More Books for ages 8-12

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Where the Sidewalk Ends
by Shel Silverstein

A timeless collection of poems from the author of The Giving Tree

The Cricket in Times Square
by George Selden

A hungry, ambitious cricket jumps into a picnic basket and ends up a serenading Times Square musician

A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeline L'Engle
Meg, fighting rumors that her father has left them, begins a journey through space and time to find him. A Newberry © Award winner.

Are you there God? It's me, Margaret
by Judy Blume
The classic coming-of-age story for all pre-teen girls follows Margaret through her turbulent early teens

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl

This is the original story of five bratty children and one special boy, who, upon winning Willy Wonka's contest are treated to a tour of his secretive factory.

The Boxcar Children
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
This endearing set of stories about super-sleuth siblings has now been expanded into a series of over 100 different mysteries

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