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Ages 11–13

Best books for ages 11–13

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Heartstopper: Volume 1

Ages 13–18

Ages 10–14

Ages 13–17

The Midwife's Apprentice

Ages 10–14

Ages 12–16

Ages 9–12

The Inquisitor's Tale

Adam Gidwitz

Ages 10–14

Safe

Murder on the Orient Express

Agatha Christie

Ages 12–99

Safe

The Yearling

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Ages 10–14

Caution

Alex Rider: Stormbreaker

Ages 11–15

Ages 8–12

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Ages 12–18

Ages 13–18

Ages 10–14

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Judy Blume

Ages 8–12

Caution

Strong violence

The Diary of a Young Girl

Ages 12–18

Ages 12–18

Misty of Chincoteague

Ages 8–12

Ages 13–18

Ages 10–14

The House of the Scorpion

Nancy Farmer

Ages 12–18

Safe

The evolution of Calpurnia Tate

Jacqueline Kelly

Ages 9–12

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The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Elizabeth George Speare

Ages 10–14

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The Queen's Thief: The Thief

Megan Whalen Turner

Ages 11–15

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