Popular Series for 8-10 Year Olds

Be aware that there is a wide array of reading abilities across this age. Look throughout the below suggestions and select those that match the reading level and interests of your child. Don’t limit your child to books he or she can read—explore the books together! 

• Magic School Bus Chapter Books: Note that these are different than the popular “graphic image” books.
• 39 Clues
• How I Survived Middle School 
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover version or online version), Dear Dumb Diary, or Popularity Papers
• Amazing Days of Abby Hayes
• Harry Potter
• Amulet
• Ghost Hunters
• Goosebumps
  • Booklists
  • Horrorland
  • Games 
  • Make your own graphix
• Geronimo Stilton
• Ramona
• Judy Moody
• Wayside School series
• Gone Bird Greene
• The Borrowers
• Clementine
• Encyclopedia Brown
• American Girl series
• Spiderwick Chronicles
• Peter and the Star Catchers

Other Great Titles for this Age Group: 

• From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 
• The Thief Lord 
• Matilda
• Trumpet of the Swan
• Gregor the Overlander
• Pippy Longstocking
• Harriet the Spy
• Tale of Despereaux 
• Because of Winn Dixie
• James and the Giant Peach

Authors Who “Get” This Age Group: 

• Cynthia Rylant 
• Kate diCamillo
• Ellen Raskin
• Roald Dahl
• Beverly Cleary
• Cornelia Funk
• EB White
• E. L. Koenigsberg
• Lois Lowry
• Louis Sachar
• Mary Pope Osborne
• Judy Blume
• Katherine Patterson
• Gary Paulsen