Some Middle Grade and YA Books to Read Out Loud This Summer
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One of my oldest friends asked for some book recs for his kids (ages 6 and 9). I’m not totally up on what’s hot these days, but I definitely have some faves. He reads out loud to his kids, which I think gives some wiggle room with the intended age range of the books.
This list is a mashup of Middle Grade and Young Adult, mostly fantasy but not all.
Airborn, by Kenneth Opel
Garth Nix’s Keys to the Kingdom series
Garth Nix’s Abhorsen series
The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman
Skellig, by David Almond
Because of Winn Dixie, Kate Dicamillo
The Hero and the Crown, by Robin McKinley
The Blue Sword, Robin McKinley
The Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner
Tom Angelberger’s Origami Yoda series
Cornelia Funke’s Inkspell series, or The Thief Lord
Phillip Pullman’s Golden Compass series
The Sword in the Stone, TH White
Books that were already on his list:
The Prydain Chronicles, Lloyd Alexander
The Dark is Rising series, Susan Cooper
The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
Everything Roald Dahl
Elizabeth Enright’s Melendy Series
The Chronicles of Narnia, CS Lewis
The Redwall series, by Brian Jacques
The Harry Potter series, by JK Rowling