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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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4.47 avg rating — 11,314,999 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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4.43 avg rating — 4,454,956 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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4.58 avg rating — 4,798,907 ratings
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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
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4.31 avg rating — 3,407,769 ratings
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Holes (Holes, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 1,356,215 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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4.57 avg rating — 4,162,779 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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4.50 avg rating — 3,769,393 ratings
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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4.12 avg rating — 2,787,388 ratings
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
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4.24 avg rating — 3,128,929 ratings
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The Secret Garden
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4.17 avg rating — 1,287,825 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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4.58 avg rating — 3,634,100 ratings
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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
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4.33 avg rating — 1,105,454 ratings
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A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
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3.97 avg rating — 1,278,431 ratings
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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4.30 avg rating — 4,428,408 ratings
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Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 423,519 ratings
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Charlotte’s Web
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4.21 avg rating — 2,032,525 ratings
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The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
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4.55 avg rating — 1,138,758 ratings
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The Phantom Tollbooth
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4.20 avg rating — 305,704 ratings
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Number the Stars
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4.19 avg rating — 617,340 ratings
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Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1)
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3.96 avg rating — 1,930,699 ratings
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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4.35 avg rating — 9,817,063 ratings
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
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4.06 avg rating — 606,672 ratings
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
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4.03 avg rating — 159,964 ratings
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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4.26 avg rating — 6,828,162 ratings
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Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes (Peter Nimble, #1)
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4.12 avg rating — 12,500 ratings
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Bridge to Terabithia
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4.06 avg rating — 587,601 ratings
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The Tale of Despereaux
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4.07 avg rating — 213,010 ratings
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Peter Pan (Peter Pan, #2)
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4.03 avg rating — 372,969 ratings
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
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3.88 avg rating — 349,011 ratings
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A Little Princess
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4.23 avg rating — 323,524 ratings
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Black Beauty
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 297,435 ratings
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The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)
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3.90 avg rating — 298,274 ratings
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Tuck Everlasting
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3.91 avg rating — 294,344 ratings
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Because of Winn-Dixie
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4.10 avg rating — 278,002 ratings
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Maniac Magee
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3.90 avg rating — 128,322 ratings
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Wonder (Wonder, #1)
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4.36 avg rating — 1,188,784 ratings
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Aster Wood and the Lost Maps of Almara (Aster Wood, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 508 ratings
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
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4.17 avg rating — 184,980 ratings
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Treasure Island
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3.85 avg rating — 537,940 ratings
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The Ghost of Lizard's Rock (Cow Pie Gang, #1)
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4.67 avg rating — 45 ratings
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Walk Two Moons
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 173,302 ratings
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The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)
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4.20 avg rating — 174,509 ratings
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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3.99 avg rating — 433,674 ratings
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My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1)
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4.10 avg rating — 84,793 ratings
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Dragon Rider
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 85,532 ratings
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Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
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3.95 avg rating — 255,017 ratings
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The Forbidden Vial (Alessia in Atlantis, #1)
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4.21 avg rating — 155 ratings
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The Indian in the Cupboard (The Indian in the Cupboard, #1)
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3.93 avg rating — 109,080 ratings
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Amaranth
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4.03 avg rating — 61 ratings
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The Three Privileges
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4.39 avg rating — 96 ratings
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Rocky Road (Team Canteen #1)
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4.86 avg rating — 42 ratings
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The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)
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4.05 avg rating — 601,309 ratings
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Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #6)
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4.23 avg rating — 133,369 ratings
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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3.92 avg rating — 1,013,367 ratings
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Harriet the Spy
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3.95 avg rating — 100,699 ratings
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The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1)
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3.98 avg rating — 83,040 ratings
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The Princess Diaries (The Princess Diaries, #1)
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3.81 avg rating — 262,183 ratings
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Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic, 1912
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11,439 ratings
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The Dark Is Rising (The Dark is Rising, #2)
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4.04 avg rating — 60,469 ratings
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Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 561,339 ratings
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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4.30 avg rating — 509,708 ratings
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No Talking
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3.98 avg rating — 20,091 ratings
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Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
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3.98 avg rating — 481,787 ratings
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A Wind in the Door (Time Quintet, #2)
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3.99 avg rating — 131,861 ratings
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Catherine, Called Birdy
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3.74 avg rating — 43,279 ratings
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Love That Dog (Jack, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 48,104 ratings
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Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)
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4.28 avg rating — 443,562 ratings
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How to Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon, #1)
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3.91 avg rating — 56,972 ratings
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The Crystal of Yggdrasil (Aki and the Spheres of Time, #1)
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4.14 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Mary Poppins
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4.01 avg rating — 140,509 ratings
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I Can Cook " Cake Baking"
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4.54 avg rating — 26 ratings
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The Bellmaker (Redwall, #7)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 24,497 ratings
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Poppy
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3.98 avg rating — 10,540 ratings
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The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, #1)
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4.26 avg rating — 158,790 ratings
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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
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4.39 avg rating — 121,259 ratings
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (The Wolves Chronicles, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 22,353 ratings
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Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1)
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4.15 avg rating — 208,799 ratings
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Princess Academy (Princess Academy, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 121,796 ratings
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
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4.16 avg rating — 218,723 ratings
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Running Out of Time (Out of Time #1)
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3.99 avg rating — 28,591 ratings
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Mammoth Trouble (Noah Zarc #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 228 ratings
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Treasure at Lure Lake
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4.37 avg rating — 75 ratings
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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
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4.09 avg rating — 505,309 ratings
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The Absolutely Amazing Adventures of Agent Auggie Spinoza
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3.85 avg rating — 117 ratings
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Redwall (Redwall, #1)
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4.14 avg rating — 128,609 ratings
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The Merchant of Death (Pendragon, #1)
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3.97 avg rating — 52,341 ratings
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Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
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4.05 avg rating — 82,851 ratings
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The School Story
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3.99 avg rating — 12,328 ratings
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The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
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3.91 avg rating — 389,602 ratings
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Found (The Missing, #1)
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3.98 avg rating — 41,858 ratings
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Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark is Rising, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 56,257 ratings
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
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4.03 avg rating — 1,611,723 ratings
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National Velvet
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4.10 avg rating — 25,965 ratings
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The Mysterious Howling (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, #1)
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3.95 avg rating — 23,045 ratings
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The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
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3.95 avg rating — 328,768 ratings
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Nathaniel's 1st Adventure (Cosmic Aviators, #1)
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4.27 avg rating — 45 ratings
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Spin the Golden Light Bulb (1) (The Crimson Five)
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4.22 avg rating — 144 ratings
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Dewey Fairchild, Parent Problem Solver (Dewey Fairchild, #1)
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4.16 avg rating — 49 ratings
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The Door to the Lost
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 385 ratings
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Rage Has A Hold On Sammy
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4.86 avg rating — 37 ratings
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The Harry Potter series are amazing, but since reading them when they first came out almost 15 years ago, I have discovered other series for young readers that are equally amazing. some of them are named here, Rick Riordan and Gail Carson Levine for example, but others that I've found include Charlie Fletcher and the Stone Heart series also read and brought to life by Jim Dale who did the Harry Potter series; any of the Gary Paulsen Hatchet series! I have a reluctant 10-year old reader and these excellent stories really bolster his vocabulary and grasp of intelligent plots and characters, although he's not reading them himself. To by quite honest, I enjoy these YA reads just about as much as any "adult" reads that I've encountered in past years!
Harry Potter is universal...but I don't think an eleven year old will fully understand books 3-7 because that's when the story hits a whole new level and the plot becomes really intricate and detailed. There are some great books on this list though.
I'm not sure i'd recommend Hotel by Arhtur Hailey for an eight year old... it's a bit mature for that age.
Rea wrote: "I'm not sure i'd recommend Hotel by Arhtur Hailey for an eight year old... it's a bit mature for that age."
I would NOT recommend A Tree Grows in Brooklyn for this age range. Wonderful book but not for elven year old
