Children's Books for 10th Graders
175 books in the children's genre commonly assigned to 10th grade students — every title’s grade range covers 10th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Each links to its reading level, themes, and the curricula that cite it.
Most assigned 10th grade children's book
Creepy Carrots!
Aaron Reynolds · on 5 reading lists
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175 10th grade children's books
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Creepy Carrots!Aaron Reynolds
Red QueenVictoria Aveyard
Promise BoysNick Brooks
Small StepsPeg Kehret
A Snicker of Magic (Scholastic Gold)Natalie Lloyd
Clap When You LandElizabeth Acevedo
Death in the JungleCandace Fleming
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu YeboahLaurie Ann Thompson
The Three Billy Goats GruffMac Barnett
Alchemy and Meggy SwannKaren Cushman
Chinese MenuGrace Lin
Ghost KnightCornelia Funke
Hey, Kiddo: A Graphic NovelJarrett J. Krosoczka
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban FolktaleCarmen Agra Deedy
Most DangerousSteve Sheinkin
Noah Webster and His WordsJeri Ferris
Shiver (Shiver, Book 1)Maggie Stiefvater
The Face on the Milk CartonCaroline B. Cooney
The Knife of Never Letting GoPatrick Ness
We Will Not Be SilentRussell Freedman
Commodore Perry in the Land of the ShogunRhoda Blumberg
Esquivel! Space-Age Sound ArtistSusan Wood
H.O.R.S.E.Christopher Myers
Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsJ. K. Rowling
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- Mexikid · Pedro Martín
- The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia · Candace Fleming
- Vincent and Theo · Deborah Heiligman
- When You Look Like Us · Pamela N. Harris
- A Boy Called Christmas · Matt Haig
- A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder · Walter Wick
- A Face for Picasso · Ariel Henley
- A Hat Full of Sky · Terry Pratchett
- A Life in the Wild · Pamela S. Turner
- A Plate of Hope · Erin Frankel
- A World Without Summer · Nicholas Day
- Abigail Adams · Natalie S. Bober
- Abigail Adams · Natalie S. Bober
- Absurd Words · Tara Lazar
- All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team · Christina Soontornvat
- Amelia Lost · Candace Fleming
- An American Plague · Jim Murphy
- Anna and the Swallow Man · Gavriel Savit
- Anthony Burns · Virginia Hamilton
- Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds · Cynthia Rylant
- Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian · Eoin Colfer
- Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life's Song · Ashley Bryan
- Auks, Rocks, and the Odd Dinosaur · Peggy Thomson
- Behind Barbed Wire · Daniel S. Davis
- Beneath the Wide Silk Sky · Emily Inouye Huey
- Black Enough · Ibi Zoboi
- Black Girl You Are Atlas · Renée Watson
- Black Potatoes · Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- Bloody Jack Series · L. A. Meyer
- Boots on the Ground · Elizabeth Partridge
- Call of the Klondike · David Meissner
- Children of the Great Depression · Russell Freedman
- Chimney Sweeps · James Cross Giblin
- Chuck Close · Robert Storr
- City of Bones · Cassandra Clare
- Crazy · Han Nolan
- Darkness Over Denmark · Ellen Levine
- Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel · Leigh Bardugo
- Dooby Dooby Moo · Doreen Cronin
- Dream on Amber · Emma Shevah
- Du Iz Tak? · Carson Ellis
- Dust to Eat · Michael L. Cooper
- Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery · Russell Freedman
- Electric Ben · Robert Byrd
- Enchanted Air · Margarita Engle
- Eva · Peter Dickinson
- FIREBOAT · Maira Kalman
- Fat Kid Rules The World · K L Going
- Fighting Words · Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Five Feet Apart · Rachael Lippincott
- Five, Six, Seven, Nate! · Tim Federle
- Four · Veronica Roth
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt · Russell Freedman
- From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry · Paula Yoo
- Ghetto Cowboy · G. Neri
- Girls Like Her · Melanie Sumrow
- Hope Was Here · Joan Bauer
- How the Boogeyman Became a Poet · Tony Keith Jr.
- I'm Dirty! · Kate McMullan
- In the Belly of the Bloodhound · L. A. Meyer
- Infinite Hope · Ashley Bryan
- Inheritance · Elizabeth Acevedo
- Kent State · Deborah Wiles
- Kids at Work · Russell Freedman
- La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One · Philip Pullman
- Legendary Frybread Drive-In · Cynthia Leitich Smith
- Leon's Story · Leon Walter Tillage
- Leonardo, the Beautiful Dreamer · Robert Byrd
- Lovely War · Julie Berry
- Mapping the Bones · Jane Yolen
- Marching For Freedom · Elizabeth Partridge
- Martha Graham · Russell Freedman
- Monstrous Beauty · Elizabeth Fama
- Muckrackers · Ann Bausum
- Nasty, Stinky Sneakers · Eve Bunting
- New Moon · Stephenie Meyer
- Okay for Now · Gary D. Schmidt
- Orphan Train Rider · Andrea Warren
- Panama Canal · Judith St. George
- Peace, Locomotion · Jacqueline Woodson
- Peaches · Jodi Lynn Anderson
- Perfectly Parvin · Olivia Abtahi
- Photographic · Isabel Quintero
- Poverty in America · Milton Meltzer
- Redwood and Ponytail · K.A. Holt
- Rewind · William Sleator
- Rotters · Daniel Kraus
- SOS Titanic · Eve Bunting
- Sadie · Courtney Summers
- Scowler · Daniel Kraus
- Sex Education · Jenny Davis
- Sisters of the Lost Marsh · Lucy Strange
- Skulduggery Pleasant · Derek Landy
- Sojourner Truth · Pat McKissack
- Soundtrack: A Novel · Jason Reynolds
- Space Station Science · Marianne J. Dyson
- Stateless · Elizabeth Wein
- Stuntboy, In-Between Time · Jason Reynolds
- Sunshine: A Graphic Novel · Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- The Blood Years · Elana K. Arnold
- The Blossom and the Firefly · Sherri L. Smith
- The Boxes · William Sleator
- The Boy's War · Jim Murphy
- The Dead of Summer (Book 1) · Ryan La Sala
- The Double Life of Pocahontas · Jean Fritz
- The First Helping (Lunch Lady Books 1 & 2) · Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie: A Doll's History and Her Impact on Us · Tanya Lee Stone
- The Great Little Madison · Jean Fritz
- The Honeys · Ryan La Sala
- The Illustrated Dinosaur Dictionary · Helen Roney Sattler
- The Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark · Rhoda Blumberg
- The Lincolns · Candace Fleming
- The Long Road to Gettysburg · Jim Murphy
- The Longitude Prize · Joan Dash
- The Mona Lisa Vanishes · Nicholas Day
- The Notorious Benedict Arnold · Steve Sheinkin
- The Pilgrims of Plimoth · Marcia Sewall
- The Port Chicago 50 · Steve Sheinkin
- The Race to Save the Lord God Bird · Phillip Hoose
- The Road from Home · David Kherdian
- The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place · Julie Berry
- The Scorpio Races · Maggie Stiefvater
- The Strongest Man in the World · Nicolas Debon
- The Taking of Room 114 · Mel Glenn
- The Top of the World · Steve Jenkins
- The Twenty-One · Elizabeth Rusch
- The Wall · Peter Sís
- The Way Things Work Now · David Macaulay
- The Weaver's Gift · Kathryn Lasky
- The Wizards of Once · Cressida Cowell
- The Wright Brothers · Russell Freedman
- This Is What Happy Looks Like · Jennifer E. Smith
- This Promise of Change · Jo Ann Allen Boyce
- Three Dark Crowns · Kendare Blake
- Torpedoed · Deborah Heiligman
- Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day · Alex L. Combs
- Treasure Island · Robert Louis Stevenson
- Upon the Head of the Goat · Aranka Siegal
- Voyaging to Cathay · Alfred H. Tamarin
- We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga · Traci Sorell
- We Are the Ship · Kadir Nelson
- We Set the Dark on Fire · Tehlor Kay Mejia
- We're Not from Here · Geoff Rodkey
- Whale Eyes · James Robinson
- What Girls Are Made Of · Elana K. Arnold
- White Lies · Ann Bausum
- Who Killed My Daughter? · Lois Duncan
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson · John Green
- Wolf by the Ears · Ann Rinaldi
- You Are Brave: A Book About Trying New Things · Margaret O'Hair
- Young Fredle · Cynthia Voigt
Children's books at other grades
Kindergarten · 1st grade · 2nd grade · 3rd grade · 4th grade · 5th grade · 6th grade · 7th grade
Other 10th grade genres
Science Fiction & Fantasy · Young Adult · Realistic Fiction · Young Adult Fiction · Literary Fiction · Mystery · Drama · Historical Fiction
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Frequently asked questions
What children's books are good for 10th grade students?
175 children's books have a grade range that covers 10th grade and are assigned across US-school curricula — Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and state ELA standards. Each title on this page links to its full curriculum citations and reading level.
Are these children's books grade-appropriate for 10th grade?
Every title's grade range covers 10th grade, so each is age-appropriate by curriculum placement. Check each book's themes and content notes before assigning.
How many children's books are on the 10th grade list?
This page lists 175 10th grade children's titles, most-assigned first (ties alphabetical). The list expands as more curriculum references are verified.
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