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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1,469 of these books cover age 10. The 490 that name no age at all are left off rather than guessed at — choose any age to bring them back.

Don't miss these at 10

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
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
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
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
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien, 1971 · ages 9–11 · Lexile 790L · AR 5.1 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
on 5 lists Halsted - Best Friends, Mensa Kids, Newbery Award, NY Public Library, The Good & The Beautiful
Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan, 1985 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 660L · AR 3.4 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
on 5 lists Deep Roots Grade, Halsted - Best Friends, Mensa Kids, Newbery Award, The Good & The Beautiful
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, 1843 · ages 10–17 · Lexile 910L · AR 6.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
on 4 lists Deep Roots Grade, Mensa Kids, The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Early Recommended
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson, 1977 · ages 9–13 · Lexile 810L · AR 4.6 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
on 4 lists Halsted - Best Friends, Mensa Kids, Newbery Award, NY Public Library
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg, 1967 · ages 9–10 · Lexile 700L · AR 4.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
on 4 lists Halsted - Best Friends, Mensa Kids, Newbery Award, NY Public Library

119 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.