I Shall Wear Midnight
by Terry Pratchett
Middle grade · ages 10–14 · grades 5–9 · 780L · 2013
Why we'd hand it over
Pratchett's most emotionally serious Discworld novel and a genuine coming-of-age: Tiffany learns that kindness and power aren't opposites, and that facing down collective cruelty—even from people you love—is the real magic.