Genre + Age 11

Hand-picked Real Life Books for 11-year-olds

Real schools, real families, real worries. Stories that look like the reader's own life.

42 real life books for 11-year-olds

When your child re-reads the same book over and over

Adam Baron, Anna James, Hannah Gold, Helen Rutter, Kate DiCamillo

The real cost of children’s reading

What to read after Harry Potter (for the child who wants more of the same magic)

Amy Wilson, Cornelia Funke, Cressida Cowell, David Almond, J. R. R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Michelle Harrison, Philip Pullman

Wrath

Marcus Sedgwick

Wren

Lucy Hope

Wolf Hollow

Lauren Wolk

Wolf Road

Alice Roberts

Wild

Ele Fountain

Wildspark

Vashti Hardy

Where the World Ends

Geraldine McCaughrean

While I was Away

Waka T Brown

What Lives in the Woods

Lindsay Currie

What Not to Do if You Turn Invisible

Ross Welford

When the Sky Falls

Phil Earle

When We Got Lost in Dreamland

Ross Welford

When You Reach Me

Rebecca Stead

Ways to Be Me

Libby Scott, Rebecca Westcott

We are all made of molecules

Susan Nielsen

We Made A Movie

Charlotte Lo

We Won an Island

Charlotte Lo

Welcome to Nowhere

Elizabeth Laird

Other ages for real life

Age 516 books Age 832 books Age 950 books Age 1044 books

Other genres for 11-year-olds

Action17 books Adventure44 books Fantasy60 books Friendship34 books Mystery30 books Scary32 books War17 books

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