The Audie Award for Middle Grade Title is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for a middle-grade audiobook intended for children ages 8 to 12 released in a given year. From 2009 to 2015 it was given as the Audie Award for Children's Title for Ages Eight to Twelve, in 2009 it was given as the Audie Award for Children's Title for Ages Eight to Eleven, from 2001 to 2009 it was given as the more expansive Audie Award for Children's Title for Ages Eight and Up, and before 2001 it was given as the more expansive Audie Award for Children's Title. It has been awarded since 1996.
Winners and finalists 1990s Year Title Author(s) Narrator(s) Publisher Result 1996 Jumanji (1981) Houghton MifflinWinner Octopus Lady and Crow (1994) Parabola Audio LibraryFinalist Toy Story Read-Along (1995) Full cast Walt Disney Records1997 Babe, the Sheep-Pig (1983) HighBridge AudioWinner Stellaluna (1993) High Windy AudioFinalist (1995) Random House Audio1998 Redwall, Mossflower, and Mattimeo (1986–1989) Full cast Random House AudioWinnerHank the Cowdog: The Case of the Vampire Vacuum Sweeper (1997)Gulf Publishing CompanyFinalist (1994–1997)Listening Library1999 Lily's Crossing (1997) Bantam Doubleday Dell AudioWinner Saving Shiloh (1997) Bantam Doubleday Dell AudioFinalist (1995) Chivers North America 2000s Year Title Author(s) Narrator(s) Publisher Result 2000 (1995) Full cast Random House AudioWinner Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (1997) Listening Library/Random HouseFinalist Shakespeare Without the Boring Bits (1994) Chivers North America2001 (1997) Full cast Random House AudioWinner Bud, Not Buddy (1999) Random House AudioFinalist Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000) Listening Library/Random House2002 (2000) and a full cast Listening LibraryWinner (1955) HarperAudioFinalist (1943) HarperAudio2003 Troy (2000) Listening LibraryWinner (2002) Listening LibraryFinalist Coraline (2002) HarperAudio Summerland (2002) HighBridge Audio Time Stops for No Mouse (1999) Listening Library2004 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003) Random House AudioWinner (2002) Listening LibraryFinalist Dear Mr. President: Letters from a Slave Girl (2001) , SiSi Aisha Johnson, and Tom Stechshult Live Oak Media Inkheart (2003) Random House Audio (2001) and the Full Cast Family Full Cast Audio2005 Peter and the Starcatchers (2004) and Ridley Pearson Brilliance AudioWinner (1950–1956) HarperAudioFinalist Dragon Rider (1997) Random House Audio (2004) HarperAudio Keesha's House (2003) Full cast Recorded Books2006 (2004) Recorded BooksWinner Disney After Dark (2005) Brilliance AudioFinalist Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005) Random House Audio Once (2005) Bolinda Audio (2005) HarperAudioWhile I Live (2003)Bolinda Audio2007 Listening for Lions (2005) Recorded BooksWinner Behind the Curtain (2006) Harper Children's AudioFinalist (2006) Harper Children's AudioJumping the Scratch (2006)Harper Children's Audio Two Weeks with the Queen (1990) Bolinda Audio2008 Clementine (2006) Recorded BooksWinner (1975) Full Cast AudioFinalistRosa (2007)Weston Woods Skulduggery Pleasant (2007) HarperAudio (2007) Scholastic Audio2009 (2008) HarperAudioWinnerFairest (2006)Full Cast AudioFinalistNation (2008)HarperAudioOne-Handed Catch (2006)Full Cast Audio (1960)Macmillan Audio
2010s Year Title Author(s) Narrator(s) Publisher Result 2010 Operation Yes (2009) AudibleWinner (2009) Listening LibraryFinalist Lawn Boy (2007) Brilliance Audio (2009) Macmillan Audio Timothy and the Dragon's Gate (2008) Brilliance Audio2011 (2009) Brilliance AudioWinner (2009)Brilliance AudioFinalist Nanny McPhee Returns (2010) Macmillan Audio Alchemy and Meggy Swann (2010) Random House Audio One Crazy Summer (2010) Recorded Books2012 Heart and Soul (2011) HarperAudioWinner Countdown (2010) Listening LibraryFinalist (2011) and John Paterson Brilliance Audio / Candlewick (2011) HarperAudio / Books on Tape (2010) Recorded BooksWhen I Grow Up (2011)HarperAudio2013 Same Sun Here (2012) and Neela Vaswani and Neela Vaswani Brilliance AudioWinner (2011) and Randall Wright and Robin Sachs Listening LibraryFinalist (2011) Listening Library Splendors and Glooms (2012) Recorded Books Wonder (2012) , Nick Podehl, and Kate Rudd Brilliance Audio2014 Matilda (1988) Penguin AudioWinner (2010) and Cynthia Bishop Full Cast AudioFinalist Magic Marks the Spot (2013) HarperAudio Sugar (2014) Brilliance Audio (2013) Simon & Schuster Audio2015 (2008) , Derek Jacobi, Robert Madge, Clare Corbett, Miriam Margolyes, Andrew Scott, Julian Rhind-Tutt, and a full cast HarperAudioWinner (2012)HarperAudioFinalist How to Catch a Bogle (2013) Listening Library (2014) Scholastic Audio Unstoppable Octobia May (2014) Scholastic Audio2016 Echo (2015) , David de Vries, MacLeod Andrews, and Rebecca Soler Scholastic AudioWinner Diary of a Mad Brownie (2015) , Nancy O'Connor, Amanda Carlin, Scott Sherratt, and a full cast Listening Library / Penguin Random House AudioFinalist (2015) HarperAudio Jump Back, Paul (2015) and Bahni Turpin Brilliance Audio Stella by Starlight (2015) Simon & Schuster Audio2017 How to Fight a Dragon's Fury (2015) Hachette AudioWinnerAll Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook (2016) and Kathleen McInerneyHarperAudioFinalist Demon Dentist (2013) , Jocelyn Jee Esien, and Nitin Ganatra HarperAudio Hatched (2016) Full cast Listening Library (2016) and a full cast Listening Library2018 See You in the Cosmos (2017) , Brittany Pressley, Michael Crouch, and a full cast Listening LibraryWinner (2017) Listening LibraryFinalist Patina (2017) Simon & Schuster Audio Refugee (2017) , Kyla Garcia, and Assaf Cohen Scholastic Audio Wedgie & Gizmo (2017) and Maxwell Glick HarperAudio2019 Sunny (2018) Simon & Schuster AudioWinner Finding Langston (2018) DreamscapeFinalist Grenade (2018) and Andrew Eiden Scholastic Audio (2017) HarperAudio Louisiana's Way Home (2018) Penguin Random House Audio (2016)Scholastic Audio
2020s Year Title Author(s) Narrator(s) Publisher Result 2020 Charlotte's Web (1952) and a full cast Penguin Random House AudioWinner New Kid (2020) , Jesús del Ordén, Nile Bullock, Robin Miles, Guy Lockard, Peyton Lusk, Rebecca Soler, Dan Bittner, Phoebe Strole, Marc Thompson, Miles Harvey, and Ron Butler HarperAudioFinalist Our Castle by the Sea (2019) Scholastic Audio Roller Girl (2015) and a full cast Penguin Random House Audio (2019) Macmillan Audio2021 (2020) and Fiona Hardingham Brilliance AudioWinner Genesis Begins Again (2019) Simon & Schuster AudioFinalist King and the Dragonflies (2020) Scholastic Audio Say Her Name (2020) Recorded Books Shuri (2020) Scholastic AudioWe Dream of Space (2020)HarperAudio2022Playing the Cards You're DealtScholastic AudioWinnerClass Act, Jesus Del Orden, Guy Lockard, Marc Thompson, Peyton Lusk, Rebecca Soler, Dan Bittner, January LaVoy, Phoebe Strole, Jordan Cobb, A.J. Beckles, Robin Miles, Ron Butler, Miles Harvey, Kim Mai Guest, Kyla Garcia, and Soneela NankaniHarperAudioFinalistFrankie & BugSimon & Schuster AudioStamped (for Kids) (2021) and Jason Reynolds, adapted by Sonja Cherry-PaulHachette AudioTemple Alley Summer with Avery Fischer Udagawa (translator)Yonder: Restless Books for Young Readers2023Stuntboy, In the Meantime (2021), Nile Bullock, Angel Pean, James Fouhey, Soneela Nankani, Leon Nixon, Chanté McCormick, Lamarr Gulley, and DePre OwensSimon & Schuster AudioWinnerCoraline (2002), Pixie Davies, Katherine Kingsley, Julian Clary, Jacqueline Boatswain, Kevin McNally, Adjoa Andoh, Adrian Schiller, Heather Nicol, William Parker, and Nicole DavisHarperAudioFinalistHachette AudioOrangeSky Audio (2022)Hachette Audio2024What Happened to Rachel Riley? , Alexandra Hunter, and a full castHarperAudioWinnerBig TreeScholastic AudioFinalistElf Dog and Owl HeadDreamscape MediaSchool Trip, Nile Bullock, and a full castHarperAudioSimon Sort of SaysDisney-Hyperion2025Black Star, Nile Bullock, Karen Chilton, Aaron Goodson, and Dominic HoffmanHachette AudioWinnerLouder Than Hunger and John SchuPenguin Random House AudioFinalistOne Big Open Sky, Janina Edwards, and Emana RachelleDreamscape Media LLC (1911), adapted by Jeanne Sakata, Shannon Cochran, and a full castL.A. Theatre WorksSkandar and the Chaos TrialsSimon & Schuster Audio2026All the Blues in the Sky (2025)Bloomsbury PLCWinnerJ vs K and Jerry Craft and Jerry CraftHachette AudioFinalistBloomsbury PLCAudible OriginalsWhale EyesPenguin Random House Audio
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Audie Award winners