Middle Grade (Children's)

Your target readership is pre-teen; typically between 6 and 12 year-olds. Middle grade stories tend to feature protagonists that are of a similar age to the target audience, with themes covered and language used also age-appropriate. Authors of popular middle grade titles include Katherine Rundell, Jacqueline Wilson and Roald Dahl.

Guide to Writing for Children & YA
Article
10 min read
Writing Middle Grade
Linda Strachan
12th October 2020
Edited
19th January 2021
In this exclusive extract from the new edition of Writers' & Artists' Guide To Writing for Children & YA, Linda Strachan - author of over 70...
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Malamander
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4 min read
DO Judge a Book by its Cover
Thomas Taylor
2nd October 2020
Edited
11th August 2022
Thomas Taylor explains how a good cover can tell you, at a glance, just how it feels to read the book, and describes the defining, attention-grabbing...
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