Gift guide · Age 12
Books for a 12-year-old who’s between kids’ books and YA
Smart, a little serious, and still right for middle school. One of them is best read together, for the talk after.
5 books · each with an age and our verdict- Read togetherAges 12–15
The Giver
Lois LowryBig ideas and an open ending. Read it together and talk it through.
- Good fitAges 10+
A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'EngleTravel by folding space, and a heroine who is stubborn and smart.
- Good fitAges 10+
The Westing Game
Ellen RaskinA real puzzle you can try to solve before the heirs do.
- Good fitAges 9+
Restart
Gordon KormanA middle school bully loses his memory and finds out who he used to be.
- Good fitAges 10+
The Hobbit
J.R.R. TolkienRiddles in the dark, a magic ring and a talking dragon.
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