TOP 10
Here is a list of my 10 favorite books for ages 8-12, 13-15, and 16-18!
Please check out my vlog series on these books, to see if they are right for your children!
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to each of the videos.
01
Wonder by RJ Palacio
East by Edith Pattou
For Girls: Beauty by Robin McKinley
For Boys: Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert Heinlein
02
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Blue Sword by Robin Mckinley
03
The Little House on the Prairie Series by Laura Wilder
The Giver Series by Lois Lowry
Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys (warning: does have some description of graphic historical events)
04
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Randoms by David Liss
The Hourglass Door series by Lisa Mangum
05
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George (for boys or girls)
The Princess Academy series by Shannon Hale
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
Seven Daughters and Seven Sons by Barbara Cohen
06
The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
The DeGranville Trilogy by K.M. Grant
The Pendragon Series by D.J. MacHale
07
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
08
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Little Women (any Louisa May Alcott book)
An Acceptable Time by Madeleine L'Engle
09
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Paper Hearts by Meg Wiviott
Enchantress From the Stars by Sylvia Engdhal
10
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The City of Ember Series by Jeanne DuPrau
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys (Warning: gets quite graphic in depicting a historical event during WWII. )
