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Best Children's Books

Books for children

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  1. Animorphs

    K.A. Applegate

    ★ 4.4 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Five ordinary teens are thrust into an intergalactic war, secretly morphing into animals to fight parasitic alien slugs bent on enslaving humanity from within.

  2. Floors

    Patrick Carman

    ★ 3.9 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Young Leo, the maintenance man's son, must decipher a series of eccentric puzzles and navigate the secret floors of the wondrous Whippet Hotel to save its future and his own.

  3. Poached

    Stuart Gibbs

    ★ 4.5 (4k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Accused of koala-napping after a prank goes awry, Teddy Fitzroy must clear his name and find the real culprit before he's locked up for a crime he didn't commit at the world's most unusual zoo.

  4. Dark Day in the Deep Sea

    Mary Pope Osborne

    ★ 4.0 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    On a quest to save Merlin, Jack and Annie get stuck on a deserted island before joining a scientific expedition hunting for a sea monster in the deep ocean.

  5. Heckedy Peg

    Audrey Wood

    ★ 4.3 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When an evil witch transforms her seven sweet children into a feast of food, a mother's love and a clever riddle become the only hope for breaking the spell.

  6. The Gollywhopper Games

    Jody Feldman

    ★ 4.0 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A televised competition at a toy company is Gil Goodson's only chance to escape his family's scandalous past and secure their future.

  7. Fake Mustache

    Tom Angleberger

    ★ 3.8 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Lenny Flem Jr. must stop his best friend, Casper, a master of disguise and hypnosis, from taking over the world, all because of a convincing fake mustache.

  8. The Rabbits

    John Marsden

    ★ 4.3 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a land of old gum trees and marsupials, the arrival of rabbits with their machines and fences changes a natural place into a desolate, unfamiliar world.

  9. The Secret of the Golden Pavilion

    Carolyn Keene

    ★ 3.9 (4k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Nancy Drew must unmask a ghost, expose a criminal gang, and decipher the true heir to a Hawaiian estate before a sacred king's cape is stolen from the mysterious Golden Pavilion.

  10. When the Tripods Came

    John Christopher

    ★ 3.8 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Before Will's desperate flight for freedom, humanity faces a chilling, subtle subjugation as towering Tripods descend, not with fire and fury, but with a seductive promise of peace that slowly erodes all thought and will.

  11. Powerless

    Matthew Cody

    ★ 4.0 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a town where children secretly wield extraordinary powers that vanish on their thirteenth birthday, a new kid named Daniel might be the key to unraveling a mystery tied to a WWII comic book and a memory-stealing villain.

  12. The Lemonade Crime

    Jacqueline Davies

    ★ 4.0 (4k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    When a lemonade stand's profits go missing, a fourth-grade class turns their playground into a courtroom, making them deal with justice and the emotional cost of accusation.

  13. Willa of the Wood

    Robert Beatty

    ★ 4.2 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A young night-spirit thief, raised to fear the 'day-folk,' uncovers a shattering truth about her own people's corruption and must choose between loyalty to her crumbling society and the unknown path of compassion and alliance to save her ancient forest home.

  14. Pop

    Gordon Korman

    ★ 3.9 (4k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A new kid, desperate to make the football team, finds an unlikely mentor in a former NFL star whose eccentric behavior and hidden struggles threaten to derail everything.

  15. Things Hoped For

    Andrew Clements

    ★ 3.9 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Gwen prepares for high-stakes music auditions, but her grandfather's sudden disappearance and a mysterious discovery with a fellow musician force her to confront a truth that changes her view of the future.

  16. The Magic Half

    Annie Barrows

    ★ 4.0 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Transported to 1935 by an old farmhouse, Miri, a lonely middle child, discovers a chance to create her own family by helping a girl from the past find hers.

  17. Mud City

    Deborah Ellis

    ★ 4.0 (4k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Determined to escape a Pakistani refugee camp, fourteen-year-old Shauzia navigates Peshawar's streets, finding brief safety and hope before returning to her past.

  18. Magic Marks the Spot

    Caroline Carlson

    ★ 4.1 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Armed with a pointy sword and a gargoyle sidekick, a defiant young lady trades finishing school for high-seas adventure, determined to prove that a girl can be the most swashbuckling pirate of them all, even if the Very Nearly Honorable League disagrees.

  19. The Explorer

    Katherine Rundell

    ★ 4.2 (4k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Stranded deep within the Amazon after a plane crash, four British children must brave jaguars, piranhas, and their own fears to navigate the unforgiving jungle and find a path back to civilization.

  20. When the Sea Turned to Silver

    Grace Lin

    ★ 4.3 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A young girl named Pinmei must go on a dangerous journey through a land of mythical creatures and old legends to find the Luminous Stone and save her storyteller grandmother from the Emperor.

  21. The Ghost of Graylock

    Dan Poblocki

    ★ 4.1 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A new kid explores an abandoned asylum, accidentally releasing a haunting that follows him home, blurring the line between curiosity and dread.

  22. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

    Kwame Mbalia

    ★ 4.3 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Grief-stricken Tristan Strong, haunted by a bus accident, accidentally punches a hole into a world of African American gods and West African folklore figures, forcing him to confront his fears and become the hero he never thought he could be to save both worlds.

  23. Moonlight on the Magic Flute

    Mary Pope Osborne

    ★ 4.1 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Jack and Annie don ridiculous 18th-century attire to navigate a bustling Austrian palace, outsmart a mischievous young boy, and use a bit of magic to help a legendary musician named Mozart.

  24. The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline

    Nancy Springer

    ★ 4.1 (4k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    When her beloved, if eccentric, landlady Mrs. Tupper is kidnapped, Enola Holmes must unravel a mystery involving cryptic clues and the legendary Florence Nightingale to find the only family she has left in London.

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