Moonfleet
by John Meade Falkner
Middle grade · ages 9–14 · grades 4–9 · 820L · 2017
Why we'd hand it over
A genuinely gripping 18th-century smuggling adventure that respects a 10-year-old's intelligence; Elzevir is the most morally complicated mentor figure in middle-grade fiction, and John's journey to understand him carries real weight.