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Ages 8–10

Best books for ages 8–10

Middle-grade adventures and classics.

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The Princess in Black

Shannon Hale & Dean Hale

Ages 6–9

Ages 9–9

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Ages 10–18

Ages 9–12

The Story of Ferdinand

Munro Leaf

Ages 6–9

Safe

Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure!

Ages 6–9

Ages 7–11

Ages 9–9

The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary

Candace Fleming

Ages 10–14

Safe

Lincoln: A Photobiography

Ages 9–12

Ages 9–12

Al Capone Does My Shirts

Gennifer Choldenko

Ages 9–12

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Chains

Laurie Halse Anderson

Ages 10–14

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Amari and the Night Brothers

Ages 9–13

Ages 10–14

Ages 9–12

The Rise of the School for Good and Evil

Ages 9–9

Ages 9–14

Ages 5–8

Hans Christian Andersen

Ages 7–8

Ages 4–8

The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1)

Ages 9–12

Ages 10–14

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

Steve Sheinkin

Ages 10–14

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