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Children's and Young Adult Books for Advanced Readers: Home
Looking for books for kids who read above their grade level but are still age appropriate? Here are some recommended titles for advanced readers!
Children's Book Council
Reading Beyond List 2017-2019
Reading Beyond List 2020-2021
Advanced Reader Resources
Advanced Readers - Cato College of Education
Advanced Reading Level for Younger Readers-Seattle Public Library
Book Lists
Books for Advanced 5th and 6th Graders-San Diego Public Library
Books for Advanced Readers to Delight Your 2nd & 3rd Graders
Books For Gifted Children and Students by Age
Book Wizard
Finding Age-Appropriate Books for Gifted Readers-Gifted Parenting Support
Finding Age Appropriate Books for Your Gifted Reader
Gifted-World: Reading Lists for Gifted Readers
Lexile Reading Levels
Mensa for Kids' Excellence in Reading
Mighty Girl Booklists
Grade K-1 Reading at a 3rd Grade Level
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty
Anna Hibiscus by Atinuke
Chef Roy Choi and The Street Food Remix by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and June Jo Lee
The Day the Universe Exploded My Head: Poems to Take You into Space and Back Again
Detective Gordon: The First Case by Ulf Nilsson
Do not lick this book* : *it's full of germs by Idan Ben-Barak and Julian Frost
Echo Echo : Reverso Poems about Greek Myths by Marilyn Singer
Firebird : ballerina Misty Copeland shows a young girl how to dance like the firebird by Misty Copeland
Flora & Ulysses : the illuminated adventures by Kate DiCamillo
I Dissent : Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy
Insect Superpowers: 18 Real Bugs That Smash, Zap, Hypnotize, Sting, and Devour! by Kate Messner
Mr. Wolf's class by Aron Nels Steinke
National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry by J. Patrick Lewis
One Proud Penny by Randy Siegel
The Princess in Black #1 by Shannon Hale
Pugs of the Frozen North by Philip Reeve
The Roots of Rap 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop By Carole Boston Weatherford
Sam Wu Is NOT Afraid of Ghosts! (Sam Wu is Not Afraid series) by Kevin and Katie Tsang
Snowman – Cold = Puddle Spring Equations by Laura Purdie Salas
The Stuff of Stars by Marion Dane Bauer
The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter by Shabazz Larkin
Trombone Shorty by Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews
Weekends with Max and His Dad by Linda Urban
Wet Cement A Mix of Concrete Poems by Bob Raczka
Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton
Grade 2-3 Reading at a 5th Grade Level
Amelia lost : the life and disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming
Echo: a novel by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Genius! The Most Astonishing Inventions of All Time by Deborah Kespert
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science by Joyce Sidman
Go for the Moon A Rocket, a Boy, and the First Moon Landing by Chris Gall
Her Own Two Feet by Rebeka Uwitonze
Migrations: Open Hearts, Open Borders: by ICPBS
Mountain dog by Margarita Engle
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
A Place to Belong by Cynthia Kadohata
The Poetry of Us by J. Patrick Lewis
Random Body Parts: Gross Anatomy Riddles in Verse by Leslie Bulion. Illus. by Mike Lowery
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant. Illus. by Melissa Sweet
Science Comics: Trees: Kings of the Forest by Andy Hirsch
Secret Coders by Gene Luen Yang. Illus. by Mike Holmes
The Serpent’s Secret by Sayantani DasGupta
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
The Way Things Work Now by David Macaulay
What Do You Do with a Voice Like That? by Chris Barton. Illus. by Ekua Holmes
What Elephants Know by Eric Dinerstein
When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Wings of Fire: The Graphic Novel by Tui Sutherland. Illus. by Mike Holmes
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky
Grade 4-5 Reading at a 7th Grade Level
The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Reader’s Edition by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time by Tanya Lee Stone
Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky
Harbor me by Jacqueline Woodson
Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender
Illegal by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin. Illus. by Giovanni Rigano
The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz. Illus. by Hatem Aly
Internment by Samira Ahmed
The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis
Legends, Icons & Rebels: Music that Changed the World by Robbie Robertson et al.
The Lightning Queen by Laura Resau
Lincoln’s Grave Robbers by Steve Sheinkin
Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 by Phillip Hoose
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes
Pathfinders: The Journeys of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls by Tonya Bolden
Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy
Refugee by Alan Gratz
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story by Caren Stelson
Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune by Pamela S. Turner. Illus. by Gareth Hinds
The Watch that Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic by Allan Wolf
We Will Not Be Silent by Russell Freedman