Get weekly tailored book recommendations for tweens ages 8-14, from Afoma Umesi, the founder of Reading Middle Grade.
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The RMG Junior Reviews Digest: September 2026
Eight five-star books, six new reviewers, and a poetry skeptic who called a verse novel "the ultimate boredom buster."
Welcome to our September Junior Review Digest! This month, we have many wins to share.
Book Trailer of the Week: Front Desk
The year was 2018 and I was a new-ish kidlit blogger and Scholastic had reached out to me offering a debut middle grade novel about a girl growing up in the motel her immigrant parents ran. It was based on the author’s real-life experiences...
Ask Afoma: The 11-year-old boy who loves "anything dark and spooky."
This week’s newsletter is sponsored by Jennifer Robin Barr and Thunder and Mercy.
If you’ve been looking for a middle grade book to teach the Revolutionary War period—one that won’t put your students to sleep and actually gets them curious...
Five (SIX) Kids, One Book: The Second Life of Snap by Erin Entrada Kelly
Every robot book gets compared to The Wild Robot. So I asked six kids, including die-hard Roz fans, whether this one merits the comparison.
Welcome back to Five Kids, One Book! This week, we have a special treat as in a serendipitous twist...
What if my kid doesn't like reading?
Welcome back to our Raising Readers series, our four post series designed to help support parents whose goal is to raise kids who read for pleasure.
This series also includes the following posts:
- 15 life-changing books that helped our...
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Afoma is a writer living in Toronto, Canada. She is the founder of the Reading Middle Grade website and Substack and helps parents find books for kids ages 8-14. She also writes about life and personal style on the Press Restart Substack.
Librarian, educator, mom, bibliophile.
Children's book recommendations from a mother, teacher, writer, and unabashed lover of everything kid lit.
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