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Books for level 14 readers
Past the school grades: strong teen and grown-up readers. 110 to 160 words on a page, sentences up to about 62 words long.
Peabody's level 14 stories, free to read now
- A Christmas Carol14 short pages · a classic
- A Practical Lamp, Not a First One11 short pages · true
- Anne of Green Gables21 short pages · a classic
- Around the World in Eighty Days13 short pages · a classic
- Built for Puddles, Bred for Beauty10 short pages · true
- Ceres Was a Planet Once10 short pages · true
- Dark Stars and Doubters11 short pages · true
- Don Quixote and the Windmills13 short pages · a classic
- Imitation, Prediction, Understanding16 short pages · true
- Inside the Sixteen-Millisecond Frame16 short pages · true
- Marie Curie's Shed13 short pages · true
- Measuring a Soccer Sprint14 short pages · true
- Nectar, Minus the Water11 short pages · true
- Rama and Sita15 short pages · a classic
- Ratified on a Promise10 short pages · true
- Reading the Apollo 11 Descent Log13 short pages · true
- The Clay That Was Meant to Be a Clock13 short pages · true
- The Gift of the Magi13 short pages · a classic
- The Hive and the Shelf14 short pages · true
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow15 short pages · a classic
- The Loop That Holds a Drone Up13 short pages · true
- The Mismatch at the Back of the Mouth11 short pages · true
- The Monarch Butterfly13 short pages · true
- The Pigeon Post15 short pages
- The Problem With a Purr10 short pages · true
- The Round Table10 short pages · a classic
- The Rust That Remembers Water11 short pages · true
- The Stuck Note14 short pages
- The Swiss Family Robinson17 short pages · a classic
- The Tax Collector's Rain11 short pages · true
- Theseus and the Minotaur14 short pages · a classic
- Tyr and the Wolf10 short pages · a classic
- Vasilisa the Brave13 short pages · a classic
- What a Guinea Pig's Body Expects12 short pages · true
- Why New Drivers Crash13 short pages · true
From Peabody's kids' book lists
25 books to read before high school
- Wonder by R.J. Palacio · ages 8-12. August, a boy with a facial difference, starts fifth grade at a regular school. Told in several voices, it works well for talking about kindness and staring. Bookshop.org · Amazon
- The Giver by Lois Lowry · ages 11-14. Jonas lives in a calm community with no pain or choice and learns what that costs. Short, easy to read, and made for discussion. Bookshop.org · Amazon
- Hatchet by Gary Paulsen · ages 10-14. After a plane crash, 13-year-old Brian survives alone in the Canadian wilderness with only a hatchet. Short chapters and constant action. Bookshop.org · Amazon
- Holes by Louis Sachar · ages 9-13. Stanley Yelnats is sent to dig holes at a juvenile camp in the desert, and three timelines click together. Short chapters, dry humor, a real mystery. Bookshop.org · Amazon
- The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan · ages 9-13. Percy Jackson learns he is a son of Poseidon and sets out across America to stop a war between gods. Funny, fast, and a gateway to Greek myth. Bookshop.org · Amazon
Summer reading for rising 9th graders
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee · ages 13-17. Scout Finch watches her father defend a Black man falsely accused in 1930s Alabama. A fixture of 8th-9th grade. Bookshop.org · Amazon
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck · ages 13-17. Two migrant workers in California dream of a farm of their own. A short novel with a hard ending. Bookshop.org · Amazon
- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare · ages 13-17. The play of two feuding families and their children. Try a version with side-by-side modern text. Bookshop.org · Amazon
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding · ages 13-17. British schoolboys stranded on an island build their own society and lose it. Often read in 8th-9th grade. Bookshop.org · Amazon
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury · ages 12-17. In a future where firemen burn books, Montag starts to read. Short, poetic, and a good discussion of screens and censorship. Bookshop.org · Amazon
15 classics a middle schooler can actually enjoy
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien · ages 10-14. Bilbo Baggins leaves his hole for a quest with dwarves to take back a mountain from a dragon. The right door into Middle-earth. Bookshop.org · Amazon
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson · ages 10-14. Jim Hawkins finds a map and sails with a crew that includes Long John Silver. Invented the pirate story as we know it. Bookshop.org · Amazon
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery · ages 9-14. Orphan Anne arrives at Green Gables by mistake and wins the town. A warm, funny classic and a long read. Bookshop.org · Amazon
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott · ages 10-14. Four sisters grow up in Civil War era Massachusetts. Long and gentle, with Jo as an enduring heroine. Bookshop.org · Amazon
- The Call of the Wild by Jack London · ages 11-15. Buck, a pet dog, is stolen and sent to the Klondike and becomes a wolf in spirit. Short and gripping. Bookshop.org · Amazon
Series at this age
None of Peabody's series pages fits this level; the lists above have books in series. All series in order.