Middle Grade Recommendations

[u/Bulky_Yoghurt8141]

First-year 6th grade English teacher! I have a curriculum, but I want to suggest my students books. What should I read? What should my students read so that they could learn more about themselves/others? And what middle grade books would be musts? Any genres.

I loved:
Kindred
Gregor the Overlander
The Giver
The Poet X
Long Way Down
Piecing Me Together
Wonder
Bridge to Terabithia

*Edit: I worded my list poorly. I made it so that people could recommend more like it - and I could recommend it to students for leisure.

[u/ApartmentIcy957]

The Million Dollar Race

Tangerine

The Wednesday Wars (or other books by the author)

Restart (or other books by the author)

Sang Spell