Here are some great children’s books and middle grade reads that are coming out in October. They have gotten praise and starred reviews. Enjoy!

Frankie & Bug by Gayle Forman

The Genius Under the Table by Eugene Yelchin

How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino

A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll

Neverforgotten by Alejandra Algorta

The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne by Jonathan Stroud

Picturing a Nation: The Great Depression’s Finest Photographers Introduce America to Itself by Martin W. Sandler

Playing the Cards You’re Dealt by Varian Johnson

The School Between Winter and Fairyland by Heather Fawcett

The Swallow’s Flight by Hilary McKay

This Is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them and Us edited by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby