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Book ideas for kids

I crowdsourced book recommendations for kids 8+

I will add to this table over time.

Book Recs

Title

Author

Lexile Score

Age Rec

Year

Pages (avg if series)

The Westing Game

Ellen Raskin

750

9-12

2004

192

Stuart Gibbs

740

9-12

2013

320

Lord Of The Flies

William Golding

770

12+

1954

224

Wertheim & Moskowitz

680

8-10

2014

272

Tui Sutherland

740

8-11

2012

330

The Lost Years of Merlin

T.A. Barron

770

10-14

1996

352

Stuart Gibbs

820

8-13

2010

320

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

1070

10-13

1883

172

Trials of Apollo

Rick Riordan

740

9-13

2020

400

Orson Scott Card

780

10+

1985

352

The Phantom Tollbooth

Norton Juster

1000

8-12

1989

272

The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

Nancy Farmer

660

10-14

1994

336

Michael Ende

880

12+

1973

240

Michael Crichton

710

11+

1990

416

A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L'Engle

740

9-12

1962

256

Kenneth Oppel

650

8-12

2018

240

Journey To The Center Of The Earth

Jules Verne

1040

10+

1864

259

John Christopher

900

12-18

1967

270

Foundation Series

Isaac Asimov

830

13+

1951

320

Isaac Asimov

750

14+

1953

288

Frank Herbert

800

12+

1965

544

Ready Player One

Ernest Cline

970

14-17

2011

375

Erin Hunter

790

9-12

2003

350

Eoin Colfer

600

11+

2001

420

Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy

Douglas Adams

930

11+

1997

208

Howl’s Moving Castle

Diana Wynne Jones

800

10-14

1986

448

Brian Jacques

800

8+

1986

352

Mistborn Series

Brandon Sanderson

725

13-18

2020

750

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

1020

10+

1892

240