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Ages 8–10

Best books for ages 8–10

Middle-grade adventures and classics.

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Ages 10–14

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

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Ages 10–14

Ages 10–14

Ages 6–10

The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide

Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black

Ages 7–10

Ages 4–8

The Princess and the Pea

Hans Christian Andersen

Ages 5–8

Ages 9–12

Laurie Halse Anderson

Ages 10–14

Safe

The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet

Eleanor Cameron

Ages 8–12

Safe

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

Adam Gidwitz

Ages 10–14

Safe

The Ugly Duckling

Hans Christian Andersen

Ages 5–8

Safe

Murder Is Bad Manners (A Wells and Wong Mystery)

Robin Stevens

Ages 10–14

Safe

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 1: Squirrel Power

Ryan North

Ages 10–16

Safe

The Shakespeare Stealer

Ages 9–12

Ages 9–9

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Ages 9–12

Safe

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Brian Selznick

Ages 8–9

Safe

The Secret of the Swamp King

Ages 9–9

Ages 10–14

The Bark of the Bog Owl

Ages 9–9

Ages 9–12

The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963

Christopher Paul Curtis

Ages 9–12

Safe

Ivy + Bean

Annie Barrows

Ages 6–9

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