Great Books Guide 2023: For 10 to 11 year olds
Here's a round-up of new children's books from the last year (2023), which we think any child aged 10 to 11 years will love.
With everything from touching family dramas to thrilling adventures and stories to make you giggle, there are loads of wonderful titles to enjoy.
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Journey Back to Freedom: The Olaudah Equiano Story
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Journey Back to Freedom: The Olaudah Equiano Story
Olaudah is just 11 years old when he is kidnapped from his lovely family in Essaka, Africa in 1745, sold into brutal slavery and r…
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Fablehouse
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Fablehouse
This is a wonderful book, full of hope and magic. Heather and her friends don’t feel special, they don’t feel like the ‘chosen one…
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The Storm Swimmer
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The Storm Swimmer
When Ginika meets a boy who lives in the sea, they strike up a secret friendship - but what will happen when he gets ill? A v…
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Where the River Takes Us
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Where the River Takes Us
Can Jason and his friends find the big cat roaming the Valleys and win the reward for a photo of it? A fantastic story of friendsh…
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Am I Made of Stardust? Dr Maggie Answers the Big Question...
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Am I Made of Stardust? Dr Maggie Answers the Big Question...
Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a real-life space scientist (you may have seen her on the TV) with a passion for sharing the wonders of…
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Moonflight
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Moonflight
Could Tilbury Twitch-Whiskers really be the rat hero to return the legendary diamond and break its curse? A thrilling adventure wi…
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Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer
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Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer
Kofi is always coming up with ways to make money and when he discovers his friend Kelvin can remember every song lyric, it’s time …
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The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries: Drama and Danger
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The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries: Drama and Danger
Can Lizzie and Belle solve an attempted murder in eighteenth-century London? A cracking mystery inspired by real Black historical …
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When I See Blue
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When I See Blue
This is a touching and honest book about life in the grip of OCD but also the power of friendship. It’s also a reminder that good …
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Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star
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Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star
Cosima and her fellow ‘Unfortunates’ forge a plan to expose a villain through a jewellery heist. Funny but also thought-provoking,…
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Greenwild: The World Behind the Door
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Greenwild: The World Behind the Door
Daisy discovers a world where people use green magic to protect nature everywhere. But these Botanists are vanishing and precious …
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Joyful Joyful
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Joyful Joyful
A joyous collection of stories and poems celebrating Black voices, with universal appeal. The perfect gift for any child ready to …
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One Home Eighteen stories of hope from young activists
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One Home Eighteen stories of hope from young activists
Stunningly illustrated, the stories of these eighteen young environmental activists, and their home landscape and animals, will in…
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War of the Wind
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War of the Wind
Max is sure that the new wind turbines on his island are sinister, but will anyone listen to a frustrated deaf schoolboy? Gripping…
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Glitter Boy
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Glitter Boy
James is being bullied at school, while dealing with grief and normal Year 6 worries. Can James find the sparkle in his life again…
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Olly Brown, God of Hamsters
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Olly Brown, God of Hamsters
Olly is flabbergasted when a horde of hamsters appear in his bedroom after crash-landing their spaceship in his neighbour’s garden…
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21% Monster
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21% Monster
Teenage boys Darren and Malek are on the run from a ruthless, secret organisation which transformed them into superhumans and now …
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My Name is Sunshine Simpson
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My Name is Sunshine Simpson
What is special about Sunshine Simpson? She needs to find something to say about herself for a school assembly – but what? A delig…
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Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy
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Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy
Can Nic and her friends find the mysterious Msaidizi in time to save her dad? A cracking action-packed magical adventure – highly …
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You Are History
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You Are History
A fun and riotous introduction to world history through fifty objects children encounter in everyday life.
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The Last Whale
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The Last Whale
Action-packed, moving and thought-provoking, this is an epic tale with a strong eco message that will take your breath away.
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