How to Survive Middle School
Best for tweens navigating middle school (roughly grades 5–8)
How to Survive Middle School is a humorous, illustrated advice series from Random House that speaks directly to tweens about the social, academic, and emotional ups and downs of middle school. Written by experienced children’s authors and paired with short video content, the books cover topics like friendships, bullying, organization, and online life in a candid but reassuring tone. The goal is to normalize common worries and offer practical strategies without sounding like a lecture. Families hand these guides to rising middle schoolers or read them together, using the jokes and scenarios as springboards for talking about expectations and coping skills.
Donna Gephart’s humorous middle-grade novel is usually $8–$11 USD new in paperback (list price about $8.99; used copies can be found from around $4). The newer How to Survive Middle School subject study-guide series (for English, Math, Science, U.S. History, World History) costs about $16.99 USD per paperback guide, while many How to Survive Middle School advice videos and talks online are free.
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