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Top 25 Books for Boys ages 9 to 12 and Up

By Heather Idoni

Updated Thursday, April 24, 2008

Still working on this list!

  1. Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
  2. Twenty and Ten (AKA The Secret Cave) by Claire Huchet Bishop
  3. Escape from Warsaw (AKA The Silver Sword) by Ian Serraillier
  4. My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
  5. Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
  6. Winter Danger by William O. Steele (and MANY others by him)
  7. Battle Lanterns by Merrit Parmelee Allen (and MANY others)
  8. Gentle Ben and Kavik the Wolf Dog by Walt Morey (and others)
  9. Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard (and all his other animal stories!)
  10. We Were There at Gettysburg (and other "We Were There" titles)
  11. Detectives in Togas and Mystery of the Roman Ransom by Winterfeld
  12. Muddy Road to Glory by Stephen Meader (and others by him)
  13. Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat
  14. Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry (and others by him)
  15. The Winged Watchman by Hilda Van Stockum
  16. Paddle-to-the-Sea and others by Holling C. Holling
  17. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (but not the others in this series)
  18. More to come!




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