Fiction Reviews for ages 5 to 12
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These days we are very lucky to have a truly wide variety of early readers, chapter books, and middle readers available to us. Some of them are also quite lovely to look at with delightful illustrations throughout. The importance of the early reader in the reading life of a child is often unrecognized. The next step, the chapter book, offers a child that very first chance to properly read a book on his or her own. The middle reader takes a child into a new world of fiction and gives the reader a real taste of what a novel can be like |
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- 26 Fairmount Avenue
For ages 7 to 10 - A birthday for Bear
For ages 4 to 7 - A Neverland Book: Escape from the Carnivale
For ages 8 to 12 - Abracadabra! Magic with Mouse and Mole
For ages 5 to 7 - Aggie and Ben: Three Stories
For ages 4 to 7 - Al Capone Does my Shirts
For ages 12 and up - Al Capone Shines my shoes
For ages 10 and up - Alice’s Birthday Pig
For ages 7 to 10 - All Because of Jackson
For ages 5 to 8 - Amanda Pig and the Really Hot Day For ages 4 to 7
- Andy Shane and the Pumpkin Trick
For ages 5 to 8 - Anna’s Blizzard
For ages 7 to 10 - Annie and Snowball and the cozy nest
For ages 6 to 9 - Babe Ruth Saves Baseball
For ages 6 to 8 - Barn Party
For ages 5 to 7 - Belle Prater's Boy
For ages 10 and up - Beyond the Dragon Portal
For ages 8 to 12 - Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles: Book One – The Nixie’s Song
For ages 7 to 10 - Billy and the Rebel: Based on the True Civil War Story
For ages 6 to 8 - Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse
For ages 9 to 12 - Brass Dragon Codex
For ages 8 to 12 - Bridge to Terabithia
For ages 8 to 12 - Bronze Dragon Codex
For ages 8 to 12 - By the Shores of Silver Lake
For ages 8 and up - Charlie Bone and the Beast: Children of the Red King Book Six
For ages 9 to 12 - Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors: Children of the Red King Book Four
For ages 9 to 12 - Charlie Bone and the Hidden King: Children of the Red King Book Five
For ages 9 to 12 - Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy: Children of the Red King Book Three
For ages 9 to 12 - Charlie Bone and the Shadow: Children of the Red King Book Seven
For ages 9 to 12 - Charlie Bone and the Time Twister: Children of the Red King Book Two
For ages 9 to 12 - Clair-de-Lune
For ages 10 and up - Crimea: Michael Pope, 100th Regiment, 1853-1857
For ages 12 and up - Danger in the Dark: A Houdini and Nate Mystery
For ages 8 to 12 - Danny the Champion of the World
For ages 9 to 12 - Diary of a Drummer Boy
For ages 9 to 12 - Diary of a Wimpy Kid
For ages 7 to 9 - Dragon’s Egg
For ages 8 to 12 - Eleanor Roosevelt and the Scary Basement
For ages 5 to 7 - Ellen Tebbits
For ages 8 to 10 - Eloise and the Dinosaurs
For ages 4 to 6 - Eloise and the snowman
For ages 4 to 6 - Eloise at the Ball Game
For ages 4 to 6 - Eloise at the wedding
For ages 4 to 6 - Eloise Breaks Some Eggs
For ages 4 to 6 - Eloise Has a Lesson
For ages 4 to 6 - Eloise's New Bonnet
For ages 4 to 6 - Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist
For ages 8 to 12 - Emily Windsnap and the Monster of the Deep
For ages 8 to 12 - Emily Windsnap and the Siren's Secret
For ages 8 to 12 - Evangeline Mudd and the Great Mink Escapade
For ages 8 to 12 - Faceless Fiend, The: Being the Tale of a Criminal Mastermind, His Masked Minions and a Princess with
For ages 9 to 12 - Fantastic Mr. Fox
For ages 8 to 11 - Fantastic Mr. Fox Audio
For ages 8 to 11 - Far-Flung Adventures: Fergus Crane
For ages 8 to 11 - Farmer Boy
For ages 8 and up - Fig Pudding
For ages 9 to 12 - Fire at the Triangle Factory
For ages 6 to 8 - Fire in the Sky
For ages 7 to 10 - First Flight: The Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers
For ages 5 to 7 - From Slave to Soldier: Based on a true civil war story
For ages 6 to 8
G - L
- Gaia Girls: Enter the Earth
For ages 9 to 12 - Gold Rush Winter
For ages 6 to 8 - Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1903 - Dragonwings
For ages 9 to 12 - Good Dog, Aggie
For ages 4 to 6 - Good Luck! A St. Patrick’s Day Story
For ages 3 to 5 - Green Dragon Codex
For ages 8 to 12 - Hairy Hezekiah
For ages 6 to 8 - Hannah Waters and the Daughter of Johann Sebastian Bach
For ages 11 and up - Happy Birthday Molly: A Springtime Story
For ages 7 to 12 - Hatching Magic
For ages 8 to 12 - Hattie Marshall and the Hurricane
For ages 9 to 12 - Henry and Mudge and the happy cat
For ages 5 to 7 - Henry and Mudge and the snowman plan
For ages 5 to 7 - Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble
For ages 5 to 7 - Henry and Mudge in Sparkle Days
For ages 5 to 7 - Henry and Mudge in the family trees
For ages 5 to 7 - Houdini: The Handcuff King
For ages 12 and up - Houndsley and Catina
For ages 5 to 7 - Houndsley and Catina and the birthday surprise
For ages 6 to 9 - Houndsley and Catina and the quiet time
For ages 5 to 7 - Houndsley and Catina: Plink and Plunk
For ages 6 to 9 - How to get rich in the California Gold Rush
For ages 10 and up - I Am Lavina Cumming
For ages 8 to 12 - Ida B…and her plans to Maximize fun, avoid disaster and (Possibly) save the world
For ages 9 and up - Igraine the Brave
For ages 8 to 12 - Into the firestorm: A Novel of San Francisco, 1906
For ages 8 to 12 - James and the Giant Peach
For ages 5 to 8 - Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher
For ages 8 to 12 - Judy Moody Saves the World
For ages 6 to 9 - Kit's Home Run
For ages 7 to 12 - Kitty and Mr. Kipling: Neighbors in Vermont
For ages 8 to 12 - Klondike Gold
For ages 8 to 11 - Leonardo Da Vinci
for ages 8 to 11 - Letters from Rifka
For ages 10 and up - Little Darlings
For ages 9 to 12 - Little Rat Sets Sail
For ages 6 to 9
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- Masterpiece
For ages 10 and up - Midnight for Charlie Bone: Children of the red king book one
For ages 9 to 12 - Miracles on Maple Hill
For ages 9 to 12 - More About Paddington
For ages 7 to 10 - Mr. Putter and Tabby Paint the Porch
For ages 6 to 9 - Mr. Putter and Tabby Run the Race
For ages 6 to 9 - My brother Abe: Sally Lincoln’s Story
For ages 9 to 12 - My Side of the Story: Escape from War
For ages 9 to 12 - Olive’s Ocean
For ages 9 to 12 - Olivia and Her Ducklings
For ages 4 to 6 - On Stage, Please
For ages 9 to 12 - Our Strange New Land: Elizabeth’s Jamestown Colony Diary
For ages 7 to 10 - Palace of Mirrors
For ages 10 to 14 - Penny from Heaven
For ages 9 to 12 - Pollyanna
For ages 8 to 12 - Poppleton Forever
For ages 6 to 8 - Poppleton in Spring
For ages 6 to 8 - Poppleton in Winter
For ages 6 to 8 - Poppy’s Return
For ages 8 to 12 - Portraits: Dancing Through Fire
For ages 8 to 12 - Pup and Hound Hatch an Egg
For ages 5 to 6 - Quake! Disaster in San Francisco, 1906
For ages 10 to and up - Raiders' Ransom
For ages 10 and up - Red Dragon Codex
For ages 8 to 12 - Regarding the trees
For ages 9 to 12 - Replay
For ages 9 to 12 - Return to the Hundred Acre Wood
For ages 6 and up
S - Z
- Sarah Plain and Tall
For ages 7 and up - Savvy
For ages 9 to 12 - Scaredy-Pants: A Halloween Story
For ages 3 to 5 - Season of Promise: Elizabeth’s Jamestown Colony Diary
For ages 7 to 10 - Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849
For ages 10 and up - Septimus Heap: Book Five - Syren
For ages 9 to 12 - Septimus Heap: Book One – Magyk
For ages 9 to 12 - Septimus Heap: Book Two - Flyte
For ages 9 to 12 - Servant to Abigail Adams: The early American Adventures of Hannah Cooper
For ages 8 to 12 - Shots at Sea: A Houdini and Nate Mystery
For ages 8 to 12 - Snow Day! A winter tale
for ages 4 to 6 - Snow Treasure
For ages 8 to 12 - Sofia’s Immigrant Diary: Book One - Hope in my Heart:
For ages 7 to 10 - Suddenly Supernatural: School Spirit
For ages 9 to 12 - Surviving Jamestown: The Adventures of Young Sam Collier
For ages 8 to 12 - Tales From Shakespeare
For ages 9 to 12 - Tashi
For ages 6 to 8 - Tashi and the Baba Yaga
For ages 5 to 7 - Tashi and the Genie
For ages 5 to 7 - Tashi and the Ghosts
For ages 5 to 7 - Tashi and the Giants
For ages 5 to 7 - The Adventures of Hector Fuller: Hector Springs Loose
For ages 6 to 9 - The Adventures of Vin Fiz
For ages 9 to 12 - The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
For ages 8 and up - The Cabinet of Wonders
For ages 11 and up - The Case of the Cat with the Missing Ear – From the Notebooks of Edward R. Smith
For ages 8 to 12 - The Cobble Street Cousins: Wedding Flowers
For ages 7 to 9 - The Cricket Winter
For ages 8 to 12 - The Crow-Girl: The Children of Crow Cove
For ages 8 to 12 - The dragon in the sock drawer
For ages 8 to 12 - The Dragon of Lonely Island
For ages 8 to 11 - The Dragon of Never-Was
For ages 8 to 12 - The dragons of Ordinary Farm
For ages 9 to 12 - The dragons of Wayward Crescent: Gruffen
For ages 7 to 9 - The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
For ages 8 to 12 - The End of the Beginning: Being the Adventures of a Small Snail (and an Even Smaller Ant)
For ages 8 and up - The Eve of Revolution: The Colonial adventures of Benjamin Wilcox
For ages 8 to 12 - The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Basil
For ages 7 to 10 - The Genius of Leonardo
For ages 7 to 12 - The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
For ages 6 to 9 - The Houdini Box
For ages 7 to 10 - The House at Pooh Corner
For ages 4 and up - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
For ages 8 to 12 - The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung: A Chinese Miner, California 1852
For ages 10 and up - The Klipfish Code
For ages 9 to 12 - The Lady Cavendish Mysteries: Assassin
For ages 10 and up - The Lady Grace Mysteries: Betrayal
For ages 10 and up - The Lady Grace Mysteries: Conspiracy
For ages 10 and up - The Lady Grace Mysteries: Deception
For ages 10 and up - The Lady Grace Mysteries: Exile
For ages 10 and up - The Lady Grace Mysteries: Feud
For ages 10 and up - The Lady Grace Mysteries: Gold
For ages 10 and up - The Lady Grace Mysteries: Haunted
For ages 10 and up - The Lady Grace Mysteries: Intrigue
For ages 10 and up - The Lady Grace Mysteries: Jinx
For ages 10 and up - The Lady Grace Mysteries: Loot
For ages 10 and up - The Little Grey Men
For ages 9 to 12 - The log cabin wedding
For ages 6 to 8 - The Lost Treasure of Captain Kidd
For ages 10 to 12 - The Magic Thief: Book One
For ages 9 to 12 - The Magician's Elephant
For ages 9 to 12 - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
For ages 9 to 12 - The Mistmantle Chronicles: Book One – Urchin of the Riding Stars
For ages 9 to 12 - The Mistmantle Chronicles: Book Three – The Heir of Mistmantle
For ages 9 to 12 - The Mistmantle Chronicles: Book Two – Urchin and the Heartstone
For ages 9 to 12 - The railway children
For ages 8 to 11 - The Schoolchildren’s Blizzard
For ages 5 to 7 - The Secret Garden
For ages 9 to 12 - The Sherlock Files: The 100-year-old secret
For ages 9 to 12 - The Sisters Grimm: Tales from the Hood
For ages 8 to 12 - The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives
For ages 8 to 12 - The Sisters Grimm: The Unusual Suspects
For ages 8 to 12 - The Starving Time: Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary
For ages 7 to 10 - The Story of Cirrus Flux
For ages 9 to 12 - The Strange Case of Baby H
For ages 10 to 12 - The Strictest School in the world
For ages 9 to 12 - The Tail of Emily Windsnap
For ages 8 to 12 - The tales of Olga da Polga
For ages 6 to 8 - The twenty-one balloons
For ages 8 to 12 - The Twits
For ages 8 to 12 - The View from Saturday
For ages 8 to 12 - The wind in the willows
For ages 8 and up - The Year the Swallows Came Early
For ages 9 to 12 - Thomas Jefferson and the Ghostriders
For ages 5 to 7 - Time Spies: Magician in the Trunk
For ages 7 to 9 - Time Spies: Secret in the Tower
For ages 7 to 9 - Time Spies: Signals in the Sky
For ages 7 to 9 - Tom Swift Young Inventor: Into the Abyss
For ages 8 to 12 - Tom Swift Young Inventor: The Robot Olympics
For ages 8 to 12 - Tom's Midnight Garden
For ages 8 to 12 - Tumtum and Nutmeg: Adventures Beyond Nutmouse Hall
For ages 8 to 10 - Under the Blood-Red Sun
For ages 10 and up - Upstairs Mouse, Downstairs Mole
For ages 5 to 7 - Way Down Deep
For ages 9 to 12 - We Came Through Ellis Island: The Immigrant Adventures of Emma Markowitz
For ages 10 and up - Welcome to the Bed and Biscuit
For ages 6 to 10 - What a Year
For ages 7 to 9 - What Katy Did
For ages 9 to 12 - When Willard Met Babe Ruth
For ages 7 to 10 - Willow Run
For ages 10 and up - Wind Tamer
For ages 8 to 12 - Wings to Fly
For ages 10 and up - Young Patriots: Inspiring Stories of the American Revolution
For ages 8 to 12 - Zelda and Ivy: Keeping Secrets
For ages 5 to 7 - Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways
For ages 5 to 7







