Here’s author Tony Abbott’s choice of five middle grade books that he thinks will last forever.
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We’ve picked 15 middle grade books that we think are some of the best new books for preteens and tweens that release during the month of October.
On the first day of summer vacation when I was twelve years old, I got on my bicycle, rode three miles down the street through a tunnel of new leaves, emerged into lemon-colored sunshine in the middle of town, racked my bike, opened the front door of the library to release its peppery aroma into the juicy green afternoon, and saw a book with a fantastic cover awaiting me on the nearest wooden table: M.C. Higgins The Great.