5 Poignant Middle-Grade Novels That Miraculously Include Laugh-Out-Loud MomentsBy Bianca Schulze4 Mins Read I not only loved all these books, I know I’ll go back and re-read them in the future to study exactly how these skillful writers strike the delicate balance I’m always looking for between laugh-out-loud funny and reach-for-the-Kleenex poignant.