 | From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $4.95 I loved this book! I read it long ago and have been trying to think of what it was called for such a long time. Now I remember! It was about kids who lived in a museum.
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 | The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $12.95 Don't be intimidated by the huge size. A lot of it is drawings. I know a lot of second graders who are reading it, and I have read the beginning. It is just a really cool book.
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 | Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Buy new: $6.50 / Used from: $0.01 I THOUGHT THIS GIRL WAS THE COOLEST! I aspired to be just exactly like her. I started ordering egg creams wherever I went. Ugh, this book is so gosh darn cool.
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 | A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $2.31 A classic book that I did not find boring. Read the whole series. Time travel is one of the neatest things EVER.
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 | The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $7.85 I read this in third grade and found it so curiously interesting. It is old but not boring.
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 | The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 This book was adorable and well-written. I read it when I was like thirteen just because it looked too cute and good to pass up. It was definitely a little too young for me but I enjoyed it nonetheless!
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 | The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Buy new: $3.95 / Used from: $1.49 One of my favorite things about books is that they put you in a different world. This book does that so well. I have my mom's old copy from the 60s and it did not disappoint me! I liked the movie too.
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 | The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart
Buy new: $10.47 / Used from: $4.59 I have not read this book, but it looks awesome.
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 | Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.12 This book was so sad but I liked it. I can't believe all the good books are being made into subpar movies these days.
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 | A Little Princess (Puffin Classics) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Buy new: $4.99 / Used from: $0.40 Another awesome book that was sad. Aww! I loved this book so much!! Another one with actually a pretty good movie!
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 | Whirligig by Paul Fleischman
Buy new: $6.50 / Used from: $0.01 Some people didn't understand this book so maybe it is more for older readers. I liked it though.
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 | Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.47 Great book! This is a really neat cover, too. I read this in the fifth grade. I would like to live forever.
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 | Homecoming (Tillerman Series) by Cynthia Voigt
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.46 MAN OH MAN, I LOOOOVED THESE BOOKS! I thought they were awesome! the kids were so independent.
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 | Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 I think every little girl has to read this book.... hahaha. i read it in 6th or 7th grade.
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 | The Witches by Roald Dahl
Buy used from: $0.01 Hehe. The neatest little book.
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 | Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 This book was my favorite for a long time. The author is great.
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 | Half Magic by Edward Eager
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 Another series I just loved! Innovative, awesome.
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 | Gone-Away Lake (Gone-Away Lake Books) by Elizabeth Enright
Buy new: $6.00 / Used from: $0.01 I CANT BELIEVE I REMEMBERED THIS BOOK! OH MY GOD. THIS BOOK WAS SO AWESOME. READ IT! READ THE SEQUEL TOO.
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 | The Saturdays (The Melendy Quartet) by Elizabeth Enright
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.99 I read all these books too! It's a quartet. Oh my this book was excellent.
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 | The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 Another book that I am ASTOUNDED that I was able to find again. This book was SOOO GOOOD. The boy's castle like came to life or something! I dunno it was just really awesome and you should read it. and the sequel too.
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 | Betsy-Tacy (Betsy-Tacy Books) by Maud Hart Lovelace
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 Awwww! Wow! I am really getting into this thing now! This book I read a long while ago and I LOVED IT!! Girls will like it. Read it! Puts you in another time and place!
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 | The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, No. 1) by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Buy new: $4.99 / Used from: $0.01 Same with the boxcar children. I thought their life was so cool.
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 | Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, No. 1) by Mary Pope Osborne
Buy new: $3.99 / Used from: $0.01 How could you not read the magic tree house books? Sure, they're not literary masterpieces per se, but they were some of the first chapter books I ever read, and they are near to my heart!
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 | His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman
Buy new: $15.30 / Used from: $10.70 Obviously this series is awesome. I read it in the fourth grade. It is simply enthralling and I could read it again and again if I wanted. Lyra was kickin.
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 | The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 By the same author as some other ones on here. I remember liking this one as well.
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 | Strawberry Girl 60th Anniversary Edition (Trophy Newbery) by Lois Lenski
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 I have not read this book but it looked so interesting that I had to put it on here.
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 | A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E.L. Konigsburg
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $1.09 WOW! I did not know this book existed! It's by that author that I like, and it's about ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE! I love that lady. She is such an awesome historical figure. All girls should read this book because she was a totally hardcore lady from like the 1100s.
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 | PaperQuake: A Puzzle by Kathryn Reiss
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 I loved all of this author's books! Very good young adult mysteries.
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