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Quick List for Ages
10 to 12
| Title | Author | Synopsis | Appeals to | Reading Level | Kid-Lit Stars |
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Almond, David |
Michael moves into a new house and discovers someone is living in their dilapidated garage. |
Boys and Girls |
05 |
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Bloor, Edward |
Paul, 12, moves to Tangerine, Florida. While there, he finally comes to terms with his older, football star brother. |
Boys and Girls |
04 |
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Blume, Judy |
The story of an 11-year-old girl's questions and concerns about growing up. |
Girls |
04 |
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Burnett, Frances Hodgson |
A young orphan girl is sent to live with her uncle. There she uncovers several mysteries. |
Girls |
04 |
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Burnford, Sheila |
Three pet animals, two dogs and a cat, travel 250 miles through the Canadian wilderness to be reunited with their owners. |
Boys and Girls |
06 |
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Clements, Andrew |
A 6th grade boy invents a new word. His invention has phenomenal consequences. |
Boys and Girls |
05 |
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Colfer, Eoin |
Artemis Fowl, 12, is a boy genius. To recoup his family fortune he tries to steal gold from the fairies. Series. |
Boys and Girls |
05 |
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Cooney, Caroline B. |
Janie, 16, is convinced that the picture of a missing little girl is in fact a picture of her. She unravels the mystery of her parentage. Series. |
Girls |
04 |
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Curtis, Christopher Paul |
The Watsons travel to Birmingham, Alabama to leave troublesome Byron (age 13) with his grandmother for the summer. |
Boys and Girls |
06 |
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Cushman, Karen |
Diary style story of a young girl betrothed to an older man. |
Girls |
05 |
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Cushman, Karen |
The story of a young girl in the Middle Ages who tries to make a life for herself. |
Girls |
05 |
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Dahl, Roald |
Charlie wins a special contest which gains him entry into the mysterious Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory. Series. |
Boys and Girls |
05 |
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Fitzhugh, Louise |
Harriet spies on many people in her neighborhood and writes down everything she sees and thinks. Her notebook is stolen and read by her classmates. Series. |
Girls |
04 |
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Gantos, Jack |
The story of a boy suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder. Series. |
Boys and Girls |
03 |
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George, Jean Craighead |
Sam runs away from home and survives for a year in the Catskill Mountains. Series. |
Boys |
04 |
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Gilbreth, Frank B and Ernestine |
Story of the Gilbreth family of 12 children. Series |
Girls |
04 |
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Gipson, Fred |
The story of a yellow dog who wanders into a boy's farm one day and proves to be invaluable. |
Boys |
04 |
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Gutman, Dan |
Joe finds a very valuable baseball card and then discovers it has magical powers. Series. |
Boys |
04 |
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Haddix, Margaret Peterson |
A young girl must find a way to bring medicine to her town before many children die. |
Boys and Girls |
05 |
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Hautzig, Esther |
At age 10, during WW II, Esther is sent to Siberia with her family. After five hard years, she returns to Poland. |
Girls |
06 |
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Horvath, Polly |
A girl's parents are lost at sea, but she refuses to believe they are dead. |
Girls |
06 |
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Jacques, Brian |
When the Abbey is threatened by an evil rat, will Matthias be the one to save the day? Series. |
Boys |
05 |
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Juster, Norton |
Milo enters a magical land and attempts to return a princess to the city of Wisdom so that Rhyme and Reason will prevail again. |
Boys and Girls |
07 |
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Karr, Kathleen |
Simon, 15, leaves home to make his way in the world by walking 1,000 turkeys from Missouri to Denver. |
Boys and Girls |
05 |
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Kelly, Eric P. |
A boy in Medieval Poland honors his family's oath by protecting a fabulous treasure. |
Boys and Girls |
04 |
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Konigsburg, E.L. |
A young girl runs away from home and is drawn into a larger mystery. |
Boys and Girls |
04 |
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L'Engle, Madeleine |
3 children travel through space and time to rescue their father. Series. |
Boys and Girls |
04 |
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Lenski, Lois |
A young pioneer girl is captured by the Seneca Indians during the 18th Century. |
Girls |
05 |
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Levine, Gail Carson |
A very creative re-telling of the Cinderella story. |
Girls |
04 |
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Lewis, C.S. |
Complex series about the magical kingdom of Narnia. Series |
Boys and Girls |
05 |
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Lewis, C.S. |
The first book about the magical kingdom of Narnia. Series. |
Boys and Girls |
05 |
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Lowry, Lois |
Very complex story about a society which has eliminated all emotions. |
Boys and Girls |
05 |
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Matas, Carol and Nodelman, Perry |
Princess Lenora escapes to another dimension to avoid a dreaded arranged marriage. |
Girls |
05 |
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McKinley, Robin |
A retelling of the Beauty & the Beast fairy tale. |
Girls |
05 |
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Mills, Claudia |
Julius, a 6th grader, agrees to baby-sit for the summer with hilarious results. |
Boys and Girls |
03 |
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Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
The Harford boys' best friends move away and are replaced by a family of girls. Yuck! Series. |
Boys and Girls |
04 |
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Nelson, O.T. |
A virus has killed everyone on Earth over the age of 12. A 10-year-old girl becomes a leader and creates a city. |
Boys and Girls |
04 |
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O'Brien, Robert |
Complex story featuring highly intelligent rats who have created an intricate society. |
Boys and Girls |
04 |
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Park, Barbara |
Alex Frankovitch's big mouth is constantly getting him into trouble with hilarious results. Series |
Boys |
04 |
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Park, Linda Sue |
An orphan boy apprentices to a potter and is instrumental in the potter's success. |
Boys and Girls |
06 |
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Paulsen, Gary |
A boy lives with his wild, imaginative, cousin on a farm for the summer. |
Boys |
05 |
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Paulsen, Gary |
Survival story about a young boy who crash lands in the Canadian wilderness. Series. |
Boys |
04 |
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Pierce, Tamora |
Daine's magical abilities with animals help her newfound friends defeat a series of terrible enemies. Series. |
Girls |
05 |
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Rawls, Wilson |
The heartwarming story of a boy and his two dogs. |
Boys and Girls |
04 |
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Reaver, Chap |
A young girl living with her father in the Kentucky backwoods discovers that her father is being pursued by a lawman for making moonshine. |
Boys and Girls |
05 |
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Rowling, J. K. |
A young orphaned boy discovers he is a wizard. Series. |
Boys and Girls |
05 |
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Sacher, Louis |
An adolescent boy is falsely accused of a crime and sent to reform camp. |
Boys and Girls |
04 |
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Snickett, Lemony |
An intentionally unpleasant, scary story about 3 orphans children and their terrible misfortune. Unusual and fun. Series. |
Boys and Girls |
06 |
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Spinelli, Jerry |
The story of Jeffrey Magee's attempts to find a place to belong. |
Boys and Girls |
06 |
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Tolkein, J.R.R. |
Bilbo Baggins joins a group of dwarves in their attempt to win back their homeland. Series |
Boys |
05 |
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Turner, Megan Whalen |
Gen, the self-proclaimed best thief in the world, is forced to helped the King's magus steal an ancient treasure. |
Boys and Girls |
06 |
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Westall, Robert |
A boy finds a working German machine gun in a downed plane in England during WWII. |
Boys |
05 |
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Wrede, Patricia C. |
A bored and frustrated princess escapes from the palace to live with the dragons. Series. |
Girls |
06 |
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