Classic Chapter Books
Some of the best chapter books through the years.
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
Ages 9 - 12
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Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government. Book 1. (1963 Newbery Medal winner)
Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
Ages 9 - 12
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Everyone in the family will enjoy the adventures of 10 year old India Opal and her big, ugly and utterly loveable dog Winn-Dixie. Both are new to the town of Naomi, FL where Opals’ Dad is the new preacher. They meet Otis, an ex-convict, musician, and pet store manager, Miss Franny, the town librarian, and 5 yr old Sweetie-pie.
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Betsy-Tacy
by Maud Hart Lovelace
ages 8 - 11
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Betsy is thrilled when a new girl named Tacy moves to her street. They spend so much time together having fun that the neighbors call them both the same name: Betsy-Tacy!
Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
Ages 9 - 12
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An 11-year-old boy's life is changed forever when he befriends the class outsider, a girl. Together they create the world of Terabithia, an imaginary kingdom filled with giants, trolls and other magical beings. (1978 Newbery Medal winner)
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Charlie and the chocolate factory
by Roald Dahl
Ages 9 - 12
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Four nasty, repulsive children and one honest, loyal, and starving boy win a tour of the world's most fantastic chocolate factory from the world's most eccentric chocolatier.
Charlotte's Web
by E.B. White
Ages 8 - 12
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The story of Wilber the pig, who doesn’t want to be slaughtered for bacon when fall comes to the farm, his friend Charlotte, a spider who uses her web to save his life, and Fern, the young girl who loves them both.
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E. L. Konigsburg
ages 9 - 12
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When Claudia decided to run away, she planned very carefully. She would be gone just long enough to teach her parents a lesson in Claudia appreciation. And she would go in comfort-she would live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (1968 Newbery Medal winner)
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Harriet, the Spy
by Louise Fitzhugh
Ages 9 - 12
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Harriet, would-be writer and avid observer of life, records everything she sees and hears. But what is she to do after her treasured notebook falls into the wrong hands?
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J.K. Rowling
Ages 9 - 12
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Harry is rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle and sent to prove his worth at Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches. Book One.
Holes
by Louis Sachar
ages 10 and up
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Stanley Yelnats, whose family is overcome with bad luck, is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself. (1999 Newbery Medal winner)
Island of the Blue Dolphins.
by Scott O'Dell
Ages 9 - 12
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Records the courage and self-reliance of an Indian girl who lived alone for eighteen years on an isolated island off the California coast when her tribe emigrated and she was left behind.
Little house in the big woods
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Ages 7-10
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A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions with relatives and neighbors.
Maniac Magee
by Jerry Spinelli
ages 9 - 12
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Newberys, Caldecotts
He wasn't born with the name Maniac Magee, but when his parents died and his life changed, so did his name. Even today kids talk about how fast he could run, about how he hit an inside-the-park "frog" homer, and how no knot, no matter how snarled, would stay that way once he began to untie it. (1991 Newbery Medal winner)
Matilda
by Roald Dahl
Ages 9 - 12
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Matilda discovers she has amazing mental powers and she puts them to use fighting the awful headmistress Miss Trumbull.
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The Giver
by Lois Lowry
Ages 10 and up
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When Jonas turns 12, he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. Now, it's time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back. (1994 Newbery Medal winner)
The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Ages 10 and up
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Bilbo Baggins, a middle-aged hobbit, reluctantly agrees to participate in an adventure with a band of Dwarves who seek to relaim their stolen treasure from an unpleasant Dragon named Smaug.
The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan
Ages 10 and up
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After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods. (Book 1)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
by CS Lewis
Ages 9 - 12
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Four adventurers step through a wardrobe door and into a land enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change and a great sacrifice. (Book 1? Book 2?)
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The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
Ages 9 - 12
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This classic, imaginative fantasy is full of plays on words and puns as Milo discovers The Lands Beyond.
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Ages 9 - 12
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Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
Ages 10 and up
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The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.
The borrowers
by Mary Norton
Ages 9 - 12
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Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock.
Tuck Everlasting
by Natalie Babbitt
Ages 9 - 12
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Doomed to - or blessed with - eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wanders about trying to live as inconspicuously and comfortably as they can, until ten-year-old Winnie Foster stumbles on their secret.
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