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My 13 year-old daughter recently aged herself out of Middle Grade books, and she isn't going quietly into the night: "MG books are SO lame!" she told me. "The stories are all the same! The characters always learn lessons, and there's never any real danger." I listen and nod and bite my tongue. She’s still reading at least, more sophisticated books about vampires and apocalypses and dating, but I miss our Middle Grade bond. In defense of Middle Grade, these books can be wildly