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Age 8

Hand-picked Books for 8-year-olds

Worlds to disappear into for whole afternoons. The books bookworms talk about at school.

563 books for 8-year-olds

My Brother’s Christmas Bottom-Unwrapped!

Jeremy Strong

My Brother’s Famous Bottom

Jeremy Strong

My Brother’s Famous Bottom Gets Pinched

Jeremy Strong

My Brother’s Famous Bottom Goes Camping

Jeremy Strong

My Brothers Hot Cross Bottom

Jeremy Strong

My Dad’s Got an Alligator

Jeremy Strong

My Granny’s Great Escape

Jeremy Strong

My Mum’s Going to Explode!

Jeremy Strong

My Other Life

Polly Ho-Yen

My Teacher Flunked the Planet

Bruce Coville

My Teacher Fried My Brains

Bruce Coville

My Teacher Glows in the Dark

Bruce Coville

My Teacher is an Alien

Bruce Coville

My Weird School Fast Facts: Pizza, Peanut Butter, and Pickles

Dan Gutman

My Weird School Special: It’s Halloween, I’m turning green!

Dan Gutman

My Weird School Special: We’re Red, Weird, and Blue! What Can We Do?

Dan Gutman

My Weird School: Ms. Hannah Is Bananas!

Dan Gutman

Mysteries of Trash and Treasure – The Secret Letters

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew 10 – Ticket Trouble

Carolyn Keene

Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew 11 – Ski School Sneak

Carolyn Keene

Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew 13 – Chick-napped!

Carolyn Keene

Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew 14 – The Zoo Crew

Carolyn Keene

Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew 15 – Mall Madness

Carolyn Keene

Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew 16 – Thanksgiving Thief

Carolyn Keene
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