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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1,360 of these books cover age 13. 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 13

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
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
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
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, 1960 · ages 13–17 · Lexile 790L · AR 5.6 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
on 5 lists Beautiful Feet, Davidson Gifted, Deep Roots Grade, Mensa Kids, Time Magazine 1923-2005
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
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, 1865 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 880L · AR 7.4 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
on 4 lists Davidson Gifted, Halsted - Best Friends, Mensa Kids, TJEd Youth Recommended
Black Stallion by Walter Farley, 1941 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 680L · AR 5.2 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
on 4 lists Beautiful Feet, Davidson Gifted, Mensa Kids, TJEd Youth 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
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham, 1955 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 570L · AR 4.1 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
on 4 lists Beautiful Feet, Davidson Gifted, Newbery Award, The Good & The Beautiful
D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths by Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire, 1962 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 1070L · AR 6.6 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
on 4 lists Beautiful Feet, Davidson Gifted, Mensa Kids, NY Public Library

88 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.