Great Resources
Listmania
At amazon.com you’ll find a service entitled Listmania which allows readers to access lists of suggested books arranged by grade level. These lists each offer about four or five reading choices.
Book Crush
Another clever resource is entitled Book Crush: For Kids and Teens – Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment and Interest by Nancy Pearl. In this reference book, over 1000 books are divided by age (from the very young to age 18) and topic. (available at amazon.com)
500 Great Books for Teens
This excellent reference book by Anita Silvey has received rave reviews from teens, parents, teachers and librarians!
My Own Book Group Selections!
Here are the titles that my own mother-daughter book group has read! I’ve marked my personal favorites with a star!
Fourth Grade
- Cheaper by the Dozen
- Walk Two Moons
- Ella Enchanted*
- Harriet the Spy
- A Handful of Time
- Tale of Despereaux*
- Daddy Longlegs
Fifth Grade
- Stargirl*
- Megan’s Island
- Running Out of Time*
- My Louisiana Sky
- Elizabeth Blackwell
- Behind the Attic Wall
- American Girl’s Guide to Middle School
- City of Ember*
- People of Sparks*
Sixth Grade
- The Westing Game*
- P.S. Longer Letter Later
- A View from Saturday
- The Outcasts from 19 Schuyler Place
- Do you Know the Monkey Man?*
- Jacob Have I Loved
- Elsewhere
- Criss Cross
- Prophet of Yonwood*
- Ring of Endless Light*
Seventh Grade
- Bread and Roses*
- The Golden Compass*
- Chasing Redbird
- The Witch of Blackbird Pond*
- Gathering Blue*
- The Glass Castle*
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (try the Young Classic version for this book!)
- The Book Thief*
- Rebecca*
Eighth Grade
- Thief of Time
- Love, Stargirl*
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn*
- Life of Pi
- The Body of Christopher Creed
- Dairy Queen
- A Northern Light*
- The Face on the Milk Carton
Do you have a favorite book for kids or teens? We’d love to hear your ideas!
If you enjoy reading, you may also be interested in:
- Start a Mother Daughter Book Group
- Forming a Women’s Book Group
- Great Reading Recommendations
- Busy Bee’s Beach Books
- Captivating New Authors
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So are all the girls in the same grade? I recommend The Invention of Hugo Cabret. It’s new this year, and just enchanting.
Yes, the girls are all in the same grade. Thanks for the recommendation. It’s not always easy to find new selections for this age group!
my daughter and i have been attending a mother-daughter book group at our local library for about four years. the group is for girls aged 8 to 12, although we started the fall before she turned 8. i think the only book we’ve read for the group that is also on your list is The Tale of Despereaux (which i adore). maybe i ought to do a post of all the books we’ve read …
i’ve read many others on your list - Stargirl is a personal favorite. i’ll have to make sure to check out those i haven’t read. thanks for the list!
My daughter and I ran a book group last year for her fourth grade friends. The books that we enjoyed which aren’t mentioned above include:
Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop
Shakespeare’s Secret
Grannie Torelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech