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Ages 11–13

Best books for ages 11–13

Tween novels with real depth.

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Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 1

Ages 13–99

On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Ages 10–14

Boy: Tales of Childhood

Ages 10–14

Rosa Parks: My Story

Ages 10–14

Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Ages 10–14

The Red Scarf Girl

The Red Scarf Girl

Ages 10–14

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

Ages 10–14

The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog

Ages 10–14

An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793

Ages 10–14

The False Prince

The False Prince

Jennifer A. Nielsen

Ages 10–14

Wildcard

Ages 13–17

Strong violence

D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy, 1944

Ages 12–18

The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles

Paul B. Janeczko

Ages 12–18

The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass

Ages 12–18

The Lunar Chronicles: Cress

Ages 12–16

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

Ages 12–18

The Hobbit

Ages 10–14

Becoming (Adapted for Young Readers)

Ages 10–18

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Readers' Edition)

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Readers' Edition)

William Kamkwamba

Ages 10–14

Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War

Ages 12–18

Behemoth

Scott Westerfeld

Ages 12–16

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Mildred D. Taylor

Ages 10–14

Ages 12–16

Sounder

William H. Armstrong

Ages 10–14

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