Genre + Age 9

Hand-picked Action Books for 9-year-olds

Chases, scrapes, narrow escapes. Pages that turn themselves.

20 action books for 9-year-olds

Cover of Zombie Town by R. L. Stine

Zombie Town

Cover of You Can't Make Me Go To Witch School! by Em Lynas

You Can’t Make Me Go To Witch School!

Cover of You Only Live Once

You Only Live Once, David Bravo

Cover of Young Scrooge - A Very Scary Christmas Story by R. L. Stine

Young Scrooge – A Very Scary Christmas Story

Cover of Young Zaphod Plays It Safe by Douglas Adams

Young Zaphod Plays It Safe

Cover of Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi

Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero

Cover of Yonder by Ali Standish

Yonder

Cover of You are a champion by Marcus Rashford

You are a champion

Cover of Winter Term at Malory Towers by Enid Blyton

Winter Term at Malory Towers

Cover of Winterborne Home for Mayhem and Mystery by Ally Carter

Winterborne Home for Mayhem and Mystery

Cover of Winterhouse by Ben Guterson

Winterhouse

Cover of Wolfie by Emma Barnes

Wolfie

Cover of Wolves Chronicles - Midwinter Nightingale by Joan Aiken

Wolves Chronicles – Midwinter Nightingale

Cover of Wonder by RJ_Palacio

Wonder

Wonka

Cover of Wilder than Midnight by Cerrie Burnell

Wilder than Midnight

Cover of Will Wilder 1 - The Relic of Perilous Falls by Raymond Arroyo

Will Wilder 1 – The Relic of Perilous Falls

Cover of Wings by Terry Pratchett

Wings

Cover of Where the Lost Ones Go by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Where the Lost Ones Go

Cover of Who Could That Be at This Hour by Lemony Snicket

Who Could That Be at This Hour

Cover of Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights? by Lemony Snicket

Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights?

Cover of When Did You See Her Last by Lemony Snicket

When Did You See Her Last

Cover of When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten

When Life Gives You Mangoes

Cover of When the War Came Home by Lesley Parr

When the War Came Home

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Other ages for action

Age 824 booksAge 1024 booksAge 1118 books

Other genres for 9-year-olds

Adventure125 booksFantasy74 booksFriendship48 booksFunny69 booksMagic43 booksMystery88 booksReal Life51 booksScary27 booksSci Fi29 books
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