.
What You Need to Know: A girl reeling from her brother’s death finds solace in the companionship of summers spent with her cousins. Set during the years leading up to the Bosnian genocide.
What You Need to Know: A new kingdom promising a bright future for her people falls under threat by a powerful enemy. One only Sircha can stop. The long-awaited finale to an incredible series.
What You Need to Know: Friends estranged after a terrible loss reconnect in this novel about grief, love, and mental illness by one of my favorite authors.
What You Need to Know: This graphic novel sounds too awesome to miss. A fierce competitor on a pillow fight federation (part roller derby, part wrestling) exploring body image, women in sports, and freshman year of college.
What You Need to Know: A girl wrestling with grief after her brother’s death by suicide may find friendship and love again. Looks poignant and hopeful.
What You Need to Know: This sounds like it would appeal to fans of YOU’D BE HOME NOW or ALL THAT’S LEFT TO SAY. A search for a missing girl exposes sinister secrets.
What You Need to Know: Two Jamaican teens’ lives intersect when one finds missing drug money, and the other’s gang will stop at nothing to retrieve it. An action-packed thriller with an international setting.
Published May 7, 2024 | My Review to Come
Burning Crowns (Twin Crowns #3) by Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber
What You Need to Know: Twin sisters share a crown and face grave threats to the kingdom, their magic, and themselves in the series conclusion. (Plus romance!)
What You Need to Know: A girl who believes in love at first sight may have found it in the boy she meets while stranded overnight at a bus station. Sounds like a sweet, whirlwind romance.
What You Need to Know: Described as “a loving homage to teen comedies of the ’80s as well as badly dubbed kung-fu films.” What more needs to be said? Ha!
What You Need to Know: A 16 yo girl with a promising wrestling career risks everything by cage-fighting to raise money for medical treatment for her father.
What You Need to Know: A girl desperate to save her sister. A prince desperate to dethrone a tyrant king. Based on a true story from 16th century Korean history.
What You Need to Know: An angel accompanies a dead girl through memories of her past to find her life’s perfect moment. This promises humor and heartbreak– two of my favorite things in a book.
What You Need to Know: A grieving girl dreams of a NASA internship to finish her mom’s research. An unexpected friendship and romance may complicate her plans. Sounds like a sweet story.
What You Need to Know: I can’t say it better than this: Two rival drag kings competing for a crown might just win each other’s hearts. (From the back cover.)
Published May 28, 2024 | My Review to Come
What are your most-anticipated spring 2024 young adult books?
Are there any upcoming YA titles you’re looking forward to? Have you read any of the ones on my list? Let me know in the comments!
If you’ve read any great YA books that came out this spring but didn’t make it onto my list, let me know!
