# 12th grade Children's books

**14** children's books commonly assigned to 12th grade students in US schools. Every title's grade range covers 12th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Grade:** 12th grade  ·  **Genre:** Children's
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://achievethecore.org/page/2699

## 12th grade Children's reading list

- [A Face for Picasso](https://readinglist.school/book/a-face-for-picasso-coming-of-age-with-crouzon-syndrome) by Ariel Henley _(Grades 6–12 · pub 2021)_
- [Absurd Words](https://readinglist.school/book/absurd-words-a-kids-fun-and-hilarious-vocabulary-builder-for-future-word-nerds) by Tara Lazar _(Grades 6–12 · pub 2022)_
- [All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team](https://readinglist.school/book/all-thirteen-the-incredible-cave-rescue-of-the-thai-boys-soccer-team) by Christina Soontornvat _(Grades 6–12 · pub 2020)_
- [Beneath the Wide Silk Sky](https://readinglist.school/book/beneath-the-wide-silk-sky) by Emily Inouye Huey _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2022)_
- [Boots on the Ground](https://readinglist.school/book/boots-on-the-ground-americas-war-in-vietnam) by Elizabeth Partridge _(Grades 6–12 · pub 2018)_
- [Lovely War](https://readinglist.school/book/lovely-war) by Julie Berry _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2019)_
- [Mapping the Bones](https://readinglist.school/book/mapping-the-bones) by Jane Yolen _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2018)_
- [The Blood Years](https://readinglist.school/book/the-blood-years) by Elana K. Arnold _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2023)_
- [The Blossom and the Firefly](https://readinglist.school/book/the-blossom-and-the-firefly) by Sherri L. Smith _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2020)_
- [The Twenty-One](https://readinglist.school/book/the-21-the-true-story-of-the-youth-who-sued-the-us-government-over-climate-chang) by Elizabeth Rusch _(Grades 6–12 · pub 2023)_
- [Torpedoed](https://readinglist.school/book/torpedoed-the-true-story-of-the-world-war-ii-sinking-of-the-childrens-ship) by Deborah Heiligman _(Grades 6–12 · pub 2019)_
- [What Girls Are Made Of](https://readinglist.school/book/what-girls-are-made-of) by Elana K. Arnold _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2017)_
- [When You Look Like Us](https://readinglist.school/book/when-you-look-like-us) by Pamela N. Harris _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2021)_
- [White Lies](https://readinglist.school/book/white-lies-how-the-south-lost-the-civil-war-then-rewrote-the-history) by Ann Bausum _(Grades 6–12 · pub 2025)_

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