Buying chapter books to grow your child's home library can get expensive quickly. To help you budget your bookshelf, our editors have curated this selection of best-selling chapter books under $10. Both avid and reluctant readers will enjoy the action-packed plots and unforgettable characters in these titles – all while they build their literacy skills.
For instance, in Room to Dream, Mia Tang finally gets to go on vacation to China with her family after years of hard work at the Calivista motel. As she notices all of the changes happening around her in Beijing and in her family, Mia reflects on the changes in her own life. Between her friends, her writing, and just growing up, Mia has a lot on her plate both on vacation and when she finally returns home.
Meanwhile, in It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit, twelve-year-old Eddie does everything he can do avoid doing his laundry. But when laundry day finally comes and the power goes out while Eddie is wearing the only clean thing he's got left (his bathing suit), he runs out to find his neighborhood friends in the same predicament of having been caught off-guard. One friend was in the middle of a haircut and was left with it only half-finished. Another was in the middle of a video game battle with the final boss, and two more were in the middle of a sibling quarrel. Soon, the group realizes that they are mysteriously the only people left in the entire world. Now, the friends must join together to find out what happened to everyone else — and maybe find time to finish the laundry.
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For more budget-savvy book lists, check out The Best Family Read-Alouds Under $5 and Engaging Book Sets for Every Age Under $30.
