I will be participating in Middle Grade March again this year and will be reading the group read and prompts from the channel: Middle Grade March. There are many different books I have been saving for March and I'm looking forward to finally getting to them.
Below, I'm going to show the Group Read for this year along with the Reading Prompts from Krista and Katie's announcement video: MIDDLE GRADE MARCH 2026 || all the details. The group read looks great! I will also show some of the other books I'm thinking of reading during the month.
Group Reads:
🧚Max in the House of Spies by Adam Gidwitz- A fantasy historical fiction with Jewish folklore creatures.
- I enjoyed Adam Gidwitz series A Tale Dark & Grimm and think this book sounds very good.
Prompts:
For each prompt, I'm going to show at least one idea I have for a book I would like to read. I have been coming up with ideas for books I would like to read this month for a while, so there are many different options.
1. Name in the Title
🌌 Roswell Johnson Saves the Galaxy! (Roswell Johnson #2) by Chris Colfer- Chris Colfer is one of my favorite middle grade writers and I have yet to read the second book in the Roswell Johnson series. I loved his science fiction adventure last time, so I'm looking forward to seeing what will happen next.
✨ Nura and the Immortal Palace by M.T. Khan- I have owned this book for quite awhile and would like to get to it sometime soon. It deals with Pakistani Muslim culture and is partially in the magical land of the jinn.
2. Books on Cover
📖 Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles #1) by Patricia C. Wrede- I heard about this series very recently and have been wanting to read it ever since. Dragon books are always favorites for me.
📖 The Tragical Tale of Birdie Bloom by Temre Beltz- Another book I have owned for quite awhile. This witchy book sounds super cute.
3. Historical Fiction
🎵 Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan- I've had this for over ten years and it is one of the books on my 26 books to read in 2026 list. This book is both set in the past and a more contemporary time period.
4. Siblings Featured
🐮 On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga #1) by Andrew Peterson- I have owned this book for many years and have been wanting to pick it up ever since I first saw it at a book sale. This is definitely a book I was drawn to because of the title and cover. It features the Igiby siblings and their adventures. This is one of the 26 books on my 26 books to read in 2026 list. I plan on reading the rest of the series this year, if I enjoy this one.
5. BIPOC Author
🔥 Luka and the Fire of Life (Khalifa Brothers #2) by Salman Rushdie- I read the first book in this series Haroun and the Sea of Stories a few years ago, which is about Luka's older brother Haroun and the adventure he goes on. This book takes place many years later. I'm looking forward to finally finishing this series.
Some Other Books:
There are many other books I'm thinking about reading during the month. If I don't get to them in March, I will definitely be reading them before the end of the year.
☂️ Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers- Yet another book I have owned for years and have yet to read. I grew up watching Mary Poppins and have always wanted to read the book.
🧙♀️ Earwig and the Witch by Diana Wynne Jones- I want to at least read one Diana Wynne Jones book during the month. Diana is one of my favorite authors and I plan on reading every single one of her books in my life. This sounds pretty good. I believe it has Baba Yaga in it, who I always enjoy seeing in books.
✨ Nell O'Dell Hates Quests by Emily B. Martin (release date April 7th, 2026)- This is one of the many eARCs I have from NetGalley. It is about a young girl named Nell, who wants to live a quiet life. Unfortunately for her, her family runs an inn where many questers come to stay before setting out on their quest. Her parents were also questers before they opened up the inn and everyone expects for Nell to become one too. Nell is sent to the capital to help her inn and gets herself into a quest. I love me a quest story and am looking forward to picking up this beauty next month. It sounds like a lot of fun.
🐷 Brume, Volume 2: The Forest of Lost Souls by Jérôme Pélissier and illustrated by Carine Hinder (release date May 5th, 2026)- I started the Brume series last year and am looking forward to seeing what will happen next in Brume, Hugo, and Hubert's adventures. These are cute graphic novels which remind me of a cross between the Lightfall series by Tim Probert and the Hilda series by Luke Pearson. Looking forward to seeing what antics the characters get into in this volume.
🧚 Falling to Fairyland by Sarah Jean Horwitz (release date March 31, 2026)- Told by a mischievous narrator, the story is about a human changeling named Cricket, who has lived with a fairy witch his whole life. He sets out on a quest to get a piece of Night Sky to impress his guardian but finds a cursed knight who needs Cricket's help to survive. They go into Fairyland, which is Grimm fairytale inspired. This book sounds like everything I would want from a fairytale inspired world. It will probably be one of the first books I read in March. Also, I adore this cover so much.
✨ Lightfall: A Place Between (Lightfall #4) by Tim Probert (release date: April 7th, 2026)- I just got the ARC for this book today and will definitely be reading it during March. I cannot wait to get back into this wonderful series.
