# Middle Grade Fantasy books about perseverance

**6** middle grade fantasy books that explore perseverance, drawn from the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Genre:** Middle Grade Fantasy  ·  **Theme:** perseverance
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://achievethecore.org/page/2699

## Middle Grade Fantasy perseverance reading list

- [Brick Dust and Bones](https://readinglist.school/book/brick-dust-and-bones) by M.R. Fournet _(Grades 6–8 · pub 2023)_
- [Growing Home](https://readinglist.school/book/growing-home) by Beth Ferry _(Grades 3–5 · pub 2025)_
- [Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl](https://readinglist.school/book/shinji-takahashi-and-the-mark-of-the-coatl) by Julie Kagawa _(Grades 6–8 · pub 2022)_
- [Skyriders](https://readinglist.school/book/skyriders) by Polly Holyoke _(Grades 6–8 · pub 2024)_
- [The House at the Edge of Magic](https://readinglist.school/book/the-house-at-the-edge-of-magic) by Amy Sparkes _(Grades 3–5 · pub 2021)_
- [The Trumpet of the Swan](https://readinglist.school/book/the-trumpet-of-the-swan) by E.B. White _(Grades 3–6 · pub 1970)_

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