Middle School Books in Order
How to Read the Middle School series
Standalone stories, but characters and relationships develop across the series.
Publication order gives the best experience for the Middle School series. Each book has a complete central story with its own resolution, while character relationships and ongoing developments carry across the volumes. Readers who jump ahead miss the progression of friendships, family dynamics, and character growth that add depth to later books.
About the Middle School series
Series Premise
The Middle School series follows Rafe Khatchadorian and a core group of friends as they face the ups and downs of middle school life. Each book delivers a complete humorous adventure filled with school drama, family issues, and creative schemes, while the characters’ friendships and personal growth continue to develop.
Main Characters
Rafe Khatchadorian is the central protagonist, a creative and rule-breaking middle schooler. Recurring characters include his best friend Leonardo “Leo” the Silent, his sister Georgia, and various classmates and family members who appear throughout the series.
Setting
The series is set in contemporary American middle schools, primarily at Hills Village Middle School, with stories focusing on classrooms, cafeterias, home life, and everyday middle-school environments.
Tone & Themes
The tone is humorous and relatable with diary-style storytelling and illustrations. Core themes include friendship, self-acceptance, dealing with bullies, family relationships, and finding confidence during the awkward middle-school years.
Is This Series Worth Reading?
This series appeals to readers who enjoy funny, illustrated middle-grade stories about real-life middle-school struggles, friendship, and creative mischief.
Content Warnings and Heat Level
This is a clean middle-grade series with mild social conflicts, humor, and no explicit content. It is appropriate for ages 8–13.
The Middle School series follows Rafe Khatchadorian as he survives the challenges of middle school with humor and heart. With its blend of self-contained adventures and continuing character arcs, it rewards readers who follow the books in sequence. The multi-author format keeps the stories fresh while maintaining a consistent, relatable voice.
FAQ
16 books total: 13 main + 2 extra stories + 1 companion book
No new book is currently scheduled. The latest book, Winter Blunderland, was published in November 2022.
Winter Blunderland was published in November 2022.
The first book in the series is Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life, published in July 2011.
The series primarily falls into the General Fiction genre.
It’s best to read the series in order. Each book has its own story, but ongoing character arcs and relationships develop across the series.
The Middle School series follows Rafe Khatchadorian and a core group of friends as they face the ups and downs of middle school life. Each book delivers a complete humorous adventure filled with school drama, family issues, and creative schemes, while the characters’ friendships and personal growth continue to develop.
The series does not currently have a new book scheduled.