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This story of a candymaking competition is told by each contestant in turn. Wendy Maas’ THE CANDYMAKERS was recommended to me by my youngest a year or so ago. For more about this book, listen to the Book Club for Kids podcast. Gennifer Choldenko’s AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS is the story of a boy whose family moves to the famous prison island, Alcatraz, and the warden’s daughter’s money-making schemes and an unlikely friendship between a girl with a leaning towards autism and the world’s most famous criminal. Nancy Cavanaugh’s THIS JOURNAL BELONGS TO RATCHET is the story of a lonely girl with a gift for auto mechanics, her tree-hugging granola-head father, and how she finds real friends. Maybe you’ll find something for the special readers on your holiday gift list. Here are ten books for Middle Grade readers (9 to 12) I enjoyed reading this year.
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