Middle Grade writing prompts for ages 9 to 12, page 2

You find an old diary in your attic that belonged to your grandparent when they were your age. The diary entries stop abruptly with a mystery that was never solved. Armed with your wits and the diary, you decide to solve the mystery that puzzled your grandparent decades ago.

You invent a gadget for your science project that can translate animal thoughts into human language. After hooking it up to your pet dog, you're shocked when the first thing it says is about a hidden treasure buried in your neighborhood. Write about your treasure hunting exploits with your talking pet.

Picture a world where every child gets a magical pencil at the age of 10. Whatever they draw becomes real for one day. Write about the drawing that goes wrong.

Every year, your town holds a legendary race where competitors use homemade flying machines. This year, you and your friends decide to enter with a craft you've built from scrap materials and old bicycle parts. Describe the race and the quirky competitors you meet along the way.

Describe an adventure of two friends who discover an old, dusty board game in their attic. When they start playing, they realise the game is magical, and they are sucked into the game world. To get back home, they must finish the game, facing various challenges and making unlikely allies with the game characters.

You discover that your pet dog can speak, but only in the presence of a full moon. On a night of a full moon, you and your pet embark on an adventure. What does your pet reveal to you, and what happens on your nocturnal journey?

You inherit a strange, quirky watch from your eccentric uncle that doesn’t tell time; instead, it lets you jump forward or backward in time, but only for 5 minutes. How do you use the watch to make your day at school extraordinary or to solve a problem you're facing?

Picture a world where every kid lives in a treehouse. Describe your own treehouse and the unique features that make it special. Then, create a story about a yearly treehouse competition where something goes hilariously wrong, and how you and your friends resolve it.

You discover a hidden room in your school that isn’t on any floorplans. Inside, there are gadgets that seem to control various aspects of the school, like the lunch menu and the clocks. Write about your adventures as you learn about what this mysterious room can do.

Invent a story about a secret agency run by children who can talk to animals. Their mission is to solve mysteries around town with the help of their animal friends. Their first big case: The Mystery of the Missing Treehouse.