Middle School Book List

  • Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children by Michael Thompson PhD., Catherine O'Neill Grace and Lawrence J. Cohen, Ph.D.
  • Brave New Girls (for girls ages 9-13) by Jeanette Gadeberg, M.S.W.
  • Building Moral Intelligence: Seven Essential Virtues that Teach Kids to do the Right Thing by Michele Borba
  • Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls by Rachel Simmons
  • Our Last Best Shot: Guiding Our Children Through Early Adolescence by Laura Sessions Stepp
  • Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Dan Kindlon, Ph.D. and Michael Thompson, Ph.D.
  • Raising Strong Daughters by Jeanette Gadeberg, M.S.W.
  • Real Boys by William Pollack
  • Selling Out America's Children: How America Puts Profits Before Values - and What Parents Can Do by David Walsh, Ph.D.
  • Setting Limits by Robert MacKenzie
  • The Moral Intelligence of Children: How to Raise a Moral Child by Robert Coles
  • Too Old For This, Too Young for That! Your Survival Guide for the Middle School Years by Harriet S. Mosaatche, Ph.D., and Karen Unger, MA
  • Unhappy Teenagers: A Way for Parents and Teachers to Reach Them by William Glasser
  • Real Boys Voices by William Pollack