Treasury · Age

Books for a reader aged…

The lists are not sorted by year at school, so this is the door for the question parents actually ask: what is there for a reader this old? Choose an age and the lists answer at that age.

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490 of these books carry no suggested reading age, so choosing an age leaves them out.

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These lists were made by different people for different reasons, and they are not trying to agree. The books below are the ones on at least two of them, the ones on the most lists first.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, 1950 · ages 8–13 · Lexile 940L · AR 5.7
on 7 lists Davidson Gifted, Deep Roots Grade, Mensa Kids, NY Public Library, The Good & The Beautiful, Time Magazine 1923-2005, TJEd Youth Recommended
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, 1935 · ages 9–12 · Lexile 710L · AR 7.3 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
on 6 lists Davidson Gifted, Deep Roots Grade, Halsted - Best Friends, Mensa Kids, The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Youth Recommended
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, 1877 · ages 8–12 · Lexile 1010L · AR 7.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
on 6 lists Beautiful Feet, Davidson Gifted, Deep Roots Grade, Mensa Kids, The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Youth Recommended
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink, 1970 · age 11 · Lexile 890L · AR 6.0 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
on 6 lists Beautiful Feet, Deep Roots Grade, Halsted - Best Friends, Mensa Kids, Newbery Award, The Good & The Beautiful
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen, 1813 · ages 12–17 · Lexile 1070L · AR 12.0
on 6 lists Deep Roots Grade, Harvard Classics, Mensa Kids, St. John's College, The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Adult Recommended
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, 1962 · ages 9–13 · Lexile 740L · AR 4.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
on 5 lists Davidson Gifted, Halsted - Best Friends, Mensa Kids, Newbery Award, NY Public Library
Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry, 1941 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 830L · AR 6.2 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
on 5 lists Beautiful Feet, Halsted - Best Friends, Mensa Kids, Newbery Award, The Good & The Beautiful
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, 1952 · ages 8–12 · Lexile 680L · AR 4.4 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
on 5 lists Davidson Gifted, Mensa Kids, NY Public Library, The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Early Recommended
Don Quixote, Part 1 by Miguel Cervantes, 1612 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 1410L · AR 13.2 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
on 5 lists Davidson Gifted, Harvard Classics, Mensa Kids, St. John's College, TJEd Youth Recommended
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, 1726 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 1370L · AR 13.5 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
on 5 lists Davidson Gifted, Deep Roots Grade, Mensa Kids, St. John's College, TJEd Youth Recommended
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell, 1960 · ages 10–12 · Lexile 1000L · AR 5.4 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
on 5 lists Halsted - Best Friends, Mensa Kids, Newbery Award, The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Youth Recommended
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, 1868 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1300L · AR 7.9 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
on 5 lists Davidson Gifted, Deep Roots Grade, Mensa Kids, The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Youth Recommended

334 books qualify at this age; these are the 12 on the most lists.

The whole of every list is still here: the Merit door.

The grade-level collections

The lists on this page were written for many ages at once. The Treasury's own collections, gathered one grade at a time, are a separate piece of work and are not finished.

Not open yet. Nothing here is being shown half-built: when a grade-level collection exists, it appears here with its own shelf.

Until then, the ages above and the lists behind the other two doors are the whole of what the catalog can honestly offer.