Recommended Fiction for 9-12 Year Olds

These books include novels, picture books, and chapter books that appeal to middle grade readers. They include fiction and nonfiction and cover a variety of topics and genres.

• The Invention of Hugo Cabret
• Historical Fiction for Middle Grade Readers
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series
• Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
• The Diary of a Wimpy Kid Books
• The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

• Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
• Novels by Sharon Creech
• The Spiderwick Chronicles
• Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
• Editions of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit Children for Tweens and Teens