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Ages 11–13

Best books for ages 11–13

Tween novels with real depth.

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Safe

The Prince and the Dressmaker

Jen Wang

Ages 12–18

Safe

James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl

Ages 8–12

Caution

The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963

Christopher Paul Curtis

Ages 9–12

Ages 12–16

Ages 13–18

Nothing But the Truth

Ages 12–15

Ages 10–14

The Body in the Library

Agatha Christie

Ages 12–99

Caution

The Dead and the Gone

Susan Beth Pfeffer

Ages 13–17

Safe

The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet

Ages 8–12

Ages 13–18

Ages 13–18

Ages 13–18

Ages 10–14

My Side of the Mountain

Jean Craighead George

Ages 9–12

Ages 13–17

Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.

Ages 10–14

Caution

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

Avi

Ages 11–15

Safe

Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer

John Grisham

Ages 10–14

Safe

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Ages 8–12

Safe

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Jules Verne

Ages 10–15

Caution

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Ages 13–18

Ages 12–16

The Indian in the Cupboard

Lynne Reid Banks

Ages 8–12

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