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Ages 11–13

Best books for ages 11–13

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Safe

The Prince and the Dressmaker

Ages 12–18

Ages 10–14

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Ann Brashares

Ages 12–18

Safe

The Body in the Library

Agatha Christie

Ages 12–99

Safe

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Ages 12–99

Ages 10–14

The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery

Ages 10–14

Ages 10–14

Ages 12–18

Ages 13–17

Ages 12–18

Ages 11–15

Ages 13–17

Ages 10–14

Ages 10–14

Ages 13–17

The Queen's Thief: The Thief

Megan Whalen Turner

Ages 11–15

Safe

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

Phillip Hoose

Ages 12–18

Safe

Chains

Laurie Halse Anderson

Ages 10–14

Ages 12–16

Ages 12–16

Alex Rider: Stormbreaker

Anthony Horowitz

Ages 11–15

Caution

A Silent Voice, Vol. 1

Ages 13–18

Ages 10–14

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