New Kid by Jerry Craft. This graphic novel is the Newbery winner for 2020! Jordan’s parents make him go to a private school across town where he’s one of the only kids of color. Besides having ...

Washington Middle School’s Hope Hill, a fifth grade teacher, is throwing “the book” at the books. Hill has found a new and creative way to not only teach her students and make learning a fun endeavor, ...

From a Judy Blume classic to mysteries both otherworldly and close to home, these 11 titles capture the nerve-racking first days of tweendom — and all the wonderful and terrible days that follow.

Many of the characters in “Middle School” are stereotypes — the militaristic gym teacher reliving his glory days, the trio of lunch ladies concocting toxic meatloaf and other inedible fare ...

The cover of "Middle School Superpowers" by Phyllis Fagell. (Courtesy of Hachette Book Group) Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcasted on Nov. 29, 2024.

The Kent School District’s board of directors stepped into a book-banning controversy Wednesday night, voting to keep the young adult novel “Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts)” on the shelf in ...