# 3rd grade Middle Grade Fantasy books

**13** middle grade fantasy books commonly assigned to 3rd grade students in US schools. Every title's grade range covers 3rd grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Reading difficulty:** the typical 3rd grade band is 420–820L (Common Core Appendix A). Of the 2 titles here with a Lexile score, 2 are grade-level, 0 more accessible, and 0 a stretch.

**Grade:** 3rd grade  ·  **Genre:** Middle Grade Fantasy
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://achievethecore.org/page/2699

## 3rd grade Middle Grade Fantasy reading list

- [A Game of Noctis](https://readinglist.school/book/a-game-of-noctis) by Deva Fagan _(Grades 3–6 · pub 2025)_
- [Growing Home](https://readinglist.school/book/growing-home) by Beth Ferry _(Grades 3–5 · pub 2025)_
- [Legendarios: Wrath of the Rain God](https://readinglist.school/book/legendarios-wrath-of-the-rain-god) by Karla Arenas Valenti _(Grades 3–6 · pub 2025)_
- [Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy](https://readinglist.school/book/nic-blake-manifestor-prophecy) by Angie Thomas _(Grades 3–7 · pub 2023)_
- [Nimbus](https://readinglist.school/book/nimbus) by Jan Eldredge _(Grades 3–6 · pub 2023)_
- [The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1)](https://readinglist.school/book/the-guardian-test) by Christina Soontornvat _(Grades 2–5 · pub 2023)_
- [The House at the Edge of Magic](https://readinglist.school/book/the-house-at-the-edge-of-magic) by Amy Sparkes _(Grades 3–5 · pub 2021)_
- [The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale](https://readinglist.school/book/the-skull) by Jon Klassen _(Grades 3–5 · pub 2023)_
- [The Tale of Despereaux](https://readinglist.school/book/the-tale-of-despereaux) by Kate DiCamillo _(670L · Grades 3–6 · pub 2003)_
- [The Trumpet of the Swan](https://readinglist.school/book/the-trumpet-of-the-swan) by E.B. White _(Grades 3–6 · pub 1970)_
- [The Witching Wind](https://readinglist.school/book/the-witching-wind) by Natalie Lloyd _(Grades 3–6 · pub 2024)_
- [Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy](https://readinglist.school/book/wings-of-fire-the-dragonet-prophecy) by Tui T. Sutherland _(720L · Grades 3–7 · pub 2012)_
- [Witchlings](https://readinglist.school/book/witchlings) by Claribel A. Ortega _(Grades 2–5 · pub 2022)_

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