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The Bad Beginning: A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1

age 9+

A cliff-hanging orphan adventure wrapped in black humor.

By Lemony Snicket

(1999)

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Where the Red Fern Grows

age 9+

Tearjerker about country boy and his hound dogs.

By Wilson Rawls

(1961)

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A Wrinkle in Time

age 9+

Classic sci-fi story still inspires and gets kids thinking.

By Madeleine L'Engle

(1962)

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Elijah of Buxton

age 9+

Funny, powerful, masterful tale of escaped slaves.

By Christopher Paul Curtis

(2007)

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Wonderstruck

age 9+

Inventive story of runaways in New York, 50 years apart.

By Brian Selznick

(2011)

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Keeper of the Lost Cities, Book 1

age 9+

Super-imaginative adventures of girl whisked to elf world.

By Shannon Messenger

(2012)

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Masterminds

age 9+

Mystery, adventure, laughs in imaginative series start.

By Gordon Korman

(2015)

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A Night Divided

age 9+

Sharp-eyed Cold War stunner has high intrigue, family drama.

By Jennifer A. Nielsen

(2015)

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Nightfall: Keeper of the Lost Cities, Book 6

age 9+

Teen elves face cosmic peril, crushes in epic installment.

By Shannon Messenger

(2017)

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The Hobbit

age 9+

Brilliantly written, inventive pre-LOTR tale.

By J.R.R. Tolkien

(1937)

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Bud, Not Buddy

age 9+

Well-crafted tale of an orphan's search for home.

By Christopher Paul Curtis

(1999)

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

age 9+

A classic that both adults and kids love.

By Lewis Carroll

(1865)

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The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy

age 9+

Sisters romp through summer in old-fashioned charmer.

By Jeanne Birdsall

(2005)

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The Mysterious Benedict Society

age 9+

Suspenseful mystery with a Lemony Snicket vibe.

By Trenton Lee Stewart

(2007)

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Eleven

age 9+

Poignant tale of dyslexic boy seeking clues to his past.

By Patricia Reilly Giff

(2008)

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The Hidden Oracle: The Trials of Apollo, Book 1

age 9+

Worthy addition to the mythological world of Percy Jackson.

By Rick Riordan

(2016)

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Warriors Series

age 9+

Cat clans mirror human issues in popular series.

By Erin Hunter, Cherith Baldry, Kate Cary, Tui T. Sutherland

(2003)

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Flashback: Keeper of the Lost Cities, Book 7

age 9+

Little is resolved in colossal teen-elf epic installment.

By Shannon Messenger

(2018)

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