Ten of the top new middle-grade books coming out this May that have received multiple starred reviews and praise.

All Together Now by Hope Larson

A Ceiling Made of Eggshells by Gail Carson Levine

Fly on the Wall by Remy Lai

Maya and the Rising Dark by Rena Barron

Once Upon an Eid edited by Aisha Saeed and S. K. Ali

Poisoned Water by Candy J. Cooper and Marc Aronson

Santiago’s Road Home by Alexandra Diaz

Ways to Make Sunshine by Renee Watson

Yorick and Bones by Jeremy Tankard

We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly