BookHuddle with Readgab

20: Our Favorite Middle Grade Books of the Year - A Conversation with Colby Sharp

Karen Reeder

Content creator and author Mr. Colby Sharp joins me today to discuss some of our favorite children's books released in the 2024 year. While it was impossible to pick the top 10 middle grade books published this year, we both choose some of our very favorites and had a fantastic time discussing them.

The books we talk about in this video are just SOME of the best books for kids in 2024. If you want to find more of Colby Sharp's favorites then check out his website
https://www.mrcolbysharp.com/2024
If you want to find more of Karen Reeder's favorites then check out some of my videos from this year like this one
https://youtu.be/CbvZnp4Umjw?si=1ZijBh0wWAPY2Wui

Here are the books that we discussed in this video
Slugfest by Gordon Korman 
Faker by Gordon Korman 
Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II (Operation Kinderspion) by Adam Gidwitz 
A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga 
Stage Fright by Wendy Parris 
Louder Than Hunger by John Schu 
Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan 
The Shape of Lost Things by Sarah Everett 
The Secret Language of Birds by Lynne Kelly 
The Wrong Way Home by Kate O'Shaughnessy 
Quagmire Tiarello Couldn't Be Better by Mylisa Larsen 
And Then Boom! by Lisa Fipps 
Operation: Happy: A World War II Story of Courage, Resilience, and an Unbreakable Bond
by Jenni L Walsh 
Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Alan Gratz 
Ferris by Kate DiCamillo 
Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell 
The Frindle Files by Andrew Clements 
True Colors by Abby Cooper 
Slouch by Christina Wyman 
The No-Brainer's Guide to Decomposition by Adrianne Cuevas 

You can also find Colby Sharp 
https://www.instagram.com/colbysharp
https://www.facebook.com/colbysharpcreator
The Yarn podcast hosted by Colby Sharp and Travis Jonker
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-yarn/id1028877816
https://www.mrcolbysharp.com/
The Nerdy Book Club https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/
Nerd Camp https://nerdcampmi.weebly.com/
The Creativity Project: An Awesometastic Story Collection 
The Commonsense Guide to Your Classroom Library: Building a Collection That Inspires, Engages, and Challenges Readers by Colby Sharp and Donalyn Miller 
Game Changer! A Book Access for All Kids by Colby Sharp and Donalyn Miller