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Classic School Age Children Books

Below is a list of the classic books for elementary school age children.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
Age: 12+
Year: 1876
Word count: 69,066
Watership Down
by Richard Adams
Age: 12+
Year: 1972
Pages: 476
Word count: 156,154
Sales (millions): 50
Tuesdays with Morrie
by Mitch Albom
Age: 12+
Year: 1997
Pages: 192
Word count: 34,894
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Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
Age: 12+
Year: 1838
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The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
Age: 12+
Year: 1478
Pages: 504
Word count: 141,550
The Elements of Style
by William Jr. Strunk
Age: 12+
Year: 1920
Pages: 105
Word count: 9,800
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
by Lynne Truss
Age: 12+
Year: 2003
Pages: 240
The Outsiders
by S. E. Hinton
Age: 12+
Year: 1967
Pages: 224
Word count: 48,523
Sales (millions): 13
The Purpose Driven Life
by Rick Warren
Age: 12+
Year: 2002
Pages: 368
Sales (millions): 30
The Pearl
by John Steinbeck
Age: 12+
Year: 1947
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
by Richard Bach
Age: 12+
Year: 1970
Pages: 144
Word count: 7,500
Sales (millions): 44
Flatland
by Edwin A. Abbott
Age: 12+
Year: 1884
Word count: 31,886
Who Moved My Cheese?
by Spencer Johnson
Age: 12+
Year: 1998
Pages: 96
Word count: 11,112
Sales (millions): 26
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Legend
by Marie Lu
Age: 12+
Year: 2011
Pages: 305
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The Read-Aloud Handbook
by Jim Trelease
Age: 12+
Year: 1982
Pages: 350
Word count: 108,500
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Eat That Frog
by Brian Tracy
Age: 12+
Year: 2001
Pages: 144
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Life’s Little Instruction Book: 511 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life
by H. Jackson Brown
Age: 12+
Year: 1991
Pages: 160
Word count: 4,700
Unique word count: 1,400
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See also:
Classic Children Books
Classic School Age Children Books
Classic Books for Teenagers
Classic Children Books by Age
Best-selling Books of All Time
The Benefits of Reading for Kids
Why Learn English Language?
Shortest Books
Shortest Books (unique words)
Longest Books
Best way to learn English
How NOT to Learn English!
CVC Words
What you need to know to learn a new language?
Why I forget what I learned?
Vocabulary Size
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