{"id":7090,"date":"2024-02-01T17:19:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T17:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/5-great-ya-and-middle-grade-books-to-read-this-season\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T19:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T19:49:51","slug":"5-great-ya-and-middle-grade-books-to-read-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/5-great-ya-and-middle-grade-books-to-read-this-season\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Great YA And Middle Grade Books To Read This Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the year gets underway, exciting new YA and Middle Grade stories are already hitting shelves \u2014 from transformative fantasy to pulse-pounding mysteries and bold explorations of identity. These 2026 books are perfect for fresh seasonal reading.<\/p>\n

5 Great YA And Middle Grade Books To Read This Season<\/h1>\n
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1. May the Dead Keep You<\/em> by Jill Baguchinsky<\/h2>\n
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A chilling YA gothic horror reimagining of Wuthering Heights<\/em>, filled with supernatural secrets and dark passions on a haunted estate.<\/p>\n

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2. Queen of Faces<\/em> by Petra Lord<\/h2>\n
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A bold YA fantasy where a trans heroine battles systemic magic and identity-shifting power in a world where the wealthy can literally buy new bodies.<\/p>\n

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3. A Deadly Inheritance<\/em> by Kelley Armstrong<\/h2>\n
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At an elite boarding school, a teen heir must uncover sinister secrets and solve a chilling murder mystery to save herself.<\/p>\n

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4. The Wish Ring Cipher<\/em> by Alexandra Ott<\/h2>\n
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A middle grade fantasy-mystery about a tween codebreaker whose magical cipher quest uncovers hidden truths and long-buried mysteries.<\/p>\n

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5. Europa<\/em> by James Ponti<\/h2>\n
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A thrilling middle grade adventure featuring the latest City Spies<\/em> team tackling espionage, secrets, and global intrigue.<\/p>\n

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As the year gets underway, exciting new YA and Middle Grade stories are already hitting shelves \u2014 from transformative fantasy to pulse-pounding mysteries and bold explorations of identity. These 2026 books are perfect for fresh seasonal reading. 5 Great YA And Middle Grade Books To Read This Season 1. May the Dead Keep You by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[351],"tags":[349],"class_list":["post-7090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lists","tag-gad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}