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    #193027 - 06/02/14 08:01 AM Book recommendations: age 9-12
    Mark D. Offline
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    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.

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    #193080 - 06/02/14 12:21 PM Re: Book recommendations: age 9-12 [Re: Mark D.]
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    Thanks Mark!
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    What is to give light must endure burning.

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    #193082 - 06/02/14 12:32 PM Re: Book recommendations: age 9-12 [Re: Mark D.]
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    Registered: 02/17/12
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    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.

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    #193090 - 06/02/14 12:45 PM Re: Book recommendations: age 9-12 [Re: Mark D.]
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    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

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    #193104 - 06/02/14 01:43 PM Re: Book recommendations: age 9-12 [Re: Mark D.]
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    Registered: 11/19/13
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    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.

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    #193220 - 06/03/14 06:04 AM Re: Book recommendations: age 9-12 [Re: Mark D.]
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    The Phoenix and the Carpet series, E. Nesbit

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    #193222 - 06/03/14 06:10 AM Re: Book recommendations: age 9-12 [Re: Mark D.]
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    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

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    #193229 - 06/03/14 07:21 AM Re: Book recommendations: age 9-12 [Re: Mark D.]
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    One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox (probably for the younger end of the age range)

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    #193289 - 06/03/14 12:24 PM Re: Book recommendations: age 9-12 [Re: Mark D.]
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    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

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    #193290 - 06/03/14 12:28 PM Re: Book recommendations: age 9-12 [Re: mecreature]
    ElizabethN Offline
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    Registered: 02/17/12
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    Loc: Seattle area
    Originally Posted By: mecreature
    Mockingbird - Katherine Erskine
    Splendors & Gloom - Laura Amy Schlitz


    My DD10 loved both of these.

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