Middle grade novels are most suitable for readers from 12-15 and are a great way to ‘hold the hands’ of young readers as they walk/read their way from younger fiction…to the world of YA fiction a more gentle transition than if we went from say, junior fiction fairy books to hard core young adult novels with *all* the mature themes! Middle-grade often feature themes of friendships, family, social issues and community or wider world issues, with relateable central characters. This is where ‘middle-grade’ comes into play. It is also a challenging age in terms of book choices as they begin to transition from younger reader books to books for more mature readers. The pressure is on to help them find a balance between reading, social media, socialising, studying and extra-curricular pursuits. Life gets busy for our young people with homework and after school activities and around the tween years and reading for pleasure often declines, even in children who have previously loved reading.
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