Kids' Books: Ages 9-12
Find the perfect books for tweens including chapter books, graphic novels, and popular series.
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The B&N Children's & YA Book Award Shortlist
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From magic to mystery to mythology and more, these books take young readers on adventures near and far, from mystical fantasy realms to their own backyards.
From magic to mystery to mythology and more, these books take young readers on adventures near and far, from mystical fantasy realms to their own backyards.
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Our Young Reader Monthly Pick
The Secret Garden meets A Wrinkle in Time in Greenwild, the first book in a wondrous new fantasy series set in a lush secret paradise inhabited by magical plants and botanists alike.
Top Young Reader Books for Your 2024 Summer Reading List
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This summer, kids in grades 1-6 earn a FREE book through the Barnes & Noble Summer Reading Program. Read any eight books and record them in your Summer Reading Journal (see links below). When you're done, bring it to a Barnes & Noble store and choose your free book! Redeemable 7/1-8/31. Learn more here.
This summer, kids in grades 1-6 earn a FREE book through the Barnes & Noble Summer Reading Program. Read any eight books and record them in your Summer Reading Journal (see links below). When you're done, bring it to a Barnes & Noble store and choose your free book! Redeemable 7/1-8/31. Learn more here.
The Wild Robot
A wonderful journey that dissects the relationship between nature and technology, The Wild Robot is a survival tale about a young robot lost in the wilderness. It will make you consider what it really means to be alive, and the joys that come with it. Soon to be a DreamWorks movie, coming to theaters 9/20/24.
A wonderful journey that dissects the relationship between nature and technology, The Wild Robot is a survival tale about a young robot lost in the wilderness. It will make you consider what it really means to be alive, and the joys that come with it. Soon to be a DreamWorks movie, coming to theaters 9/20/24.
Books to Inspire Young Grads
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Shenanigan Swift is Back
Instant Classics
The highly anticipated sequel to our 2023 Children's & YA Book Awards Overall Winner. Pre-order The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues today!
Certain to become an instant classic, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels is now available in an exclusive edition with patterned edges and an alternate cover!
The highly anticipated sequel to our 2023 Children's & YA Book Awards Overall Winner. Pre-order The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues today!
Certain to become an instant classic, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels is now available in an exclusive edition with patterned edges and an alternate cover!
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This exclusive Barnes & Noble edition will include special content! Book 9.5 in the bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series follows fan-favorite Keefe on his adventures in the human world during the events of Stellarlune.
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Graphic Novels for Young Readers
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Everyone Can Be a Reader
See AllUnion Square & Co.’s Everyone Can Be A Reader books are expertly written, thoughtfully designed with dyslexia-friendly fonts and paper tones, and carefully formatted to meet readers where they are with engaging stories that encourage reading success across a wide range of age and interest levels.
Union Square & Co.’s Everyone Can Be A Reader books are expertly written, thoughtfully designed with dyslexia-friendly fonts and paper tones, and carefully formatted to meet readers where they are with engaging stories that encourage reading success across a wide range of age and interest levels.
