Middle School Books in Publication Order – Middle School Series is Written by James Patterson. We have also published an article on “Private Series” by James which you must look.
Publication Order of Middle School Books
| Book Title | Year | Check at Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life | (2011) | Buy Now |
| Get Me Out of Here! | (2012) | Buy Now |
| How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill | (2013) | Buy Now |
| My Brother is a Big, Fat Liar | (2013) | Buy Now |
| Ultimate Showdown | (2014) | Buy Now |
| How I Got Lost in London | (2014) | Buy Now |
| Save Rafe! | (2014) | Buy Now |
| Just My Rotten Luck | (2015) | Buy Now |
| Going Bush | (2016) | Buy Now |
| Dog’s Best Friend | (2016) | Buy Now |
| Hollywood 101 | (2016) | Buy Now |
| Escape to Australia / Million-Dollar Mess Down Under | (2017) | Buy Now |
| From Hero to Zero | (2017) | Buy Now |
| Born to Rock | (2019) | Buy Now |
| Master of Disaster | (2020) | Buy Now |
| Field Trip Fiasco | (2021) | Buy Now |
| It’s a Zoo in Here! | (2022) | Buy Now |
| Winter Blunderland | (2022) | Buy Now |
| Too Uncool for School | (2025) | Buy Now |
Recent releases in the series – Middle School Books Series
1. Middle School: Too Uncool for School – 2025
Rafe is finally living the cool life—but his problems are heating up.
He’s never been one of the popular kids, but everything changes when he lands a spot as the guitarist in a rock band and scores a part-time job at Hills Village’s trendiest new coffee shop/yoga studio. No more sitting at the bottom of the middle school food chain—Rafe is ready for his rise to fame!
There’s just one tiny problem: the band’s leader is none other than the school bully. Oh, and the band? They’re terrible. Now, it’s up to Rafe to whip them into shape before the Best Band Competition.
With his newfound coolness at stake, can Rafe pull off a show-stopping performance, or is he destined to remain a dork forever?
2. Middle School: Winter Blunderland – 2022
Middle school sometimes feels like a dangerous mission in the cold, unforgiving tundra. Sometimes, it actually is. Can Rafe survive his most (frost)biting adventure yet?
When Dr. Daria Deerwin invites Rafe to join a research study on polar bears, he jumps at the chance. How often do you get to see a real polar bear in the wild? He’s about to find out!
Alaska is pinkie-freezing, hair-freezing, snot-freezing cold—but Rafe might be the one melting down. He’s stuck spending every moment with Penelope, his undeniable crush, and things take a turn when a polar bear Dr. Deerwin is tracking suddenly disappears… just as poachers arrive on the tundra.
Now, Rafe, Penelope, and their new friends must step up to save the day in his coolest adventure yet!
3. Middle School: It’s a Zoo in Here! – 2022
Rafe feels trapped like a caged lion at his summer zoo job—until a real lion desperately needs his help.
With summer freedom just days away, Rafe Khatchadorian faces a major roadblock: his bad grades might send him straight to summer school.
He figures a summer job is an easy way out—until he proves himself wrong. First, he strikes out at the zoo. Then, he gets totally grossed out working at a billionaire’s country club, where he’s stuck:
- Digging a pit for the annual clambake
- Scrubbing chewed bubblegum, sooty fireplaces, and toilets
- Polishing the chrome on his boss’s ATV
Rafe seems destined for the Failed Jobs Hall of Fame—until he comes face-to-face with an endangered lion. Now, his wildlife knowledge is put to the ultimate test, and this time, it’s more than just his grade on the line.
Firstly Added Books in the Series – James Patterson Middle School Books
1. Middle School – The Worst Years of My Life Excerpt
Rafe Khatchadorian has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into the mix. Luckily, he’s got an ace plan for the best year ever, if only he can pull it off: With his best friend Leonardo the Silent awarding him points, Rafe tries to break every rule in his school’s oppressive Code of Conduct. Chewing gum in class–5,000 points! Running in the hallway–10,000 points! Pulling the fire alarm–50,000 points! But when Rafe’s game starts to catch up with him, he’ll have to decide if winning is all that matters, or if he’s finally ready to face the rules, bullies, and truths he’s been avoiding.
James Patterson’s debut middle-grade novel addresses some of the middle schoolers’ biggest issues: bullies, first crushes, and finding out what makes each of us special, all with a hilarious main character and fantastic in-text illustrations that are sure to have young readers begging for more!
2. Middle School: Get Me Out of Here! Excerpt
After sixth grade, the very worst year of his life, Rafe Khatchadorian thinks he has it made in seventh grade. He’s been accepted to an art school in the big city and imagines a math-and-history-free fun zone. Wrong! It’s more competitive than Rafe ever expected, and to score big in class, he needs to find a way to turn his boring life into the inspiration for a work of art. His method? Operation: Get a Life! Anything he’s never done before, he’s going to do it, from learning to play poker to going to a modern art museum. But when his newest mission uncovers secrets about the family Rafe’s never known, he has to decide if he’s ready to have his world turned upside down.
3. Middle School: My Brother Is a Big, Fat Liar Excerpt
Georgia Khatchadorian-the sister of Rafe, the star of the first two Middle Schools plans to excel at Hills Village Middle School in all the places her troublemaking brother failed. She’s even bet him that she’ll quickly become one of the most popular girls in school, but no one will give her a chance!
Even worse, Rafe has sneakily set her up to embarrass herself in front of the snooty “Princesses” who run the school and the boy who’s caught her eye. Will she be able to overcome her fears and win her bet with Rafe? Find out THE TRUTH about Rafe Khatchadorian’s sister in the first Middle School story from the point of view of the hilarious Georgia-a girl who’s ready to speak her mind!
4. Middle School: How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill Excerpt
Rafe Khatchadorian, the hero of the bestselling Middle School series, is ready for a fun summer at camp–until he finds out it’s a summer school camp! Luckily, Rafe easily makes friends with his troublemaking cabin mates and bunkmate, a boy nicknamed Booger-Eater, who puts up with endless teasing from the other kids. Rafe soon realizes there’s more to a person than a nickname, though, and Booger-Eater might be the kind of friend you want on your side when the boys from the Cool Cabin attack.
This fourth book in the massively popular Middle School series is an unforgettable summer of hi-jinks, new friends, and surprises, all told with the hilarity and honesty readers have come to expect from blockbuster author James Patterson.
5. Middle School: Ultimate Showdown Excerpt
The Khatchadorian kids are an opinionated duo, and as readers of the Middle School stories know, they don’t exactly see eye to eye. But when wild-card Rafe and mostly straight-laced Georgia go at it, the only thing more fun than their ranting is getting to join in! Their back-and-forth banter on a range of topics from bullying to cafeteria food to school dress codes-introduces more than 40 writing and drawing prompts and other games, along with room for readers to share their points of view.
6. How I Got Lost in London
7. Middle School: Save Rafe! Excerpt
After a rough summer, Rafe is heading back to the dreaded Hills Village Middle School, the site of the very worst years of his life. And as if that’s not bad enough, he’s learned that he’s going to be held back a year unless he can prove himself on an outdoor survival excursion-complete with dangerous white-water rafting, dizzying rock climbing, and fanatical counselors. Rafe and the rest of the pack of “delinquent” trainees are forced to cooperate as they prepare for the final test: a solo excursion in the deep woods. Can Rafe come out of the experience in one piece? And if he does, will he go home as the same insecure kid?
Both heartwarming and hilarious, Save Rafe! is a story of perseverance and courage as only James Patterson could tell it.
8. Middle School: Just My Rotten Luck Excerpt
In this seventh Middle School episode, Rafe heads back to the place his misadventures began: the dreaded Hills Village Middle School, where he’s now being forced to take “special” classes. He also finds himself joining the school’s football team alongside his main tormenter, Miller the Killer! But Rafe has grand plans for a better year: First, he decides to start a super-secret art project that’s sure to rock the school. Then, if Rafe manages to make a play to save his team, he might have to deal with something completely new: popularity!
9. MIDDLE SCHOOL DOG’S BEST FRIEND Excerpt
10. Middle School Hollywood 101 Excerpt
11. Middle School Escape to Australia Excerpt
Rafe isn’t exactly considered a winner in Hills Village Middle School, to say the least, but everything‘s about to change: he’s won a school-wide art competition, and the fabulous prize is getting to jet off to Australia for a whirlwind adventure!
But Rafe soon finds that living in the Land Down Under is harder than he could’ve ever imagined: his host siblings are anything but welcoming, the burning temperatures are torturous, and poisonous critters are ready to sting or eat him at every step. So with the help of some new misfit friends, Rafe sets out to show everyone what he does best: create utter mayhem!
12. Middle School: From Hero to Zero Excerpt
After a mostly successful stint at Hills Valley Middle School, Rafe is excited to visit the incredible city of London with his class. Sightseeing around a foreign country sounds like a blast, until Rafe finds out his roommate is Miller the Killer, bully extraordinaire! Then he’s forced to work on a class project side by side with his crush Jeanne Galletta and her too-perfect boyfriend, which might be even worse than rooming with Miller.
And it’s no surprise that Rafe’s bad luck follows him across the pond, putting him in one crazy situation after another — all under the watchful eye of his bad-tempered principal. Out of all of his adventures, this trip could prove to be Rafe’s most embarrassing yet, undoing everything good he has going for him back home!
13. Middle School: Born to Rock Excerpt
It’s not easy being Rafe Khatchadorian’s sister. He’s got quite a reputation around school, and Georgia’s got it hard enough as is! With a super-secret crush on her classmate Sam Marks, a Rube Goldberg machine challenge to dominate, and constant confrontations with vicious Missy Trillin and her evil Princess Patrol to look forward to, Georgia can’t help but throw all her energy into the one thing that makes her happy: her kick-butt, all-girl rock band, We Stink!
When Georgia’s favorite rock band, Lulu and the Handbags, advertises a major music competition where the winner gets to jam with Lulu herself, Georgia will pull all the stops to make sure We Stink wins–even if it means asking her annoying older brother, Rafe, for help! Will his crazy ideas work, or land her in serious trouble?
14. Middle School: Master of Disaster Excerpt
Rafe and Jimmy, two misunderstood “troublemakers”, are finally up to something good. They’re in charge of a huge celebration of books and reading — but when a small issue snowballs into a big problem that threatens to derail the whole event, they need to work fast to keep things on track!
And the best part? Rafe and Jimmy are joined by the funniest storytellers they know, including Jamie Grimm from I Funny, Jacky Ha-Ha, the Kidd family of Treasure Hunters, and super-genius Max Einstein — everyone’s favorite characters from James Patterson’s bestselling series for kids!
15. Middle School: Field Trip Fiasco Excerpt
Things have quieted down for lovable troublemaker Rafe Khatchadorian, and after all the mishaps and adventures he’s been through, he’s feeling a little restless. So when he’s invited to attend an all-expenses-paid art field trip in California, Rafe jumps at the opportunity.
But things go sideways, as they always do for Rafe when he arrives and realizes his trip isn’t the Hollywood vacation he thought it would be. Instead, he’ll be participating in a “Cultural Campout” in the desert.
What follows is a series of unfortunate events that only Rafe could find himself in, including an encounter with a cranky crocodile, a claustrophobic trip into an ancient cave, and a set of ancient cave paintings that may or may not have been faked.
To make matters worse, Rafe finds himself smack dab in the middle of a plot to smuggle a legendary missing diamond. Has he finally stumbled his way into an adventure he can’t get himself out of?
FAQ on Middle School Series
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Which is the last Book release in the Middle School Book Series?
“Too Uncool for School” is the latest Book in the Middle School Book Series, released on January 23rd, 2025.
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Who is the Author of the Middle School Book Series?
James Patterson is the Author of the Middle School Book Series.
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