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The Mystery on the Ice

Gertrude Chandler Warner · 118 pages

The Alden children investigate when Mrs. Murray's jewels are stolen during a party for the Starlight Skating Troupe.

Large FamilyMiddle GradeLightheartedMystery
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Little Town on the Prairie

Laura Ingalls Wilder · 304 pages

Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school, but becomes a certified school teacher.

Large FamilyMiddle GradeLightheartedCozy
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The Borrowers

Mary Norton · 180 pages

This book is full of fun and adventure, explaining the life of not exactly normal people. Journey alongside the "Borrowers" as they go on a daring adventure, outwitting every problem they face.

Large FamilyLightheartedMiddle GradeSeries Starter
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The Bobbsey Twins of Lakeport

Laura Lee Hope · 178 pages

Large FamilyMiddle GradeLightheartedMystery
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The Secret of the Old Clock

Carolyn Keene · 198 pages

Nancy Drew's first mystery begins when she becomes intrigued by a missing will that could change the fortunes of several families in her town. As she follows a trail of clues connected to an old clock, Nancy uncovers secrets, confronts schemers, and proves her determination and resourcefulness. Blending suspense, clever deduction, and charm that launched a legendary series, this story introduces t

LightheartedMiddle GradeMysteryCozy
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Rainbow Valley

L.M. Montgomery · 240 pages

The grown-up Anne of Green Gables, her husband, and their six children live in a special hideaway known as Rainbow Valley. Anne's children and the children of the widowed minister, Mr. Meredith, become close friends.

Large FamilyLightheartedMiddle GradeCozy
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Magyk

Angie Sage

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Eight Cousins

Louisa May Alcott · 216 pages

Rose, a shy orphan, blossoms in the company of her spirited relatives when she takes up residence at "The Aunt Hill." This captivating novel by the author of Little Women offers readers of all ages endearing, inspiring stories about growing up, making friends, and facing life with kindness and courage.

Large FamilyMiddle GradeLightheartedCozy
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The Great Brain

John D. Fitzgerald · 175 pages

Large FamilyLightheartedMiddle GradeSeries Starter
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All-of-a-Kind Family

Sydney Taylor · 189 pages

The life of a Jewish family with seven children growing up on New York's Lower East Side in the early twentieth century is the subject of this series. It includes All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown, All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown, Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family, and others.

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The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy

Jeanne Birdsall · 262 pages

The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy is a children's novel by Jeanne Birdsall, published by Knopf in 2005. This was Birdsall's first book published and it inaugurated the Penderwicks series, whose fifth and final volume was published in 2018. Both The Penderwicks and its sequel The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (Knopf, April 2008) were New York Tim

Large FamilyLightheartedMiddle GradeSeries
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What Katy Did

Susan Coolidge · 204 pages

Twelve-year-old Katie, living with her father, aunt, and five siblings in a small town in the 1870's, constantly makes and breaks resolutions to be a kind and generous person like her invalid Cousin Helen, but when she herself is bedridden after an accident, Katie finds her cousin's example very hard to follow.

Large FamilyMiddle GradeSeries StarterSmall Town
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Secret Seven Fireworks

Enid Blyton · 140 pages

*Secret Seven Fireworks*, is mainly about with the battle of wits between the Seven and Susie's new club, the Tiresome Three. There is the investigation of a burglary as well, but the S.S. allow themselves to be distracted by the T.T. so much that Susie is not filler in this story, but a main part of it.

Middle GradeLightheartedMysteryCozy
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The Mennyms

Sylvia Waugh · 236 pages

A family of life-sized rag dolls live quietly and happily in a British village, secure that everyone takes them as human, until a letter from their landlord's relative in Australia threatens their existence.

Large FamilyMiddle GradeCozySeries Starter
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Hen of the Baskervilles

Donna Andrews · 336 pages

Helping a friend who is at risk of losing her farm and freedom when her unfaithful husband is discovered murdered at the state fair, Meg Langslow struggles to find the real killer and recover a stolen prize chicken to clear her friend's name.

Large FamilyLightheartedMysterySmall Town
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The Four-Story Mistake

Elizabeth Enright · 177 pages

The Melendy family leave their New York brownstone and move to the country. The house is quirky with lots of odd additions including the fourth floor, the mistake. The family adjusts to their new home with both small and big adventures.

Large FamilyMiddle GradeCozySeries
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The Family from One End Street: And Some of Their Adventures

Eve Garnett · 207 pages

THE FAMILY FROM ONE END STREET by Eve Garnett is the story of everyday life in the big, happy Ruggles family who live in the small town of Otwell. Father is a dustman and Mother a washerwoman. Then there's all the children - practical Lily Rose, clever Kate, mischievous twins James and John, followed by Jo, who loves films, little Peg and finally baby William. A truly classic book awarded the C

Large FamilyMiddle GradeLightheartedClassics
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The Moffats

Eleanor Estes · 242 pages

Relates the adventures and misadventures of the four Moffat children living with their widowed mother in a yellow house on New Dollar Street in the small town of Cranbury, Connecticut

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Bunnicula

James Howe, Deborah Howe · 98 pages

LightheartedMiddle GradeMysteryCozy
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Superfudge

Judy Blume · 166 pages

Superfudge is a children's novel by Judy Blume, published in 1980. It is the sequel to Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Otherwise Known as Sheila The Great, and is the third in the Fudge series. Won – Books I Love Best Yearly: Early Readers Award (1990)-1991 ---------- Also contained in: [Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing / Superfudge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24313213W)

Large FamilyLightheartedMiddle GradeSeries
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The Third Wheel

Jeff Kinney · 224 pages

Love is in the air - but what does that mean for Greg Heffley? A Valentine's Day dance at Greg's middle school has turned his world upside down. As Greg scrambles to find a date, he's worried he'll be left out in the cold on the big night. His best friend, Rowley, doesn't have any prospects either, but that's a small consolation. An unexpected twist gives Greg a partner for the dance and leaves Ro

Large FamilyLightheartedMiddle GradeSeries
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Five Little Peppers and How They Grew

Margaret Sidney · 226 pages

A fatherless family, happy in spite of its impoverished condition, is befriended by a very rich gentleman.

Large FamilyLightheartedMiddle GradeClassics
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Belly Up

Stuart Gibbs · 294 pages

This book is a mystery about a teenage boy who finds a hippo dead in the zoo, who did it?

LightheartedMiddle GradeMysterySeries Starter
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The Great Spy Showdown

Gertrude Chandler Warner and JM Lee; illustrated by Hollie Hibbert

Large FamilyMiddle GradeMysteryCozy

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