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Best Children's Books

Books for children

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  1. Dibs in Search of Self

    Virginia M. Axline

    ★ 4.2 (11k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    With his therapist's kind and steady help, a young boy named Dibs, who started out quiet and thought to be different, learns about himself and finds his voice.

  2. The Search for WondLa

    Tony DiTerlizzi

    ★ 4.1 (11k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A girl raised by a robot in an underground bunker goes on a dangerous journey through an alien world to find other humans and learn about her past.

  3. Pink and Say

    Patricia Polacco

    ★ 4.5 (11k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    During the Civil War, a white Union soldier's life changes forever when a young Black soldier saves him, making him face the harsh truth of slavery and the pointlessness of war.

  4. You Have to Stop This

    Pseudonymous Bosch

    ★ 4.3 (11k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    During a class trip, Cass breaks a mummy's finger, pulling her and her friends into an ancient Egyptian mystery with priceless artifacts, walking dead, and a desperate search for the ultimate Secret before their chocolate and lives run out.

  5. House of Secrets

    Chris Columbus

    ★ 3.8 (11k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Three siblings are evicted into a mysterious Victorian house and pulled into a dangerous world of medieval warriors and supernatural pirates. They must uncover a dark literary legacy to save themselves and reality.

  6. Johnny Mnemonic

    William Gibson

    ★ 3.8 (11k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    A data courier with a brain overloaded by corporate secrets races against time and the Yakuza, who crave his cryogenically preserved head, to deliver his illicit cargo before it kills him.

  7. Double Cross

    Malorie Blackman

    ★ 4.1 (11k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a segregated world, Tobey's desperate quest for a better life with Callie Rose forces him to choose between quick money and gang violence, all while a divided society crumbles.

  8. Save Me a Seat

    Sarah Weeks

    ★ 4.1 (11k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A small-town boy whose best friends moved away and a new immigrant struggling to adapt find common ground and team up to outwit their class bully during one chaotic school week.

  9. Mr Stink

    David Walliams

    ★ 4.2 (11k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A lonely girl's secret friendship with a kind, malodorous tramp hidden in her garden shed leads to unexpected revelations and a town's surprising transformation.

  10. Lost

    Gregory Maguire

    ★ 4.1 (11k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A struggling writer, haunted by her past and a missing stepcousin, plunges into a Dickensian London rowhouse where a spectral presence, possibly Jack the Ripper or a family ghost, unravels a chilling mystery.

  11. Brave

    Svetlana Chmakova

    ★ 4.3 (11k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A quiet middle schooler who's a superhero in his daydreams must learn to translate that bravery into navigating the real-life challenges of friendships, school projects, and social drama, all while trying to avoid being picked last.

  12. Escaping Peril

    Tui T. Sutherland

    ★ 4.6 (11k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A deadly dragon with a past of fiery destruction grapples with her lethal gift and a newfound desire for friendship, as she hunts down her tyrannical former queen to protect the only dragons who ever showed her kindness.

  13. After Ever After

    Jordan Sonnenblick

    ★ 4.2 (11k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Jeffrey, a cancer survivor in remission, faces physical challenges, a runaway brother, and a new romance, forcing him to understand his identity and what 'after ever after' truly means.

  14. Dragon Keeper

    Carole Wilkinson

    ★ 4.0 (11k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    An orphan girl in ancient China must overcome her shyness to protect the last dragon and his purple stone from a cruel empire and dark magic.

  15. Pie

    Sarah Weeks

    ★ 4.0 (11k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    After her pie-queen aunt bequeaths her secret recipe to a remarkably disagreeable cat, a young girl named Alice must unravel a culinary mystery amidst a pie-crazed town to discover the true ingredients of happiness.

  16. Password to Larkspur Lane

    Carolyn Keene

    ★ 4.0 (11k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    When a cryptic message arrives via carrier pigeon, Nancy Drew is propelled into a shadowy mystery surrounding a sinister retreat and the secrets it holds.

  17. Soul Eater

    Michelle Paver

    ★ 4.3 (11k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a desperate midwinter quest, Torak must brave the dangerous stronghold of the Soul-Eaters to rescue his kidnapped wolf-brother from a chilling sacrifice.

  18. The Upstairs Room

    Johanna Reiss

    ★ 3.9 (11k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Two Jewish sisters spend years in the claustrophobic confines of an upstairs room, hidden from Nazi invaders in rural Holland, grappling with fear, boredom, and the terrifying unknown fate of their family.

  19. Everything on a Waffle

    Polly Horvath

    ★ 3.7 (11k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    After her parents are lost at sea, an eccentric eleven-year-old navigates the unusual adults of a small Canadian town, finding comfort, culinary knowledge, and belief in her parents' return at a diner where every dish, including the guinea pig, might just end up on a waffle.

  20. Ghost Town at Sundown

    Mary Pope Osborne

    ★ 3.9 (10k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    The Magic Tree House sends Jack and Annie to a Wild West ghost town, where they must outsmart horse thieves, avoid rattlesnakes, and solve a spectral mystery to help a cowboy before sundown.

  21. Tex

    S.E. Hinton

    ★ 3.8 (10k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Fifteen-year-old Tex, whose greatest loves are his horse and his best friend's sister, finds his carefree world shattering as his absent father, a restless older brother, and escalating trouble threaten to tear apart his life in rural Oklahoma.

  22. How to Steal a Dog

    Barbara O'Connor

    ★ 4.0 (10k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Desperate to escape homelessness, a resourceful young girl hatches a risky plan to 'borrow' a dog and claim its reward, only to discover the true cost of her morally ambiguous solution.

  23. Shug

    Jenny Han

    ★ 4.0 (10k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Twelve-year-old Annemarie "Shug" Wilcox navigates the awkwardness of junior high, wishing for simpler times as her friendships, and her feelings for a certain boy, evolve.

  24. My Uncle Oswald

    Roald Dahl

    ★ 3.9 (10k) average on Goodreads

    Uncle Oswald, an amoral rogue, uses a powerful aphrodisiac and a beautiful accomplice to collect sperm from history's most famous men for his own scandalous purposes.

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