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Some good books are def the Percy Jackson series, Keeper of the Lost Cities and The Inheritance Games.

The inheritance games
The selection series"
oh my god i read the inheritance games and fell in love with Jennifer and ever since I got to know about the selection series ....I cant stop thinking about reading it and jumping into that world .

The Dotty Series
The OZ Series (14 books)
The Lost Girl Series
Agatha Oddly

I remember my sister reading the Judy Blume books when she was that age. While the world depicted might seem anachronistic in modern times, the themes and pre-teen issues the books address make them classics.
Island of the blue dolphins is a harrowing adventure tale with an indiginous female protagonist about your daughter's age. It's a fictionalized account of actual events that took place off the California coast and depict a girl's indomnitable spirit to get on with life even while facing challenge and hardship.

- Terminar la Saga de TRONO DE CRISTAL de Sarah J Maas
- Leer la Serie completa de las HATHAWAY de Lisa Kleypas
- Empezar (por fin) NACIDOS DE LA BRUMA 2ª ERA de Brandon Sanderson
- La Reina de los Condenados de Anne Rice

I've tried to get the granddaughter to read "Island of the Blue Dolphins" for over a year. She finally picked it up and announced, "What a great book this is!" and only has 60 more pages to finish it! She absolutely LOVES IT! Her 4th grade teacher didn't read or mention it (she's now finishing up 5th grade).



Hi Michelle, Depending on what she likes, some series and some single books by great authors: Little House on the Prairie, Harry Potter, Box Car Children, Nancy Drew Mysteries, Hardy Boy Mysteries, Percy Jackson, Holes (not a series but good book), The Golden Compass, Harriett the Spy, Anything by Roald Dahl, Goose Bumps. Maybe she can go to the library and pick a few she likes and you will get a good sense of the kinds of stories she likes.

ME TOO! I especially want to re-read some of the Hemingway I read and was too young to appreciate, as well as "The Bridge of San Luis Rey".

I finished "A Thousand Splendid Suns" and I'm still digesting it! I went for something light, so now I'm re-reading Divergent, since the granddaughter is also reading it.


She might enjoy these middle-grade authors: Barbara O'Connor, Margaret P. Haddix, Betsy Byars, Robert Cormier; new authors: Jamie C. OHare and Shanley Mahsay

Fairy oak!!

I was really into Eragon at that age (The Inheritance Cycle) if she's into dragons and elves/dwarves she might enjoy it too.


So worth getting into this era!!! Maybe I need to get back to it, too.

Left Behind series by Tim LaHaye
Kinsey Millhone series by Sue Grafton ( goes by the alphabet)
Babysitters Club series


Percy Jackson, The Cruel Prince, Shadow And Bone, Six of Crows, The Selection

Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon
I recommend this series. They're long but really good. I'm currently reading them...

Not anything with smut!
Assistant to the Villain
is light-hearted but carries meaning.

Not anything with smut!
Our granddaughter is 11, going into middle school next fall. She's reading Divergent (she saw the movie), and I picked up some recommendations on a You Tube channel for middle schoolers. You can message me for titles as I'll have to look them up. Her teacher read aloud this year: Number the Stars, and is now reading Old Yeller! Granddaughter just finished Island of the Blue Dolphins (which takes place here off the coast of California) and LOVED IT! I tried to get her to read it last year and she refused! Ha, ha! "Nana knows best"!!!! Oh, she DID grab "The Hunger Games" copy that I had out in my little free library! Okay...she took "Artemis Fowl", "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library", a "Wings of Fire" book (actually 3 of them!). Some of these I ordered for my Little Free library, but she found them and grabbed them! Hope this helps. I would definitely take her to your local library and chat with the librarian there. Oh, and she's read EVERY Heidi Heckelbeck book!

You should try keeper of the lost cit..."
Ya, that's amazing

"The Land of Stories" series by Chri..."
It's amazing

Anything by Roald Dahl or Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Tom Sawyer, Bunnicula, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Sing Down the Moon. At least, that's what I read when I was 11. That & Cricket Magazine. I still have my books & magazines from childhood & they're still beloved favorites. Maybe share some of your childood favorites with her.


I read the To All The Boys I've Loved Before series by Jenny Han at her age and I loved them!
To All the Boys I've Loved BeforeP.S. I Still Love You Always and Forever, Lara Jean

The book series I still re-read to this day (at 31 years old) and the one that got me into British humour is the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (starting with book 1, Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging) I think I was about 12 or 13 when I read it the first time.

The series Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger is amazing! The books are long and the series is up to 10 books. Plus there is no cussing, adult content, and the romance is a majority of middle school crushing.