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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 10- or 11-year-old already so the book is there and not here.
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
The Music of Dolphins
Homeless Bird
Watership Down
Peak My son read it in 5th grade and liked it.
The Cay We listened to the audio book when my kids were in 4th and 6th grade.
Stardust
Small Steps is sequel to Holes.
The Raft
The Outsiders
The Giver For a list of books in the Giver Quartet series click here. My daughter read it in school in 6th grade.
Gathering Blue
The Maze Runner For a list of books in this series click here.
Runaway Twin
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit Read more reviews here. If you like it check out the sequel Moribito: Guardian of the Darkness
Someone Named Eva Read more reviews here. Since we are from the Czech Republic, I would like my daughter to read this book when she reaches this age. No need to be Czech though to understand the story.
Crash
The Cupcake Queen
Splendors and Glooms
Touching Spirit Bear
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Then Again, Maybe I Won’t
Deenie
Tiger Eyes
The Bromeliad Trilogy: Truckers, Diggers, and Wings Read more reviews here.
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl My daughter read it over the summer before entering 7th grade and enjoyed it very much.
Catherine, Called Birdy
The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be
Just As Long As We’re Together
The Breadwinner
A Summer to Die (a very sad book)
The Arrival
The House of the Scorpion
Little Women
Hope Was Here
Dead End in Norvelt (starts slow, be patient) For a list of books in this series click here.
Bomb: The Race to Build–and Steal–the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon My son read it in 5th grade.
The Way of the Warrior For a list of books in this series click here.
The Prince and the Dressmaker
Darius the Great Is Not Okay
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
The Wrath & the Dawn For a list of books click here.
Leap Day
Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall
The Face on the Milk Carton For a series of books in this series click here.
Zero Day
Notes From The Midnight Driver
What Light
We Are All Made of Molecules
Finding Audrey
Larklight For a list of books in this series click here.
The Summer of Jordi Perez (And the Best Burger in Los Angeles)
Black Wings Beating For a list of books in this series click here.
The Poet X
Stephen McCranie’s Space Boy
Hey, Kiddo
Deadly
Death Cloud (Sherlock Holmes: The Legend Begins) For a list of books in this series click here.
The Call of the Wild
A Girl Named Digit Click here for sequels.
A Corner of White: Book 1 of The Colors of Madeleine Click here for the sequel (one as of now).
The Rithmatist
Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting
The Hunchback Assignments For a list of books in this series click here.
Treasure Island
Poison
The Heartbreak Messenger
Evil Genius For a list of books in the Genius series click here.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Hattie Big Sky
Cut
Mimus
Starters For a list of books in this series click here.
Nation
A Monster Calls
Seraphina For a list of books in this series click here.
Enchanted For a list of books in The Woodcutter Sisters series click here.
Rules of the Road
Variant For a list of books in this series click here.
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
The Running Dream
If I Ever Get Out of Here
Woods Runner
Downriver
Anya’s Ghost (graphic novel)
An Ember in the Ashes For a list of books in this series click here.
The Boy in the Black Suit
Shadowshaper
Dragonsong (for lovers of dragons) For a list of books in Harper Hall Trilogy click here.
Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 For a list of books in this series click here.
The Novice For a list of books in this series click here.
Under a Painted Sky
12 or 13?
Children of Blood and Bone For a list of books in the series Legacy of Orisha click here. My daughter read it in 7th grade.
Caraval For a list of books in this series click here.
Long Way Down We listened to it over the summer when my son was 11 and she was 13.
Heartless
Illuminae For a list of books in this series click here.
All American Boys
I Am Number Four For a list of books in this series click here.
His Dark Materials Omnibus (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass)
This One Summer graphic novel
Turnabout
Also Known As For a list of books in this series click here.
The Testing For a list of books in The Testing series click here. My son read it in 5th grade.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Life As We Knew It For a list of books in the Life As We Knew It Series click here.
Enclave For a list of books in The Razorland Trilogy click here.
How to Save a Life
Trash
Bamboo People
Far Far Away
Boy21
The Paladin Prophecy: Book 1 For a list of books in this series click here.
Ender’s Game Kids read the The Ender Quintet series at the age of 10 but there is a lot of violence in this militaristic story so I think this age is probably more appropriate for it. Some websites recommend it for ages 13 or 14. My son read it when he finished 5th grade, my daughter at the end of 7th.
Ender’s Shadow For a list of books in The Shadow Series click here.
Anna and the French Kiss For a list of books by this author click here.
Six of Crows Check out the sequel here. You can read it before you read Shadow and Bone (trilogy) although it contains some spoilers. Generally, most people liked Six of Crows better than Shadow and Bone but both are very good. Some people read just Six of Crows.
If you are looking for more books, check out the following reading lists:
List 1 (Grades 7 & 8)
List 2 (Grades 7 & 8)
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