12 Books to Read With Your Middle Schooler
A free printable reading list — so you can stay weird and wonderful together.
Twelve books to read alongside your tweens and teens to help you foster the things that make you weird and wonderful — together. From longtime classics to forgotten gems, I share short recaps and favorite features of each selection.
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Rediscover your love of reading. And your appreciation for what makes you wonderful.
A girl trades places with her twin and trains as a knight in disguise. Rachel's single most re-read series — and a reminder of what fiercely pursuing your purpose looks like.
Time for the middle-school reread. Candle making, cast-iron cooking, fiddle songs — aspirational literature that makes chores feel kinda cool.
An unwanted orphan, a walled garden, and a family brought back to life — for the year the hormones make your kid feel like nobody loves them.
… and nine more, filled with notes on what makes each one special, from tender topics to lovely language and important themes that help us all grow up together.
I'm Rachel — a mother of four, a knitter, a seasonal cook, and a writer of folkloric fiction from the Shenandoah Valley. These are the books I read by the glow of my flashlight as a tween, and they're ones I'm now reading with my own kids. They're also the ones I revisit when I want to remember who I am and why.
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