Always Available: Titles for Middle Grade Students

As many teachers are pivoting to at least some form of remote learning for the upcoming school year, and as parents are being called upon to come up with supplemental or independent reading ideas,  we wanted to highlight some of the resources that are available through the New York Public Library. In addition to some of the titles that teachers already assign (many available via grab-and-go pick-up at a limited number of branches or as e-books through our SimplyE app), the library has a number of resources that allow unlimited check-outs and are always available.

Is your child learning about climate change, the Immigration Act or Ancient Egypt? These and other nonfiction topics, along with fiction and graphic novel selections are always available to be checked out—no waiting.

STEM, Nature, and Hands-on Activities

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You Can Do a Graphic Novel by Barbara Slate

Can Your Smartphone Change the World? by Erinne Paisley

Bioluminescence: Nature and Science at Work by Marc Zimmer
 

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Is Our Climate Changing? by Anne Rooney

Ninja Plants by Wiley Blevins

Cybercitizenship: Online Rights and Responsibilities by Jennifer Landau
 

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Diet for a Changing Climate by Christy Mihlaly

Code Cracking for Kids by Jean Daigneau

Biography and History

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Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story by Caren Stelson

Game Changers: Lin-Manuel Miranda by Stephanie Kraus

Carol Moseley Braun: Politician and Leader by Duchess Harris
 

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Simeon's Story: An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Tillby Simeon Wright

Locked Up For Freedom by Heather E. Schwartz

The 1924 Immigration Act and its Relevance Today by Duchess Harris
 

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Ancient Egypt edited by Sherman Hollar

Greek Gods and Goddesses edited by Michael Taft

Fiction & Graphic Novels

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Shuri: A Black Panther Novelby Nic Stone

The Girl Who Owned a City: The Graphic Novel by O. T. Nelson

How You Ruined My Life by Jeff Strand
 

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The Notations of Cooper Cameron by Jane O'Reilly

Frederik Sandwich and the Earthquake that Couldn't Possibly Be by Kevin John Scott

We have many more titles for a variety of age levels that have unlimited checkouts:

• Always Available: Titles for Pre-K and Kindergarteners
• Always Available: Titles for 1st and 2nd Graders
• Always Available: Titles for 3rd, 4th, and 5th Graders
• Always Available: Titles for Middle Grade Students
• Always Available: Titles for High School Students
• Always Available: Documentary Films for High School Students