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Best Books for Kids » Books for 9-12 Year Olds

Shadow Thieves

by Peter Burns

Recommendations from our site

Our most recommended books

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Ben Rothery's Deadly and Dangerous Animals by Ben Rothery

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotouge

The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Reckless: The Petrified Flesh Cornelia Funke, translated by Oliver Latsch

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The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame

Ben Rothery's Deadly and Dangerous Animals
by Ben Rothery

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
by Koyoharu Gotouge

The Hobbit
by J R R Tolkien

The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Reckless: The Petrified Flesh
Cornelia Funke, translated by Oliver Latsch