Books for 12 year olds (like me) need to be actually good — not dumbed down, not too adult. These are middle-grade and early YA picks I'd read myself. All safe, all real.
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Wildfire Scholastic Special Edition
4 - 7
Stranger Things and Dungeons Dragons
7 - 12
Harry Potter Hardcover Boxset 1 7
3 and up
The New Adventures of Zootopia 2 Better Zoogether
2 - 7
Whatever After Graphic Novel 1 Fairest of All
3 - 7
Dog Man 11 Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea
2 and up
Mortal Engines Bridge of Storms
7 - 12
The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby Color Edition
2 and up
Awesome Friendly Kid 2 Rowley Jefferson s Awesome Friendly Adventure
2 - 7
Percy Jackson and the Olympians 1 The Lightning Thief The Graphic Novel
3 - 7
Dog Man 12 The Scarlet Shedder
2 and up
Dog Man 9 Grime Punishment
2 and up
Dog Man 1
2 and up
Dog Man The Epic Collection Books 1 3
2 and up
Dog Man 10 Mothering Heights
2 and up
Dog Man 14 Big Jim Believes
2 and up
The Shattered Castle
3 - 7
Dog Man 2 Dog Man Unleashed
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