I feel like I am repeating myself but I can’t help it. Before you explore this list, check out the previous age categories first because those lists contain a lot of books for this age group but perhaps they could be enjoyed by a 9- or 10-year-old already so the book is there and not here. Check out Books My Daughter Read in 6th Grade because I no longer list them here if she read them.
A Wizard of Earthsea For a list of books in The Earthsea Cycle series click here.
A Spell for Chameleon Click here for a list of books in the Xanth series.
Inkheart For a list of books in the Inkworld Trilogy click here.
The Cabinet of Wonders For reviews and a list of books in The Kronos Chronicles series click here.
The Westing Game I read the book to my kids when they were in 4th and 6th grade.
Peter and the Starcatchers For a list of books in this series click here.
Chains (The Seeds of America Trilogy)
Forge (The Seeds of America Trilogy)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry For a list of books in this series click here.
The Door in the Wall This book has mixed reviews but so many people loved it that it is worth mentioning here.
The Egypt Game I read it with my kids when they were in 5th and 3rd grade.
The Unwanteds For a list of books in the Unwanteds series click here. My son read this series in 2nd or 3rd grade.
Last Shot: Mystery at the Final Four For a list of books in The Sports Beat series click here.
How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous
Will in Scarlet (a retelling of Robin Hood)
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer For a list of books in this series click here.
The Outcasts For a list of books in the Brotherband Chronicles click here.
Dragon’s Keep For other books in the Wilde Island Chronicles click here.
Travel Team (also Summer Ball and Travel Team & The Big Field)
Alanna: The First Adventure For a list of books in The Song of the Lioness series click here.
Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree Click here for the sequel.
Time Stops for No Mouse For a list of books in the Hermux Tantamoq Adventures series click here.
The Diamond in the Window For a list of books in The Hall Family Chronicles series click here.
The Glass Sentence For a list of books in The Mapmakers Trilogy click here.
Ordinary Jack (Bagthorpes) For a list of books in this series click here.
The Summer of the Swans Not everybody loved it but I’ve seen it recommended several times.
Mary, Bloody Mary For a list of books in the Young Royals series click here.
Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant
Around the World in Eighty Days
Tiger For a list of books in The Five Ancestors series click here.
Tesla’s Attic For a list of books in The Accelerati Trilogy click here.
Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1) For a list of books in this series click here.
Mark of the Thief For a list of books in this series click here.
The Grimm Legacy For a list of books in this series click here.
11 or 12?
Terrier For a list of books in The Legend of Beka Cooper series click here.
The Apothecary Check out the sequel here.
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison
Heart of a Samurai We listened to the audio book when my kids were in 3rd and 5th grade.
Wild Magic For other books in The Immortals Quartet click here.
Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant (graphic novel) For a list of books in this series click here.
The Alchemyst For a list of books in The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series click here.
The Mystery of the Third Lucretia For a list of books in this series click here.
Ties That Bind, Ties That Break
13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear Read more about this book here. It is not just a children’s book, it is for all ages. Recommended age was not not clear to me, some say 12 but a lot of people read it to their younger kids, try it and see.
If you are still looking for more books, check out the following reading lists:
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