# Middle Grade Fiction books about imagination

**7** middle grade fiction books that explore imagination, drawn from the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Reading levels:** Lexile measures range from 560L to 910L across these 7 titles.

**Genre:** Middle Grade Fiction  ·  **Theme:** imagination
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://achievethecore.org/page/2699

## Middle Grade Fiction imagination reading list

- [Charlie and the Chocolate Factory](https://readinglist.school/book/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory) by Roald Dahl _(810L · Grades 3–6 · pub 1964)_
- [Frindle](https://readinglist.school/book/frindle) by Andrew Clements _(830L · Grades 3–7 · pub 1996)_
- [James and the Giant Peach](https://readinglist.school/book/james-and-the-giant-peach) by Roald Dahl _(870L · Grades 3–6 · pub 1961)_
- [Mr. Popper's Penguins](https://readinglist.school/book/mr-poppers-penguins) by Richard Atwater · Florence Atwater _(910L · Grades 3–5 · pub 1938)_
- [The 13-Story Treehouse](https://readinglist.school/book/the-13-story-treehouse) by Andy Griffiths _(560L · Grades 2–5 · pub 2011)_
- [The Adventures of Captain Underpants](https://readinglist.school/book/the-adventures-of-captain-underpants) by Dav Pilkey _(720L · Grades 2–5 · pub 1997)_
- [The BFG](https://readinglist.school/book/the-bfg) by Roald Dahl _(720L · Grades 3–6 · pub 1982)_

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