Treasury · Merit

Deep Roots Grade

A grade-by-grade book list, with the grade each book is filed under kept alongside it.

117 books in the catalog stand on this list.

A reader aged

30 of these books cover age 11. The 22 that name no age at all are left off rather than guessed at — choose any age to bring them back.

• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, 1843 · ages 10–17 · Lexile 910L · AR 6.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Mensa Kids, The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Early Recommended
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• Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, 1935 · ages 9–12 · Lexile 710L · AR 7.3 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Davidson Gifted, Halsted - Best Friends, Mensa Kids, The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, 1873 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1090L · AR 9.6 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Beautiful Feet, Davidson Gifted
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• Ben Hur by Lew Wallace, 1880 · ages 11–14 · Lexile 990L · AR 9.1
  also on TJEd Youth Recommended
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• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, 1877 · ages 8–12 · Lexile 1010L · AR 7.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Beautiful Feet, Davidson Gifted, Mensa Kids, The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink, 1970 · age 11 · Lexile 890L · AR 6.0 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Beautiful Feet, Halsted - Best Friends, Mensa Kids, Newbery Award, The Good & The Beautiful
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• Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr., 1963 · ages 9–12 · Lexile 890L · AR 6.0 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Mensa Kids
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• Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank, 1952 · ages 10–17 · Lexile 1020L · AR 6.5 · AR Interest: MG+ (6–8)
  also on Mensa Kids, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• Gentle Ben by Walt Morey, 1965 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 740L · AR 4.8 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Mensa Kids
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• Heidi by Joanna Spyri, 1880 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1200L · AR 8.2 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Mensa Kids, The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes, 1943 · ages 10–13 · Lexile 840L · AR 5.9 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Mensa Kids, Newbery Award
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• King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry, 1948 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 830L · AR 5.4 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Beautiful Feet, Newbery Award
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• Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1886 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1070L · AR 8.1 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, 1868 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1300L · AR 7.9 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Davidson Gifted, Mensa Kids, The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George, 1959 · ages 9–12 · Lexile 810L · AR 5.2
  also on Davidson Gifted, Mensa Kids, The Good & The Beautiful
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• Old Yeller by Fred Gipson, 1964 · ages 10–12 · Lexile 910L · AR 5.0 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on TJEd Youth Recommended
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• Scout: The Secret of the Swamp by Piet Prins, 1950 · ages 9–14 · AR 5.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss, 1812 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1210L · AR 8.1 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Mensa Kids, The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth Speare, 1997 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 760L · AR 5.0 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Beautiful Feet, Newbery Award, The Good & The Beautiful
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• The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff, 1954 · ages 11–14 · Lexile 1110L · AR 7.1 · AR Interest: MG+ (6–8)
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• Thee, Hannah! by Marguerite De Angeli, 1970 · ages 9–14 · AR 4.8 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom, 1971 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 900L · AR 6.4 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on Beautiful Feet, The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, 1950 · ages 8–13 · Lexile 940L · AR 5.7
  also on Davidson Gifted, Mensa Kids, NY Public Library, The Good & The Beautiful, Time Magazine 1923-2005, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• The Ocean Of Truth by Joyce McPherson, 1997 · ages 9–12
  also on The Good & The Beautiful
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• The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain, 1881 · ages 11–14 · Lexile 1090L · AR 9.5 · AR Interest: MG+ (6–8)
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• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1911 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 710L · AR 6.3 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Davidson Gifted, Mensa Kids, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1882 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1070L · AR 8.3 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Mensa Kids, The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• Treasures of the Snow by Patricia St. John, 1950 · ages 9–14 · AR 5.6 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on The Good & The Beautiful
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• Where the Red Fern Grows by Woodrow Wilson Rawls, 1974 · age 11 · Lexile 700L · AR 4.9 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Mensa Kids, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, 1908 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1070L · AR 8.2 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Davidson Gifted, TJEd Early Recommended
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