Books for Middles (Upper Elementary Ages)
Book suggestions for older elementary children: Please keep in mind that these are suggestions collected from Hip Homeschool Moms friends on Facebook. We (theHHM team members) have not read all of these books. You will need to use your own judgment about whether or not these books are appropriate for your own children.
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Freddy Anniversary Collection (Freddy the Pig Books)
A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning
A Series of Unfortunate Events #2: The Reptile Room
A Series of Unfortunate Events #3: The Wide Window
The Trouble Begins: A Box of Unfortunate Events, Books 1-3
Kit Boxed Set with Game (American Girl)
Julie Boxed Set with Game (American Girl)
Rebecca Boxed Set with Game (American Girl)
Molly Boxed Set with Game (American Girl)
Addy Boxed Set with Game (American Girl)
Dear America: Voyage on the Great Titanic
Dear America: A Journey to the New World
Dear America: When Will This Cruel War Be Over?
Dear America: Standing in the Light
Sacagawea: American Pathfinder (Childhood of Famous Americans)
Helen Keller: From Tragedy to Triumph (The Childhood of Famous Americans)
Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross (The Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days (Childhood of Famous Americans)
The Mysterious Benedict Society
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
Surprise Island: 2 (the Boxcar Children Mysteries)
The Yellow House Mystery: 3 (The Boxcar Children Mysteries)
The Little House Series Complete Boxed Set
Gregor the Overlander Collection (Books 1-5) (The Underland Chronicles)
Magic Tree House: Books 1-4 Mystery of the Tree House
Magic Tree House #5: Night of the Ninjas
Magic Tree House #6: Afternoon on the Amazon
Secret of the Shark Pit (The Ladd Family Adventure Series #1)
The Legend of Fire (The Ladd Family Adventure Series #2)
Mystery of the Island Jungle (The Ladd Family Adventure Series #3)
The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog
It’s a Dog’s Life (Hank the Cowdog)
The Case of the Perfect Dog (Hank the Cowdog)
Geronimo Stilton #1: Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye
Geronimo Stilton #2: The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid
Geronimo Stilton #3: Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House
Rescue at Cripple Creek (Jack and Jenny Mysteries)
Voyage with the Vikings: 1 (Adventures in Odyssey Imagination Station Books)
Attack at the Arena: 2 (Adventures in Odyssey Imagination Station Books)
Peril in the Palace: 3 (Adventures in Odyssey Imagination Station Books)
Great Barrier Reef Adventures (Adventures Series)
The Mandie Collection: Volume 1
The Mandie Collection: Volume 2
The Mandie Collection: Volume 3
Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior (book 1)
Young Samurai 6 Book Collection
The Happy Hollisters on a River Trip
The Happy Hollisters at Sea Gull Beach
Concord Cunningham the Scripture Sleuth (Concord Cunningham Mysteries)
Concord Cunningham Pursues the Clues: The Scripture Sleuth 5
Concord Cunningham Coast to Coast (Concord Cunningham Mysteries)
Sherlock Jones: Assassination Plot
Sherlock Jones: Willoughby Bank
Sherlock Jones: The Missing Diamond
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous
Sage Carrington, Eighth-Grade Science Sleuth
If there are books for older elementary aged children that you would like to share with us, please leave the name of the book (and the author if you know it–if not, that’s ok) in a comment. We will check back from time to time and add more books to the list. Thanks for sharing your suggestions with us! ~The Hip Homeschool Moms Team
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