Hi everyone - I have been asked to create stickies for threads with lists of book recommendations gathered from member posts for different age ranges (0-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, 13+). Here is the thread for the 9-12 age range.

Thanks Mark!

Ooh, reminded on another thread. My DD10 read Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper last year and absolutely could not put it down. It was really, really good. She also really liked The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt this year.

Inkheart trilogy--Cornelia Funke
The Books of Elsewhere series--Jacqueline West
Eva Ibbotson
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Blue Sword, The Hero and the Crown, beauty, Rose Daughter--Robin McKinley
The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings--Tolkien
His Dark Materials series--Pullman
The Once and Future King--TH White
Summer and Bird--Katherine Catmull
Diana Wynne Jones

I sent this before it was finished. Here is the rest of the list of fantasy books my DD10 has enjoyed the past year or so.
Septimus Heap-Angie Sage
Fablehaven-Brandon Mull
The Underland Chronicles-Suzanne Collins
Inkheart Trilogy-Cornelia Funke
Rangers Apprentice-John Flanagan
the Shadow Children-Margaret Haddix
The Familiars-Adam Epstein
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel-Michael Scott
Wings of Fire-Tui Sutherland
The Inheritance Cycle-Christopher Paolini
Chrestomanci-Dianna Wynn Jones

We tend to look for series, but I'll try to remember all the other great books.

The Phoenix and the Carpet series, E. Nesbit

A Wrinkle in Time series, Madeleine L'engle
..followed by (really, the book should not be read without having read AWiT): When You Reach Me--Rebecca Stead
Breadcrumbs--Anne Ursu (themes better for older kids)
Wonderstruck--Brian Selznick
The Invention of Hugo Cabret--Brian Selznick

One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox (probably for the younger end of the age range)

6th Grade Summer reading list from ds school.

Theme Topic: Journeys & Destinations

Counting by 7s - Holly Goldberg-Sloan
Dead End in Norvelt - Jack Gantos
The Thing About Luck - Cynthia Kadohata
Matilda Bone - Karen Cushman
Mockingbird - Katherine Erskine
Splendors & Gloom - Laura Amy Schlitz
Shooting Kabul - N.H. Senzai
Who Was First? Discovering the Americas - Russell Freedman
Mosque - David Macaulay
A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
The Princess Bride - William Goldman
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

My DD10 loved both of these.