2025 Wilde Awards for Middlegrade Readers

2025 Wilde Awards for Middlegrade Novels
This category celebrates books for middle grade readers (ages 10-14) and are recommended for either sole or shared readings. While concepts, plots and characters are more complex than you will find in most picture books, they are not as sophisticated as those for young adult readers.

A MIDWATCH INSTITUTE FOR WAYWARD GIRLS, Judith Rossell (Dial)
A DAY AT THE BEACH, Gary D. Schmidt and Ron Koertge (Clarion Books)
THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES, Kate Messner (Bloomsbury)
THE TEACHER OF NOMAD LANDS, Daniel Nayeri (Levine Querido)
MAX IN THE LAND OF LIES, Adam Gidwitz (Dutton)
GEO’S FORTUNE, Amy Mucha (Peachtree)
WAR GAMES, Alan Gratz (Scholastic)

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